κώμη
kōmē
village
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word κώμη (kōmē) has a short definition of "village." It occurs 28 times in the Bible, indicating a relatively common use of this term in the original text. This suggests that villages played a significant role in the culture and daily life of the people being described. As a noun, κώμη refers to a smaller, more rural community compared to larger settlements like cities. Its usage in 28 different contexts likely spans various aspects of village life, such as social interactions, economic activities, or geographic descriptions. The frequency of its occurrence implies that villages were not isolated but rather an integral part of the broader social landscape. Given its range and frequency, κώμη holds significance in understanding the daily lives and communities of ancient people. It may also serve as a reference point for larger settlements and the ways in which people interacted with their rural surroundings.
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Occurrences in Scripture
28 total occurrences across the text
Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
Matthew 10:11Into whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy; and stay there until you go on.
Matthew 14:15When evening had come, his disciples came to him, saying, “This place is deserted, and the hour is already late. Send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food.”
Mark 11:2and said to them, “Go your way into the village that is opposite you. Immediately as you enter into it, you will find a young donkey tied, on which no one has sat. Untie him, and bring him.
Mark 6:6He marveled because of their unbelief. He went around the villages teaching.
Mark 6:36Send them away, that they may go into the surrounding country and villages, and buy themselves bread, for they have nothing to eat.”
Mark 6:56Wherever he entered, into villages, or into cities, or into the country, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and begged him that they might just touch the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched him were made well.
Mark 8:23He took hold of the blind man by the hand, and brought him out of the village. When he had spat on his eyes, and laid his hands on him, he asked him if he saw anything.
Mark 8:26He sent him away to his house, saying, “Don’t enter into the village, nor tell anyone in the village.”
Mark 8:26He sent him away to his house, saying, “Don’t enter into the village, nor tell anyone in the village.”
Mark 8:27Jesus went out, with his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi. On the way he asked his disciples, “Who do men say that I am?”
Luke 5:17On one of those days, he was teaching; and there were Pharisees and teachers of the law sitting by, who had come out of every village of Galilee, Judea, and Jerusalem. The power of the Lord was with him to heal them.
Luke 19:30saying, “Go your way into the village on the other side, in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, which no man had ever sat upon. Untie it and bring it.
Luke 8:1Soon afterwards, he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of God’s Kingdom. With him were the twelve,
Luke 9:6They departed and went throughout the villages, preaching the Good News and healing everywhere.
Luke 9:12The day began to wear away; and the twelve came and said to him, “Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and farms, and lodge, and get food, for we are here in a deserted place.”
Luke 9:52and sent messengers before his face. They went and entered into a village of the Samaritans, so as to prepare for him.
Luke 9:56For the Son of Man didn’t come to destroy men’s lives, but to save them.” They went to another village.
Luke 10:38As they went on their way, he entered into a certain village, and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.
Luke 13:22He went on his way through cities and villages, teaching, and traveling on to Jerusalem.
Luke 17:12As he entered into a certain village, ten men who were lepers met him, who stood at a distance.
Luke 24:13Behold, two of them were going that very day to a village named Emmaus, which was sixty stadia from Jerusalem.
Luke 24:28They came near to the village where they were going, and he acted like he would go further.
John 7:42Hasn’t the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the offspring of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?”
John 11:1Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha.
John 11:30Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha met him.
Acts 8:25They therefore, when they had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, and preached the Good News to many villages of the Samaritans.
Matthew 21:2saying to them, “Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them, and bring them to me.