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κόσμος

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greekNew TestamentNoun · masculine186 occurrences20 books151 verses

Definition

κόσμος, -ου, ὁ

[in LXX: Genesis 2:1, Deuteronomy 4:19; 17:3, Isaiah 24:21; 40:26 (צבא), Exodus 33:5, 6 Jeremiah 2:32; 4:30, Ezekiel 7:20; 16:11; 23:40 (עֲדִי), Isaiah 61:10 (כְּלִי), al., Wis.2.24 and freq., Sir.6.30, al ;]

1. order (Hom., Plat., al.).

2. ornament, adornment, esp. of women (Hom., al.): 1 Peter 3:3.

3. Later, the world or universe, as an ordered system (Plat., al.): Acts 17:24, Romans 4:13, 1 Corinthians 3:22, Philippians 2:15, Hebrews 4:3, al.

4. In late writers only, the world, i.e. the earth (= ἡ οἰκουμένη, cf. Matthew 4:8 with Luke 4:5): Matthew 4:8, Mrk.16:[15], Colossians 2:20, 1 Timothy 6:7, al.; hence by meton.,

(a) of the human inhabitants of the world: Matthew 5:14; 15:38, Mark 14:9, John 1:10; 4:42; 12:47, Romans 3:6, 1 Corinthians 4:13, 2 Corinthians 5:19, 2 Peter 2:5, al.;

(b) of worldly affairs or possessions: Matthew 16:26, Mark 8:36, Luke 9:25, 1 Corinthians 7:31, 1 John 2:16, al.;

(with) in ethical sense, of the ungodly: John 7:7; 14:17, 27, 1 Corinthians 1:21, James 1:27, 1 John 4:4, al.;

(d) metaphorically: ὁ κ. τῆς ἀδικίας, James 3:6.

Synonyms: αἰών, which see (cf . also Dalman, Words, 162ff.; Tr., Syn., §lix; Westc., additional note on John 1:10; DB, iv, 938ff.).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as κόσμος:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

186 total
  1. John 14:17κόσμος · world
    …the Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.
  2. John 14:19κόσμος · world
    In a little while the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live.
  3. John 14:22κόσμῳ · world
    Judas (not Iscariot) asked Him, “Lord, why are You going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?”
  4. John 14:27κόσμος · world
    Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.
  5. John 14:30κόσμου · world
    I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.
  6. John 14:31κόσμος · world
    But I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us go on from here.
  7. John 15:18κόσμος · world
    If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.
  8. John 15:19κόσμου · world; κόσμος · [it]; κόσμου · world; κόσμου · world; κόσμος · world
    If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.
  9. John 16:8κόσμον · world
    And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:
  10. John 16:11κόσμου · world
    …and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned.
  11. John 16:20κόσμος · world
    Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.
  12. John 16:21κόσμον · world
    A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.
  13. John 16:28κόσμον · world; κόσμον · world
    I came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”
  14. John 16:33κόσμῳ · world; κόσμον · world
    I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
  15. John 17:5κόσμον · world
    And now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.
  16. John 17:6κόσμου · world
    I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.
  17. John 17:9κόσμου · world
    I ask on their behalf. I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those You have given Me; for they are Yours.
  18. John 17:11κόσμῳ · world; κόσμῳ · world
    I will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.
  19. John 17:13κόσμῳ · world
    But now I am coming to You; and I am saying these things while I am in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled within them.
  20. John 17:14κόσμος · world; κόσμου · world; κόσμου · world
    I have given them Your word and the world has hated them. For they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
  21. John 17:15κόσμου · world
    I am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one.
  22. John 17:16κόσμου · world; κόσμου · world
    They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.
  23. John 17:18κόσμον · world; κόσμον · world
    As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world.
  24. John 17:21κόσμος · world
    …that all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.
  25. John 17:23κόσμος · world
    I in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.
  26. John 17:24κόσμου · of [the] world
    Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.
  27. John 17:25κόσμος · world
    Righteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.
  28. John 18:20κόσμῳ · world
    “I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered. “I always taught in the synagogues and at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.
  29. John 18:36κόσμου · world; κόσμου
    Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not of this realm.”
  30. John 18:37κόσμον · world
    “Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.”
  31. John 21:25κόσμον · world
    There are many more things that Jesus did. If all of them were written down, I suppose that not even the world itself would have space for the books that would be written.
  32. Acts 17:24κόσμον · world
    The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.
  33. Romans 1:8κόσμῳ · world
    First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed all over the world.
  34. Romans 1:20κόσμου · of [the] world
    For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.
  35. Romans 3:6κόσμον · world
    Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?
  36. Romans 3:19κόσμος · world
    Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
  37. Romans 4:13κόσμου · [of the] world
    For the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.
  38. Romans 5:12κόσμον · world
    Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.