κώμης

komes

village

from κεῖμαι; a hamlet (as if laid down):--town, village.

G2968

John 11:1 · Word #10

Lexicon G2968

Lemmaκώμη
Transliterationkṓmē
Strong'sG2968
In-contextvillage
Literalvillage/town

Morphology N GEN F SG All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Case GEN — Genitive — Possession, source, or separation
Gender F — Feminine — Grammatical feminine
Number SG — Singular — One

Lexical Info

Lemmaκώμη
Strong'sG2968

SIBI-P1 G2968-03

of the village-settlement

Rootκώμη (kōmē)
Core Meaningsvillage, hamlet, rural settlement, country dwelling-place
Semantic Rangevillage, hamlet, rural settlement, country district in contrast to a city (πόλις)
Conceptual SignificanceIn the Gospels and Acts, κώμη distinguishes small rural communities from major cities, highlighting the spread of the message beyond urban centers into agrarian and peripheral regions of Israel and the surrounding lands.
Morphological NotesNoun, genitive, feminine, singular (Gr,N,,,,,GFS,). The form κώμης indicates possession, source, or relation to one village.
Rendering RationaleThe rendering "village-settlement" preserves the concrete sense of a small rural habitation, reflecting the term’s likely connection to κεῖμαι ("to lie, be laid down"), suggesting a place laid out or situated in the countryside. The genitive feminine singular form is represented by "of the," marking possession or association with a single village.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root κώμη (village, hamlet, rural settlement, country dwelling-place)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
G2968-01 komas the village-settlements
G2968-02 komen a laid-down village

Word Usage (27 occurrences of G2968)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Matthew 9:35 κώμας komas
Matthew 10:11 κώμην komen
Matthew 14:15 κώμας komas