κόσμος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX: Gen.2:1, Deu.4:19 17:3, Isa.24:21 40:26 (צבא), Exo.33:5, 6 Jer.2:32 4:30, Eze.7:20 16:11 23:40 (עֲדִי), Isa.61:10 (כְּלִי), al., Wis.2:24 and freq., Sir.6:30, al ;] 1. order (Hom., Plat., al.). 2. ornament, adornment, esp. of women (Hom., al.): 1Pe.3:3. 3. Later, the world or universe, as an ordered system (Plat., al.): Act.17:24, Rom.4:13, 1Co.3:22, Php.2:15, Heb.4:3, al. 4. In late writers only, the world, i.e. the earth (= ἡ οἰκουμένη, cf. Mat.4:8 with Luk.4:5): Mat.4:8, Mrk.16:[15], Col.2:20, 1Ti.6:7, al.; hence by meton., (a) of the human inhabitants of the world: Mat.5:14 15:38, Mrk.14:9, Jhn.1:10 4:42 12:47, Rom.3:6, 1Co.4:13, 2Co.5:19, 2Pe.2:5, al.; (b) of worldly affairs or possessions: Mat.16:26, Mrk.8:36, Luk.9:25, 1Co.7:31, 1Jn.2:16, al.; (with) in ethical sense, of the ungodly: Jhn.7:7 14:17, 27 1Co.1:21, Jas.1:27, 1Jn.4:4, al.; (d) metaphorically: ὁ κ. τῆς ἀδικίας, Jas.3:6. SYN.: αἰών, which see (cf . also Dalman, Words, 162ff.; Tr., Syn., §lix; Westc., additional note on Jhn.1:10; DB, iv, 938ff.). (AS)
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kosmos · world · Greek
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Matthew 4:8 · κόσμουAgain, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.Matthew 5:14 · κόσμου·You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.Matthew 13:38 · κόσμος·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 16:26 · κόσμονWhat 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?Matthew 18:7 · κόσμῳWoe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!Matthew 24:21 · κόσμουFor at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.Matthew 25:34 · κόσμου.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 26:13 · κόσμῳ,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.”Mark 8:36 · κόσμονWhat does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?Mark 14:9 · κόσμον,And truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached in all the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”Luke 9:25 · κόσμονWhat does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?Luke 11:50 · κόσμουAs a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,Luke 12:30 · κόσμουFor the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.John 1:9 · κόσμον.The true Light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.John 1:10 · κόσμῳ · κόσμος · κόσμοςHe was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.John 1:29 · κόσμου.The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!John 3:16 · κόσμον,For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.John 3:17 · κόσμον · κόσμον, · κόσμοςFor God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.John 3:19 · κόσμον,And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.John 4:42 · κόσμουThey said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”John 6:14 · κόσμον.¶When the people saw the sign that Jesus had performed, they began to say, “Truly this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”John 6:33 · κόσμῳ.¶For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”John 6:51 · κόσμουI am the living bread that came down from heaven. If anyone eats of this bread, he will live forever. And this bread, which I will give for the life of the world, is My flesh.”John 7:4 · κόσμῳ.For no one who wants to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world.”John 7:7 · κόσμοςThe world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.John 8:12 · κόσμου.Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”John 8:23 · κόσμου · κόσμουThen He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.John 8:26 · κόσμον.“I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”John 9:5 · κόσμῳ · κόσμου.While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”John 9:39 · κόσμονThen Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”John 10:36 · κόσμον,then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God?John 11:9 · κόσμουJesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours of daylight? If anyone walks in the daytime, he will not stumble, because he sees by the light of this world.John 11:27 · κόσμον“Yes, Lord,” she answered, “I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.”John 12:19 · κόσμοςThen the Pharisees said to one another, “You can see that this is doing you no good. Look how the whole world has gone after Him!”John 12:25 · κόσμῳWhoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.John 12:31 · κόσμου · κόσμουNow judgment is upon this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out.John 12:46 · κόσμονI have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.John 12:47 · κόσμον · κόσμον.As for anyone who hears My words and does not keep them, I do not judge him. For I have not come to judge the world, but to save the world.John 13:1 · κόσμου · κόσμῳIt was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.John 14:17 · κόσμοςthe Spirit of truth. The world cannot receive Him, because it neither sees Him nor knows Him. But you do know Him, for He abides with you and will be in you.John 14:19 · κόσμοςIn a little while the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live.John 14:22 · κόσμῳ;¶Judas (not Iscariot) asked Him, “Lord, why are You going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?”John 14:27 · κόσμοςPeace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.John 14:30 · κόσμουI will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.John 14:31 · κόσμοςBut I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us go on from here.John 15:18 · κόσμοςIf the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.John 15:19 · κόσμου · κόσμος · κόσμου · κόσμου, · κόσμος.¶If you were of the world, it would love you as its own. Instead, the world hates you, because you are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world.John 16:8 · κόσμονAnd when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:John 16:11 · κόσμουand in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned.John 16:20 · κόσμοςTruly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.John 16:21 · κόσμον.¶A woman has pain in childbirth because her time has come; but when she brings forth her child, she forgets her anguish because of her joy that a child has been born into the world.John 16:28 · κόσμον· · κόσμονI came from the Father and entered the world. In turn, I will leave the world and go to the Father.”John 16:33 · κόσμῳ · κόσμον.¶I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”John 17:5 · κόσμονAnd now, Father, glorify Me in Your presence with the glory I had with You before the world existed.John 17:6 · κόσμου·I have revealed Your name to those You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours; You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.John 17:9 · κόσμουI ask on their behalf. I do not ask on behalf of the world, but on behalf of those You have given Me; for they are Yours.John 17:11 · κόσμῳ, · κόσμῳI will no longer be in the world, but they are in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one.John 17:13 · κόσμῳ,But now I am coming to You; and I am saying these things while I am in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled within them.John 17:14 · κόσμος · κόσμου · κόσμου.I have given them Your word and the world has hated them. For they are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.John 17:15 · κόσμουI am not asking that You take them out of the world, but that You keep them from the evil one.John 17:16 · κόσμου · κόσμου.They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world.John 17:18 · κόσμον, · κόσμον.As You sent Me into the world, I have also sent them into the world.John 17:21 · κόσμοςthat all of them may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I am in You. May they also be in Us, so that the world may believe that You sent Me.John 17:23 · κόσμοςI in them and You in Me—that they may be perfectly united, so that the world may know that You sent Me and have loved them just as You have loved Me.John 17:24 · κόσμου.Father, I want those You have given Me to be with Me where I am, that they may see the glory You gave Me because You loved Me before the foundation of the world.John 17:25 · κόσμοςRighteous Father, although the world has not known You, I know You, and they know that You sent Me.John 18:20 · κόσμῳ.“I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered. “I always taught in the synagogues and at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.John 18:36 · κόσμου · κόσμουJesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not of this realm.”John 18:37 · κόσμον“Then You are a king!” Pilate said. “You say that I am a king,” Jesus answered. “For this reason I was born and have come into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to My voice.”John 21:25 · κόσμονThere are many more things that Jesus did. If all of them were written down, I suppose that not even the world itself would have space for the books that would be written.Acts 17:24 · κόσμονThe God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands.Romans 1:8 · κόσμῳ·First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being proclaimed all over the world.Romans 1:20 · κόσμουFor since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.Romans 3:6 · κόσμον;Certainly not! In that case, how could God judge the world?Romans 3:19 · κόσμοςNow we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.Romans 4:13 · κόσμουFor the promise to Abraham and his offspring that he would be heir of the world was not given through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.Romans 5:12 · κόσμονTherefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.Romans 5:13 · κόσμῳ,For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law.Romans 11:12 · κόσμουBut if their trespass means riches for the world, and their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much greater riches will their fullness bring!Romans 11:15 · κόσμου,For if their rejection is the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance be but life from the dead?1 Corinthians 1:20 · κόσμουWhere is the wise man? Where is the scribe? Where is the philosopher of this age? Has not God made foolish the wisdom of the world?1 Corinthians 1:21 · κόσμοςFor since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.1 Corinthians 1:27 · κόσμου · κόσμουBut God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.1 Corinthians 1:28 · κόσμουHe chose the lowly and despised things of the world, and the things that are not, to nullify the things that are,1 Corinthians 2:12 · κόσμουWe have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we may understand what God has freely given us.1 Corinthians 3:19 · κόσμουFor the wisdom of this world is foolishness in God’s sight. As it is written: “He catches the wise in their craftiness.”1 Corinthians 3:22 · κόσμοςwhether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. All of them belong to you,1 Corinthians 4:9 · κόσμῳFor it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as well as to men.1 Corinthians 4:13 · κόσμουwhen we are slandered, we answer gently. Up to this moment we have become the scum of the earth, the refuse of the world.1 Corinthians 5:10 · κόσμου · κόσμουI was not including the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters. In that case you would have to leave this world.1 Corinthians 6:2 · κόσμον · κόσμος,Do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if you are to judge the world, are you not competent to judge trivial cases?1 Corinthians 7:31 · κόσμον · κόσμουand those who use the things of this world, as if not dependent on them. For this world in its present form is passing away.1 Corinthians 7:33 · κόσμου,But the married man is concerned about the affairs of this world, how he can please his wife,1 Corinthians 7:34 · κόσμου,and his interests are divided. The unmarried woman or virgin is concerned about the work of the Lord, how she can be holy in both body and spirit. But the married woman is concerned about the affairs of this world, how she can please her husband.1 Corinthians 8:4 · κόσμῳSo about eating food sacrificed to idols: We know that an idol is nothing at all in the world, and that there is no God but one.1 Corinthians 11:32 · κόσμῳBut when we are judged by the Lord, we are being disciplined so that we will not be condemned with the world.1 Corinthians 14:10 · κόσμῳ,Assuredly, there are many different languages in the world, yet none of them is without meaning.2 Corinthians 1:12 · κόσμῳ,For this is our boast: Our conscience testifies that we have conducted ourselves in the world, and especially in relation to you, in the holiness and sincerity that are from God—not in worldly wisdom, but in the grace of God.2 Corinthians 5:19 · κόσμονthat God was reconciling the world to Himself in Christ, not counting men’s trespasses against them. And He has committed to us the message of reconciliation.2 Corinthians 7:10 · κόσμουGodly sorrow brings repentance that leads to salvation without regret, but worldly sorrow brings death.Galatians 4:3 · κόσμουSo also, when we were children, we were enslaved under the basic principles of the world.Galatians 6:14 · κόσμος · κόσμῳ.But as for me, may I never boast, except in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through which the world has been crucified to me, and I to the world.Ephesians 1:4 · κόσμουFor He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world to be holy and blameless in His presence. In loveEphesians 2:2 · κόσμουin which you used to walk when you conformed to the ways of this world and of the ruler of the power of the air, the spirit who is now at work in the sons of disobedience.Ephesians 2:12 · κόσμῳ·remember that at that time you were separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers to the covenants of the promise, without hope and without God in the world.Philippians 2:15 · κόσμῳ,so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the worldColossians 1:6 · κόσμῳthat has come to you. All over the world this gospel is bearing fruit and growing, just as it has been doing among you since the day you heard it and truly understood the grace of God.Colossians 2:8 · κόσμουSee to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, which are based on human tradition and the spiritual forces of the world rather than on Christ.Colossians 2:20 · κόσμου, · κόσμῳIf you have died with Christ to the spiritual forces of the world, why, as though you still belonged to the world, do you submit to its regulations:1 Timothy 1:15 · κόσμονThis is a trustworthy saying, worthy of full acceptance: Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am the worst.1 Timothy 3:16 · κόσμῳ,By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was seen by angels, was proclaimed among the nations, was believed in throughout the world, was taken up in glory.1 Timothy 6:7 · κόσμον,For we brought nothing into the world, so we cannot carry anything out of it.Hebrews 4:3 · κόσμουNow we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.Hebrews 9:26 · κόσμου,Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.Hebrews 10:5 · κόσμονTherefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.Hebrews 11:7 · κόσμονBy faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.Hebrews 11:38 · κόσμος·The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.James 1:27 · κόσμου.¶Pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father is this: to care for orphans and widows in their distress, and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.James 2:5 · κόσμῳListen, my beloved brothers: Has not God chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and to inherit the kingdom He promised those who love Him?James 3:6 · κόσμοςThe tongue also is a fire, a world of wickedness among the parts of the body. It pollutes the whole person, sets the course of his life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.James 4:4 · κόσμου · κόσμου,You adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is hostility toward God? Therefore, whoever chooses to be a friend of the world renders himself an enemy of God.1 Peter 1:20 · κόσμου,He was known before the foundation of the world, but was revealed in the last times for your sake.1 Peter 3:3 · κόσμος,Your beauty should not come from outward adornment, such as braided hair or gold jewelry or fine clothes,1 Peter 5:9 · κόσμῳResist him, standing firm in your faith and in the knowledge that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kinds of suffering.2 Peter 1:4 · κόσμῳThrough these He has given us His precious and magnificent promises, so that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that you have escaped the corruption in the world caused by evil desires.2 Peter 2:5 · κόσμου · κόσμῳif He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;2 Peter 2:20 · κόσμουIf indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first.2 Peter 3:6 · κόσμοςthrough which the world of that time perished in the flood.1 John 2:2 · κόσμου.He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.1 John 2:15 · κόσμον · κόσμῳ. · κόσμον,Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.1 John 2:16 · κόσμῳ, · κόσμουFor all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh, the desires of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not from the Father but from the world.1 John 2:17 · κόσμοςThe world is passing away, along with its desires; but whoever does the will of God remains forever.1 John 3:1 · κόσμοςBehold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him.1 John 3:13 · κόσμος.So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.1 John 3:17 · κόσμουIf anyone with earthly possessions sees his brother in need, but withholds his compassion from him, how can the love of God abide in him?1 John 4:1 · κόσμον.Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.1 John 4:3 · κόσμῳand every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time.1 John 4:4 · κόσμῳ.You, little children, are from God and have overcome them, because greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world.1 John 4:5 · κόσμου · κόσμου · κόσμοςThey are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.1 John 4:9 · κόσμονThis is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.1 John 4:14 · κόσμου.And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent His Son to be the Savior of the world.1 John 4:17 · κόσμῳIn this way, love has been perfected among us, so that we may have confidence on the day of judgment; for in this world we are just like Him.1 John 5:4 · κόσμον· · κόσμον,because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.1 John 5:5 · κόσμονWho then overcomes the world? Only he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God.1 John 5:19 · κόσμοςWe know that we are of God, and that the whole world is under the power of the evil one.2 John 1:7 · κόσμον,For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.Revelation 11:15 · κόσμουThen the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.”Revelation 13:8 · κόσμου.¶And all who dwell on the earth will worship the beast—all whose names have not been written from the foundation of the world in the Book of Life belonging to the Lamb who was slain.Revelation 17:8 · κόσμου,The beast that you saw—it was, and now is no more, but is about to come up out of the Abyss and go to its destruction. And those who dwell on the earth whose names were not written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world will marvel when they see the beast that was, and is not, and yet will be.