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kosmeō G2885

κοσμέω (kosmeō) means “to arrange” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

κοσμέω Greek · G2885 10 tagged occurrences in 10 verses

Pronunciation guide: kos-meh'-o Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2885

κοσμέω · kosmeō · to arrange

κοσμέω, -ῶ (κόσμος), [in LXX for עָדָה, תָּקַן, etc. ;] 1. to order, arrange, prepare (in Hom. esp. of marshalling armies): Mat.25:7 (cf. Sir.50:9, al.). 2. to adorn, furnish: οἶκον, pass., Mat.12:44, Luk.11:25; μνημεῖα, Mat.23:29; τὸ ἱερόν, pass., Luk.21:5; θεμέλιοι, Rev.21:19; νύμφην, pass., Rev.21:2; ἐαυτάς, before ἐν, 1Ti.2:9. Metaphorical, with accusative of person(s), 1Pe.3:5; with accusative of thing(s), Tit.2:10.† (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

I put into order; I decorate, deck, adorn.

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How translators render G2885

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
adorned 2
put in order 2
decorate 1
they will adorn 1
to adorn 1
trimmed 1
was adorned 1
were adorned 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
garnished 3
adorned 2
adorn 1
garnish 1
it was adorned 1
that 1
they may adorn 1
trimmed 1

Verses containing G2885

Page 1 of 1. 10 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Matthew 12:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  2. Matthew 23:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You build tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous.

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  3. Matthew 25:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then all the virgins woke up and trimmed their lamps.

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  4. Luke 11:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On its return, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.

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  5. Luke 21:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As some of the disciples were remarking how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and consecrated gifts, Jesus said,

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  6. 1 Timothy 2:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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,

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  7. Titus 2:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    not stealing from them, but showing all good faith, so that in every respect they will adorn the teaching about God our Savior.

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  8. 1 Peter 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For this is how the holy women of the past adorned themselves. They put their hope in God and were submissive to their husbands,

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  9. Revelation 21:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.

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  10. Revelation 21:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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,

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Sources and text

Data created by www.STEPBible.org based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). STEPBible data · License.

We convert source tables to JSON, expand grammar labels and count tagged words. Greek counts use the SBL edition in TAGNT. Hebrew counts use the main reading in TAHOT, including Qere readings and restored text. Source numbering follows NRSV; alternate references appear where supplied.

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