Kōmos κῶμος

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Kōmos
κῶμος
Transliterationkōmos
Strong's numberG2970
LanguageGreek
Part of speechmasculine noun
Glossorgy
Occurrences3 in 3 verses
Most frequent inRomans (1)

Kōmos (Greek κῶμος, Strong's G2970) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “orgy”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

κῶμος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX: Wis.14:23, 2Ma.6:4 * ;]
a revel, carousal: Rom.13:13, Gal.5:21, 1Pe.4:3.†
SYN.: see: κραιπάλη (AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVrevellings (2), rioting (1)
BSBorgies (2), carousing (1)

Verses

Every verse with Kōmos, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Romans

Galatians

1 Peter

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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