noun · feminine
kōmas
Strong’sG2968
a village
stem kōm-27 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
κώμη refers to a village or country town, as distinguished from a walled or fortified city 13. Strong's describes it as a hamlet 2, and Dodson simply glosses it as a village 4. In the New Testament the word appears both as a general term, often paired with "cities" as a set phrase, and attached to a specific place name or region, denoting the village or villages belonging to a particular town or district 1.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
κώμη, -ης, ἡ,
[in LXX for בַּת, חָצֵר, עִיר, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2968 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidko'-may
a hamlet (as if laid down)
Fromfrom G2749;
King Jamestown, village.
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
unwalled village, opposed to fortified city (said to be Doric dialect = Attic dialect δῆμος, Refs 8th c.BC+; opposed to πόλις, Refs 5th c.BC+; πόλεσιν ἀτειχίστοις καὶ κατὰ κ. οἰκουμέναις formed of scattered villages, Refs 5th c.BC+
II quarter, ward of a city, διελόμενοι τὴν μὲν πόλιν κατὰ κώμας, τὴν δὲ χώραν κατὰ δήμους Refs 5th 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.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | kōmas | kōmais |
| object accusative | kōman13×κώμην | kōmain10×κώμας |
| direct address vocative | kōmar | kōmair |
| of, belonging to genitive | kōmau4×κώμης | kōmaiu |
| to, for dative | kōma | kōmai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
kōma 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.
27 occurrences, every one of them listed
kōman“village”objectaccusative singular13×
Matthew 10:11eis han de an polan ē kōman eiserchaveia, exetazavar tinos en auta axios …Whatever town or village you enter, find out who is …
Matthew 21:2legarōntos autoi; Poreuovōr eis tan kōman tan katenanti vu, kai eutheōs heuriskavi …saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and at once …
Mark 8:26… oikon autou legarōntos; Mēde eis tan kōman eiserchaseia.… Do not go back into the village.”
Mark 11:2kai legatō autoi; Hupagavōr eis tan kōman tan katenanti vu, kai euthuos eisporeuorōntois …… said to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as soon …
Luke 8:1… kai autos diodeuate kata polan kai kōman kērussarōntos kai euangelizorōntos tan basileian tou …… Jesus traveled from one town and village to another, preaching and proclaiming the …
Luke 9:52… prosōpeu autou. kai poreuirantois eiserchala eis kōman Samaritoiu, hōs hetoimazara auto;… on ahead, who went into a village of the Samaritans to make arrangements …
Luke 9:56kai poreuila eis heteran kōman.… His disciples went on to another village.
Luke 10:38… te poreuorō autoin autos eiserchata eis kōman tinan; gunaikas de tinas onome Marthas …… they traveled along, Jesus entered a village where a woman named Martha welcomed …
Luke 17:12“village”kai eiserchorōntou autou eis tinan kōman apantala deka leprois androis, hois stēala …… the villages, He was met by ten lepers. They stood at a distance
Luke 19:30legarōntos; Hupagavōr eis tan katenanti kōman, en ha eisporeuorōntois heuriskavi pōlon dorēnton, …saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you …
Luke 24:13… auta ta hēmera ale poreuorōntois eis kōman apecharōntan stadioin hexēkonta apo Ierousalēm, ha …… of them were going to a village called Emmaus, about seven miles from …
Luke 24:28Kai engizala eis tan kōman hou poreuole, kai autos prospoieta porrōteron …As they approached the village where they were headed, He seemed …
John 11:30… de erchatelē tos Iēsus eis tan kōman, alla ate ēti en to topo …… Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place …
kōmau“village”of, belonging togenitive singular4×
Mark 8:23… tou tuflou ekferata auton exō tau kōmau, kai ptuarantos eis teim ommeim autou, …… and led him out of the village. Then He spit on the man’s …
Luke 5:17… nomodidaskalois hois ale ercharēntois ek pantau kōmau tau Galilaiau kai Ioudaiau kai Ierousalēm; …… come from Jerusalem and from every village of Galilee and Judea, and the …
John 7:42… spermeu David, kai apo Bēthleem tau kōmau hopou ate David, erchotō tos christos?… of David and from Bethlehem, the village where David lived?”
John 11:1… asthenarōntos, Lazaros apo Bēthaniau ek tau kōmau Mariau kai Marthau tau adelfau autau.… sick. He lived in Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
kōmain“villages”objectaccusative plural10×
Matthew 9:35… Iēsus tain polain pantain kai tain kōmain, didaskarōntos en tai sunagōgai autoiu kai …… went through all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the …
Matthew 14:15… toin ochloin, hina apercharantois eis tain kōmain agorazaleia heautoi brōmeim.… so they can go to the villages and buy themselves some food.”
Mark 6:6“villages”… tan apistian autoiu. Kai periagate tain kōmain kuklō didaskarōntos.… amazed at their unbelief. And He went around from village to village, teaching the people.
Mark 6:36… apercharantois eis toin kuklō agroin kai kōmain agorazaleia heautoi tinem esthialeia.… go to the surrounding countryside and villages and buy themselves something to eat.”
Mark 6:56kai hopou an eisporeuote eis kōmain ē eis polain ē eis agroin …And wherever He went — villages and towns and countrysides — they laid …
Mark 8:27… kai tois mathētois autou eis tain kōmain Kaisareiau tau Filippou; kai en ta …… His disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way …
Luke 9:6“villages”exerchorōntois de dierchole kata tain kōmain euangelizorōntois kai therapeuarōntois pantachou.So they set out and went from village to village, preaching the gospel and healing people everywhere.
Luke 9:12… ochlon, hina poreuirantois eis tain kuklō kōmain kai agroin katalualeia kai heuriskaleia episitismon, …… they can go to the surrounding villages and countryside for lodging and provisions …
Luke 13:22Kai diaporeuote kata polain kai kōmain didaskarōntos kai poreian poiorōntos eis Hierosolumeim.… Jesus traveled throughout the towns and villages, teaching as He made His way …
Acts 8:25… kuriou hupostrefale eis Hierosolumeim, pollain tē kōmain toiu Samaritoiu euangelizole.… gospel in many of the Samaritan villages.