Greek Word Study
The meaning of “κῶμος”
Understanding kōmos reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
Definition
revelling, rioting. - a carousal (as if letting loose)
G2970
Greek Text
Strong's Concordance
κῶμος
Phoneticko'-mos
Transliterationkōmos
Grammar Code
G:N-M
Greek Noun, Masculine
Strong's Definition
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
revelling, rioting. - a carousal (as if letting loose)
Scripture References
Occurrences in the Bible
3 total references
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Romans 13:13 | “Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.” Word: κῶμος (kōmos) | |
| Galatians 5:21 | “Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.” Word: κῶμος (kōmos) | |
| 1 Peter 4:3 | “For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:” Word: κῶμος (kōmos) |