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κόσμος

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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
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
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

2 Corinthians 5:19 that is, God was in Christ reconciling the world (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc) to himself, not counting their trespasses against them. And he has entrusted us with the message of reconciliation.
2 Corinthians 7:10 For sadness as intended by God produces a repentance that leads to salvation, leaving no regret; but worldly (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc) sadness produces death.
Galatians 4:3 And so it is with us. While we were minors, we were enslaved to the elementary principles of the world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc).
Galatians 6:14 But may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world (kosmos | κόσμος | nom sg masc) has been crucified to me, and I to the world (kosmō | κόσμῳ | dat sg masc).
Ephesians 1:4 even as he chose us in him before the creation of the world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc) to be holy and blameless before him. In love
Ephesians 2:2 in which you once lived according to the course of this world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc), according to the ruler of the realm of the air, of the spirit that is now energizing the sons of disobedience.
Ephesians 2:12 remember that at that time you were apart from Christ, excluded from the commonwealth of Israel and strangers to the covenants of promise, having no hope and without God in the world (kosmō | κόσμῳ | dat sg masc).
Philippians 2:15 so that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God above reproach in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine like stars in the universe (kosmō | κόσμῳ | dat sg masc),
Colossians 1:6 which has come to you. Just as in the entire world (kosmō | κόσμῳ | dat sg masc) it is bearing fruit and growing, so also is it among you from the day you heard it and understood the grace of God in truth;
Colossians 2:8 See to it that no one takes you captive by means of philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the elemental spirits of the world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc), and not according to Christ.
Colossians 2:20 Since you died with Christ to the elemental spirits of the world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc), why, as though you were still living in the world (kosmō | κόσμῳ | dat sg masc), do you submit to regulations such as,
1 Timothy 1:15 Trustworthy is the saying and worthy of complete acceptance: “Christ Jesus came into the world (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc) in order to save sinners,” of whom I am the foremost.
1 Timothy 3:16 And undeniably great is the mystery of godliness, who was revealed in flesh, was vindicated in spirit, appeared to angels; was preached among the nations, was believed in the world (kosmō | κόσμῳ | dat sg masc), was taken up in glory.
1 Timothy 6:7 For we brought nothing into the world (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc), and neither are we able to take anything out;
Hebrews 4:3 For we who have believed do enter that rest, just as God has said, “As I swore in my anger, ‘They shall certainly not enter my rest,’” and yet his work has been completed since the foundation of the world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc)
Hebrews 9:26 for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc). But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the climax of the ages to put away sin by his sacrifice.
Hebrews 10:5 Therefore when he came into the world (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc), he said, “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me.
Hebrews 11:7 By faith Noah, having been warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, took heed and built an ark for the safety of his household. By this act of faith he condemned humanity (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc) and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
Hebrews 11:38 (of whom the world (kosmos | κόσμος | nom sg masc) was not worthy). They wandered aimlessly in deserts and on mountains, living in caves and crevices in the ground,
James 1:27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their time of trouble, and to keep oneself unstained by the world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc).
James 2:5 Listen, my dear brothers! Did not God choose those whom the world (kosmō | κόσμῳ | dat sg masc) considers poor to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom, which he promised to those who love him?
James 3:6 And the tongue is a fire! The tongue is a world (kosmos | κόσμος | nom sg masc) of iniquity among our members; it defiles the whole body, sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell.
James 4:4 You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc) is hostility toward God? Therefore whoever desires to be a friend of the world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc) makes himself an enemy of God.
1 Peter 1:20 He was chosen in advance, before the foundation of the world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc), but was revealed at the end of the times for you
1 Peter 3:3 Do not let your beauty (kosmos | κόσμος | nom sg masc) be external — such as braiding the hair, wearing gold jewelry, or dressing up in fine clothes —
1 Peter 5:9 Resist him, steadfast in the faith, knowing that the same kind of sufferings are being endured by your fellow believers throughout the world (kosmō | κόσμῳ | dat sg masc).
2 Peter 1:4 by means of which he has freely given to us his precious and splendid promises, so that through them you may escape the corruption that is in the world (kosmō | κόσμῳ | dat sg masc) caused by sinful desire and become partakers of the divine nature.
2 Peter 2:5 and if he did not spare the ancient world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc) (but preserved Noah, the eighth, a herald of righteousness) when he brought the deluge on an ungodly world (kosmō | κόσμῳ | dat sg masc);
2 Peter 2:20 For if after they have escaped the defilements of the world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc) through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the last state has become for them worse than the first.
2 Peter 3:6 By these the world (kosmos | κόσμος | nom sg masc) of that time was destroyed, being deluged with water.
1 John 2:2 He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for those of the entire world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc).
1 John 2:15 Do not love the world (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc) or the things in the world (kosmō | κόσμῳ | dat sg masc). If anyone loves the world (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc), the love of the Father is not in him.
1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world (kosmō | κόσμῳ | dat sg masc) — the desire of the flesh, the desire of the eyes, the pride of possession — is not from the Father but from the world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc).
1 John 2:17 The world (kosmos | κόσμος | nom sg masc) is passing away with all its desires, but the one who does the will of God remains forever.
1 John 3:1 See what great love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God — and so we are! The reason the world (kosmos | κόσμος | nom sg masc) does not know us is that it did not know him.
1 John 3:13 So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world (kosmos | κόσμος | nom sg masc) hates you.
1 John 3:17 But whoever has this world’s (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc) resources and sees his fellow Christian in need yet closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?
1 John 4:1 Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to find out whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc).
1 John 4:3 but every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the Antichrist, which you heard was coming, and now is already in the world (kosmō | κόσμῳ | dat sg masc).
1 John 4:4 Little children, you have been born of God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world (kosmō | κόσμῳ | dat sg masc).
1 John 4:5 They are of the world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc); therefore they speak from the world’s (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc) perspective and the world (kosmos | κόσμος | nom sg masc) listens to them.
1 John 4:9 By this the love of God is revealed to us: that God has sent his one and only Son into the world (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc) so that we might live through him.
1 John 4:14 And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son as the Savior of the world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc).
1 John 4:17 By this, love is fully realized among us, so that we may have confidence in the day of judgment; because just as he is, so also are we in this world (kosmō | κόσμῳ | dat sg masc).
1 John 5:4 because everyone who has been born of God conquers the world (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc). And this is the victorious power that has conquered the world (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc) — our faith.
1 John 5:5 Who is it that conquers the world (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc), but the one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
1 John 5:19 We know that we are children of God, and that the whole world (kosmos | κόσμος | nom sg masc) lies in the power of the evil one.
2 John 1:7 For many deceivers have gone out into the world (kosmon | κόσμον | acc sg masc), people who do not confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the Antichrist!
Revelation 11:15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying, “The kingdom of the world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc) has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign forever and ever.”
Revelation 13:8 And all those living on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written in the Book of Life of the Lamb who was slain from the foundation of the world (kosmou | κόσμου | gen sg masc).

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