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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.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 Box Mat 9:35

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:35 - Jesus traveled through all the towns and villages of that area, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:11 - “Whenever you enter a city or village, search for a worthy person and stay in his home until you leave town.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:15 - That evening the disciples came to him and said, “This is a remote place, and it’s already getting late. Send the crowds away so they can go to the villages and buy food for themselves.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 21:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:2 - “Go into the village over there,” he said. “As soon as you enter it, you will see a donkey tied there, with its colt beside it. Untie them and bring them to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:6

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:6 - And he was amazed at their unbelief. Then Jesus went from village to village, teaching the people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:36 - Send the crowds away so they can go to the nearby farms and villages and buy something to eat.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:56

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:56 - Wherever he went—in villages, cities, or the countryside—they brought the sick out to the marketplaces. They begged him to let the sick touch at least the fringe of his robe, and all who touched him were healed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:23 - Jesus took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village. Then, spitting on the man’s eyes, he laid his hands on him and asked, “Can you see anything now?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:26 - Jesus sent him away, saying, “Don’t go back into the village on your way home.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 8:27

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 8:27 - Jesus and his disciples left Galilee and went up to the villages near Caesarea Philippi. As they were walking along, he asked them, “Who do people say I am?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 11:2 - “Go into that village over there,” he told them. “As soon as you enter it, you will see a young donkey tied there that no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 5:17

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:17 - One day while Jesus was teaching, some Pharisees and teachers of religious law were sitting nearby. (It seemed that these men showed up from every village in all Galilee and Judea, as well as from Jerusalem.) And the Lord’s healing power was strongly with Jesus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:1 - Soon afterward Jesus began a tour of the nearby towns and villages, preaching and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom of God. He took his twelve disciples with him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:6 - So they began their circuit of the villages, preaching the Good News and healing the sick.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:12 - Late in the afternoon the twelve disciples came to him and said, “Send the crowds away to the nearby villages and farms, so they can find food and lodging for the night. There is nothing to eat here in this remote place.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:52

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:52 - He sent messengers ahead to a Samaritan village to prepare for his arrival.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 9:56

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:56 - So they went on to another village.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 10:38

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:38 - As Jesus and the disciples continued on their way to Jerusalem, they came to a certain village where a woman named Martha welcomed him into her home.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:22 - Jesus went through the towns and villages, teaching as he went, always pressing on toward Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 17:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:12 - As he entered a village there, ten lepers stood at a distance,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 19:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:30 - “Go into that village over there,” he told them. “As you enter it, you will see a young donkey tied there that no one has ever ridden. Untie it and bring it here.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:13 - That same day two of Jesus’ followers were walking to the village of Emmaus, seven miles[fn] from Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:28

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:28 - By this time they were nearing Emmaus and the end of their journey. Jesus acted as if he were going on,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 7:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 7:42 - For the Scriptures clearly state that the Messiah will be born of the royal line of David, in Bethlehem, the village where King David was born.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:1 - A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany with his sisters, Mary and Martha.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 11:30 - Jesus had stayed outside the village, at the place where Martha met him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:25 - After testifying and preaching the word of the Lord in Samaria, Peter and John returned to Jerusalem. And they stopped in many Samaritan villages along the way to preach the Good News.
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