Gloss
world: earth, world system, whole universe; adornment. In some contexts, the world is simply the place where people live, in other contexts (especially in John), the world is a system opposed to God
Forms of the word
Dictionary
κόσμος, ου, -ὁ
Greek transliteration
kosmos
Simplified transliteration
kosmos
Numbers
Strong's number
2889
GK Number
3180
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
186
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-2a
Definition
(1) pr. order, regular disposition; ornament, decoration, embellishment, 1 Pet. 3:3; (2) the world, the material universe, Mt. 13:35; the world, the aggregate of sensitive existence, 1 Cor. 4:9; the lower world, the earth, Mk. 16:15; the world, the aggregate of mankind, Mt. 5:14; the world, the public, Jn. 7:4; in NT the present order of things, the secular world, Jn. 18:36; the human race external to the Jewish nation, the heathen world, Rom. 11:12, 15; the world external to the Christian body, 1 Jn. 3:1, 13; the world or material system of the Mosaic covenant, Gal. 4:3; Col. 2:8, 20
Greek-English Concordance for κόσμος
| Matthew 4:8 | Again, the devil took him to a very high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc) and their splendor; |
| Matthew 5:14 | You are the light of the world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc). A city built on a hill cannot be hidden. |
| Matthew 13:35 | so that what was spoken by the prophet might be fulfilled, saying, “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things kept secret from the foundation of the world.” (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc) |
| Matthew 13:38 | and the field is the world (kosmos | κόσμος | nom sg masc); and as for the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the weeds are the sons of the evil one; |
| Matthew 16:26 | For what advantage will there be for a person if he gains the whole world (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc) yet forfeits his life? Or what will a person give in exchange for his life? |
| Matthew 18:7 | Woe to the world (kosmō | κόσμῳ | dat sg masc) because of the things that cause people to sin! It is inevitable that such things come, but woe to the one through whom they come! |
| Matthew 24:21 | For then there will be great suffering, such as has not been from the beginning of the world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc) until now, and will never be again. |
| Matthew 25:34 | Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father; inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc). |
| Matthew 26:13 | I tell you the truth, wherever this gospel is proclaimed throughout the world (kosmō | κόσμῳ | dat sg masc), what she has done will also be recounted as her memorial to me.” |
| Mark 8:36 | For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc), yet forfeit his life? |
| Mark 14:9 | I tell you the truth, wherever the gospel is preached in the whole world (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc), what this woman has done will also be told in memory of her.” |
| Mark 16:15 | And he said to them, “Go into all the world (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc) and proclaim the gospel to every creature. |
| Luke 9:25 | For what good will it do a person who has gained the whole world (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc) but has lost or forfeited his very self? |
| Luke 11:50 | so that the blood of all the prophets, shed since the foundation of the world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc), may be charged against this generation, |
| Luke 12:30 | For all the nations of the world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc) have these things as their overriding concern, and your Father knows full well that you need them. |
| John 1:9 | The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc). |
| John 1:10 | He was in the world (kosmō | κόσμῳ | dat sg masc), and the world (kosmos | κόσμος | nom sg masc) was created by him, but the world (kosmos | κόσμος | nom sg masc) did not know him. |
| John 1:29 | On the following day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, the one who takes away the sin of the world! (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc) |
| John 3:16 | “For this is how God loved the world: (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc) he gave his one and only Son that everyone who believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. |
| John 3:17 | For God did not send his Son into the world (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc) to condemn the world (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc), but so that the world (kosmos | κόσμος | nom sg masc) might be saved through him. |
| John 3:19 | And the basis for judging is this, that light has come into the world (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc) and people love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil. |
| John 4:42 | They said to the woman, “No longer is it because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard him for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.” (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc) |
| John 6:14 | So when the people saw the miraculous sign that Jesus had performed, they began to say, “This is truly the prophet who was to come into the world.” (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc) |
| John 6:33 | For the bread of God is that which comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.” (kosmō | κόσμῳ | dat sg masc) |
| John 6:51 | I am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever; and the bread that I will give is my flesh — given on behalf of the world.” (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc) |
