timios describes people, things, and qualities regarded as highly valuable or held in honor.

The term most often marks costly or highly valued materials, especially stones, jewels, and wood in lists of adornment or trade goods. It also describes valued realities such as blood, promises, life, and fruit, and applies to a respected person and to marriage as something to be held in honor.

1. Costly materials and adornment · dominant

   In 1 Corinthians 3:12, the accusative plural masculine form occurs in a building-material list that includes gold, silver, and stones; the APB renders the clause "gold, silver, precious stones." In Revelation 17:4, Revelation 18:12, Revelation 18:16, Revelation 21:11, and Revelation 21:19, the forms occur with stone, wood, pearls, and a jewel in scenes of ornament, cargo, or the city's radiant foundations.

   1 Corinthians 3:12Revelation 17:4Revelation 18:12Revelation 18:16Revelation 21:11Revelation 21:19
2. Highly valued realities · common

   In 1 Peter 1:19, the dative singular neuter form occurs in the clause about Christ's blood, which the APB renders "the precious blood of Christ." In 2 Peter 1:4, Acts 20:24, and James 5:7, the term occurs respectively with promises, Paul's life, and the farmer's fruit, presenting each within a context of value, gift, or patient expectation.

   1 Peter 1:192 Peter 1:4Acts 20:24James 5:7
3. Respected person or honored institution · occasional

   In Acts 5:34, the nominative singular masculine form describes Gamaliel in the council; the APB calls him "honored by all the people." In Hebrews 13:4, the same morphology occurs in the statement that marriage is "to be held in honor among all."

   Acts 5:34Hebrews 13:4

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB commonly uses "precious" for the term in clauses about stones, blood, promises, fruit, and a jewel, while Acts 5:34 and Hebrews 13:4 use "honored" and "held in honor." These renderings present the verse contexts.