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Lexicon :: Strong's G2968 - kōmē

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κώμη
Transliteration
kōmē (Key)
Pronunciation
ko'-may
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2968 matches the Greek κώμη (kōmē),
which occurs 27 times in 27 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:35 - And Jesus went about all the towns and small places, teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the good news of the kingdom and making well all sorts of disease and pain.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:11 - And into whatever town or small place you go, make search there for someone who is respected, and make his house your resting-place till you go away.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:15 - And when evening had come, the disciples came to him, saying, This place is waste land, and the time is now past; send the people away so that they may go into the towns and get themselves food.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:2 - Saying to them, Go into the little town in front of you, and straight away you will see an ass with a cord round her neck, and a young one with her; let them loose and come with them to me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:6 - And he was greatly surprised because they had no faith. And he went about the country places teaching.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:36 - Send them away, so that they may go into the country and small towns round about, and get some food for themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:56

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:56 - And wherever he went, into small towns, or great towns, or into the country, they took those who were ill into the market-places, requesting him that they might put their hands even on the edge of his robe: and all those who did so were made well.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:23 - And he took the blind man by the hand, and went with him out of the town; and when he had put water from his mouth on his eyes, and put his hands on him, he said, Do you see anything?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:26 - And he sent him away to his house, saying, Do not even go into the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:27 - And Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the little towns round Caesarea Philippi; and on the way he put a question to his disciples, saying, Who do men say that I am?

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:2 - And said to them, Go into the little town opposite: and when you come to it, you will see a young ass with a cord round his neck, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose, and come back with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:17 - And it came about that on one of these days he was teaching; and some Pharisees and teachers of the law were seated there, who had come from every town of Galilee and Judaea and from Jerusalem; and the power of the Lord was with him, to make those who were ill free from their diseases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:1 - And it came about, after a short time, that he went through town and country giving the good news of the kingdom of God, and with him were the twelve,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:6 - And they went away, journeying through all the towns, preaching the good news and making people free from diseases in all places.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:12 - And the day went on; and the twelve came to him and said, Send these people away so that they may go into the towns and the country round about and get resting-places and food for themselves, for we are in a waste place.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:52 - And he sent men before: and they came to a small town of Samaria to make ready for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:56

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:56 - And they went to another small town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:38 - Now, while they were on their way, he came to a certain town; and a woman named Martha took him into her house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:22 - And he went on his way, through towns and country places, teaching and journeying to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:12 - And when he went into a certain small town he came across ten men who were lepers, and they, keeping themselves at a distance,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:30 - Saying, Go into the little town in front of you, and on going in you will see a young ass fixed with a cord, on which no man has ever been seated; let him loose and take him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:13 - And then, two of them, on that very day, were going to a little town named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:28 - And they came near the town to which they were going, and he seemed as if he was going on;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:42 - Do not the Writings say that the Christ comes of the seed of David and from Beth-lehem, the little town where David was?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:1 - Now a certain man named Lazarus was ill; he was of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:30 - Now Jesus had not at this time come into the town, but was still in the place where Martha had seen him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:25 - So they, having given their witness and made clear the word of the Lord, went back to Jerusalem, giving the good news on their way in a number of the small towns of Samaria.
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