Lexical Definition

‎κόσμος‎ kósmos (kos'-mos) world G:N-M
probably from the base of ‎κομίζω‎

adorning, world.

Usage: 5 forms in 213 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
κόσμῳ to world Gal.6.14
world Matt.18.7 • Matt.26.13 • John.1.10 • John.6.33 • John.7.4 • John.9.5 • John.12.25 • John.13.1 • John.14.22 • John.16.33 • John.17.11 • John.17.11 • John.17.12 • John.17.13 • John.18.20 • Rom.1.8 • Rom.5.13 • 1Cor.4.9 • 1Cor.8.4 • 1Cor.11.32 • 1Cor.14.10 • 2Cor.1.12 • Eph.2.12 • Phil.2.15 • Col.1.6 • Col.2.20 • 1Tim.3.16 • Jas.2.5 • 1Pet.5.9 • 2Pet.1.4 • 2Pet.2.5 • 1John.2.15 • 1John.2.16 • 1John.4.3 • 1John.4.4 • 1John.4.17
κόσμω with an ornament LXX.Isa.61.10 • LXX.Jer.4.30
with ornamentation LXX.Ezek.16.11 • LXX.Ezek.23.40
κόσμου cosmos LXX.Deut.17.3
earth 1Cor.4.13
of world Matt.24.21 • Matt.25.34 • Luke.11.50 • John.17.24 • Rom.1.20 • Rom.11.12 • Rom.11.15 • Eph.1.4 • Heb.4.3 • Heb.9.26 • Rev.13.8 • Rev.17.8
of your ornamentation LXX.Isa.3.26
ornament LXX.Isa.3.20 • LXX.Isa.3.24 • LXX.Ezek.7.20
to her decoration LXX.Nah.2.9
world Matt.4.8 • Matt.5.14 • Matt.13.35 • Luke.12.30 • John.1.29 • John.4.42 • John.6.51 • John.8.12 • John.8.23 • John.8.23 • John.9.5 • John.11.9 • John.12.31 • John.12.31 • John.13.1 • John.14.30 • John.15.19 • John.15.19 • John.15.19 • John.16.11 • John.17.6 • John.17.9 • John.17.14 • John.17.14 • John.17.15 • John.17.16 • John.17.16 • John.18.36 • John.18.36 • Rom.4.13 • 1Cor.1.20 • 1Cor.1.27 • 1Cor.1.27 • 1Cor.1.28 • 1Cor.2.12 • 1Cor.3.19 • 1Cor.5.10 • 1Cor.5.10 • 1Cor.7.31 • 1Cor.7.33 • 1Cor.7.34 • 2Cor.7.10 • Gal.4.3 • Eph.2.2 • Col.2.8 • Col.2.20 • Jas.1.27 • Jas.4.4 • Jas.4.4 • 1Pet.1.20 • 2Pet.2.5 • 2Pet.2.20 • 1John.2.2 • 1John.2.16 • 1John.3.17 • 1John.4.5 • 1John.4.5 • 1John.4.14 • Rev.11.15
your ornament LXX.2Sam.1.24
κόσμοσ An ornament LXX.Prov.20.29
adorning 1Pet.3.3
cosmos LXX.Gen.2.1 • LXX.Isa.13.10
the world John.16.20
world LXX.Prov.17.6 • Matt.13.38 • John.1.10 • John.1.10 • John.3.17 • John.7.7 • John.12.19 • John.14.17 • John.14.19 • John.14.27 • John.14.31 • John.15.18 • John.15.19 • John.15.19 • John.17.14 • John.17.21 • John.17.23 • John.17.25 • Rom.3.19 • 1Cor.1.21 • 1Cor.3.22 • 1Cor.6.2 • Gal.6.14 • Heb.11.38 • Jas.3.6 • 2Pet.3.6 • 1John.2.17 • 1John.3.1 • 1John.3.13 • 1John.4.5 • 1John.5.19
κόσμον a decoration LXX.Prov.29.17
an ornament LXX.Isa.49.18 • LXX.Isa.49.18
cosmos LXX.Deut.4.19 • LXX.Isa.24.21
her ornament LXX.Jer.2.32
his cosmos LXX.Isa.40.26
ornament LXX.Exod.33.5 • LXX.2Sam.1.24 • LXX.Isa.3.19
their ornamentation LXX.Exod.33.6
world Matt.16.26 • Mark.8.36 • Mark.14.9 • Mark.16.15 • Luke.9.25 • John.1.9 • John.3.16 • John.3.17 • John.3.17 • John.3.19 • John.6.14 • John.8.26 • John.9.39 • John.10.36 • John.11.27 • John.12.46 • John.12.47 • John.12.47 • John.16.8 • John.16.21 • John.16.28 • John.16.28 • John.16.33 • John.17.5 • John.17.18 • John.17.18 • John.18.37 • John.21.25 • Acts.17.24 • Rom.3.6 • Rom.5.12 • 1Cor.6.2 • 1Cor.7.31 • 2Cor.5.19 • 1Tim.1.15 • 1Tim.6.7 • Heb.10.5 • Heb.11.7 • 1John.2.15 • 1John.2.15 • 1John.4.1 • 1John.4.9 • 1John.5.4 • 1John.5.4 • 1John.5.5 • 2John.1.7

Abbott-Smith

κόσμος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX: Ge 2:1, De 4:19 17:3, Is 24:21 40:26 (צבא), Ex 33:5, 6, Je 2:32 4:30, Ez 7:20 16:11 23:40 (עֲדִי), Is 61:10 (כְּלִי), al., Wi 2:24 and freq., Si 6:30, al;]

1. order (Hom., Plat., al.).
2. ornament, adornment, esp. of women (Hom., al.): I Pe 3:3.
3. Later, the world or universe, as an ordered system (Plat., al.): Ac 17:24, Ro 4:13, I Co 3:22, Phl 2:15, He 4:3, al.
4. In late writers only, the world, i.e. the earth (= ἡ οἰκουμένη, cf. Mt 4:8 with Lk 4:5): Mt 4:8, [15](/btb/interlinear/41%20-%20Mark/16/Mark.16.15.html)], Col 2:20, I Ti 6:7, al.; hence by meton.,
(a) of the human inhabitants of the world: Mt 5:14 13:38, Mk 14:9, Jo 1:10 4:42 12:47, Ro 3:6, I Co 4:13, II Co 5:19, II Pe 2:5, al.;
(b) of worldly affairs or possessions: Mt 16:26, Mk 8:36, Lk 9:25, I Co 7:31, I Jo 2:16, al.;
(c) in ethical sense, of the ungodly: Jo 7:7 14:17, 27, I Co 1:21, Ja 1:27, I Jo 4:4, al.;
(d) metaph.: ὁ κ. τῆς ἀδικίας, Ja 3:6.
SYN.: αἰών, q.v. (cf . also Dalman, Words, 162 ff.; Tr., Syn., § lix; Westc., additional note on Jo 1:10; DB, iv, 938 ff.).

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Genesis 2:1
Exodus 33:5 · 33:6
Deuteronomy 4:19 · 17:3
Isaiah 24:21 · 40:26 · 61:10
Jeremiah 2:32 · 4:30
Ezekiel 7:20 · 16:11 · 23:40
Matthew 4:8 · 5:14 · 13:38 · 16:26
Mark 8:36 · 14:9 · 16:15
Luke 4:5 · 9:25
John 1:10 · 4:42 · 7:7 · 12:47 · 14:17 · 14:27
Acts 17:24
Romans 3:6 · 4:13
1 Corinthians 1:21 · 3:22 · 4:13 · 7:31
2 Corinthians 5:19
Philippians 2:15
Colossians 2:20
1 Timothy 6:7
Hebrews 4:3
James 1:27 · 3:6
1 Peter 3:3
2 Peter 2:5
1 John 2:16 · 4:4

Liddell-Scott-Jones

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, [κόσμος [ἐστὶ] καλῶς τοῦτο δρᾶν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.5; ἐν κόσμῳ καὶ τιμῇ εἶναί τινι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 60.36 ">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]

LSJ Scripture Refs: Rom.1.8 ☩ Matt.16.26 ☩ John.7.4 ☩ 1Cor.1.21 ☩ John.13.1