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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 - Then Jesus went throughout all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and sickness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:11 - Whenever you enter a town or village, find out who is worthy there and stay with them until you leave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:15 - When evening arrived, his disciples came to him saying, "This is an isolated place and the hour is already late. Send the crowds away so that they can go into the villages and buy food for themselves."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:2 - telling them, "Go to the village ahead of you. Right away you will find a donkey tied there, 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 was amazed because of their unbelief. Then he went around among the villages and taught.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:36 - Send them away so that they can go into the surrounding countryside and villages and buy something for themselves to eat."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:56

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:56 - And wherever he would go - into villages, towns, or countryside - they would place the sick in the marketplaces, and would ask him if they could just touch the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:23 - He took the blind man by the hand and brought him outside of the village. Then he spit on his eyes, placed his hands on his eyes and asked, "Do you see anything?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:26 - Jesus sent him home, saying, "Do not even go into the village."

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:27 - Then Jesus and his disciples went to the villages of Caesarea Philippi. 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 to the village ahead of you. As soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:17 - Now on one of those days, while he was teaching, there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting nearby (who had come from every village of Galilee and Judea and from Jerusalem), and the power of the Lord was with him to heal.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:1 - Some time afterward he went on through towns and villages, preaching and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom of God. The twelve were with him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:6 - Then they departed and went throughout the villages, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:12 - Now the day began to draw to a close, so the twelve came and said to Jesus, "Send the crowd away, so they can go into the surrounding villages and countryside and find lodging and food, because we are in an isolated place."

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:52 - He sent messengers on ahead of him. As they went along, they entered a Samaritan village to make things ready in advance 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 entered a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him as a guest.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:22 - Then Jesus traveled throughout towns and villages, teaching and making his way toward Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:12 - As he was entering a village, ten men with leprosy met him. They stood at a distance,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:30 - telling them, "Go to the village ahead of you. When you enter it, you will find a colt tied there that has never been ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:13 - Now that very day two of them were on their way to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:28 - So they approached the village where they were going. He acted as though he wanted to go farther,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:42 - Don't the scriptures say that the Christ is a descendant of David and comes from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?"

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:1 - Now a certain man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village where Mary and her sister Martha lived.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:30 - (Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still in the place where Martha had come out to meet him.)

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:25 - So after Peter and John had solemnly testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they started back to Jerusalem, proclaiming the good news to many Samaritan villages as they went.
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