Strong's Lexicon
G2970 — κῶμος
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2970 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κῶμος |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G2749 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 3 |
| Transliteration: | komos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ko`-mos |
| Meaning: | 1. a carousal (as if letting loose) |
| KJV Renderings: | revelling, rioting |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κῶμος, κωμου, ὁ (from κεῖμαι; accordingly equivalent to German Gelag; cf. Curtius, § 45); from (Homer h. Merc., Theognis) Herodotus down; a revel, carousal, i. e. in the Greek writings properly, a nocturnal and riotous procession of half-drunken and frolicsome fellows who after supper parade through the streets with torches and music in honor of Bacchus or some other deity, and sing and play before the houses of their male and female friends; hence, used generally, of feasts and drinking-parties that are protracted till late at night and indulge in revelry; plural (revellings): Rom 13:13; Gal 5:21; 1Pe 4:3. (Wis 14:23; 2Ma 6:4.) (Trench, § lxi.)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κῶμος (revelling)
Romans 13:13
- KJV: Let us walk honestly as in the day not in rioting and drunkenness not in chambering and wantonness not in strife and envying
- GK: ως εν ημέρα ευσχημόνως περιπατήσωμεν μη κώμοις και μέθαις μη κοίταις και ασελγείαις μη έριδι και ζήλω
Galatians 5:21
- KJV: Envyings murders drunkenness revellings and such like of the which I tell you before as I have also told that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God
- GK: φθόνοι φόνοι μέθαι κώμοι και τα όμοια τούτοις α προλέγω υμίν καθώς και προείπον ότι οι τα τοιαύτα πράσσοντες βασιλείαν θεού ου κληρονομήσουσιν
1 Peter 4:3
- KJV: For the time past of life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles when we walked in lasciviousness lusts excess of wine revellings banquetings and abominable idolatries
- GK: αρκετός γαρ ημίν ο παρεληλυθώς χρόνος του βίου το θέλημα των εθνών κατεργάσασθαι πεπορευμένους εν ασελγείαις επιθυμίαις οινοφλυγίαις κώμοις πότοις και αθεμίτοις ειδωλολατρείας