orderly or harmonious system
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Cosmos - Wikipedia
September 25, 2025 - The cosmos (/ˈkɒzmɒs/, US also /-moʊs, -məs/; Ancient Greek: κόσμος, romanized: kósmos) is an alternative name for the universe or its nature or order. Usage of the word cosmos implies viewing the universe as a complex and orderly system or entity. The cosmos is studied in cosmology ...
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.
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.
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.
Wiktionary
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κόσμος - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos). Cognate with Mariupol Greek ко́смос (kósmos). ... Ζει σε άλλον κόσμο! Zei se állon kósmo! He lives in another world!
Etymonline
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Cosmos - Etymology, Origin & Meaning
Kosmos also was used in Christian religious writing with a sense of "worldly life, this world (as opposed to the afterlife)," but the more frequent word for this was aiōn, literally "lifetime, age." The word cosmos often suggested especially "the universe as an embodiment of order and harmony." ... c. 1600, "the art of beautifying, art of anointing or decorating the human body," from Latinized form of Greek kosmetike (tekhnē) "the art of dress and ornament," from fem.
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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, ...
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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 ...
Logos Apostolic
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GREEK WORD STUDIES κόσμος 'kosmos' for 'world' Strong's 2889
A thorough bible study about the meaning of the Greek word κόσμος 'kosmos', meaning 'world'.
Reddit
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r/AcademicBiblical on Reddit: Why does the Greek word Kosmos mean world/worldly and adornment?
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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.
bab.la
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COSMOS - Translation in Greek - bab.la
Find all translations of cosmos in Greek like κόσμος and many others.
Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews
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Cosmos in the Ancient World | Reviews | Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews | University of Notre Dame
As in many other papers in the volume, careful consideration of the roles that parts play in wholes is key, as are the precise nature and limitations of the metaphysical identity that runs between the human body-soul and the cosmos as a whole. Opening the lens to Greek culture more widely, Carol Atack zooms out to look at analogies between cosmos and the polis in poets, historians, orators, and dramatists to track changes in how the analogy was wielded and conceived in the Greek classical period.
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.
Bible Tools
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Strongs's #2889: kosmos - Greek/Hebrew Definitions - Bible Tools
Strong's #2889: kosmos (pronounced kos'-mos) · probably from the base of 2865; orderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally)):--adorning, world
Reddit
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r/GreekMythology on Reddit: Who or what is Kosmos?
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In Assassins Creed Odyssey, the main antagonist is a group called the Cult of Kosmos. Was there a deity in Greek mythology named Kosmos?
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Kosmos Was a concept in Greek philosophy that described roughly what we today would call the cosmos or the universe. The intricate order of things. We do not have an example of Kosmos being seen as a deity. Rather, the various gods had their duties in keeping the cosmos running.
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Ah Kos, or some say Kosm... do you hear our prayers? Sorry, sorry... ahem... No, there's not a deity by that name. "Kosmos" just means "order," as in "the natural order of things." Zeus has the epithet Kosmetes, designating him as the god who maintains order throughout the universe, on both the large scale (i.e. the cosmos in the English sense) and on the small scale (governments and family structures). There's no singular deity that personifies "the cosmos," but the nearest one would probably be Khaos, the primordial void.
Quora
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What is the difference between 'kosmos' and 'universe' in Greek? - Quora
Answer (1 of 5): “Κόσμος” ... The initial meaning of the two words was quite different. KOSMOS : ornament, decoration, good behaviour, propriety, ......
Ezra Project
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Kosmos: What in the World? – Ezra Project
In Greek, the most common word for “world” is kosmos (occurs 186 times). But that’s not the earliest meaning for the word.
Blue Letter Bible
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G2889 - kosmos - Strong's Greek Lexicon (kjv)
Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend) κόσμος kósmos, kos'-mos; probably from the base of G2865; orderly arrangement, i.e. decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, ...
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.
PBS
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Glossary Definition: Cosmos
A complex, well-ordered, and unified system, usually referring to the world of human experience or to the universe as a whole. Verbs related to the Greek µ mean to put in order and to adorn, hence our words cosmetic and cosmetologist. In referring to the universe as cosmos rather ...