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κῶμος

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
κῶμος, ου, ὁ
Greek transliteration: 
kōmos
Simplified transliteration: 
komos
Numbers
Strong's number: 
2970
GK Number: 
3269
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-2a
Gloss: 
orgy, revelry, carousing
Definition: 
pr. a festive procession, a merry-making; in NT a revel, lewd, immoral feasting, Rom. 13:13; Gal. 5:21; 1 Pet. 4:3*

Greek-English Concordance for κῶμος

Romans 13:13 Let us live becomingly, as in the daytime, not in carousing (kōmois | κώμοις | dat pl masc) and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and sensuality, not in strife and jealousy.
Galatians 5:21 envyings, drunkenness, orgies (kōmoi | κῶμοι | nom pl masc), and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before: those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God!
1 Peter 4:3 For the time already gone by is enough for you to have done what the pagans like to do, carrying on in sensuality, passions, drunkenness, orgies (kōmois | κώμοις | dat pl masc), drinking parties, and disgusting worship of idols.