adjective
kosmikas
Strong’sG2886
earthly, worldly
stem kosmik-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 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.
* κοσμικός, -ή, -όν
(κόσμος),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2886 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkos-mee-kos'
terrene ("cosmic"), literally (mundane) or figuratively (corrupt)
Fromfrom G2889 (in its secondary sense);
King Jamesworldly.
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
(κόσμος IV) of the world or universe, σχήματα Refs 5th c.AD+ F.; τὰ κ. πάντα variant in Refs 5th c.BC+; κλίσεις (variant{κλήσεις}) Refs 2nd c.AD+. adverb - κῶς Refs 2nd c.AD+
II of this world, earthly, NT; worldly, ἐπιθυμίαι NT
II.2 secular, lay, opposed to clerical, Refs 6th c.AD+
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 | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | kosmikos | kosmikas | kosmikem1×κοσμικόν | kosmikois | kosmikais | kosmikeim |
| object accusative | kosmikon | kosmikan | kosmikoin | kosmikain1×κοσμικὰς | ||
| direct address vocative | kosmikor | kosmikar | kosmikoir | kosmikair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | kosmikou | kosmikau | kosmikeu | kosmikoiu | kosmikaiu | kosmikeiu |
| to, for dative | kosmiko | kosmika | kosmike | kosmikoi | kosmikai | kosmikei |
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
kosmik 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
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
kosmikem“earthly”subject or objectdirect singular1×
Hebrews 9:1… prōtas dikaiōmeim latreiau tem tē hagiem kosmikem.… regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.
kosmikain“worldly”objectaccusative plural1×
Titus 2:12… hina arnerantois tan asebeian kai tain kosmikain epithumiain sōfronōs kai dikaiōs kai eusebōs …… instructs us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live sensible, upright …