2001 Translation

KOSMON, kosmon

Sounds Like: KOS-mon

Translations: world, a world, universe, an universe, adornment, an adornment, order, an order

From the root: ΚΟΣΜΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the world, the universe, or the created order. It can also mean adornment, decoration, or arrangement. In the New Testament, it often refers to humanity or the sinful world system, but can also refer to the physical world. As an accusative noun, it typically functions as the direct object of a verb or the object of certain prepositions.

Inflection: Singular, Masculine, Accusative

Strong’s number: G2889 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

1 Enoch Greek Collection

• 1 Enoch — 20:4

Aristeas

• Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:210, 1:254

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 4:12

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:16, 4:86, 4:89, 5:12, 6:2, 8:7, 10:45

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 3:4, 5:7, 38:3

Codex Sinaiticus

• Judith — 1:14, 10:4
• 1 Maccabees — 1:22
• Proverbs — 28:17, 29:17
• Wisdom — 2:24, 7:6, 9:3, 11:17, 14:14
• Isaiah — 3:19, 24:21, 40:26
• Jeremiah — 2:32
• Matthew — 16:26
• Mark — 8:36
• Luke — 9:25
• John — 1:9, 3:17, 3:19, 8:26, 9:39, 10:36, 11:27, 12:46, 12:47, 16:8, 16:21, 16:28, 17:5, 17:18, 18:37, 21:25
• Acts of the Apostles — 17:24
• Romans — 3:6, 5:12
• 2 Corinthians — 5:19
• 1 Timothy — 1:15, 6:7
• Hebrews — 10:5, 11:7
• 1 John — 2:15, 4:1, 4:9, 5:4, 5:5
• Shepherd of Hermas — 3:4, 24:3, 24:4, 91:5, 94:1, 94:2

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Romans — 7:1

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 14:138
• Book Two — 14:138

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 1:33, 3:81, 5:121, 16:250, 21:337
• Book 3 — 5:84, 6:126
• Book 4 — 5:90, 8:193, 8:292, 8:312
• Book 6 — 7:148
• Book 8 — 3:95, 5:135
• Book 10 — 11:278, 11:280
• Book 11 — 6:235
• Book 12 — 5:249
• Book 13 — 1:20, 11:308
• Book 14 — 1:2, 3:45
• Book 15 — 1:5, 3:51, 3:61, 4:90, 8:279, 9:306, 9:324, 11:382
• Book 16 — 2:19, 4:97, 5:148, 5:149, 7:181
• Book 17 — 4:68, 8:196
• Book 18 — 3:66, 4:90
• Book 19 — 1:147, 2:173
• Book 20 — 9:212

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 4:7, 19:12
• Book Two — 15:13
• Book Three — 5:35
• Book Four — 4:20, 9:77
• Book Five — 5:22, 11:13
• Book Seven — 5:41

Justin Martyr

• First Apology of Justin Martyr — 20:1, 39:1, 59:1, 64:1
• Second Apology of Justin Martyr — 0:3, 0:4, 0:5
• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 41:1, 56:11, 60:5, 91:4, 127:2

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 53:274

Mathetes

• Letter to Diognetus — 1:1, 6:7, 10:2

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 4:1

Pseudo Clement of Rome

• Clement’s Second Letter — 6:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Exodus — 33:5, 33:6
• Deuteronomy — 4:19
• 2 Samuel — 1:24
• Judith — 1:14, 10:4
• 1 Maccabees — 1:22
• 2 Maccabees — 2:2, 3:12, 8:18
• Proverbs — 28:17, 29:17
• Wisdom — 2:24, 9:3, 9:9, 11:17, 14:14
• Isaiah — 3:19, 24:21, 40:26, 49:18
• Jeremiah — 2:32
• Enoch — 20:4

The Shepherd of Hermas — Commandments

• Mandate 12 — 4:2

The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables

• Parable 8 — 3:2
• Parable 9 — 14:5, 17:1, 17:2, 25:2

The Shepherd of Hermas — Visions

• Vision 4 — 3:3, 3:4

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 16:26
• Mark — 8:36, 14:9, 16:15
• Luke — 9:25
• John — 1:9, 3:16, 3:17, 3:19, 6:14, 8:26, 9:39, 10:36, 11:27, 12:46, 12:47, 16:8, 16:21, 16:28, 16:33, 17:5, 17:18, 18:37
• Acts — 17:24
• Romans — 3:6, 5:12
• 1 Corinthians — 6:2, 7:31
• 2 Corinthians — 5:19
• 1 Timothy — 1:15, 6:7
• Hebrews — 10:5, 11:7
• 1 John — 2:15, 4:1, 4:9, 5:4, 5:5
• 2 John — 1:7

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
• 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
• 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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