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Strong's G2885 · Greek

κοσμέω

kosmeo · kos-meh'-o

from 2889; to put in proper order, i.e. decorate (literally or figuratively); specially, to snuff (a wick)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

κοσμέω (G2885)

10 κοσμέω , -ῶ ( κόσμος ), [in LXX for עדה , תּקן , etc.;] to order , arrange , prepare (in Hom. esp. of marshalling armies): Mt 25:7 (cf. Si 50:9 , al.). to adorn , furnish : οἶκον , pass., Mt 12:44 , Lk 11:25 ; μνημεῖα , Mt 23:29 ; τὸ ἱερόν , pass., Lk 21:5 ; θεμέλιοι , Re 21:19 ; νύμφην , pass., Re 21:2 ; ἑαυτάς , seq. ἐν , I Ti 2:9 . Metaph., c. acc. pers., I Pe 3:5 ; c. acc. rei, Tit 2:10 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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