Village
κώμηStrong’s G2968kōmē
Appears in 27 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kōmē is the Greek word usually translated “village” and “villages”. It appears in 27 verses of the New Testament.
“And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.”
Meaning
Usually translated “village” and “villages”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- village 15
- villages 10
- a village 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 12
- Mark 7
- Matthew 4
- John 3
- Acts 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 10:11And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.
- Matthew 14:15And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
- Matthew 21:2Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me.
- Mark 6:6And he marvelled because of their unbelief. And he went round about the villages, teaching.
- Mark 6:36Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.
- Mark 6:56And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.
Greek dictionary
κώμη kōmē · village
κώμη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX for בַּת, חָצֵר, עִיר, etc. ;] a village or country town, prop, as opposite to a walled city: Mat.14:15, Mrk.6:6, al.; πόλεις καὶ κ., Mat.9:35, al.; with the name added, Βηθλεέμ, Jhn.7:42; Βηθανΐα, Jhn.11:1; with the name of the district, τὰς κ. Καισαρίας, Mrk.8:27; Σαμαρειτῶν, Luk.9:52, Act.8:25 (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “village” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
VIL'LAGE, noun
A small assemblage of houses, less than a town or city, and inhabited chiefly by farmers and other laboring people. In England, it is said that a village is distinguished from a town by the want of a market.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.