κόσμος

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world

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)