Strong G2970κῶμος
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- Transliteration
- kōmos
- Pronunciation
- ko'-mos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
From G2749; a carousal (as if a letting loose): - revelling rioting.
Detailed definition
κῶμος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX: Wis.14:23, 2Ma.6:4 *;]
a revel, carousal: Rom.13:13, Gal.5:21, 1Pe.4:3.†
SYN.: see: κραιπάλη (AS)
[in LXX: Wis.14:23, 2Ma.6:4 *;]
a revel, carousal: Rom.13:13, Gal.5:21, 1Pe.4:3.†
SYN.: see: κραιπάλη (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2970 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- revellings2
- rioting1
First verses
- Romans 13:13Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
- Galatians 5:21Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
- 1 Peter 4:3For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:
Occurrences by book
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κῶμος, ὁ,
revel, carousal, merry-making, εἰς δαῖτα θάλειαν καὶ χορὸν ἱμερόεντα καὶ ἐς φιλοκυδέα κ. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 481, compare 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 829, 940; πίνειν καὶ κώμῳ χρᾶσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.21, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 804, etc.; κῶμοι καὶ εὐφροσύναι 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 10.12; δεῖπνα καὶ σὺν αὐλητρίσι κῶμοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 173d; ἑορταὶ καὶ κ. [prev. author] “R.” 573d)]; ἐν κώμῳ εἶναι, of a city, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.25; ἔρχεσθαί τισιν ἐπὶ κῶμον [prev. author] “Smp.” 2.1; ἐπὶ κῶμον βαδίζειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1040)]; especially in honour of gods, τοῖς ἐν ἄστει Διονυσίοις ἡ πομπὴ.. καὶ ὁ κ. Legal cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.10, compare “IG” 2.971, etc.)]; κώμῳ θυραμάχοις τε πυγμαχίαισι Pratin.Lyric poetry 1.8; χοροῖς ἢ κώμοις Ὑακίνθου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1469 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 concrete, band of revellers, κ. εὐίου θεοῦ [Refs ([prev. author] “Ba.” 1167 (Lyric poetry))]; especially of the procession which celebrated a victor in games, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.22, etc.)]: generally, rout, band, κ. Ἐρινύων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1189)]; of an army, κ. ἀναυλότατος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 791 (Lyric poetry); κ. ἀσπιδηφόρος [prev. author] “Supp.” 390)]; band of hunters, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hipp.” 55)]; of maidens, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 1184)]; of doves, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ion” 1197.)]
II the ode sung at one of these festive processions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.20, 70, “O.” 4.10, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 8.103; μελιγαρύων τέκτονες κώμων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.5, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 104, 988 (both Lyric poetry).)]
revel, carousal, merry-making, εἰς δαῖτα θάλειαν καὶ χορὸν ἱμερόεντα καὶ ἐς φιλοκυδέα κ. [Refs 6th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 481, compare 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 829, 940; πίνειν καὶ κώμῳ χρᾶσθαι 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.21, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 804, etc.; κῶμοι καὶ εὐφροσύναι 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 10.12; δεῖπνα καὶ σὺν αὐλητρίσι κῶμοι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 173d; ἑορταὶ καὶ κ. [prev. author] “R.” 573d)]; ἐν κώμῳ εἶναι, of a city, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.25; ἔρχεσθαί τισιν ἐπὶ κῶμον [prev. author] “Smp.” 2.1; ἐπὶ κῶμον βαδίζειν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 1040)]; especially in honour of gods, τοῖς ἐν ἄστει Διονυσίοις ἡ πομπὴ.. καὶ ὁ κ. Legal cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.10, compare “IG” 2.971, etc.)]; κώμῳ θυραμάχοις τε πυγμαχίαισι Pratin.Lyric poetry 1.8; χοροῖς ἢ κώμοις Ὑακίνθου [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1469 (Lyric poetry).)]
2 concrete, band of revellers, κ. εὐίου θεοῦ [Refs ([prev. author] “Ba.” 1167 (Lyric poetry))]; especially of the procession which celebrated a victor in games, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 5.22, etc.)]: generally, rout, band, κ. Ἐρινύων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1189)]; of an army, κ. ἀναυλότατος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 791 (Lyric poetry); κ. ἀσπιδηφόρος [prev. author] “Supp.” 390)]; band of hunters, [Refs ([prev. author] “Hipp.” 55)]; of maidens, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tr.” 1184)]; of doves, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ion” 1197.)]
II the ode sung at one of these festive processions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.20, 70, “O.” 4.10, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 8.103; μελιγαρύων τέκτονες κώμων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 3.5, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 104, 988 (both Lyric poetry).)]