cosmos
/kŏz′məs, -mŏs″, -mōs″/
noun
- The universe regarded as an orderly, harmonious whole.
- An ordered, harmonious whole.
- Harmony and order as distinct from chaos.
Wikipedia
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Cosmos - Wikipedia
September 25, 2025 - His manuscript, De revolutionibus, ... both the cosmos and astrology were viewed. Most notably, Copernicus claimed that the Sun was the stationary center of the universe. His work also included calculations on the motions of the Moon, and the motions in latitude and longitude of the planets, all which orbit the Sun. Copernicus' work was not immediately published as it disagreed with Biblical teachings, ...
orderly or harmonious system
Precept Austin
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World - Kosmos (Greek Word Study) | Precept Austin
In classical Greek and the LXX, kosmos communicated the idea of order and adornment, and from this it developed into the basic term for the cosmos or the universe. The OT conception of the created world or kosmos was very different from the Greek notion, however.
Etymonline
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Cosmos - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
"the universe, the world" (but not popular until 1848, when it was taken as the English… See origin and meaning of cosmos.
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Vocabulary.com
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Cosmos - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com
Cosmos is originally a Greek word, meaning both "order" and "world," because the ancient Greeks thought that the world was perfectly harmonious and impeccably put in order. We now use cosmos without the idea of perfect order.
Merriam-Webster
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COSMOS Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Cosmos often simply means "universe". But the word is generally used to suggest an orderly or harmonious universe, as it was originally used by Pythagoras in the 6th century B.C. Thus, a religious mystic may help put us in touch with the cosmos, ...
Bible Tools
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What the Bible says about Kosmos
What the Bible says about Kosmos (From Forerunner Commentary) · In Ephesians 2:2, Paul writes of "the course of this world." The Greek word kosmos, translated into the English word "world," essentially means an "orderly system." To human eyes beholding all the activity throughout the earth, ...
Reddit
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r/AcademicBiblical on Reddit: Why does the Greek word Kosmos mean world/worldly and adornment?
October 5, 2019 -
My apologies if I could articulate this better. Some people believe it is sinful to wear jewelry based on verses like 1 Peter 3:3-4. To me, for years I took it as moderation, a women’s beauty should first come from a godly character, and outward adornment is ok but should be used modestly.
However, while digging deeper, I noticed the Greek word for adornment in that passage is Kosmos, which in other places means world/worldly. Kosmos is also the word from which we get “cosmetics” from.
Pardon me for being new to this, but since they are the same word, does this mean adornment is worldly? If so how would we decipher what is acceptable clothing and not?
Thank you for your time!
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Kosmos comes from a verb komizo which means "to take care of" or "to tend." Kosmos is primarily defined as "an orderly arrangement" of which the stars and planet were perceived as an example. I think a good English equivalent might be something like "design." which can refer to the Grand Design or to hair and makeup.
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It is normal and expected that words will have more than one usage or even more than one meaning, and how these are the same word can be quite confusing to a non-native speaker. For a similarly fashion-based example, see how in English “suit” can mean “appropriate”, or refer to a type of card, or to men’s dress clothes. It all seems quite normal to someone very familiar to a language, but might seem chaotic and absurd to someone not. In regards to κόσμος in particular, the base meaning is related to order (I’m sure Greek scholars can point to better sources, but see Strong’s Concordance 2889 for a simple source readily available to everyone, or Thayer’s for an equally readily available, but much more thorough breakdown), and is often parsed without context as “something ordered”. It makes a little more sense to us outsiders then, that it should be translated as both “world” (since the world could be thought of as an ordered system of sorts) and “adorned” (as in “put into order”, after a way). Thayers seems to imply that the latter is actually the older and more basic meaning, but it’s not surprising that the former would be more common in the New Testament, It’s an easy trap to fall into to assume that a word translated one way in place should be translated that way elsewhere, but that’s not how languages work. There is very rarely a direct, perfect one-to-one correspondence that works for all meanings, usages, and contexts. I’d also keep in mind that the controversy over a single word doesn’t necessarily change the general meaning of an entire passage. Even if it were better read as “worldly garments” than as “adorned garments”, or even if “κόσμος” were missing entirely, that wouldn’t impact the appropriateness of your interpretation either way, in the context as a whole.
Blue Letter Bible
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G2889 - kosmos - Strong's Greek Lexicon (kjv)
G2889 - κόσμος kósmos, kos'-mos; probably from the base of ; orderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally)):—adorning, world.
Etymonline
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Cosmo- - Etymology & Meaning of the Prefix
before a vowel cosm-, word-forming element from Latinized form of Greek kosmos (see cosmos). In older use, "the world, the universe;" since 1950s, especially of outer space.
Bible Study Tools
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Kosmos Meaning - Greek Lexicon | New Testament (NAS) | Bible Study Tools
Discover the original meaning of Kosmos in the NAS Bible using the New Testament Greek Lexicon - King James Version. Learn the audio pronunciation, word origin and usage in the Bible, plus scripture verse references of Kosmos.
Wiktionary
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cosmos - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Borrowed from translingual Cosmos (genus name), from New Latin cosmos, from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “decoration, ornament; order; universe; the earth, the world”) (referring to its elegant leaves);[3] see further at etymology 1.
ALTA Language Services
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Etymology of the Cosmos | ALTA Language Services
August 25, 2017 - Cosmos: In usage since ancient times, this word of Greek origin originally meant “order” and “arrangement.” From this broad category, we derive the Russian cosmonaut, literally meaning “space sailor”, as well as the word cosmetic, ...
Quora
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What is the etymology and origin of the words “cosmic” and “cosmas”? - Quora
Answer (1 of 2): It is a Greek word. In Ancient Greek, ὁ κόσμος (ho kósmos, masculine word) meant all at once the universe, the cosmos, but also the ornament. This is why we say cosmetics for beauty products.
Logos Apostolic
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GREEK WORD STUDIES κόσμος 'kosmos' for 'world' Strong's 2889
This is a thorough bible study about the meaning of the Greek word κόσμος, 'kosmos' meaning 'world'. It includes every verse where the word 'kosmos' (Strong's 2889) appears in the New Testament. To obtain a true understanding of this word these scriptures need to be meditated on and ...
Wiktionary
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κόσμος - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Proto-Hellenic *kónsmos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱónsmos, from *ḱens- (“to announce, put in order”). Related to Latin cēnseō (“to estimate”) and Sanskrit शंसति (śaṃsati, “to commend, praise”).[1] · κόσμος • (kósmos) m (genitive κόσμου); ...
Oxford Reference
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Cosmos - Oxford Reference
The universe seen as a well-ordered whole; from the Greek word kosmos ‘order, ornament, world, or universe’, so called by Pythagoras or his disciples from their view of its perfect order and arrangement.
Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
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Cosmos in the Ancient World | Reviews | Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews | University of Notre Dame
And anyone with an ear attuned to the confluence of rhetoric and politics (or perhaps of societal order and good government) will be interested to learn that from a very early date the word was also the name of a chief magistracy in Crete, or that Thucydides used cosmos to mean 'government' more generally.
2001translation
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Cosmos, Era, Eternity, Arrangement, or World? — 2001 Translation of the Bible
The words translated as foundation of the world come from the Greek words katabole kosmou. You may recognize that the English word cosmos comes from kosmou, as well as the words, cosmetics and cosmetology, and cosmos is the word that modern people use to mean ‘the universe.’
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What the Bible says about Cosmos
God nowhere speaks of making Christmas a part of Christianity, nor does He say to celebrate His Son's birth. He does tell us, though, not to add to His …
Dictionary.com
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COSMOS Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
This model describes the origin and evolution of the cosmos since the Big Bang and assumes a largely uniform distribution of matter.