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Strong's #2885 - κοσμέω
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- to put in order, arrange, make ready, prepare
- to ornament, adore
- metaph. to embellish with honour, gain honour
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κοσμ-έω,
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1. order, arrange, esp. set an army in array, marshal it, Il. 14.379; κοσμῆσαι ἵππους τε καὶ ἀνέρας 2.554: — Pass., ἐπεὶ κόσμηθεν ἅμ' ἡγεμόνεσσιν ἕκαστοι 3.1; πένταχα κοσμηθέντες marshalled in five bodies, 12.87; of a population, διὰ τρίχα κοσμηθέντες 2.655; once in Od., of hunters, διὰ δὲ τρίχα κοσμηθέντες 9.157: — Med., κοσμησάμενος πολιήτας having arranged his men, Il. 2.806; so after Homer, κ. στρατόν (v.l. for κοιμήσων) E. Rh. 662; τάξεις κεκοσμημέναι X. Cyr. 2.1.26, cf. Pl. Phdr. 247a; ἐπὶ τάξις πλεῦνας ἐκεκοσμέατο Hdt. 9.31.
2. generally, arrange, prepare, δόρπον ἐκόσμει Od. 7.13; κ. ἀοιδήν η Bacch. 59; ἔργα Hes. Op. 306; στέφανον E. Hipp. 74; τράπεζαν X. Cyr. 8.2.6; εἰς τάφον λέβητα S. El. 1401: — Pass., δεῖπνον κεκόσμηται Pi. N. 1.22; δεῖ οὕτω κοσμηθῆναι ὅκως.. Democr. 266; τὸ κοσμηθὲν αἷμα, = τὸνοἰκεῖον κόσμον κτησάμενον, Gal. 5.551.
II
1. order, rule, τὴν πόλιν κ. καλῶς τε καὶ εὖ Hdt. 1.59, cf. S. Aj. 1103; Σπάρτην ἔλαχες, κείνην κόσμει E. Fr. 723 (anap.); κ. ἐμαυτόν restrain myself, Id. Hyps.Fr. 34(60).46; τὰ ἄλλα ἐκεκοσμέατό οἱ Hdt. 1.100; τόν γε νοῦν κοσμοῦντα πάντα κοσμεῖν Pl. Phd. 97 c: — Pass., τὰ κοσμούμενα orderly institutions, S. Ant. 677: pf. part., of persons, orderly, ταπεινὸς καὶ κεκοσμημένος Pl. Lg. 716a; τεταγμένον τε καὶ κ. πρᾶγμα Id. Grg. 504 a.
2. in Crete, hold office of κόσμος 111, οἱ κεκοσμηκότες Arist. Pol. 1272a35, cf. Plb. 22.15.1; Cret. κοσμίω Leg.Gort. 1.51, etc.; also κορμίω (q.v.).
III
1. adorn, equip, dress, esp. of women, h.Hom. 6.11, Hes. Op. 72; κοσμῆσαί τινα πανοπλίῃ Hdt. 4.180; τριπόδεσσι κ. δόμον Pi. I. 1.19; τινὰ πλούτῳ ὑπερβάλλοντι Hdn. 3.10.6: c. dupl. acc., πρίν σε νυμφικὸν ἰστέφανον κοσμήσαμεν JRS 17.51 (Phrygia, iv A. D.): — freq. in Med., κοσμέεσθαι τὰς κεφαλάς to adorn their heads, Hdt. 7.209; κοσμεῖσθαι σῶμα ὅπλοις E. Ph. 1359; ἐν φοινικίσι κοσμησάμενοι having decked themselves, Pl.Com. 208: — Pass., χρυσῷ κοσμηθεῖσα h.Ven. 65; παῖσα δ' Ἄρῃ κεκόσμηται στέγα Alc. 15.1; ἵπποι κεκοσμημένοι ὡς κάλλιστα Hdt. 7.40; κεκ. ἐσθῆτι ποικίλῃ καὶ χρυσοῖσι στεφάνοις Pl. Ion 535 d, cf. S. Ph. 1064, Th. 6.41, etc.
2. metaph., adorn, embellish, λόγους E. Med. 576; λόγους ῥήμασί τε καὶ ὀνόμασι κεκοσμημένους Pl. Revelation 17:1-18 c; τραγικὸν λῆρον Ar. Ra. 1005; κ. ἔργον ἄριστον ib. 1027; τὸ λογικὸν ἔχεις ἐξαίρετον, τοῦτο κόσμει Arr. Epict. 3.1.26; λόγον εὐρυθμίαις Isoc. 5.27; αὑτὸν λόγοις Pl. La. 196 b, cf. 197 c; ἐπὶ τὸ μεῖζον κ. Th. 1.21; τὸν.. τὴν ἐκείνων ἀρετὴν κοσμήσοντα (in speaking) D. 18.287: — Pass., ἦθος σεμνότητι -μημένον Phld. Acad.Ind. p.52 M.
3. honour, λουτροῖς σ' ἐκόσμης ' S. El. 1139; κ. τάφον Id. Ant. 396; νέκυν E. Tr. 1147; κ. καὶ τιμᾶν X. Cyr. 1.3.3; of persons, adorn, be an honour to, πατρίδα Thgn. 947; νᾶσον εὐκλέα Pi. N. 6.46; Σαλαμῖνα κ. πατρίδα E. Fr. 530.3; [ τὴν πόλιν] αἱ τῶνδε ἀρεταὶ ἐκόσμησαν Th. 2.42.
4. bury, JHS 25.172, al. (Isauria). Pass., to be assigned, ascribed to, ἐς τὸν Αἰγύπτιον νομὸν αὗται [αἱ πόλεις] ἐκεκοσμέατο Hdt. 3.91; ἐς Πέρσας κεκοσμέαται Id. 6.41; esp. of philosophic schools, κατὰ τὴν Ἀκαδημίαν κοσμεῖσθαι S.E. P. 1.231; οἱ κατὰ διαφόρους αἱρέσεις κοσμούμενοι Id. M. 11.77.
κοσμέω, κόσμῳ; 3 person plural imperfect ἐκόσμουν; 1 aorist ἐκόσμησά; perfect passive κεκόσμημαι; (κόσμος);
1. to put in order, arrange, make ready, prepare: τάς λαμπάδας, put in order (A. V. trim), Matthew 25:7 (δόρπον, Homer, Odyssey 7, 13; τράπεζαν, Xenophon, Cyril 8, 2, 6; 6,11; the Sept. Ezekiel 23:41 for עָרַך; Sir. 29:26; προσφοράν, Sir. 50:14, and other examples elsewhere).
2. to ornament, adorn (so in Greek writings from Hesiod down; the Sept. several times for עָדָה); properly: οἶκον, in the passive, Matthew 12:44; Luke 11:25; τά μνημεῖα, to decorate (A. V. garnish), Matthew 23:29 (τάφους, Xenophon, mem. 2, 2, 13); τό ἱερόν λίθοις καί ἀναθεμασι, in the passive, Luke 21:5; τούς θεμελίους τοῦ τείχους λίθῳ τιμίῳ, Revelation 21:19; τινα (with garments), νύμφην, passive Revelation 21:2; ἑαυτάς ἐν τίνι, 1 Timothy 2:9 (on this passage, see καταστολή, 2). Metaphorically equivalent to to embellish with honor, gain honor (Pindar nem. 6, 78; Thucydides 2, 42; κεκοσμενον τῇ ἀρετή, Xenophon, Cyril 8, 1, 21): ἑαυτάς, followed by a participle designating the act by which the honor is gained, 1 Peter 3:5; τήν διδασκαλίαν ἐν πᾶσιν, in all things, Titus 2:10.
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κοσμέω , -ῶ
(< κόσμος ),
[in LXX for H5710, H8626, etc.;]
1. to order, arrange, prepare (in Hom. esp. of marshalling armies): Matthew 25:7 (cf. Sirach 50:9, al.).
2. to adorn, furnish: οἶκον , pass., Matthew 12:44, Luke 11:25; μνημεῖα , Matthew 23:29; τὸ ἱερόν , pass., Luke 21:5; θεμέλιοι , Revelation 21:19; νύμφην , pass., Revelation 21:2; ἐαυτάς , seq. ἐν , 1 Timothy 2:9. Metaph., c. acc pers., 1 Peter 3:5; c. acc rei, Titus 2:10.†
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In P Oxy XII. 1467.5 (A.D. 263) reference is made to certain laws which entitle women ";who are honoured with the right of three children";—ταῖς γυναιξὶν ταῖς τῶν τριῶν τέκνων δικαίῳ κεκοσμημένα [ι ]ς —to act without a guardian. The metaphorical use of the verb, as in Titus 2:10, is seen in Cagnat IV. 288.9 (ii/B.C.) κ [εκ ]όσμηκε τὸν αὑτοῦ [β ]ίον τῆι καλλίστηι παρρησίαι, and in the important Priene 105.36 (B.C. 9), where Augustus is described as ";having made war to cease, and established order everywhere";—τὸν παύσαντα μὲν πόλεμον, κοσμήσοντα [δὲ πάντα. Epict. iii. 1. 26 τὸ λογικὸν ἔχεις ἐξαίρετον · τοῦτο κοσμει καὶ καλλώπιζε · τὴν κόμην δ᾽αφες τῷ πλάσαντι ὡς αὐτὸς ἠθέλησεν, ";your reasoning faculty is the distinctive one : this you must adorn and make beautiful. Leave your hair to Him that formed it in accordance with His will"; (Matheson), may be cited in illustration of 1 Peter 3:3 f.
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