κόσμιος kósmios
Meaning
orderly, i.e. decorous
In the King James Version: of good behaviour, modest
Derivation: from G2889 (κόσμος) (in its primary sense);
Where it is used
- 1 Timothy 2:9 Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,
- 1 Timothy 3:2 An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,