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kosmos G2889

κόσμος (kosmos) means “world” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

κόσμος Greek · G2889 184 tagged occurrences in 149 verses

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

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2889

κόσμος · kosmos · 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)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

the world, universe; worldly affairs; the inhabitants of the world; adornment.

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How translators render G2889

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
world 149
of the world 14
the world 9
whole world 2
adornment 1
earth 1
earthly 1
for the world 1
it 1
of this world 1
on its 1
this world 1
to the world 1
worldly 1
worlds 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
the world 103
of the world 37
world 30
the 5
unto the world 5
of 3
to the world 2
a world 1
adorning 1
even the world 1
of this world 1
that are of the world 1
this worlds 1
upon the world 1

Verses containing G2889

Page 1 of 3. 149 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 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Again, the devil took Him to a very high mountain and showed Him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory.

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  2. Matthew 5:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.

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  3. Matthew 13:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The field is the world, and the good seed represents the sons of the kingdom. The weeds are the sons of the evil one,

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  4. Matthew 16:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    What 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?

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  5. Matthew 18:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Woe to the world for the causes of sin. These stumbling blocks must come, but woe to the man through whom they come!

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  6. Matthew 24:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For at that time there will be great tribulation, unseen from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.

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  7. Matthew 25:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  8. Matthew 26:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  9. Mark 8:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet forfeit his soul?

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  10. Mark 14:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  11. Luke 9:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    What does it profit a man to gain the whole world, yet lose or forfeit his very self?

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  12. Luke 11:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,

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  13. Luke 12:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.

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  14. John 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The true Light, who gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.

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  15. John 1:10 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    He was in the world, and though the world was made through Him, the world did not recognize Him.

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  16. John 1:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

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  17. John 3:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  18. John 3:17 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

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  19. John 3:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.

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  20. John 4:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They 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.”

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  21. John 6:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  22. John 6:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

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  23. John 6:51 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I 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.”

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  24. John 7:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    For no one who wants to be known publicly acts in secret. Since You are doing these things, show Yourself to the world.”

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  25. John 7:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The world cannot hate you, but it hates Me, because I testify that its works are evil.

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  26. John 8:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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.”

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  27. John 8:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.

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  28. John 8:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “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.”

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  29. John 9:5 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.”

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  30. John 9:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jesus declared, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind may see and those who see may become blind.”

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  31. John 10:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    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?

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  32. John 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus 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.

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  33. John 11:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Yes, Lord,” she answered, “I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.”

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  34. John 12:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then 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!”

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  35. John 12:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Whoever loves his life will lose it, but whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.

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  36. John 12:31 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Now judgment is upon this world; now the prince of this world will be cast out.

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  37. John 12:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should remain in darkness.

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  38. John 12:47 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    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.

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  39. John 13:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    It 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.

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  40. John 14:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    the 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.

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  41. John 14:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In a little while the world will see Me no more, but you will see Me. Because I live, you also will live.

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  42. John 14:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Judas (not Iscariot) asked Him, “Lord, why are You going to reveal Yourself to us and not to the world?”

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  43. John 14:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Peace 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.

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  44. John 14:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.

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  45. John 14:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But 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.

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  46. John 15:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If the world hates you, understand that it hated Me first.

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  47. John 15:19 · BSB · 5 occurrences

    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.

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  48. John 16:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And when He comes, He will convict the world in regard to sin and righteousness and judgment:

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  49. John 16:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and in regard to judgment, because the prince of this world has been condemned.

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  50. John 16:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Truly, truly, I tell you, you will weep and wail while the world rejoices. You will grieve, but your grief will turn to joy.

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