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GreekG2889Noun (Masculine)

κόσμος

kosmos

152Occurrences
G2889Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

orderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally))

probably from the base of G2865 (κομίζω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.order (Hom., Plat.).
2.ornament, adornment, esp. of women (Hom.)
3.Later, the world or universe, as an ordered system (Plat.)
4.In late writers only, the world, i.e. the earth (= ἡ οἰκουμένη, cf.
(a)of the human inhabitants of the world
(b)of worldly affairs or possessions
(with)in ethical sense, of the ungodly
(d)metaphorically
Synonyms
αἰών, which see (cf . also Dalman, Words, 162ff.; Tr., Syn., §lix; Westc., additional note on ; DB, iv, 938ff.).
LXX: (צבא) (עֲדִי), (כְּלִי), and freq., al

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

κόσμος appears 152 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

John
58
1 Corinthians
17
1 John
17
Matthew
9
Romans
9
Hebrews
5
2 Peter
4
James
4

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:20BSB

Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?

1 John 4:17BSB

In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.

Hebrews 4:3BSB

Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said:“So I swore on oath in My anger,‘They shall never enter My rest.’”And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.

John 16:28BSB

I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”

John 8:23BSB

Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.