2889. κόσμος (kosmos) -- order, the world
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Strong's Concordance
kosmos: order, the world
Original Word: κόσμος, ου, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: kosmos
Phonetic Spelling: (kos'-mos)
Definition: order, the world
Usage: the world, universe; worldly affairs; the inhabitants of the world; adornment.
HELPS Word-studies
2889 kósmos (literally, "something ordered") – properly, an "ordered system" (like the universe, creation); the world.
[The English term "cosmetic" is derived from 2889 /kósmos, i.e. the order ("ensemble") used of treating the face as a whole.]
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
a prim. word
Definition
order, the world
NASB Translation
adornment (1), world (184), world's (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2889: κόσμος
κόσμος, κόσμου, ὁ;
1. in Greek writings from Homer down, an apt and harmonious arrangement or constitution, or der.
2. as in Greek writings from Homer down, ornament, decoration, adornment: ἐνδύσεως ἱματίων, 1 Peter 3:3 (Sir. 6:30 Sir. 21:21; 2 Macc. 2:2; the Sept. for צָבָא of the arrangement of the stars, 'the heavenly hosts,' as the ornament of the heavens, Genesis 2:1; Deuteronomy 4:19; Deuteronomy 17:8; Isaiah 24:21; Isaiah 40:26; besides occasionally for עֲדִי; twice for תִּפְאֶרֶת, Proverbs 20:29; Isaiah 3:19).
3. the world, i. e. the universe (quem κόσμονGraeci nomine ornamenti appellarunt, eum nos a perfecta absolutaque elegantia mundum, Pliny, h. n. 2, 3; in which sense Pythagoras is said to have been the first to use the word, Plutarch, de plac. philos. 2, 1, 1, p. 886 c.; but according to other accounts he used it of the heavens, (Diogenes Laërtius 8, 48, of which it is used several times also by other Greek writers (see Menag. on (Diogenes Laërtius, the passage cited; Bentley, Epistles of Phalaris, vol. i., 391 (Lond. 1886); M. Anton. 4, 27 and Gataker's notes; cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word, IV.)): Acts 17:24; Romans 4:13 (where cf. Meyer, Tholuck, Philippi); 1 Corinthians 3:22; 1 Corinthians 8:4; Philippians 2:15; with a predominant notion of space, in hyperbole, John 21:25 (Wis. 7:17 Wis. 9:3; 2 Macc. 8:18; κτίζειν τόν κόσμον, Wis. 11:18; ὁ τοῦ κόσμου κτίστης, 2 Macc. 7:23; 4 Macc. 5:25 (24); — a sense in which it does not occur in the other O. T. books, although there is something akin to it in Proverbs 17:6, on which see 8 below); in the phrases πρό τοῦ τόν κόσμον εἶναι, John 17:5; ἀπό καταβολῆς κόσμου (Matthew 13:35 R G;
4. the circle of the earth, the earth (very rarely so in Greek writings until after the age of the Ptolemies; so in Boeckh, Corpus inscriptions i., pp. 413 and 643, nos. 334 and 1306): Mark 16:15; (John 12:25); 1 Timothy 6:7; βασιλεία τοῦ κόσμου, Revelation 11:15; βασιλεῖαι (plural) τοῦ κόσμου, Matthew 4:8 (for which Luke 4:5 τῆς οἰκουμένης); τό φῶς τοῦ κόσμου τούτου, of the sun, John 11:9; ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ κόσμῳ, properly, Matthew 26:13; hyperbolically, equivalent to far and wide, in widely separated places, Romans 1:8; (so ἐν παντί τῷ κόσμῳ, Colossians 1:6); ὁ τότε κόσμος, 2 Peter 3:6; the earth with its inhabitants: ζῆν ἐν κόσμῳ, opposed to the dead, Colossians 2:20 (λῃστής ἦν καί κλέπτης ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ, i. e. among those living on earth, Ev. Nicod. 26). By a usage foreign to secular authors,
5. the inhabitants of the world: θέατρον ἐγενήθημεν τῷ κόσμῳ καί ἀγγέλοις καί ἀνθρώποις, 1 Corinthians 4:9 (Winers Grammar, 127 (121)); particularly the inhabitants of the earth, men, the human race (first so in Sap. (e. g.
6. "the ungodly multitude; the whole mass of men alienated from God, and therefore hostile to the cause of Christ" (cf. Winer's Grammar, 26): John 7:7; John 14:27 (
7. "worldly affairs; the aggregate of things earthly; the whole circle of earthly goods, endowments, riches, advantages, pleasures, etc., which, although hollow and frail and fleeting, stir desire, seduce from God and are obstacles to the cause of Christ": Galatians 6:14; 1 John 2:16; 1 John 3:17; εἶναι ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου, to be of earthly origin and nature, John 18:36; somewhat differently in 1 John 2:16 (on which see εἰμί, V. 3 d.); κερδαίνειν τόν κόσμον ὅλον, Matthew 16:26; Mark 8:36; Luke 9:25; οἱ χρώμενοι τῷ κόσμῳ τούτῳ (critical text τόν κόσμον; see χράομαι, 2), 1 Corinthians 7:31a; μέριμναν τά τοῦ κόσμου, 33f; φίλος and φιλία τοῦ κόσμου, James 4:4; ἀγαπᾶν τόν κόσμον, 1 John 2:15; νικαν τόν κόσμον, the incentives to sin proceeding from the world, 1 John 5:4f; the obstacles to God's cause, John 16:33; (cf. ἐλθέτω χάρις καί παρελθέτω ὁ κόσμος οὗτος, Teaching of the Twelve Apostles,
c. 10 [ET]).
8. any aggregate or general collection of particulars of any sort (cf. English a world of curses (Shakspere), etc.): ὁ κόσμος τῆς ἀδικίας, the sum of all iniquities, James 3:6; τοῦ πιστοῦ ὅλος ὁ κόσμος τῶν χρημάτων, τοῦ δέ ἀπίστου οὐδέ ὀβολός (a statement due to the Alex. translators), Proverbs 17:6. Among the N. T. writers no one uses κόσμος oftener than John; it occurs in Mark three times, in Luke's writings four times, and in the Apocalypse three tinms. Cf. Kreiss, Sur le sens du mot κόσμος dans le N. T. (Strasb. 1837); Düsterdieck on 1 John 2:15, pp. 247-259; Zezschwitz, Profangräcität u. Biblical Sprachgeist, p. 21ff; Diestel in Herzog xvii., p. 676ff; (Trench, Synonyms, § lix.); on John's use of the word cf. Reuss, Histoire de la theologie chretienne au siecle apostolique, ii., p. 463ff (i. e. livre 7 chapter viii.); cf. his Johanneische Theologie, in the Beiträge zu den theol. Wissenschaften, Fasc. i., p. 29ff; (Westcott on John 1:10, 'Additional Note').
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
adorning, world.
Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, i.e. Decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally)) -- adorning, world.
see GREEK komizo
Forms and Transliterations
κοσμον κόσμον κοσμος κόσμος κοσμου κόσμου κοσμω κόσμω κόσμῳ κοσύμβοι κοσύμβους κοσυμβωτόν κοτύλαι κοτύλην κοτύλης κοτυλών kosmo kosmō kósmoi kósmōi kosmon kósmon kosmos kósmos kosmou kósmou
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 4:8 N-GMS
GRK: βασιλείας τοῦ κόσμου καὶ τὴν
NAS: the kingdoms of the world and their glory;
KJV: the kingdoms of the world, and
INT: kingdoms of the world and the
Matthew 5:14 N-GMS
GRK: φῶς τοῦ κόσμου οὐ δύναται
NAS: You are the light of the world. A city
KJV: the light of the world. A city
INT: light of the world not is able
Matthew 13:35 Noun-GMS
GRK: ἀπὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου
INT: from [the] foundation of [the] world
Matthew 13:38 N-NMS
GRK: ἐστιν ὁ κόσμος τὸ δὲ
NAS: and the field is the world; and [as for] the good
KJV: The field is the world; the good
INT: is the world and
Matthew 16:26 N-AMS
GRK: ἐὰν τὸν κόσμον ὅλον κερδήσῃ
NAS: the whole world and forfeits
KJV: the whole world, and
INT: if the world whole he gain
Matthew 18:7 N-DMS
GRK: Οὐαὶ τῷ κόσμῳ ἀπὸ τῶν
NAS: Woe to the world because
KJV: Woe unto the world because of
INT: Woe to the world because of the
Matthew 24:21 N-GMS
GRK: ἀπ' ἀρχῆς κόσμου ἕως τοῦ
NAS: the beginning of the world until
KJV: the beginning of the world to this
INT: from [the] beginning of [the] world until
Matthew 25:34 N-GMS
GRK: ἀπὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου
NAS: for you from the foundation of the world.
KJV: from the foundation of the world:
INT: from [the] foundation of [the] world
Matthew 26:13 N-DMS
GRK: ὅλῳ τῷ κόσμῳ λαληθήσεται καὶ
NAS: in the whole world, what
KJV: the whole world, [there] shall also
INT: all the world will be spoken of also
Mark 8:36 N-AMS
GRK: κερδῆσαι τὸν κόσμον ὅλον καὶ
NAS: the whole world, and forfeit
KJV: the whole world, and
INT: if he gain the world whole and
Mark 14:9 N-AMS
GRK: ὅλον τὸν κόσμον καὶ ὃ
NAS: in the whole world, what
KJV: the whole world, [this] also
INT: [the] whole the world also what
Mark 16:15 N-AMS
GRK: εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἅπαντα κηρύξατε
NAS: into all the world and preach
KJV: all the world, and preach
INT: into the world all proclaim
Luke 9:25 N-AMS
GRK: κερδήσας τὸν κόσμον ὅλον ἑαυτὸν
NAS: the whole world, and loses
KJV: if he gain the whole world, and lose
INT: having gained the world whole himself
Luke 11:50 N-GMS
GRK: ἀπὸ καταβολῆς κόσμου ἀπὸ τῆς
NAS: the foundation of the world, may be charged
KJV: the foundation of the world, may be required
INT: from [the] foundation of [the] world of the
Luke 12:30 N-GMS
GRK: ἔθνη τοῦ κόσμου ἐπιζητοῦσιν ὑμῶν
NAS: the nations of the world eagerly seek;
KJV: the nations of the world seek after:
INT: nations of the world seek after of you
John 1:9 N-AMS
GRK: εἰς τὸν κόσμον
NAS: coming into the world, enlightens
KJV: that cometh into the world.
INT: into the world
John 1:10 N-DMS
GRK: ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἦν καὶ
NAS: He was in the world, and the world
KJV: He was in the world, and the world
INT: In the world he was and
John 1:10 N-NMS
GRK: καὶ ὁ κόσμος δι' αὐτοῦ
NAS: He was in the world, and the world was made
KJV: the world, and the world was made by
INT: and the world through him
John 1:10 N-NMS
GRK: καὶ ὁ κόσμος αὐτὸν οὐκ
NAS: through Him, and the world did not know
KJV: him, and the world knew him
INT: and the world him not
John 1:29 N-GMS
GRK: ἁμαρτίαν τοῦ κόσμου
NAS: who takes away the sin of the world!
KJV: taketh away the sin of the world.
INT: sin of the world
John 3:16 N-AMS
GRK: θεὸς τὸν κόσμον ὥστε τὸν
NAS: loved the world, that He gave
KJV: so loved the world, that he gave
INT: God the world that the
John 3:17 N-AMS
GRK: εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἵνα κρίνῃ
NAS: the Son into the world to judge
KJV: Son into the world to condemn
INT: into the world that he might judge
John 3:17 N-AMS
GRK: κρίνῃ τὸν κόσμον ἀλλ' ἵνα
NAS: to judge the world, but that the world
KJV: to condemn the world; but that
INT: he might judge the world but that
John 3:17 N-NMS
GRK: σωθῇ ὁ κόσμος δι' αὐτοῦ
NAS: the world, but that the world might be saved
KJV: but that the world through him
INT: might be saved the world through him
John 3:19 N-AMS
GRK: εἰς τὸν κόσμον καὶ ἠγάπησαν
NAS: has come into the world, and men
KJV: is come into the world, and men
INT: into the world and loved