Strong's Lexicon kómos: Revelry, carousing, orgy Original Word: κῶμος HELPS Word-studies 2970 kṓmos (originally, village-merrymaking that took place at the gathering of the grapes, Souter) – a riotous party (drunken feast) which hosted unbridled sexual immorality; hence, revelings (debauched "partying"). [2970 (kṓmos) had the original meaning, " 'a carousal,' such as a party of revelers parading the streets, or revels held in religious ceremonies, wild, furious, and ecstatic" (K. Wuest, Word Studies, Vol 2, Pastoral Epistles, 1 Peter, 112).] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom kómé Definition a village festival, revel NASB Translation carousing (3). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2970: κῶμοςκῶμος, κωμου, ὁ (from κεῖμαι; accordingly equivalent to German Gelag; cf. Curtius, § 45); from (Homer h. Merc., Theognis) Herodotus down; a revel, carousal, i. e. in the Greek writings properly, a nocturnal and riotous procession of half-drunken and frolicsome fellows who after supper parade through the streets with torches and music in honor of Bacchus or some other deity, and sing and play before the houses of their male and female friends; hence, used generally, of feasts and drinking-parties that are protracted till late at night and indulge in revelry; plural (revellings): Romans 13:13; Galatians 5:21; 1 Peter 4:3. (Wis. 14:23; 2 Macc. 6:4.) (Trench, § lxi.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance reveling, rioting. From keimai; a carousal (as if letting loose) -- revelling, rioting. see GREEK keimai Forms and Transliterations κωμοι κώμοι κῶμοι κωμοις κώμοις komoi kômoi kōmoi kō̂moi komois kōmois kṓmoisLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Romans 13:13 N-DMPGRK: περιπατήσωμεν μὴ κώμοις καὶ μέθαις NAS: as in the day, not in carousing and drunkenness, KJV: not in rioting and INT: we should walk not in reveling and drinking Galatians 5:21 N-NMP 1 Peter 4:3 N-DMP Strong's Greek 2970 |
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