Strong's Greek · G2885
κοσμέω
kosméō
adorn, garnish, trim
Definition
to put in proper order, i.e. decorate (literally or figuratively); specially, to snuff (a wick)
Derivation
from G2889 (κόσμος);
Appears 10 times in Scripture
“Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.”
“Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.”
“Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ On its return, it finds the house vacant, swept clean, and put in order.”
“For this is how the holy women of the past adorned themselves. They put their hope in God and were submissive to their husbands,”
“As some of the disciples were remarking how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and consecrated gifts, Jesus said,”
“I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.”
“Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,”
“On its return, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.”
“The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone: The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,”
“not stealing from them, but showing all good faith, so that in every respect they will adorn the teaching about God our Savior.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).