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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.)
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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 67 times in 51 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 2 (Num 21:32–Jer 49:25)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 21:32 - After Moses had sent spies to Jazer, the Israelites captured its surrounding settlements and drove out the Amorites who were there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:42

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:42 - And Nobah captured Kenath and its surrounding settlements and called it Nobah after himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:39 - They took the city, its king and its villages, and put them to the sword. Everyone in it they totally destroyed. They left no survivors. They did to Debir and its king as they had done to Libnah and its king and to Hebron.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:30 - The territory extending from Mahanaim and including all of Bashan, the entire realm of Og king of Bashan—all the settlements of Jair in Bashan, sixty towns,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:24 - Ziph, Telem, Bealoth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:28 - Hazar Shual, Beersheba, Biziothiah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:32 - Lebaoth, Shilhim, Ain and Rimmon—a total of twenty-nine towns and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:36 - Shaaraim, Adithaim and Gederah (or Gederothaim)[fn]—fourteen towns and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:41

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:41 - Gederoth, Beth Dagon, Naamah and Makkedah—sixteen towns and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:44 - Keilah, Akzib and Mareshah—nine towns and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:45

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:45 - Ekron, with its surrounding settlements and villages;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:46

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:46 - west of Ekron, all that were in the vicinity of Ashdod, together with their villages;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:47

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:47 - Ashdod, its surrounding settlements and villages; and Gaza, its settlements and villages, as far as the Wadi of Egypt and the coastline of the Mediterranean Sea.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:51

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:51 - Goshen, Holon and Giloh—eleven towns and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:57

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:57 - Kain, Gibeah and Timnah—ten towns and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:59

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:59 - Maarath, Beth Anoth and Eltekon—six towns and their villages.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:62

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:62 - Nibshan, the City of Salt and En Gedi—six towns and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:7 - Then it went down from Janoah to Ataroth and Naarah, touched Jericho and came out at the Jordan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:9 - It also included all the towns and their villages that were set aside for the Ephraimites within the inheritance of the Manassites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:11 - Within Issachar and Asher, Manasseh also had Beth Shan, Ibleam and the people of Dor, Endor, Taanach and Megiddo, together with their surrounding settlements (the third in the list is Naphoth[fn]).

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:16 - The people of Joseph replied, “The hill country is not enough for us, and all the Canaanites who live in the plain have chariots fitted with iron, both those in Beth Shan and its settlements and those in the Valley of Jezreel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:24 - Kephar Ammoni, Ophni and Geba—twelve towns and their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:28 - Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah and Kiriath—fourteen towns and their villages. This was the inheritance of Benjamin for its clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:6 - Beth Lebaoth and Sharuhen—thirteen towns and their villages;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:7 - Ain, Rimmon, Ether and Ashan—four towns and their villages—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:16 - These towns and their villages were the inheritance of Zebulun, according to its clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:23 - These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Issachar, according to its clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:31 - These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Asher, according to its clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:48 - These towns and their villages were the inheritance of the tribe of Dan, according to its clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:12 - But the fields and villages around the city they had given to Caleb son of Jephunneh as his possession.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 6:18 - And the number of the gold rats was according to the number of Philistine towns belonging to the five rulers—the fortified towns with their country villages. The large rock on which the Levites set the ark of the LORD is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:23

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:23 - (But Geshur and Aram captured Havvoth Jair,[fn] as well as Kenath with its surrounding settlements—sixty towns.) All these were descendants of Makir the father of Gilead.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:16 - The Gadites lived in Gilead, in Bashan and its outlying villages, and on all the pasturelands of Sharon as far as they extended.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:54

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:54 - These were the locations of their settlements allotted as their territory (they were assigned to the descendants of Aaron who were from the Kohathite clan, because the first lot was for them):

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:56

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:56 - But the fields and villages around the city were given to Caleb son of Jephunneh.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:28 - Their lands and settlements included Bethel and its surrounding villages, Naaran to the east, Gezer and its villages to the west, and Shechem and its villages all the way to Ayyah and its villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:29 - Along the borders of Manasseh were Beth Shan, Taanach, Megiddo and Dor, together with their villages. The descendants of Joseph son of Israel lived in these towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:12

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:12 - The sons of Elpaal: Eber, Misham, Shemed (who built Ono and Lod with its surrounding villages),

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:16 - Obadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berekiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:1

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:1 - In the course of time, David defeated the Philistines and subdued them, and he took Gath and its surrounding villages from the control of the Philistines.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:25 - Azmaveth son of Adiel was in charge of the royal storehouses. Jonathan son of Uzziah was in charge of the storehouses in the outlying districts, in the towns, the villages and the watchtowers.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 13:19 - Abijah pursued Jeroboam and took from him the towns of Bethel, Jeshanah and Ephron, with their surrounding villages.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 14:14 - They destroyed all the villages around Gerar, for the terror of the LORD had fallen on them. They looted all these villages, since there was much plunder there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:18 - while the Philistines had raided towns in the foothills and in the Negev of Judah. They captured and occupied Beth Shemesh, Aijalon and Gederoth, as well as Soko, Timnah and Gimzo, with their surrounding villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:2 - Sanballat and Geshem sent me this message: “Come, let us meet together in one of the villages[fn] on the plain of Ono.” But they were scheming to harm me;

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 7:11 - Come, my beloved, let us go to the countryside, let us spend the night in the villages.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:14 - The fortress will be abandoned, the noisy city deserted; citadel and watchtower will become a wasteland forever, the delight of donkeys, a pasture for flocks,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:11

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 42:11 - Let the wilderness and its towns raise their voices; let the settlements where Kedar lives rejoice. Let the people of Sela sing for joy; let them shout from the mountaintops.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 19:15 - “This is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘Listen! I am going to bring on this city and all the villages around it every disaster I pronounced against them, because they were stiff-necked and would not listen to my words.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:25 - Why has the city of renown not been abandoned, the town in which I delight?

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