κόσμος kosmos · G2889
world
κόσμος, -ου, ὁ ; [in LXX: Gen.2:1, Deu.4:19 17:3, Isa.24:21 40:26 (צבא), Exo.33:5, 6 Jer.2:32 4:30, Eze.7:20 16:11 23:40 (עֲדִי), Isa.61:10 (כְּלִי), al., Wis.2:24 and freq., Sir.6:30, al ; ] ; 1. order (Hom., Plat., al.). ; 2. ornament, adornment, esp. of women (Hom., al.): 1Pe.3:3. ; 3. Later, the world or universe, as an ordered system (Plat., al.): Act.17:24, Rom.4:13, 1Co.3:22, Php.2:15, Heb.4:3, al. ; 4. In late writers only, the world, i.e. the earth (= ἡ οἰκουμένη, cf. Mat.4:8 with Luk.4:5): Mat.4:8, Mrk.16:[15], Col.2:20, 1Ti.6:7, al.; hence by meton., ; (a) of the human inhabitants of the world: Mat.5:14 15:38, Mrk.14:9, Jhn.1:10 4:42 12:47, Rom.3:6, 1Co.4:13, 2Co.5:19, 2Pe.2:5, …
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
κόσμος, ὁ, ; order, κατὰ κόσμον in order, duly, εὖ κατὰ κ. []; οὐ κατὰ κ. shamefully, [] to sit in order, []; κ. φέρειν bear becomingly, []; κόσμῳ οὐδενὶ κοσμηθέντες in no sort of order, []; φεύγειν, ἀπιέναι οὐδενὶ κ., [], etc.; ἀτάκτως καὶ οὐδενὶ κ. []; οὐκέτι τὸν αὐτὸν κ. no longer in the same order, []: generally, of things, natural order, γίνεται τῶν τεταρταίων ἡ κατάστασις ἐκ τούτου τοῦ κ. []; 2 good order, good behaviour []; κ. χείρ, of a beggar, []; κοῖλος μήν short month, []; …
Where it's used 187 times
Matthew 4:8 · Matthew 5:14 · Matthew 13:35 · Matthew 13:38 · Matthew 16:26 · Matthew 18:7 · Matthew 24:21 · Matthew 25:34 · Matthew 26:13 · Mark 8:36 · Mark 14:9 · Mark 16:15 · Luke 9:25 · Luke 11:50 · Luke 12:30 · John 1:9 · John 1:10 · John 1:29 · John 3:16 · John 3:17 · John 3:19 · John 4:42 · John 6:14 · John 6:33 · John 6:51 · John 7:4 · John 7:7 · John 8:12 · John 8:23 · John 8:26 · John 9:5 · John 9:39 · John 10:36 · John 11:9 · John 11:27 · John 12:19 · John 12:25 · John 12:31 · John 12:46 · John 12:47 · John 13:1 · John 14:17 · John 14:19 · John 14:22 · John 14:27 · John 14:30 · John 14:31 · John 15:18 · John 15:19 · John 16:8 · John 16:11 · John 16:20 · John 16:21 · John 16:28 · John 16:33 · John 17:5 · John 17:6 · John 17:9 · John 17:11 · John 17:12 … and 127 more
Source: TBESG G2889; TFLSJ G2889
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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