κώμη
Transliteration
kōmē (Key)
Pronunciation
ko'-may
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From κεῖμαι (G2749)
mGNT
27x in 3 unique form(s) TR
28x in 4 unique form(s) LXX
68x in 5 unique form(s)
κώμας — 10x
κώμῃ — 1x
κώμην — 13x
κώμης — 4x
κώμας — 10x
κώμην — 13x
κώμης — 4x
κῶμαι — 38x
κώμαις — 7x
κώμας — 21x
κώμην — 1x
κώμης — 1x
Strong’s Definitions

κώμη kṓmē, ko'-may; from G2749; a hamlet (as if laid down):—town, village.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x

The KJV translates Strong's G2968 in the following manner: village (17x), town (11x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 28x
The KJV translates Strong's G2968 in the following manner: village (17x), town (11x).

  1. the common sleeping place to which labourers in the field return, a village

  2. the name of the city near which the villages lie and to whose municipality they belong

  3. the inhabitants of villages

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κώμη kṓmē, ko'-may; from G2749; a hamlet (as if laid down):—town, village.
STRONGS G2968:
κώμη, κόμης, ἡ (akin to κεῖμαι, κοιμάω, properly, the common sleeping-place to which laborers in the fields return; Curtius, § 45 (related is English home)) (from Hesiod, Herodotus down), a village: Matthew 9:35; Matthew 10:11; Mark 11:2; Luke 5:17; Luke 9:52 (here Tdf. πόλιν), and often in the Synoptative Gospels; John 11:1, 30; with the name of the city near which the villages lie and to whose municipality they belong: Καισαρείας, Mark 8:27 (often so in the Sept. for בְּנות with the name of a city; cf. Gesenius, Thesaurus, i., p. 220{a} (B. D., under the word , 7); also for חַצְרֵי and חַצְרות with the name of a city); by metonymy, the inhabitants of villages, Acts 8:25; used also of a small town, as Bethsaida, Mark 8:23, 26, cf. Mark 8:22; John 1:45; of Bethlehem, John 7:42; for עִיר, Joshua 10:39; Joshua 15:9 (Complutensian LXX); Isaiah 42:11. (B. D., under the word Villages.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Joshua
10:39; 15:9
Isaiah
42:11
Matthew
9:35; 10:11
Mark
8:22; 8:23; 8:26; 8:27; 11:2
Luke
5:17; 9:52
John
1:45; 7:42; 11:1; 11:30
Acts
8:25
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