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κοσμέω

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Definition

κοσμέω, -ῶ

(κόσμος), [in LXX for עָדָה, תָּקַן, etc. ;]

1. to order, arrange, prepare (in Hom. esp. of marshalling armies): Matthew 25:7 (cf. Sir.50.9, al.).

2. to adorn, furnish: οἶκον, pass., Matthew 12:44, Luke 11:25; μνημεῖα, Matthew 23:29; τὸ ἱερόν, pass., Luke 21:5; θεμέλιοι, Revelation 21:19; νύμφην, pass., Revelation 21:2; ἐαυτάς, before ἐν, 1 Timothy 2:9. Metaphorical, with accusative of person(s), 1 Peter 3:5; with accusative of thing(s), Titus 2:10.

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

10 total
  1. Matthew 12:44κεκοσμημένον · put in order
    Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ On its return, it finds the house vacant, swept clean, and put in order.
  2. Matthew 23:29κοσμεῖτε · decorate
    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.
  3. Matthew 25:7ἐκόσμησαν · trimmed
    Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.
  4. Luke 11:25κεκοσμημένον · put in order
    On its return, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.
  5. Luke 21:5κεκόσμηται · was adorned
    As some of the disciples were remarking how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and consecrated gifts, Jesus said,
  6. 1 Timothy 2:9κοσμεῖν · to adorn
    Likewise, I want the women to adorn themselves with respectable apparel, with modesty, and with self-control, not with braided hair or gold or pearls or expensive clothes,
  7. Titus 2:10κοσμῶσιν · they will adorn
    …not stealing from them, but showing all good faith, so that in every respect they will adorn the teaching about God our Savior.
  8. 1 Peter 3:5ἐκόσμουν · adorned
    For this is how the holy women of the past adorned themselves. They put their hope in God and were submissive to their husbands,
  9. Revelation 21:2κεκοσμημένην · adorned
    I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
  10. Revelation 21:19κεκοσμημένοι · were adorned
    The foundations of the city walls were adorned with every kind of precious stone: The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,