Strong G2863κομάω
be long-haired
- Transliteration
- komaō
- Pronunciation
- kom-ah'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G2864; to wear tresses of hair: - have long hair.
Detailed definition
κομάω, -ῶ
(κόμη),
to wear long hair: 1Co.11:14-15.†
(AS)
(κόμη),
to wear long hair: 1Co.11:14-15.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2863 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- hair2
First verses
- 1 Corinthians 11:14Doth not even nature itself teach you, that, if a man have long hair, it is a shame unto him?
- 1 Corinthians 11:15But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
κομάω,
Ionic dialect κομ-έω, (κόμη) let the hair grow long, Ἄβαντες ὄπιθεν κομόωντες [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.542; κάρη κομόωντες Ἀχαιοί 3.43, +others; κ. τὴν κεφαλήν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.168; τὰ ὀπίσω κ. τῆς κεφαλῆς [prev. work] 180)]; τὰ ἐπὶ δεξιὰ τῶν κεφαλέων κ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 191; τὸ γένειον τῇ κεφαλῇ ὁμοίως κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.28; ξανθοτάτοις βοτρύχοισι κ. 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 189; ἄρσεσιν οὐκ ἐπέοικε κ. 1st c.AD(?): Pseudo-Phocylidea 212; Λακεδαιμόνιοι.. οὐ γὰρ κομῶντες πρὸ τούτου ἀπὸ τούτου κομᾶν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.82, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1367a29, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 3.15; ἐλακωνομάνουν ἅπαντες.., ἐκόμων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1282)]; μὴ φθονεῖθ᾽ ἡμῖν (i.e. τοῖς ἱππεῦσι) κομῶσι [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Eq.” 580; κομῶν καὶ αὐχμηρός 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1413a9, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.26)]; ἔνορκον ἂν ποιησαίμην μὴ πρότερον κομήσειν (in token of a vow) πρίν.. [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 89c; ἀνὴρ μὲν ἐὰν κομᾷ, ἀτιμία αὐτῷ ἐστι· γυνὴ δὲ ἐὰν κομᾷ, δόξα αὐτῇ ἐστιν NT.1Cor.11.14 - 15.)]
2 plume oneself, give oneself airs, τοιοῦτος ἀνὴρ ὢν ποιητὴς οὐ κομῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 545, compare “Pl.” 170)]; οὗτος ἐπὶ τυραννίδι ἐκόμησε aimed at the monarchy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.71)]; ἐπὶ τῷ κομᾷ; on what do you plume yourself? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1317; μηδὲν ταύτῃ γε κομήσῃς [prev. author] “Pl.” 572; κ. ἐπὶ κάλλει 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 45, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 1)]; ἐπ᾽ Ἠρίννῃ κ., of her lover, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 11.322 (1st c.AD: Antiphanes Macedo Epigrammaticus): with _dative_, 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 3.192.)]
II of horses, χρυσέῃσιν ἐθείρῃσιν κομόωντε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.42, 13.24.)]
III of the hair itself, to be long, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 3.28.)]
IV metaphorically, of trees, plants, etc., [οὖθαρ ἀρούρης] μέλλεν ἄφαρ ταναοῖσι κομήσειν ἀσταχύεσσιν soon were the fields to wave with long ears, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Cererem” 454; μᾶζαι βώλοις κομῶσαι 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 165; ἁ δὲ καλὰ νάρκισσος ἐπ᾽ ἀρκεύθοισι κομάσαι 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.133, compare 4.57; αἴγειρος φύλλοισι κομόωσα 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.928; ὄρος κεκομημένον ὕλῃ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 41; ἡ γῆ φυτοῖς κομῶσα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 397a24, compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Fragmenta” 75; κομῶντα λήϊα 5th-6th c.AD: Procopius Gazaeus Rhetor “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 23.)]
V ἀστέρες κομόωντες, ={κομῆται}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 1092.)]
Ionic dialect κομ-έω, (κόμη) let the hair grow long, Ἄβαντες ὄπιθεν κομόωντες [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.542; κάρη κομόωντες Ἀχαιοί 3.43, +others; κ. τὴν κεφαλήν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.168; τὰ ὀπίσω κ. τῆς κεφαλῆς [prev. work] 180)]; τὰ ἐπὶ δεξιὰ τῶν κεφαλέων κ.[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 191; τὸ γένειον τῇ κεφαλῇ ὁμοίως κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 4.28; ξανθοτάτοις βοτρύχοισι κ. 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 189; ἄρσεσιν οὐκ ἐπέοικε κ. 1st c.AD(?): Pseudo-Phocylidea 212; Λακεδαιμόνιοι.. οὐ γὰρ κομῶντες πρὸ τούτου ἀπὸ τούτου κομᾶν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.82, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1367a29, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vita Apollonii” 3.15; ἐλακωνομάνουν ἅπαντες.., ἐκόμων 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1282)]; μὴ φθονεῖθ᾽ ἡμῖν (i.e. τοῖς ἱππεῦσι) κομῶσι [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Eq.” 580; κομῶν καὶ αὐχμηρός 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1413a9, compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.26)]; ἔνορκον ἂν ποιησαίμην μὴ πρότερον κομήσειν (in token of a vow) πρίν.. [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 89c; ἀνὴρ μὲν ἐὰν κομᾷ, ἀτιμία αὐτῷ ἐστι· γυνὴ δὲ ἐὰν κομᾷ, δόξα αὐτῇ ἐστιν NT.1Cor.11.14 - 15.)]
2 plume oneself, give oneself airs, τοιοῦτος ἀνὴρ ὢν ποιητὴς οὐ κομῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 545, compare “Pl.” 170)]; οὗτος ἐπὶ τυραννίδι ἐκόμησε aimed at the monarchy, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.71)]; ἐπὶ τῷ κομᾷ; on what do you plume yourself? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1317; μηδὲν ταύτῃ γε κομήσῃς [prev. author] “Pl.” 572; κ. ἐπὶ κάλλει 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Caesar” 45, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 1)]; ἐπ᾽ Ἠρίννῃ κ., of her lover, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 11.322 (1st c.AD: Antiphanes Macedo Epigrammaticus): with _dative_, 3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 3.192.)]
II of horses, χρυσέῃσιν ἐθείρῃσιν κομόωντε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.42, 13.24.)]
III of the hair itself, to be long, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Oppianus Apamensis Epicus “Cynegetica” 3.28.)]
IV metaphorically, of trees, plants, etc., [οὖθαρ ἀρούρης] μέλλεν ἄφαρ ταναοῖσι κομήσειν ἀσταχύεσσιν soon were the fields to wave with long ears, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Cererem” 454; μᾶζαι βώλοις κομῶσαι 5th c.BC: Cratinus Comicus 165; ἁ δὲ καλὰ νάρκισσος ἐπ᾽ ἀρκεύθοισι κομάσαι 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 1.133, compare 4.57; αἴγειρος φύλλοισι κομόωσα 3rd c.BC: Apollonius Rhodius Epicus 3.928; ὄρος κεκομημένον ὕλῃ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Dianam” 41; ἡ γῆ φυτοῖς κομῶσα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Mundo” 397a24, compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Fragmenta” 75; κομῶντα λήϊα 5th-6th c.AD: Procopius Gazaeus Rhetor “Epistulae - Epistolographi” 23.)]
V ἀστέρες κομόωντες, ={κομῆται}, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Aratus Epicus 1092.)]