κοσμέω kosmeō

Greek word for “to arrange” · Strong’s G2885 · used 10 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

κοσμέω, -ῶ; (κόσμος);

How it is translated

Glosses given for kosmeō in context, with how often each is used:

• ordered 2
• adorning 2
• adorned 2
• adorn 1
• trimmed 1
• has been adorned 1
• may adorn 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Revelation 21 (2), Matthew 12 (1), Matthew 23 (1), Matthew 25 (1), Luke 11 (1), Luke 21 (1), 1 Timothy 2 (1), Titus 2 (1), 1 Peter 3 (1)

Forms

• κεκοσμημένον 2
• κοσμεῖτε 1
• ἐκόσμησαν 1
• κεκόσμηται 1
• κοσμεῖν 1
• κοσμῶσιν 1
• ἐκόσμουν 1
• κεκοσμημένην 1
• κεκοσμημένοι 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with kosmeō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• σαρόω saroō “to sweep” 2
• λίθος lithos “stone” 2
• ἑαυτοῦ heautou “themself” 3
• πόλις polis “city” 2
• τότε tote “then” 2
• εὑρίσκω ehuriskō “to find/meet” 2
• γυνή gunē “woman” 2
• ἀνήρ anēr “man” 2
• ἅγιος hagios “holy” 2

Key verses

The verses using kosmeō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 12:44 — Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
• Matthew 23:29 — Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
• Matthew 25:7 — Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
• Luke 11:25 — And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished.
• Luke 21:5 — And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts, he said,
• 1 Timothy 2:9 — In like manner also, that women adorn themselves in modest apparel, with shamefacedness and sobriety; not with broided hair, or gold, or pearls, or costly…
• Titus 2:10 — Not purloining, but shewing all good fidelity; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.
• 1 Peter 3:5 — For after this manner in the old time the holy women also, who trusted in God, adorned themselves, being in subjection unto their own husbands:
• Revelation 21:2 — And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
• Revelation 21:19 — And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.