κόσμος

kosmos

world

probably from the base of κομίζω; orderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally)):--adorning, world.

G2889

John 15:18 · Word #3

Lexicon G2889

Lemmaκόσμος
Transliterationkósmos
Strong'sG2889
In-contextworld
Literalworld

Morphology N NOM M SG All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Case NOM — Nominative — The subject of the sentence
Gender M — Masculine — Grammatical masculine
Number SG — Singular — One

Lexical Info

Lemmaκόσμος
Strong'sG2889

SIBI-P1 G2889-03

the ordered world

Morphological NotesNoun, nominative masculine singular (Gr,N,,,,,NMS,); functioning as a singular subject or predicate nominative in the sentence.
Rendering Rationaleκόσμος fundamentally denotes an ordered arrangement or adorned system, from the idea of orderly arrangement. Rendering it as "the ordered world" preserves this root sense while reflecting the nominative masculine singular form (NMS), indicating a singular subject noun in the clause.

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Words from Root κόσμος (order, arrangement, adornment, ordered system, world)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
G2889-01 kosmo to/for the ordered-world
G2889-02 kosmon the ordered-world
G2889-04 kosmou of the ordered-world

Word Usage (186 occurrences of G2889)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Matthew 4:8 κόσμου kosmou
Matthew 5:14 κόσμου kosmou
Matthew 13:35 κόσμου kosmou