2001 Translation

KOSMOU, kosmou

Sounds Like: KOS-moo

Translations: (of) world, (of) universe, (of) adornment, (of) order, (of) a world, (of) an adornment

From the root: ΚΟΣΜΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word is the genitive singular form of the noun 'ΚΟΣΜΟΣ' (kosmos). It refers to the world, the universe, or the created order. It can also mean an adornment, decoration, or arrangement. In a sentence, it often indicates possession or origin, such as 'of the world' or 'belonging to the world'.

Inflection: Genitive, Singular, Masculine

Strong’s number: G2889 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 20:2

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:99

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 5:5, 15:8, 21:5

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:6, 1:21, 4:89, 6:2

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 5:7, 19:2, 60:1

Codex Sinaiticus

• Esther — 4:17k
• 4 Maccabees — 5:25, 8:23
• Wisdom — 6:24, 7:17, 10:1, 13:2, 14:6
• Isaiah — 3:20, 3:24, 3:26
• Matthew — 4:8, 5:14, 24:21, 25:34
• Luke — 11:50, 12:30
• John — 1:29, 4:42, 6:51, 8:12, 8:23, 9:5, 11:9, 12:31, 13:1, 14:30, 15:19, 17:6, 17:9, 17:14, 17:15, 17:16, 17:24, 18:36
• Romans — 1:20, 4:13, 11:12, 11:15
• 1 Corinthians — 1:20, 1:27, 1:28, 2:12, 4:13, 5:10, 7:31, 7:33, 7:34
• 2 Corinthians — 7:10
• Ephesians — 1:4, 2:2
• Colossians — 2:20
• Hebrews — 4:3, 9:26
• James — 1:27, 4:4
• 1 Peter — 1:20
• 2 Peter — 2:5, 2:20
• 1 John — 2:2, 2:16, 3:17, 4:5, 4:14
• Revelation — 11:15, 17:8
• Epistle of Barnabas — 5:5, 15:8, 21:5

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 2:2, 3:3, 6:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Magnesians — 5:2

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 40:284
• Book Two — 40:284

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 0:21, 0:26
• Book 3 — 6:107
• Book 5 — 2:132, 3:179
• Book 8 — 3:63
• Book 9 — 11:237
• Book 10 — 10:205
• Book 16 — 7:204
• Book 19 — 3:230

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 31:9
• Book Two — 15:17
• Book Three — 5:16, 5:24
• Book Five — 2:33

Justin Martyr

• Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:6
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 5:4, 29:3, 56:10, 110:5, 113:6

Mathetes

• Letter to Diognetus — 6:2, 6:3, 10:7, 12:9

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 17:2

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 5:1, 8:3, 17:5

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Deuteronomy — 17:3
• 2 Samuel — 1:24
• Esther — 4:17
• 2 Maccabees — 7:9, 7:23, 12:15, 13:14
• 4 Maccabees — 5:25, 8:23, 16:18
• Odes — 14:15, 14:20
• Wisdom — 1:14, 6:24, 7:17, 10:1, 13:2, 14:6
• Isaiah — 3:20, 3:24, 3:26
• Ezekiel — 7:20
• Nahum — 2:10
• Enoch — 20:2

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 4:8, 5:14, 24:21, 25:34
• Luke — 11:50, 12:30
• John — 1:29, 4:42, 6:51, 8:12, 8:23, 9:5, 11:9, 12:31, 13:1, 14:30, 15:19, 16:11, 17:6, 17:9, 17:14, 17:15, 17:16, 17:24, 18:36
• Romans — 1:20, 4:13, 11:12, 11:15
• 1 Corinthians — 1:20, 1:27, 1:28, 2:12, 3:19, 4:13, 5:10, 7:31, 7:33, 7:34
• 2 Corinthians — 7:10
• Galatians — 4:3
• Ephesians — 1:4, 2:2
• Colossians — 2:8, 2:20
• Hebrews — 4:3, 9:26
• James — 1:27, 4:4
• 1 Peter — 1:20
• 2 Peter — 2:5, 2:20
• 1 John — 2:2, 2:16, 3:17, 4:5, 4:14
• Revelation — 11:15, 13:8, 17:8

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
• ΚΟΣΜΟΥΣ — worlds, universes, adornments, orders
• ΚΟΣΜΩ — to the world, for the world, to an adornment, for an adornment, to an order, for an order
• 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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