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Lexicon :: Strong's G2889 - kosmos

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κόσμος
Transliteration
kosmos (Key)
Pronunciation
kos'-mos
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from the base of κομίζω (G2865)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:868,459

Trench's Synonyms: lix. κόσμος, αἰών.

Strong’s Definitions

κόσμος kósmos, kos'-mos; probably from the base of G2865; orderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally)):—adorning, world.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 187x

The KJV translates Strong's G2889 in the following manner: world (186x), adorning (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 187x
The KJV translates Strong's G2889 in the following manner: world (186x), adorning (1x).
  1. an apt and harmonious arrangement or constitution, order, government

  2. ornament, decoration, adornment, i.e. the arrangement of the stars, 'the heavenly hosts', as the ornament of the heavens. 1 Pet. 3:3

  3. the world, the universe

  4. the circle of the earth, the earth

  5. the inhabitants of the earth, men, the human family

  6. the ungodly multitude; the whole mass of men alienated from God, and therefore hostile to the cause of Christ

  7. world affairs, the aggregate of things earthly

    1. 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

  8. any aggregate or general collection of particulars of any sort

    1. the Gentiles as contrasted to the Jews (Rom. 11:12 etc)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κόσμος kósmos, kos'-mos; probably from the base of G2865; orderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally)):—adorning, world.
STRONGS G2889:
κόσμος, κόσμου, ;
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 κόσμον Graeci 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; 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; Matthew 25:34; Luke 11:50; Hebrews 4:3; Hebrews 9:26; Revelation 13:8; Revelation 17:8) and πρό καταβολῆς κόσμου (John 17:21; Ephesians 1:4; 1 Peter 1:20) (on which see καταβολή, 2); ἀπό κτίσεως κόσμου, Romans 1:20; ἀπ' ἀρχῆς κόσμου, Matthew 24:21; (on the omission of the article, cf. Winers Grammar, p. 123 (117); Buttmann, § 124, 8 b.; (cf. Ellicott on Galatians, 6:14)).
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); 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. Wisdom 10:1)): Matthew 13:38; Matthew 18:7; Mark 14:9; John 1:10, 29 (John 1:36 L in brackets); John 3:16f; 6:33,51; 8:26; 12:47; 13:1; 14:31; 16:28; 17:6,21,23; Romans 3:6, 19; 1 Corinthians 1:27f (cf. Winer's Grammar, 189 (178)); 1 Corinthians 4:13; 5:10; 14:10; 2 Corinthians 5:19; James 2:5 (cf. Winer's Grammar, as above); 1 John 2:2 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 577 (536)); ἀρχαῖος κόσμος, of the antediluvians, 2 Peter 2:5; γέννασθαι εἰς τόν κόσμον, John 16:21; ἔρχεσθαι εἰς τόν κόσμον (John 9:39) and εἰς τόν κόσμον τοῦτον, to make its appearance or come into existence among men, spoken of the light which in Christ shone upon men, John 1:9; John 3:19, cf. 12:46; of the Messiah, John 6:14; John 11:27; of Jesus as the Messiah, John 9:39; John 16:28; John 18:37; 1 Timothy 1:15; also ἐισέρχεσθαι εἰς τόν κόσμον, Hebrews 10:5; of false teachers, 2 John 1:7 (yet here L T Tr WH ἐξέρχεσθαι εἰς τόν κόσμον; (so all texts in 1 John 4:1)); to invade, of evils coming into existence among men and beginning to exert their power: of sin and death, Romans 5:12 (of death, Wis. 2:24; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 3, 4 [ET]; of idolatry, Wis. 14:14). ἀποστέλλειν τινα εἰς τόν κόσμον, John 3:17; John 10:36; John 17:18; 1 John 4:9; φῶς τοῦ κόσμου, Matthew 5:14; John 8:12; John 9:5; σωτήρ τοῦ κόσμου, John 4:42; 1 John 4:14 (σωτηρία τοῦ κόσμου Wis. 6:26 (25); ἐλπίς τοῦ κόσμου, Wis. 14:6; πρωτόπλαστος πατήρ τοῦ κόσμου, of Adam, Wis. 10:1); στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου (see στοιχεῖον, 3 and 4); ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ, among men, John 16:33; John 17:13; Ephesians 2:12; ἐν κόσμῳ (see Winer's Grammar, 123 (117)), 1 Timothy 3:16; εἶναι ἐν τῷ κόσμου, to dwell among men, John 1:10; John 9:5; John 17:11, 12 R G; 1 John 4:3; εἶναι ἐν κόσμῳ, to be present, Romans 5:13; ἐξελθεῖν, ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου, to withdraw from human society and seek an abode outside of it, 1 Corinthians 5:10; ἀναστρέφεσθαι ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ, to behave oneself, 2 Corinthians 1:12; likewise εἶναι ἐν τῷ κόσμου τούτῳ, 1 John 4:17. used specifically of the Gentiles collectively, Romans 11:12 (where it alternates with τά ἔθνη), 15; (the two in combination: τά ἔθνη τοῦ κόσμου, Luke 12:30). hyperbolically or loosely equivalent to the majority of men in a place, the multitude or mass (as we say the public): John 7:4; John 12:19 (here Tr marginal reading adds ὅλος, in brackets); John 14:19,22; 18:20. equivalent to the entire number, ἀσεβῶν, 2 Peter 2:5.
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 (); John 15:18f; 16:8,20,33; 17:9, 14f, 25; 1 Corinthians 1:21; 1 Corinthians 6:2; 1 Corinthians 11:32; 2 Corinthians 7:10; James 1:27; 1 Peter 5:9; 2 Peter 1:4; 2 Peter 2:20; 1 John 3:1, 13; 1 John 4:5; 1 John 5:19; of the aggregate of ungodly and wicked men in O. T. times, Hebrews 11:38; in Noah's time, ibid. 7; with οὗτος added, Ephesians 2:2 (on which see αἰών, 3); εἶναι ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου and ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου τούτου (see εἰμί, V. 3rd.), John 8:23; John 15:19; John 17:14, 16; 1 John 4:5; λαλεῖν ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου, to speak in accordance with the world's character and mode of thinking, 1 John 4:5; ἄρχων τοῦ κόσμου τούτου, i. e. the devil, John 12:31; John 14:30; John 16:11; ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ he that is operative in the world (also of the devil), 1 John 4:4; τό πνεῦμα τοῦ κόσμου 1 Corinthians 2:12; σοφία τοῦ κόσμου τούτου, 1 Corinthians 1:20 (here G L T Tr WH omit τούτου); 1 Corinthians 3:19. (τά στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου, Galatians 4:3; Colossians 2:8, 20 (see 5 above, and στοιχεῖον, 3 and 4).)
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 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.): κόσμος τῆς ἀδικίας, the sum of all iniquities, James 3:6; τοῦ πιστοῦ ὅλος 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').
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
2:1
Deuteronomy
4:19; 17:8
Proverbs
17:6; 17:6; 20:29
Isaiah
3:19; 24:21; 40:26
Matthew
4:8; 5:14; 13:35; 13:38; 16:26; 18:7; 24:21; 25:34; 26:13
Mark
8:36; 14:9; 16:15
Luke
4:5; 9:25; 11:50; 12:30
John
1:9; 1:10; 1:10; 1:10; 1:29; 1:36; 3:16; 3:17; 3:19; 4:42; 6:14; 6:33; 6:51; 7:4; 7:7; 8:12; 8:23; 8:26; 9:5; 9:5; 9:39; 9:39; 10:36; 11:9; 11:27; 12:19; 12:25; 12:31; 12:46; 12:47; 13:1; 14:19; 14:22; 14:27; 14:30; 14:31; 15:18; 15:19; 16:8; 16:11; 16:20; 16:21; 16:28; 16:28; 16:33; 16:33; 16:33; 17:5; 17:6; 17:9; 17:11; 17:12; 17:13; 17:14; 17:14; 17:16; 17:18; 17:21; 17:21; 17:23; 17:25; 18:20; 18:36; 18:37; 21:25
Acts
17:24
Romans
1:8; 1:20; 3:6; 3:19; 4:13; 5:12; 5:13; 11:12
1 Corinthians
1:20; 1:21; 1:27; 2:12; 3; 3:4; 3:19; 3:22; 4:9; 4:13; 5:10; 5:10; 6:2; 7:31; 8:4; 11:32; 14:10
2 Corinthians
1:12; 5:19; 7:10
Galatians
4:3; 6:14
Ephesians
1:4; 2:2; 2:12
Philippians
2:15
Colossians
1:6; 2:8; 2:20; 2:20
1 Timothy
1:15; 3:16; 6:7
Hebrews
4:3; 9:26; 10:5; 11:38
James
1:27; 2:5; 3:6; 4:4
1 Peter
1:20; 3:3; 5:9
2 Peter
1:4; 2:5; 2:5; 2:20; 3:6
1 John
2:2; 2:15; 2:15; 2:16; 2:16; 3:1; 3:13; 3:17; 4:1; 4:3; 4:4; 4:5; 4:5; 4:5; 4:9; 4:14; 4:17; 5:4; 5:19
2 John
1:7
Revelation
11:15; 13:8; 17:8

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2889 matches the Greek κόσμος (kosmos),
which occurs 186 times in 151 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:8 - Again, the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain, and showeth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:14 - Ye are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:35 - that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying,
I will open my mouth in parables;
I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:38 - and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one;
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:26 - For what shall a man be profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:7 - Woe unto the world because of occasions of stumbling! for it must needs be that the occasions come; but woe to that man through whom the occasion cometh!
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:21 - for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 25:34 - Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:13 - Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, that also which this woman hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:36 - For what doth it profit a man, to gain the whole world, and forfeit his life?
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:9 - And verily I say unto you, Wheresoever the gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, that also which this woman hath done shall be spoken of for a memorial of her.
Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:15 - And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to the whole creation.
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:25 - For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self?
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:50 - that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:30 - For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: but your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:9 - There was the true light, even the light which lighteth every man, coming into the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:10 - He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world knew him not.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 1:29 - On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, that taketh away the sin of the world!
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:16 - For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth on him should not perish, but have eternal life.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:17 - For God sent not the Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world should be saved through him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 3:19 - And this is the judgment, that the light is come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:42 - and they said to the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy speaking: for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:14 - When therefore the people saw the sign which he did, they said, This is of a truth the prophet that cometh into the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:33 - For the bread of God is that which cometh down out of heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 6:51 - I am the living bread which came down out of heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: yea and the bread which I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:4 - For no man doeth anything in secret, and himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou doest these things, manifest thyself to the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:7 - The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that its works are evil.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:12 - Again therefore Jesus spake unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in the darkness, but shall have the light of life.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:23 - And he said unto them, Ye are from beneath; I am from above: ye are of this world; I am not of this world.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:26 - I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you: howbeit he that sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these speak I unto the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:5 - When I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 9:39 - And Jesus said, For judgment came I into this world, that they that see not may see; and that they that see may become blind.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 10:36 - say ye of him, whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest; because I said, I am the Son of God?
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:9 - Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in the day? If a man walk in the day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this world.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:27 - She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I have believed that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, even he that cometh into the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:19 - The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Behold how ye prevail nothing; lo, the world is gone after him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:25 - He that loveth his life loseth it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:31 - Now is the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world be cast out.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:46 - I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me may not abide in the darkness.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 12:47 - And if any man hear my sayings, and keep them not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 13:1 - Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own that were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:17 - even the Spirit of truth: whom the world cannot receive; for it beholdeth him not, neither knoweth him: ye know him; for he abideth with you, and shall be in you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:19 - Yet a little while, and the world beholdeth me no more; but ye behold me: because I live, ye shall live also.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:22 - Judas (not Iscariot) saith unto him, Lord, what is come to pass that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world?
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:27 - Peace I leave with you; my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be fearful.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:30 - I will no more speak much with you, for the prince of the world cometh: and he hath nothing in me;
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 14:31 - but that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:18 - If the world hateth you, ye know that it hath hated me before it hated you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 15:19 - If ye were of the world, the world would love its own: but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 16:8 - And he, when he is come, will convict the world in respect of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment:

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