Keraia
Lexicon

κόσμος

kosmosworldHow to read Greek
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. Romans 5:13κόσμῳ · [the] world
    For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law.
  2. Romans 11:12κόσμου · for [the] world
    But if their trespass means riches for the world, and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring!
  3. Romans 11:15κόσμου · of [the] world
    For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?
  4. 1 Corinthians 1:20κόσμου · world
    Where is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?
  5. 1 Corinthians 1:21κόσμος · world
    For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
  6. 1 Corinthians 1:27κόσμου · world; κόσμου · world
    But God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.
  7. 1 Corinthians 1:28κόσμου · world
    He chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,
  8. 1 Corinthians 2:12κόσμου · world
    We have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.
  9. 1 Corinthians 3:19κόσμου · world
    For the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”
  10. 1 Corinthians 3:22κόσμος · [the] world
    …whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,
  11. 1 Corinthians 4:9κόσμῳ · whole world
    For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.
  12. 1 Corinthians 4:13κόσμου · earth
    …when we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.
  13. 1 Corinthians 5:10κόσμου · world; κόσμου · world
    I was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world.
  14. 1 Corinthians 6:2κόσμον · world; κόσμος · world
    Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?
  15. 1 Corinthians 7:31κόσμον · [this] world; κόσμου · world
    …and those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.
  16. 1 Corinthians 7:33κόσμου · world
    But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,
  17. 1 Corinthians 7:34κόσμου · world
    …and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.
  18. 1 Corinthians 8:4κόσμῳ · [the] world
    So about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.
  19. 1 Corinthians 11:32κόσμῳ · world
    But when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.
  20. 1 Corinthians 14:10κόσμῳ · [the] world
    Assuredly, there are many different languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.
  21. 2 Corinthians 1:12κόσμῳ · world
    For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.
  22. 2 Corinthians 5:19κόσμον · [the] world
    …that God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.
  23. 2 Corinthians 7:10κόσμου · worldly
    Godly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.
  24. Galatians 4:3κόσμου · world
    So also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.
  25. Galatians 6:14κόσμος · [the] world; κόσμῳ · [to the] world
    But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.
  26. Ephesians 1:4κόσμου · of [the] world
    For He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In love
  27. Ephesians 2:2κόσμου · world
    …in which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.
  28. Ephesians 2:12κόσμῳ · world
    …remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.
  29. Philippians 2:15κόσμῳ · [the] world
    …so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
  30. Colossians 1:6κόσμῳ · world
    …that has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God.
  31. Colossians 2:8κόσμου · world
    See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.
  32. Colossians 2:20κόσμου · world; κόσμῳ · [the] world
    If you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:
  33. 1 Timothy 1:15κόσμον · world
    This is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.
  34. 1 Timothy 3:16κόσμῳ · [the] world
    By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.
  35. 1 Timothy 6:7κόσμον · world
    For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it.
  36. Hebrews 4:3κόσμου · of [the] world
    Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.
  37. Hebrews 9:26κόσμου · of [the] world
    Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.
  38. Hebrews 10:5κόσμον · world
    Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.
  39. Hebrews 11:7κόσμον · world
    By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
  40. Hebrews 11:38κόσμος · world
    The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.
  41. James 1:27κόσμου · world
    Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.
  42. James 2:5κόσμῳ · of this world
    Listen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?
  43. James 3:6κόσμος · world
    The tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.
  44. James 4:4κόσμου · world
    You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.