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verb

Greekκομάω (komaō)
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komamō

Strong’sG2863

I wear the hair long

stem kom-2 times in the New Testament1 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

* κομάω, -ῶ

(< κόμη),

to wear long hair: I Co 11:14, 15.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G2863 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidkom-ah'-o

to wear tresses of hair

Fromfrom G2864;

King Jameshave long hair.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
κομάω,
Ionic dialect κομ-έω, (κόμη) let the hair grow long, Ἄβαντες ὄπιθεν κομόωντες Refs 8th c.BC+; τὰ ἐπὶ δεξιὰ τῶν κεφαλέων κ.Refs 5th c.BC+; μὴ φθονεῖθ᾽ ἡμῖν (i.e. τοῖς ἱππεῦσι) κομῶσι Refs 4th c.BC+; ἔνορκον ἂν ποιησαίμην μὴ πρότερον κομήσειν (in token of a vow) πρίν.. NT+5th c.BC+
2 plume oneself, give oneself airs, τοιοῦτος ἀνὴρ ὢν ποιητὴς οὐ κομῶ Refs 5th c.BC+; οὗτος ἐπὶ τυραννίδι ἐκόμησε aimed at the monarchy, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπὶ τῷ κομᾷ; on what do you plume yourself? Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐπ᾽ Ἠρίννῃ κ., of her lover, Refs 1st c.AD+
II of horses, χρυσέῃσιν ἐθείρῃσιν κομόωντε Refs 8th c.BC+
III of the hair itself, to be long, Refs 3rd c.AD+
IV metaphorically, of trees, plants, etc., [οὖθαρ ἀρούρης] μέλλεν ἄφαρ ταναοῖσι κομήσειν ἀσταχύεσσιν soon were the fields to wave with long ears, Refs 5th c.BC+
V ἀστέρες κομόωντες, ={κομῆται}, Refs 4th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

has long hair2×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
komateiōκομᾷhappening now · he/she/itpresent active subjunctive 3rd person singularhas long hair2×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularkomamōkomamekomamikomamakomamēkomamelē
you 2nd person singularkomasōkomasekomasikomasakomasēkomaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularkomatōkomatekomatikomatakomatēkomatelē
we 1st person pluralkomanōkomanekomanikomanakomanēkomanelē
ye 2nd person pluralkomavōkomavekomavikomavakomavēkomavelē
they 3rd person pluralkomalōkomalekomalikomalakomalēkomalelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, 2 occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singularkomameiōkomameiakomameiē
you 2nd person singularkomaseiōkomaseiakomaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularkomateiō2×κομᾷkomateiakomateiē
we 1st person pluralkomaneiōkomaneiakomaneiē
ye 2nd person pluralkomaveiōkomaveiakomaveiē
they 3rd person pluralkomaleiōkomaleiakomaleiē
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularkomasōrkomasarkomasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularkomatōrkomatarkomatēr
ye 2nd person pluralkomavōrkomavarkomavēr
they 3rd person pluralkomalōrkomalarkomalēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singularkomamoiōkomamoia
you 2nd person singularkomasoiōkomasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularkomatoiōkomatoia
we 1st person pluralkomanoiōkomanoia
ye 2nd person pluralkomavoiōkomavoia
they 3rd person pluralkomaloiōkomaloia
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicekomarōkomarikomarakomarē
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicekomarōntoskomarintoskomarantoskomarēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them
komstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

kom is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Words built on the same stem

Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

2 occurrences, every one of them listed

komateiō“has long hair”happening now · he/she/itpresent active subjunctive 3rd person singular2×

1 Corinthians 11:14… didaskatō vin hoti andros men ean komateiō, atimias auto atō,… teach you that if a man has long hair, it is a disgrace to him,

1 Corinthians 11:15gunaikas de ean komateiō, doxas auta atō? hoti tas komas …but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long …