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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 8 times in 7 verses in 'Mar' in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:6 - And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, G2968 teaching.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:36 - Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, G2968 and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:56

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:56 - And whithersoever he entered, into villages, G2968 or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:23 - And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; G2968 and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:26 - And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, G2968 nor tell it to any in the town. G2968

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:27 - And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns G2968 of Caesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:2 - And saith unto them, Go your way into the village G2968 over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.
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