Lexical Definition

‎κομίζω‎ komízō (kom-id'-zo) to bring/be repaid ^G:V
from a primary (to tend, i.e. take care of)

bring, receive.

• properly, to provide for, i.e. (by implication) to carry off (as if from harm
• genitive case obtain)

Abbott-Smith

κομίζω, [in LXX for נשׂא, etc.;]
1. to take care of.
2. to carry off safe.
3. to carry off as booty.
4. to bear or carry: Lk 7:37. Mid., to bear for oneself, hence,
(a) to receive: He 10:36 11:13, 39, I Pe 1:9 5:4, II Pe 2:13;
(b) to receive back, recover (in cl. so also act.): Mt 25:27, He 11:19; metaph., of requital, II Co 5:10, Col 3:25; παρὰ Κυρίου, Eph 6:8 (cf. ἐκ-, συν-κομίζω).†

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

κομίζω,

future κομιῶ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κομίσω only late, as [Refs 6th c.AD+]aorist ἐκόμισα, Epic dialect ἐκόμισσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Doric dialect ἐκόμιξα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect κεκόμικα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, future κομιοῦμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ionic dialect -ιεῦμαι, see below [Refs]; late κομίσομαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]: aorist ἐκομισάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect ἐκομισς- or κομισς-, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, future -ισθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ἐκομίσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect κεκόμισμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+]: (κομέω):—take care of, provide for, τόν γε γηράσκοντα κομίζω [Refs 8th c.BC+]; receive, treat, φιλίως, οὐ πολεμίως κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] codices:—more frequently in middle, καί σε.. κομίσσατο ᾧ ἐνὶ οἴκῳ [Refs 8th c.BC+] —passive, οὔ τι κομιζόμενός γε θάμιζεν not often was he attended to, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

__2 of things, attend, give heed to, τὰ ο᾽ αὐτῆς ἔργα κόμιζε [Refs 8th c.BC+], etc.; τὸν χρυσόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔξω κ. πηλοῦ πόδα keep it out of the mud, [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—middle, ἔργα κ. Δημήτερος [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Δημήτερος ἱερὸν ἀκτὴν μέτρῳ εὖ κομίσασθαι ἐν ἄγγεσιν store up.., [Refs]
__II carry away so as to preserve, Ἀμφίμαχον.. κόμισαν μετὰ λαὸν Ἀχαιῶν they carried away his body, [Refs 8th c.BC+] carry me safe away,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of things, τὴν δὲ κόμισσε κῆρυξ the herald took up the mantle, that it might not be lost, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; later, simply, save, rescue, ἄνδρ᾽ ἐκ θανάτου [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the dead, νεκρὸν κ. carry out to burial, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—in middle, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; also, simply, carry the body home, opposed to θάπτω, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 carry off as a prize or booty, χρυσὸν δ᾽ Ἀχιλεὺς ἐκόμισσε [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τέσσαρας ἐξ ἀέθλων νίκας ἐκόμιξαν four victories they won, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—in middle, Oracle texts cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—later frequently, get for oneself, acquire, gain, δόξαν ἐσθλήν variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὰ ἆθλα αὐτῆς[Refs 5th c.BC+]; gather in, reap, καρπόν [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect passive in middle sense, ὑμεῖς τοὺς καρποὺς κεκόμισθε you have reaped the fruits, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; simply, receive, ἐνηρόσιον [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐπιστολήν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; μισθόν [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων χρείας [Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.3 receive a missile in one's body, ἀλλά τις Ἀργείων κόμισε χροΐ (i.e. τὸν ἄκοντα) [Refs 8th c.BC+] —middle, ὡς δή μιν σῷ ἐν χροΐ πᾶν κομίσαιο (i.e. τὸ ἔγχος) [Refs]
__II.4 carry, convey, κόμισαν δέπας [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κομίζοις ἂν σεαυτόν betake thyself, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be conveyed, journey, travel, by land or sea, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἴσω κομίζου get thee in, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κ. παρά τινα betake oneself to him, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: in this sense future and aorist middle sometimes occur, κομιεύμεθα ἐς Σῖριν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.5 bring to a place, bring in, introduce, κόμιζέ νύν μοι παῖδα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; import, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—in middle, [τὸν ἀνδριάντα] ἐπὶ Δήλιον [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.6 conduct, escort, τί μέλλεις κομίζειν δόμων τόνδ᾽ ἔσ; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. ἐξ ὀμμάτων γυναῖκα τήνδε take her from my sight, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.7 bring back from exile, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τεὰν ψυχὰν κ. (from the world below), [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.8 get back, recover, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, get back for oneself, τὸν παῖδα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of money, recover debts, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κ. τὴν θυγατέρα take back one's daughter (on the death of her husband), [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.9 metaphorically, rescue from oblivion, ἀοιδοὶ καὶ λόγοι τὰ καλὰ ἔργ᾽ ἐκόμισαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.10 bring, give, θράσος.. ἀνδράσι θνῄσκουσι κ. [Refs 4th c.BC+] —active and middle combined, χθὼν πάντα κομίζει καὶ πάλιν κομίζεται gives all things and gets them back again, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II cite as an authority, Θεμιστοκλέα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.12 in Medicine texts, extract, remove, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III passive, come or go back, return, [Refs 5th c.BC+]