Strong's Greek · G2968

κώμη

kṓmē

town, village

Definition

a hamlet (as if laid down)

Derivation

from G2749 (κεῖμαι);

Appears 27 times in Scripture

Matthew 14:15

When evening came, the disciples came to Him and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late. Dismiss the crowds so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”

Mark 6:56

And wherever He went—villages and towns and countrysides—they laid the sick in the marketplaces and begged Him just to let them touch the fringe of His cloak. And all who touched Him were healed.

Matthew 9:35

Jesus went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease and sickness.

Mark 8:23

So He took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s eyes and placed His hands on him. “Can you see anything?” He asked.

Matthew 21:2

saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to Me.

Mark 6:36

Dismiss the crowd so they can go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”

Mark 6:6

And He was amazed at their unbelief. And He went around from village to village, teaching the people.

Matthew 10:11

Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is worthy there and stay at his house until you move on.

Mark 8:27

Then Jesus and His disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way, He questioned His disciples: “Who do people say I am?”

Mark 8:26

Jesus sent him home and said, “Do not go back into the village.”

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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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