Strong's Greek · G2889

κόσμος

kósmos

adorning, world

Definition

orderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally))

Derivation

probably from the base of G2865 (κομίζω);

Appears 186 times in Scripture

Matthew 26:13

Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached in all the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

Matthew 18:7

Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!

Matthew 5:14

You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.

Matthew 13:38

The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

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.

Matthew 13:35

So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

Matthew 16:26

What will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, yet forfeits his soul? Or what can a man give in exchange for his soul?

John 1:10

He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.

John 1:9

The true Light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

Matthew 4:8

Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

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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).

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