Τιμόθεος

timotheos

Timothy

from τιμή and θεός; dear to God; Timotheus, a Christian:--Timotheus, Timothy.

G5095

Acts 20:4 · Word #16

Lexicon G5095

LemmaΤιμόθεος
TransliterationTimótheos
Strong'sG5095
In-contextTimothy
LiteralTimothy

Morphology N NOM M SG All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Case NOM — Nominative — The subject of the sentence
Gender M — Masculine — Grammatical masculine
Number SG — Singular — One

Lexical Info

LemmaΤιμόθεος
Strong'sG5095

SIBI-P1 G5095-04

Honor-of-God

RootΤιμόθεος (Timótheos)
Core Meaningshonor, value, esteem + God, deity
Semantic RangeProper name meaning "honoring God" or "honored by God"; refers to Timothy, a companion and delegate of Paul.
Conceptual SignificanceTimothy is a key early Christian leader and coworker of Paul, addressed in two epistles. His theophoric name reflects a Jewish-Hellenistic pattern of embedding devotion to God within personal identity.
Morphological NotesGr,N,,,,,NMS — noun, nominative case, masculine gender, singular number; proper personal name in subject form.
Rendering RationaleThe name combines τιμή (honor, value) and θεός (God), yielding the sense "Honor-of-God" or "God-honoring." As a nominative masculine singular proper noun (NMS), it functions as the subject form of the personal name, preserved here in a way that reflects its compound root meaning.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root Τιμόθεος (honor, value, esteem + God, deity)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
G5095-01 timothee O God-honoring one
G5095-03 timotheon the God-honoring one (masculine singular, accusative)
G5095-05 timotheou of the God-honoring one

Word Usage (24 occurrences of G5095)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Acts 16:1 Τιμόθεος timotheos Timothy
Acts 17:14 Τιμόθεος timotheos Timotheus
Acts 17:15 Τιμόθεον timotheon Timothy
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