world

Greek Noun Male

κόσμος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX: Gen.2:1, Deu.4:19 17:3, Isa.24:21 40:26 (צבא), Exo.33:5, 6 Jer.2:32 4:30, Eze.7:20 16:11 23:40 (עֲדִי), Isa.61:10 (כְּלִי), al, Wis.2:24 and freq, Sir.6:30, al;] 1) order (Hom, Plat, al.). 2) ornament, adornment, esp. of women (Hom, al.): 1Pe.3:3. 3) Later, the world or universe, as an ordered system (Plat, al.): Act.17:24, Rom.4:13, 1Co.3:22, Php.2:15, Heb.4:3, al. 4) In late writers only, the world, i.e. the earth (= ἡ οἰκουμένη, cf. Mat.4:8 with Luk.4:5): Mat.4:8, Mrk.16:[15], Col.2:20, 1Ti.6:7, al; hence by meton, (a) of the human inhabitants of the world: Mat.5:14 15:38, Mrk.14:9, Jhn.1:10 4:42 12:47, Rom.3:6, 1Co.4:13, 2Co.5:19, 2Pe.2:5, al; (b) of worldly affairs or possessions: Mat.16:26, Mrk.8:36, Luk.9:25, 1Co.7:31, 1Jn.2:16, al; (with) in ethical sense, of the ungodly: Jhn.7:7 14:17, 27 1Co.1:21, Jas.1:27, 1Jn.4:4, al; (d) metaphorically: ὁ κ. τῆς ἀδικίας, Jas.3:6. SYN.: αἰών, which see (cf. also Dalman, Words, 162ff; Tr, Syn., §lix; Westc, additional note on Jhn.1:10; DB, iv, 938ff.). (AS)

world

Greek Noun Male

κόσμος, ὁ, order, κατὰ κόσμον in order, duly, εὖ κατὰ κ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; οὐ κατὰ κ. shamefully, [Refs 8th c.BC+] to sit in order, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κ. φέρειν bear becomingly, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κόσμῳ οὐδενὶ κοσμηθέντες in no sort of order, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φεύγειν, ἀπιέναι οὐδενὶ κ, [Refs], etc; ἀτάκτως καὶ οὐδενὶ κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐκέτι τὸν αὐτὸν κ. no longer in the same order, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, of things, natural order, γίνεται τῶν τεταρταίων ἡ κατάστασις ἐκ τούτου τοῦ κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) good order, good behaviour [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. χείρ, of a beggar, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; κοῖλος μήν short month, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐξηγεομένων. τὸν κ. αὐτοῦ the fashion of it, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τόνδε. ὁ καταστησάμενος who established this order or from, [Refs] 4) of states, order, government, μεταστῆσαι τὸν κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of the Spartan constitution, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) ornament, decoration, especially of women, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a horse, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of men, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; γλαυκόχροα κόσμον ἐλαίας, of an olive-wreath, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ἀργυροῦς a service of plate, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: plural, ornaments, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, of ornaments of speech, such as epithets, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἁδυμελῆ κ. κελαδεῖν to sing sweet songs of praise, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.4) κ. νοσήματα internal complaints, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] it does one credit, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of persons, σὺ ἔμοιγε μέγιστος κ. ἔσει [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) ruler, regulator, title of chief magistrate in Crete, [Refs]; collectively, body of κόσμοι, [Refs]; τοῦ κ. τοῖς πλίασι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; compare κόρμος. IV) Philos, world-order, universe, first in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: sometimes of the firmament, γῆς ἁπάσης τῆς ὑπὸ τῷ κόσμῳ κειμένης [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μετελθεῖν εἰς τὸν ἀέναον κ, of death, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; but also, of earth, as opposed to heaven, ὁ ἐπιχθόνιος κ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of any region of the universe, ὁ μετάρσιος κ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; of the sphere whose centre is the earth's centre and radius the straight line joining earth and sun, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of the sphere containing the fixed stars, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in plural, worlds, coexistent or successive, [Refs 6th c.BC+]; also, of stars, Νὺξ μεγάλων κ. κτεάτειρα [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οἱ ἑπτὰ κ. the Seven planets, [Refs] IV.2) metaphorically, microcosm, ἄνθρωπος μικρὸς κ. [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of living beings in general, τὸ ζῷον οἷον μικρόν τινα κ. εἶναί φασιν ἄνδρες παλαιοί [Refs 2nd c.AD+] IV.3) in later Gr, ={οἰκουμένη}, the known or inhabited world, [NT+1st c.BC+]; ὁ τοῦ παντὸς κ. κύριος, of Nero, [Refs]; ἐὰν τὸν κ. ὅλον κερδήσῃ [NT] IV.4) men in general, φανέρωσον σεαυτὸν τῷ κ. [NT]; especially of the world as estranged from God by sin, [NT] IV.5) οὗτος ὁ κ. this present world, i.e. earth, opposed to heaven, [NT] V) Pythag.name for six, [Refs]; for ten, [Refs]

Greek

Noun Masculine

orderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally)); adorning, world; probably from the base of g2865 (κομίζω)