Word

κοσμέω

kosméō · G2885 · Greek · 10 occurrences

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Meanings

to beautify, to adorn, to decorate, adornment, adorning

To cause something to be beautiful by decorating

Examples
Matthew 12:44 “Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came’; and when it comes, it finds it unoccupied, swept, and put in order.
Matthew 23:29 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,
Matthew 25:7 “Then all those virgins got up and trimmed their lamps.

How it’s used In 6 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

10 occurrences in 6 groups

Not stated (participle) 3
γυνήwoman, wife 2
Not stated: they 2
θεμέλιοςfoundation 1
Not stated: you (more than one) 1
Not stated: he, she or it 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

5 occurrences in 5 groups

ἑαυτοῦhimself, herself, itself 2
διδασκαλίαteaching, doctrine 1
λαμπάςlamp, torch 1
μνημεῖονgrave 1
ὑπακούωto obey 1

To or for whomIndirect object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἀνήρman, husband 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 4 groups

ἐνin+ καταστολήmanner of dress 1
ἐνin+ πᾶςall, every, each 1
μετάwith, after+ αἰδώςmodesty 1
μετάwith, after+ σωφροσύνηsound judgment, moderation 1

With adverbsAdverbs

2 occurrences in 3 groups

μήnot 1
οὕτωso, thus, in this way 1
ποτέonce, at some time, ever 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

λέγωto say 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

To beautify, to adorn, to decorate, adornment, adorning79.12: κοσμέω describes adorning or decorating something to make it beautiful. Matthew 23:29 has Jesus rebuking the scribes and Pharisees, “you build the tombs for the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,” the κοσμεῖτε naming this outward decorating of the monuments.

Word family 5 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

κόσμος kósmos · G2889 · cosmos, universe, earth · 185×κοσμέωkosméō · G2885κοσμικός kosmikós · G2886 · earthly, on earth, worldly · 2×κόσμιος kósmios · G2887 · modest, well-ordered, moderate · 2×κοσμοκράτωρ kosmokrátōr · G2888 · world ruler, power, authority · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon κόσμῳ; 3 person plural imperfect ἐκόσμουν; 1 aorist ἐκόσμησά; perfect passive κεκόσμημαι;…

κόσμῳ; 3 person plural imperfect ἐκόσμουν; 1 aorist ἐκόσμησά; perfect passive κεκόσμημαι; (κόσμος);
1. to put in order, arrange, make ready, prepare: τάς λαμπάδας, put in order (A. V. trim), Mt 25:7 (δόρπον, Homer, Odyssey 7, 13; τράπεζαν, Xenophon, Cyril 8, 2, 6; 6,11; the Sept. Ezek 23:41 for עָרַך; Sir. 29:26; προσφοράν, Sir. 50:14, and other examples elsewhere).
2. to ornament, adorn (so in Greek writings from Hesiod down; the Sept. several times for עָדָה); properly: οἶκον, in the passive, Mt 12:44; Lk 11:25; τά μνημεῖα, to decorate (A. V. garnish), Mt 23:29 (τάφους, Xenophon, mem. 2, 2, 13); τό ἱερόν λίθοις καί ἀναθεμασι, in the passive, Lk 21:5; τούς θεμελίους τοῦ τείχους λίθῳ τιμίῳ, Rev 21:19; τινα (with garments), νύμφην, passive Rev 21:2; ἑαυτάς ἐν τίνι, 1 Tim 2:9 (on this passage, see καταστολή, 2). Metaphorically equivalent to to embellish with honor, gain honor (Pindar nem. 6, 78; Thucydides 2, 42; κεκοσμενον τῇ ἀρετή, Xenophon, Cyril 8, 1, 21): ἑαυτάς, followed by a participle designating the act by which the honor is gained, 1 Pet 3:5; τήν διδασκαλίαν ἐν πᾶσιν, in all things, Tit 2:10.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Beautiful, Ugly10 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0