2001 Translation

KOSMŌ, kosmō

Sounds Like: KOH-smoh

Translations: to the world, for the world, to an adornment, for an adornment, to an order, for an order

From the root: ΚΟΣΜΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word is the dative singular form of the noun 'κόσμος' (kosmos). It refers to an orderly arrangement, an adornment, or the world itself, often implying the created universe or humanity. In its dative form, it typically indicates the indirect object of an action, meaning 'to' or 'for' the world, order, or adornment, depending on the context. It can also be used to indicate location or instrument.

Inflection: Singular, Dative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G2889 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 2:40, 9:22

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 6:4, 7:4, 9:4, 59:2

Codex Sinaiticus

• Judith — 12:15
• Sirach — 26:16, 32:5
• Isaiah — 61:10
• Jeremiah — 4:30
• Matthew — 18:7, 26:13
• John — 1:10, 6:33, 7:4, 9:5, 12:25, 13:1, 14:22, 16:33, 17:11, 17:13, 18:20
• Romans — 1:8, 5:13
• 1 Corinthians — 4:9, 7:31, 8:4, 11:32, 14:10
• 2 Corinthians — 1:12
• Galatians — 6:14
• Ephesians — 2:12
• Philippians — 2:15
• Colossians — 1:6, 2:20
• 1 Timothy — 3:16
• James — 2:5
• 1 Peter — 5:9
• 2 Peter — 1:4
• 1 John — 2:15, 2:16, 4:3, 4:4, 4:17
• Epistle of Barnabas — 10:11

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 3:2, 6:2

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 3 — 5:78, 6:103
• Book 4 — 6:115, 8:184
• Book 9 — 11:242
• Book 14 — 7:107, 15:445
• Book 15 — 4:104, 9:318, 11:384
• Book 17 — 8:198
• Book 19 — 1:160, 5:290

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 24:7, 34:27
• Book Two — 8:24
• Book Five — 2:4

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 55:1
• Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:11
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 43:1, 43:4, 119:6, 127:2

Mathetes

• Letter to Diognetus — 6:1, 6:3, 6:4, 6:7, 11:3

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 5:3

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 5:5, 8:2, 19:3

Pseudo-Baruch

• The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 6:14, 6:16, 7:2, 10:3

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Judith — 12:15
• Odes — 8:2
• Sirach — 26:16, 35:5
• Isaiah — 61:10
• Jeremiah — 4:30
• Ezekiel — 16:11, 23:40

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 18:7, 26:13
• John — 1:10, 6:33, 7:4, 9:5, 12:25, 13:1, 14:22, 16:33, 17:11, 17:13, 18:20
• Romans — 1:8, 5:13
• 1 Corinthians — 4:9, 8:4, 11:32, 14:10
• 2 Corinthians — 1:12
• Galatians — 6:14
• Ephesians — 2:12
• Philippians — 2:15
• Colossians — 1:6, 2:20
• 1 Timothy — 3:16
• James — 2:5
• 1 Peter — 5:9
• 2 Peter — 1:4, 2:5
• 1 John — 2:15, 2:16, 4:3, 4:4, 4:17

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΟΣΜΟΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΚΟΣ — world, universe, adornment, ornament, a world, an adornment
• ΚΟΣΜΕ — world, universe, adornment, order, arrangement, a world, an adornment
• ΚΟΣΜΗΣΗ — adornment, decoration, ornament, an adornment, a decoration, an ornament
• ΚΟΣΜΙΚΑ — worldly, earthly, secular, material, temporal
• ΚΟΣΜΙΩΣ — properly, respectably, decorously, modestly, orderly
• ΚΟΣΜΟ — world, universe, adornment, order, arrangement, a world, an adornment
• ΚΟΣΜΟΙ — worlds, universes, orders, adornments, ornaments
• ΚΟΣΜΟΙΣ — (to) worlds, (to) adornments, (to) orders, (in) worlds, (in) adornments, (in) orders
• ΚΟΣΜΟΝ — world, a world, universe, an universe, adornment, an adornment, order, an order
• ΚΟΣΜΟΣ — world, a world, universe, order, adornment, decoration, ornament
• ΚΟΣΜΟΥ — (of) world, (of) universe, (of) adornment, (of) order, (of) a world, (of) an adornment
• ΚΟΣΜΟΥΣ — worlds, universes, adornments, orders
• ΚΟΣΜΩΝ — of the world, of the universe, of the adornment, of the order
• ΚΟΣΝΟΝ — world, a world, universe, order, adornment
• ΠΑΡΑΚΟΣΜΩΣ — improperly, indecently, disorderly, out of order
• ΣΜΟΥ — of the world, of the universe, of adornment, of order
• ΤΟΥΚΟΣΜΟΥ — of the world, of a world

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