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Lexicon :: Strong's G2968 - kōmē

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κώμη
Transliteration
kōmē (Key)
Pronunciation
ko'-may
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

κώμη kṓmē, ko'-may; from G2749; a hamlet (as if laid down):—town, village.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's G2968 in the following manner: village (17x), town (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's G2968 in the following manner: village (17x), town (11x).

  1. the common sleeping place to which labourers in the field return, a village

  2. the name of the city near which the villages lie and to whose municipality they belong

  3. the inhabitants of villages

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κώμη kṓmē, ko'-may; from G2749; a hamlet (as if laid down):—town, village.
STRONGS G2968:
κώμη, κόμης, ἡ (akin to κεῖμαι, κοιμάω, properly, the common sleeping-place to which laborers in the fields return; Curtius, § 45 (related is English home)) (from Hesiod, Herodotus down), a village: Matthew 9:35; Matthew 10:11; Mark 11:2; Luke 5:17; Luke 9:52 (here Tdf. πόλιν), and often in the Synoptative Gospels; John 11:1, 30; with the name of the city near which the villages lie and to whose municipality they belong: Καισαρείας, Mark 8:27 (often so in the Sept. for בְּנות with the name of a city; cf. Gesenius, Thesaurus, i., p. 220{a} (B. D., under the word , 7); also for חַצְרֵי and חַצְרות with the name of a city); by metonymy, the inhabitants of villages, Acts 8:25; used also of a small town, as Bethsaida, Mark 8:23, 26, cf. Mark 8:22; John 1:45; of Bethlehem, John 7:42; for עִיר, Joshua 10:39; Joshua 15:9 (Complutensian LXX); Isaiah 42:11. (B. D., under the word Villages.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Joshua
10:39; 15:9
Isaiah
42:11
Matthew
9:35; 10:11
Mark
8:22; 8:23; 8:26; 8:27; 11:2
Luke
5:17; 9:52
John
1:45; 7:42; 11:1; 11:30
Acts
8:25

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2968 matches the Greek κώμη (kōmē),
which occurs 27 times in 27 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 9:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:35 - And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:11 - And whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy in it and stay there until you depart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:15 - Now when it was evening, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the day is now over; send the crowds away to go into the villages and buy food for themselves.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:2 - saying to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:6 - And he marveled because of their unbelief. And he went about among the villages teaching.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:36 - Send them away to go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:56

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:56 - And wherever he came, in villages, cities, or countryside, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and implored him that they might touch even the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched it were made well.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:23 - And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:26 - And he sent him to his home, saying, “Do not even enter the village.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:27 - And Jesus went on with his disciples to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. And on the way he asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:2 - and said to them, “Go into the village in front of you, and immediately as you enter it you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:17 - On one of those days, as he was teaching, Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there, who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with him to heal.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:1 - Soon afterward he went on through cities and villages, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God. And the twelve were with him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:6 - And they departed and went through the villages, preaching the gospel and healing everywhere.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:12 - Now the day began to wear away, and the twelve came and said to him, “Send the crowd away to go into the surrounding villages and countryside to find lodging and get provisions, for we are here in a desolate place.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:52 - And he sent messengers ahead of him, who went and entered a village of the Samaritans, to make preparations for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:56

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:56 - And they went on to another village.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:38 - Now as they went on their way, Jesus[fn] entered a village. And a woman named Martha welcomed him into her house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:22 - He went on his way through towns and villages, teaching and journeying toward Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:12 - And as he entered a village, he was met by ten lepers,[fn] who stood at a distance

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:30 - saying, “Go into the village in front of you, where on entering you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and bring it here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:13 - That very day two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles[fn] from Jerusalem,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:28 - So they drew near to the village to which they were going. He acted as if he were going farther,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:42 - Has not the Scripture said that the Christ comes from the offspring of David, and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:1 - Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:30 - Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:25 - Now when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.
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