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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. 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.
  2. 1 Peter 1:20κόσμου · of [the] world
    He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.
  3. 1 Peter 3:3κόσμος · adornment
    Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,
  4. 1 Peter 5:9κόσμῳ · world
    Resist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.
  5. 2 Peter 1:4κόσμῳ · world
    Through these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.
  6. 2 Peter 2:5κόσμου · world; κόσμῳ · [on its]
    …if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;
  7. 2 Peter 2:20κόσμου · world
    If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.
  8. 2 Peter 3:6κόσμος · world
    …through which the world of that time perished in the flood.
  9. 1 John 2:2κόσμου · world
    He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
  10. 1 John 2:15κόσμον · world; κόσμῳ · world; κόσμον · world
    Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.
  11. 1 John 2:16κόσμῳ · world; κόσμου · world
    For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.
  12. 1 John 2:17κόσμος · world
    The world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.
  13. 1 John 3:1κόσμος · world
    Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.
  14. 1 John 3:13κόσμος · world
    So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.
  15. 1 John 3:17κόσμου · earthly
    If anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?
  16. 1 John 4:1κόσμον · world
    Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.
  17. 1 John 4:3κόσμῳ · world
    …and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time.
  18. 1 John 4:4κόσμῳ · world
    You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.
  19. 1 John 4:5κόσμου · world; κόσμου · world’s; κόσμος · world
    They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.
  20. 1 John 4:9κόσμον · world
    This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
  21. 1 John 4:14κόσμου · world
    And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.
  22. 1 John 4:17κόσμῳ · world
    In this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.
  23. 1 John 5:4κόσμον · world; κόσμον · world
    …because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
  24. 1 John 5:5κόσμον · world
    Who then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.
  25. 1 John 5:19κόσμος · world
    We know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.
  26. 2 John 1:7κόσμον · world
    For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.
  27. Revelation 11:15κόσμου · world
    Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”
  28. Revelation 13:8κόσμου · of [the] world
    And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.
  29. Revelation 17:8κόσμου · of [the] world
    The beast that you saw—it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet will be.