τιμάω

τιμάω (τιμή) fut. τιμήσω; 1 aor. ἐτίμησα; perf. 2 pl. τετιμήκατε (Tat.). Mid.: 1 aor. ἐτιμησάμην. Pass.: 1 fut. 3 sg. τιμηθήσεται; 1 aor. 3 sg. ἐτιμήθη LXX; perf. τετίμημαι, ptc. τετιμημένος (τιμή; Hom.+).

① to set a price on, estimate, value (Thu. et al.; ins; PSI 382, 15 [I B.C.]; PFlor 266, 6 al.) pass. τὴν τιμὴν τοῦ τετιμημένου (sc. ἀγροῦ or ἀνθρώπου, the latter referring to Judas) the price for the field or for the man whose price was set (τιμή 1) Mt 27:9a. Mid. set a price on or estimate for oneself (Hdt. et al.; Mitt-Wilck I/2, 224a, 8; c, 8f; 11 [III B.C.]; PHal 1, 201; 205 and oft. in pap; Lev 27:8; Jos., Ant. 5, 79; Mel., P. 89, 668ff) ὸ̔ν ἐτιμήσαντο the one (=field or person) on which they had set a price vs. 9b.

② to show high regard for, honor, revere τινά someone God (X., Mem. 4, 3, 13; Diod S 6, 1, 4; 8 τοὺς θεούς; Strabo 16, 2, 35; Dio Chrys. 16 [33], 45; 58 [75], 8; Ael. Aristid. 13 p. 297 D.: πρὸ τῶν γονέων; freq. in honorific inscriptions, s. indexes in the various corpora, also New Docs 3, 37 no. 9, 3 [96/97 A.D.]; Is 29:13; EpArist 234; Philo; Jos., Ant. 9, 153; 256; Just., A I, 9, 1; Orig., C. Cels. 8, 56, 35) Mt 15:8; Mk 7:6; 1 Cl 15:2; 2 Cl 3:5; cp. 3:4.—J 5:23bd; 8:49 (Jesus honors his Father). Christ J 5:23ac. On GPt 3:9 s. τιμή 2a (cp. Just., A I, 6, 2; 13, 3). Parents (Ex 20:12; also Ar. 15, 4) Mt 15:4; 19:19; Mk 7:10; 10:19; Lk 18:20; Eph 6:2. Cp. Mt 15:6. Elders (older members of the community) 1 Cl 21:6. The supervisor (ἐπίσκοπος) ISm 9:1a. Teacher of the divine word D 4:1. Those who are really widows 1 Ti 5:3 (though the mng. of τιμή 3 may be influential here; cp. Sir 38:1). πάντας (JWilson, ET 54, ’42/43, 193f), τὸν βασιλέα 1 Pt 2:17ab. (Opp. προσκυνέω Theoph. Ant. 1, 11 [p. 82, 5]). τ. πολλαῖς τιμαῖς (τιμή 2a) Ac 28:10; cp. GPt 3:9. Abs. Dg 5:15.—Of God (Soph., Fgm. 226 TGF ὸ̔ν τιμᾷ θεός; pass. 4 Macc 17:20) or Christ: (show) honor (to) or reward the Christians (so Isocr. 9, 42; X., An. 1, 9, 14; 5, 8, 25, Cyr. 3, 3, 6; Diod S 2, 3, 2 τιμᾶν δώροις; 2, 6, 9; 14, 42, 1; 16, 13, 1; Ps.-Callisth. 2, 1, 2 τιμάω τινὰ χρυσῷ; pass. Hdt. 7, 213; Lys. 12, 64; 19, 18; Diod S 15, 74, 1.—On the rewarding of devout persons by God: Ps.-Aristot., Mund. 6, 23 τιμᾶν; Simplicius, In Epict. p. 79, 11 Düb. τιμᾶν κ. κολάζειν; Mel., P. 73, 535 ἠτίμησας τὸν τιμήσαντά σε) J 12:26; 1 Cl 59:3; IPhld 11:2; pass. ISm 9, 1b.—The officials of a congregation are called οἱ τετιμημένοι ὑμῶν (partitive gen.) the honorable men among you D 15:2 (οἱ τετιμημένοι of persons in high standing: X., Cyr. 8, 3, 9). For ἡ αὐτοῖς τετιμημένη λειτουργία 1 Cl 44:6 s. λειτουργία 1b.—DELG s.v. τιμή. M-M. EDNT. TW.