ΟΣΙΑ, οσια
OSIA, osia
Sounds Like: O-SEE-ah
Translations: holy, pious, righteous, devout, sacred, pure, a holy thing, sacred things
From the root: ΟΣΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something or someone as holy, pious, or righteous, especially in the sense of fulfilling one's duties towards God or the gods. It can refer to actions that are morally right and in accordance with divine law, or to things that are sacred. As an adjective, it modifies nouns, indicating their quality of holiness or piety. It can also function as a substantive, referring to 'holy things' or 'sacred duties'.
Inflection: Feminine, Nominative, Singular; or Neuter, Nominative, Accusative, Vocative, Plural
Strong’s number: G3741 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 45:7
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 3:49
Justin Martyr
Pseudo Clement of Rome
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 13:34
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΣΙΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΟΣΙΑΝ — holy, pious, righteous, devout, a holy, a pious, a righteous, a devout
- ΟΣΙΑΣ — (of) holy, (of) pious, (of) righteous, (of) devout
- ΟΣΙΝ — holy, pious, righteous, devout, a holy one, a pious one
- ΟΣΙΟΙ — holy, righteous, pious, devout, a holy one, righteous ones, pious ones, devout ones
- ΟΣΙΟΙΣ — (to) holy, (to) pious, (to) righteous, (to) devout, (to) godly
- ΟΣΙΟΝ — holy, righteous, pious, devout, sacred, a holy thing, a sacred thing
- ΟΣΙΟΣ — holy, righteous, pious, devout, a holy one, a righteous one
- ΟΣΙΟΤΗΤΑ — holiness, piety, sanctity, a holiness, a piety, a sanctity
- ΟΣΙΟΥ — of holy, of pious, of righteous, of devout, of a holy, of a pious, of a righteous, of a devout
- ΟΣΙΟΥΣ — holy, pious, righteous, devout
- ΟΣΙΩ — holy, pious, righteous, devout, a holy, a pious, a righteous, a devout, (to) holy, (to) pious, (to) righteous, (to) devout
- ΟΣΙΩΝ — of holy, of pious, of devout, of righteous, of pure
- ΟΣΙΩΣ — piously, holily, righteously, devoutly
- ΟΣΙΩΤΑΤΑ — most piously, most righteously, most sacredly, most holily
- ΟΣΙΩΤΑΤΟΝ — most holy, most pious, most righteous, a most holy thing
- ΟΣΙΩΤΑΤΟΣ — most holy, most pious, most devout, most righteous
- ΟΣΙΩΤΕΡΑ — holier, more holy, more pious, more devout
- ΟΣΙΩΤΕΡΟΝ — more holy, more pious, more righteous, more devout
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