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
| John 7:4 | For no one acts in secret if he desires public recognition. If you are doing these things, show yourself to the world.” (kosmō | κόσμῳ | dat sg masc) |
| John 7:7 | The world (kosmos | κόσμος | nom sg masc) cannot hate you, but it hates me because I am bearing witness against it that its works are evil. |
| John 8:12 | Again Jesus spoke to them, saying, “I am the light of the world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc). The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” |
| John 8:23 | He said to them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc); I am not of this world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc). |
| John 8:26 | I have many things to say about you by way of judgment; but the one who sent me is truthful, and I say to the world (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc) only that which I have heard from him.” |
| John 9:5 | As long as I am in the world (kosmō | κόσμῳ | dat sg masc), I am the light of the world.” (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc) |
| John 9:39 | Jesus said, “For judgment I came into this world (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc), so that those who cannot see may receive their sight, and that those who think they see may become blind.” |
| John 10:36 | do you say regarding the one whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc), ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’? |
| John 11:9 | Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in a day? If a person walks during the day, he will not stumble, because he sees the light of this world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc). |
| John 11:27 | She said to him, “Yes, Lord; I firmly believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who was to come into the world.” (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc) |
| John 12:19 | The Pharisees therefore said to one another, “You see, you are accomplishing nothing. Look, the world (kosmos | κόσμος | nom sg masc) has gone after him!” |
| John 12:25 | The one who loves his life loses it, and the one who hates his life in this world (kosmō | κόσμῳ | dat sg masc) preserves it for eternal life. |
| John 12:31 | “Now is the judgment of this world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc); now will the ruler of this world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc) be driven out. |
| John 12:46 | I have come into the world (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc) as light, so that everyone who believes in me should not remain in darkness. |
| John 12:47 | If anyone hears my words and does not keep them, I am not the one who will judge him; for I did not come to judge the world (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc) but to save the world (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc). |
| John 13:1 | It was just before the festival of Passover, and Jesus, knowing that his hour had come to depart from this world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc) to the Father, showed his love to his own who were in the world (kosmō | κόσμῳ | dat sg masc), loving them to the very end. |
| John 14:17 | the Spirit of truth, whom the world (kosmos | κόσμος | nom sg masc) cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him; but you will know him, for he will dwell with you and will be in you. |
| John 14:19 | In a little while the world (kosmos | κόσμος | nom sg masc) will see me no longer, but you will see me; because I live, you too will live. |
| John 14:22 | Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, “Lord, what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?” (kosmō | κόσμῳ | dat sg masc) |
| John 14:27 | Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. I give to you not as the world (kosmos | κόσμος | nom sg masc) gives. Do not let your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. |
| John 14:30 | I will not speak with you much longer, for the ruler of this world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc) is coming. He has no claim on me, |
| John 14:31 | but so the world (kosmos | κόσμος | nom sg masc) may know that I love the Father, I do exactly as the Father commanded me. Rise up, let us go from this place! |
| John 15:18 | “If the world (kosmos | κόσμος | nom sg masc) hates you, be aware that it has hated me before it hated you. |
| John 15:19 | If you belonged to the world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc), the world (kosmos | κόσμος | nom sg masc) would love you as its own; but because you do not belong to the world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc), but I chose you out of the world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc), for this reason the world (kosmos | κόσμος | nom sg masc) hates you. |
| John 16:8 | And he, when he comes, will convict the world (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc) in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment: |
