Strong G2885κοσμέω
to arrange
- Transliteration
- kosmeō
- Pronunciation
- kos-meh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G2889; to put in proper order that is decorate (literally or figuratively); specifically to snuff (a wick): - adorn garnish trim.
Detailed definition
κοσμέω, -ῶ
(κόσμος), [in LXX for עָדָה, תָּקַן, etc.;]
1. to order, arrange, prepare (in Hom. esp. of marshalling armies): Mat.25:7 (cf. Sir.50:9, al.).
2. to adorn, furnish: οἶκον, pass., Mat.12:44, Luk.11:25; μνημεῖα, Mat.23:29; τὸ ἱερόν, pass., Luk.21:5; θεμέλιοι, Rev.21:19; νύμφην, pass., Rev.21:2; ἐαυτάς, before ἐν, 1Ti.2:9. Metaphorical, with accusative of person(s), 1Pe.3:5; with accusative of thing(s), Tit.2:10.†
(AS)
(κόσμος), [in LXX for עָדָה, תָּקַן, etc.;]
1. to order, arrange, prepare (in Hom. esp. of marshalling armies): Mat.25:7 (cf. Sir.50:9, al.).
2. to adorn, furnish: οἶκον, pass., Mat.12:44, Luk.11:25; μνημεῖα, Mat.23:29; τὸ ἱερόν, pass., Luk.21:5; θεμέλιοι, Rev.21:19; νύμφην, pass., Rev.21:2; ἐαυτάς, before ἐν, 1Ti.2:9. Metaphorical, with accusative of person(s), 1Pe.3:5; with accusative of thing(s), Tit.2:10.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2885 appears in 10 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- adorn5
- garnish4
- that1
- trim1
First verses
- Matthew 12:44Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
- Matthew 23:29Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
- Matthew 25:7Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
- Luke 11:25And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.
- Luke 21:5And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,
- 1 Timothy 2:9In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly array;
- Titus 2:10Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
- 1 Peter 3:5For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
- Revelation 21:2And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
- Revelation 21:19And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald;
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κοσμ-έω,
order, arrange, especially set an army in array, marshal it, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.379; κοσμῆσαι ἵππους τε καὶ ἀνέρας 2.554)]:—passive, ἐπεὶ κόσμηθεν ἅμ᾽ ἡγεμόνεσσιν ἕκαστοι [Refs (3.1)]; πένταχα κοσμηθέντες marshalled in five bodies, [Refs (12.87)]; of a population, διὰ τρίχα κοσμηθέντες [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2.655; once in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”, of hunters, διὰ δὲ τρίχα κοσμηθέντες 9.157:)] —middle, κοσμησάμενος πολιήτας having arranged his men, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.806)]; so after Homer, κ. στρατόν (variant for{κοιμήσων}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 662; τάξεις κεκοσμημέναι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.26, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 247a; ἐπὶ τάξις πλεῦνας ἐκεκοσμέατο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.31.)]
2 generally, arrange, prepare, δόρπον ἐκόσμει [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.13; κ. ἀοιδήν η “Bacch.” 59; ἔργα 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 306; στέφανον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 74; τράπεζαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.6; εἰς τάφον λέβητα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1401)]:—passive, δεῖπνον κεκόσμηται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.22)]; δεῖ οὕτω κοσμηθῆναι ὅκως.. [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 266)]; τὸ κοσμηθὲν αἷμα, ={τὸνοἰκεῖον κόσμον κτησάμενον}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 5.551.)]
II order, rule, τὴν πόλιν κ. καλῶς τε καὶ εὖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.59, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1103; Σπάρτην ἔλαχες, κείνην κόσμει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 723 (_anapaest meter_))]; κ. ἐμαυτόν restrain myself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Hyps.fragment” 34(60).46; τὰ ἄλλα ἐκεκοσμέατό οἱ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.100; τόν γε νοῦν κοσμοῦντα πάντα κοσμεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 97 c:)] —passive, τὰ κοσμούμενα orderly institutions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 677)]: perfect participle, of persons, orderly, ταπεινὸς καὶ κεκοσμημένος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 716a; τεταγμένον τε καὶ κ. πρᾶγμα [prev. author] “Grg.” 504 a.)]
II.2 in Crete, hold office of κόσμος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (111, οἱ κεκοσμηκότες 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1272a35, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 22.15.1)]; Cretan dialect κοσμίω [Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 1.51, etc.)]; also κορμίω (which see).
III adorn, equip, dress, especially of women, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“Hymni Homerici” 6.11, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 72; κοσμῆσαί τινα πανοπλίῃ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.180; τριπόδεσσι κ. δόμον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 1.19; τινὰ πλούτῳ ὑπερβάλλοντι 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 3.10.6: with double _accusative_, πρίν σε νυμφικὸν ἰστέφανον κοσμήσαμεν “JRS” 17.51 (Phrygia, 4th c.AD):—frequently in)]middle, κοσμέεσθαι τὰς κεφαλάς to adorn their heads, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.209; κοσμεῖσθαι σῶμα ὅπλοις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1359)]; ἐν φοινικίσι κοσμησάμενοι having decked themselves who roasts [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 208)]:—passive, χρυσῷ κοσμηθεῖσα [Refs 7th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Venerem” 65; παῖσα δ᾽ Ἄρῃ κεκόσμηται στέγα 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 15.1; ἵπποι κεκοσμημένοι ὡς κάλλιστα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.40; κεκ. ἐσθῆτι ποικίλῃ καὶ χρυσοῖσι στεφάνοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ion” 535 d, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1064, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.41, etc.)]
III.2 metaphorically, adorn, embellish, λόγους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 576; λόγους ῥήμασί τε καὶ ὀνόμασι κεκοσμημένους 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 17 c; τραγικὸν λῆρον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1005)]; κ. ἔργον ἄριστον[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1027; τὸ λογικὸν ἔχεις ἐξαίρετον, τοῦτο κόσμει 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.1.26; λόγον εὐρυθμίαις 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.27; αὑτὸν λόγοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 196 b, compare 197 c; ἐπὶ τὸ μεῖζον κ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.21)]; τὸν.. τὴν ἐκείνων ἀρετὴν κοσμήσοντα (in speaking) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.287)]:—passive, ἦθος σεμνότητι -μημένον [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “Academicorum Index” p.52 M.)]
III.3 honour, λουτροῖς σ᾽ ἐκόσμης᾽ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1139; κ. τάφον [prev. author] “Ant.” 396; νέκυν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1147; κ. καὶ τιμᾶν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.3)]; of persons, adorn, be an honour to, πατρίδα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 947; νᾶσον εὐκλέα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.46; Σαλαμῖνα κ. πατρίδα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 530.3; [τὴν πόλιν] αἱ τῶνδε ἀρεταὶ ἐκόσμησαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.42.)]
III.4 bury, [Refs (“JHS” 25.172, +others (from Isauria).)]
IV passive, to be assigned, ascribed to, ἐς τὸν Αἰγύπτιον νομὸν αὗται [αἱ πόλεις] ἐκεκοσμέατο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.91; ἐς Πέρσας κεκοσμέαται [prev. author] 6.41)]; especially of philosophic schools, κατὰ τὴν Ἀκαδημίαν κοσμεῖσθαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.231; οἱ κατὰ διαφόρους αἱρέσεις κοσμούμενοι [prev. author] “M.” 11.77.)]
order, arrange, especially set an army in array, marshal it, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.379; κοσμῆσαι ἵππους τε καὶ ἀνέρας 2.554)]:—passive, ἐπεὶ κόσμηθεν ἅμ᾽ ἡγεμόνεσσιν ἕκαστοι [Refs (3.1)]; πένταχα κοσμηθέντες marshalled in five bodies, [Refs (12.87)]; of a population, διὰ τρίχα κοσμηθέντες [Refs 8th c.BC+ (2.655; once in 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey”, of hunters, διὰ δὲ τρίχα κοσμηθέντες 9.157:)] —middle, κοσμησάμενος πολιήτας having arranged his men, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.806)]; so after Homer, κ. στρατόν (variant for{κοιμήσων}) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 662; τάξεις κεκοσμημέναι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.26, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 247a; ἐπὶ τάξις πλεῦνας ἐκεκοσμέατο 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.31.)]
2 generally, arrange, prepare, δόρπον ἐκόσμει [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.13; κ. ἀοιδήν η “Bacch.” 59; ἔργα 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 306; στέφανον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 74; τράπεζαν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.2.6; εἰς τάφον λέβητα 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1401)]:—passive, δεῖπνον κεκόσμηται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.22)]; δεῖ οὕτω κοσμηθῆναι ὅκως.. [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 266)]; τὸ κοσμηθὲν αἷμα, ={τὸνοἰκεῖον κόσμον κτησάμενον}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 5.551.)]
II order, rule, τὴν πόλιν κ. καλῶς τε καὶ εὖ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.59, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1103; Σπάρτην ἔλαχες, κείνην κόσμει 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 723 (_anapaest meter_))]; κ. ἐμαυτόν restrain myself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Hyps.fragment” 34(60).46; τὰ ἄλλα ἐκεκοσμέατό οἱ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.100; τόν γε νοῦν κοσμοῦντα πάντα κοσμεῖν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedo” 97 c:)] —passive, τὰ κοσμούμενα orderly institutions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 677)]: perfect participle, of persons, orderly, ταπεινὸς καὶ κεκοσμημένος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 716a; τεταγμένον τε καὶ κ. πρᾶγμα [prev. author] “Grg.” 504 a.)]
II.2 in Crete, hold office of κόσμος [Refs 4th c.BC+ (111, οἱ κεκοσμηκότες 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1272a35, compare 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 22.15.1)]; Cretan dialect κοσμίω [Refs (“Leg.Gort.” 1.51, etc.)]; also κορμίω (which see).
III adorn, equip, dress, especially of women, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“Hymni Homerici” 6.11, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 72; κοσμῆσαί τινα πανοπλίῃ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.180; τριπόδεσσι κ. δόμον 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 1.19; τινὰ πλούτῳ ὑπερβάλλοντι 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 3.10.6: with double _accusative_, πρίν σε νυμφικὸν ἰστέφανον κοσμήσαμεν “JRS” 17.51 (Phrygia, 4th c.AD):—frequently in)]middle, κοσμέεσθαι τὰς κεφαλάς to adorn their heads, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.209; κοσμεῖσθαι σῶμα ὅπλοις 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1359)]; ἐν φοινικίσι κοσμησάμενοι having decked themselves who roasts [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Comicus 208)]:—passive, χρυσῷ κοσμηθεῖσα [Refs 7th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Venerem” 65; παῖσα δ᾽ Ἄρῃ κεκόσμηται στέγα 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus 15.1; ἵπποι κεκοσμημένοι ὡς κάλλιστα 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.40; κεκ. ἐσθῆτι ποικίλῃ καὶ χρυσοῖσι στεφάνοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ion” 535 d, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 1064, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.41, etc.)]
III.2 metaphorically, adorn, embellish, λόγους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 576; λόγους ῥήμασί τε καὶ ὀνόμασι κεκοσμημένους 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 17 c; τραγικὸν λῆρον 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1005)]; κ. ἔργον ἄριστον[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1027; τὸ λογικὸν ἔχεις ἐξαίρετον, τοῦτο κόσμει 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 3.1.26; λόγον εὐρυθμίαις 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.27; αὑτὸν λόγοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 196 b, compare 197 c; ἐπὶ τὸ μεῖζον κ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.21)]; τὸν.. τὴν ἐκείνων ἀρετὴν κοσμήσοντα (in speaking) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.287)]:—passive, ἦθος σεμνότητι -μημένον [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “Academicorum Index” p.52 M.)]
III.3 honour, λουτροῖς σ᾽ ἐκόσμης᾽ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1139; κ. τάφον [prev. author] “Ant.” 396; νέκυν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 1147; κ. καὶ τιμᾶν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.3.3)]; of persons, adorn, be an honour to, πατρίδα [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 947; νᾶσον εὐκλέα 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 6.46; Σαλαμῖνα κ. πατρίδα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 530.3; [τὴν πόλιν] αἱ τῶνδε ἀρεταὶ ἐκόσμησαν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.42.)]
III.4 bury, [Refs (“JHS” 25.172, +others (from Isauria).)]
IV passive, to be assigned, ascribed to, ἐς τὸν Αἰγύπτιον νομὸν αὗται [αἱ πόλεις] ἐκεκοσμέατο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.91; ἐς Πέρσας κεκοσμέαται [prev. author] 6.41)]; especially of philosophic schools, κατὰ τὴν Ἀκαδημίαν κοσμεῖσθαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.231; οἱ κατὰ διαφόρους αἱρέσεις κοσμούμενοι [prev. author] “M.” 11.77.)]