#80 · 186× in the NT · noun · masculine

ὁ ὁ κόσμος

world, universe, adornment

κόσμος

History

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In the NT

  • καὶ ὁ κόσμος δι’ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο

    and the world came to be through him

    John 1:10 · dictionary form

  • οὕτως γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν κόσμον

    for God so loved the world

    John 3:16 · acc. sg.

  • ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἦν, καὶ ὁ κόσμος δι’ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο

    he was in the world, and the world came to be through him

    John 1:10

Morphology

2nd-declension masculine · κόσμος, κόσμου, κόσμῳ, κόσμον

Created order, humanity, or the world-system opposed to God — context decides.

2nd decl. Can mean the created order, humanity, or the world-system opposed to God. Acc. τὸν κόσμον in John 3:16 is the object of love.

Further reading

Mounce pages are the 4th edition (2019 hardcover). Smyth 1920 is public domain. Hildebrandt pages follow the free 2019 CLI PDF.