Strong G2968κώμη

village

Transliteration
kōmē
Pronunciation
ko'-may
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From G2749; a hamlet (as if laid down): - town village.

Detailed definition

κώμη, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX for בַּת, חָצֵר, עִיר, etc.;]
a village or country town, prop, as opposite to a walled city: Mat.14:15, Mrk.6:6, al.; πόλεις καὶ κ., Mat.9:35, al.; with the name added, Βηθλεέμ, Jhn.7:42; Βηθανΐα, Jhn.11:1; with the name of the district, τὰς κ. Καισαρίας, Mrk.8:27; Σαμαρειτῶν, Luk.9:52, Act.8:25
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G2968 appears in 27 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • village17
  • town10
  • a1

First verses

  1. Matthew 9:35
    And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
  2. Matthew 10:11
    And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.
  3. Matthew 14:15
    And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
  4. Matthew 21:2
    Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.
  5. Mark 6:6
    And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.
  6. Mark 6:36
    Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.
  7. Mark 6:56
    And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
  8. Mark 8:23
    And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw ought.
  9. Mark 8:26
    And he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town.
  10. Mark 8:27
    And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Cesarea Philippi: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say that I am?
  11. Mark 11:2
    And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.
  12. Luke 5:17
    And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was present to heal them.
  13. Luke 8:1
    And it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and village, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him,
  14. Luke 9:6
    And they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel, and healing every where.
  15. Luke 9:12
    And when the day began to wear away, then came the twelve, and said unto him, Send the multitude away, that they may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and get victuals: for we are here in a desert place.
  16. Luke 9:52
    And sent messengers before his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.
  17. Luke 9:56
    For the Son of man is not come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them. And they went to another village.
  18. Luke 10:38
    Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
  19. Luke 13:22
    And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.
  20. Luke 17:12
    And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κώμη, ἡ,
unwalled village, opposed to fortified city (said to be Doric dialect = Attic dialect δῆμος, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1448a36, compare κωμῳδία), 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 18, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.98)]; opposed to πόλις, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 626c; κατοικῆσθαι κατὰ κώμας 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.96)]; πόλεσιν ἀτειχίστοις καὶ κατὰ κ. οἰκουμέναις formed of scattered villages, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.5; πόλεως.. κατὰ κ. τῷ παλαιῷ τῆς Ἑλλάδος τρόπῳ οἰκισθείσης [prev. work] 10, compare 3.94; διοικίζεσθαι κατὰ κώμας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 5.2.5; κατὰ κ. κεχωρισμένοι 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1261a28.)]
II quarter, ward of a city, διελόμενοι τὴν μὲν πόλιν κατὰ κώμας, τὴν δὲ χώραν κατὰ δήμους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.46, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 746d.)]