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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 - Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and sickness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:11 - Whatever town or village you enter, search there for some worthy person and stay at their house until you leave.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:15 - As evening approached, the disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away, so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:2 - saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:6 - He was amazed at their lack of faith. Then Jesus went around teaching from village to village.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:36 - Send the people away so that they can go to 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 went—into villages, towns or countryside—they placed the sick in the marketplaces. They begged him to let them touch even 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 led him outside the village. When he had spit on the man’s eyes and put his hands on him, Jesus 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, “Don’t even go into[fn] the village.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:27 - Jesus and his disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked them, “Who do people say I am?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:2 - saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and just as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:17 - One day Jesus was teaching, and Pharisees and teachers of the law were sitting there. They had come from every village of Galilee and from Judea and Jerusalem. And the power of the Lord was with Jesus to heal the sick.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:1 - After this, Jesus traveled about from one town and village to another, 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 - So they set out and went from village to village, proclaiming the good news and healing people everywhere.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:12 - Late in the afternoon the Twelve came to him and said, “Send the crowd away so they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside and find food and lodging, because we are in a remote place here.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:52 - And he sent messengers on ahead, who went into a Samaritan village to get things ready for him;

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:56

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:56 - Then he and his disciples went to another village.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:38 - As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, he came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:22 - Then Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he made his way to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:12 - As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy[fn] met him. They stood at a distance

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:30 - “Go to the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, which no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:13 - Now that same day two of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles[fn] from Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:28 - As they approached the village to which they were going, Jesus continued on as if he were going farther.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:42 - Does not Scripture say that the Messiah will come from David’s descendants and from Bethlehem, the town where David lived?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:1 - Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from 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 entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:25 - After they had further proclaimed the word of the Lord and testified about Jesus, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many Samaritan villages.
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