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Koine Greek wordlink #137282

SR GNT 1 Tim 2:9 κοσμεῖν (kosmein) ‘modesty and sobriety to_be adorning themselves not with’ Strongs=28850 Lemma=kosmeō
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=present voice=active
Year=65 AD

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Only use of identical word form κοσμεῖν (V-NPA····) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘κοσμεῖν’ (V-NPA····) is always and only glossed as ‘to_be adorning’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘kosmeō’ have 7 different glosses: ‘has_been adorned’, ‘having_been adorned’, ‘to_be adorning’, ‘were adorning’, ‘they may_be adorning’, ‘they trimmed’, ‘you_all are adorning’.

Greek words (4) other than κοσμεῖν (V-NPA····) with a gloss related to ‘adorning’

MAT 23:29 κοσμεῖτε (kosmeite) V-IPA2··P ‘of the prophets and you_all are adorning the tombs of the’ SR GNT Mat 23:29 word 14

OET-LV: 29 Woe to _you _all, scribes and Farisaios_party, hypocrites. Because you _all _are _building the tombs of _the prophets, and you _all _are _adorning the tombs of _the righteous (MAT_23:29)

OET-RV: 29 “You religious teachers and Pharisees are hypocrites and will have a bad end because you rebuild the prophets’ tombs and adorn the tombs of godly people, (MAT 23:29)

TIT 2:10 κοσμῶσιν (kosmōsin) V-SPA3··P ‘saviour of us god they may_be adorning in all things’ SR GNT Tit 2:10 word 18

OET-LV: 10 not embezzling, but displaying all good faith, in _order _that in all things they _may _be _adorning the teaching which of _the saviour of _us, god. (TIT_2:10)

OET-RV: 10 or be pilfering from them, rather they should display their good faith so that their actions add to the teachings of God our saviour. (TIT 2:10)

1 PET 3:3 κόσμος (kosmos) N-NMS Lemma=kosmos ‘or of dresses of clothes adorning’ SR GNT 1 Pet 3:3 word 15

OET-LV: 3 Of _whom it _let _be not the person outwardly of _braid of _hairs and of _putting _about of _gold or adorning of _dresses of _clothes, (PE1_3:3)

OET-RV: 3 These women shouldn’t focus on outward appearances like the braids in their hair, or gold jewellery or expensive clothes, (PE1 3:3)

1 PET 3:5 ἐκόσμουν (ekosmoun) V-IIA3··P ‘hoping in god were adorning themselves being subjected to their’ SR GNT 1 Pet 3:5 word 16

OET-LV: 5 For/Because thus once also the holy women which hoping in god were _adorning themselves, being _subjected to _their own husbands, (PE1_3:5)

OET-RV: 5 That was how holy women in the past adorned themselves—those whose hope was in God (PE1 3:5)

Key: N=noun V=verb NMS=nominative,masculine,singular