noun · masculine

kōmos

Greekκῶμος (kōmos)

Strong’sG2970

a feasting, reveling

stem kōm-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

carousing2×orgies1×

What it means

** κῶμος, -ου, ὁ,

[in LXX: Wi 14:23, II Mac 6:4*;]

a revel, carousal: Ro 13:13, Ga 5:21, I Pe 4:3.†

SYN.: v.s. κραιπάλη.

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

Strong’s G2970 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidko'-mos

a carousal (as if letting loose)

Fromfrom G2749;

King Jamesrevelling, rioting.

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

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	kōmos	kōmois1×κῶμοι
object accusative	kōmon	kōmoin
direct address vocative	kōmor	kōmoir
of, belonging to genitive	kōmou	kōmoiu
to, for dative	kōmo	kōmoi2×κώμοις

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

kōmstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

kōmo 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

kōmas — κώμη, a village

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

kōmois“carousing”subjectnominative plural1×

Galatians 5:21“carousing”fthonois, methais, kōmois, kai teim homoieim houtei, heim prolegamō vi kathōs prolegama hoti tois teim toiouteim prassarōtois basileian theou ouk klēronomali.and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.

kōmoi“orgies”to, fordative plural2×

Romans 13:13“carousing”hōs en hēmera euschēmonōs peripataneia, mē kōmoi kai methai, mē koitai kai aselgeiai, mē era kai zēlo,Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.

1 Peter 4:3“orgies”arketos gar tos parercharētos chronos tem boulēmem teiu ethneiu katergazerē, poreuerētoin en aselgeiai, epithumiai, oinoflugiai, kōmoi, potoi, kai athemitai eidōlolatriai.For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.