- κώμη
- κώμη, ης, ἡ (Hes., Hdt.+; ins, pap, LXX; TestSol 5:12 H; TestJob; TestNapht 1:11; Philo, Joseph., Apolog.)① a relatively small community with a group of houses, village, small town, with (and in contrast to [cp. Manetho: 609 Fgm. 10, 247 Jac.; Diod S 1, 31, 7; Dio Chrys. 3, 38; 23 (40), 22; Herodian 3, 6, 9; EpArist 113; Jos., Bell. 4, 241, Vi. 235; 237]) πόλις (TestJob 9:5) Mt 9:35; 10:11; Lk 8:1; 13:22. (A πόλις ordinarily is walled, whereas a κ. is an open settlement, Schürer II 188.) W. ἀγρός Mk 6:36; Lk 9:12. W. πόλις and ἀγρός Mk 6:56. In the pl., used w. the gen. of a larger district, to denote the villages located within it (s. Num 21:32; 32:42 and oft. in LXX) Mk 8:27. Mentioned by name: Bethany (near the Mt. of Olives) J 11:1, 30. Bethsaida Mk 8:23, 26; Bethlehem J 7:42. Emmaus Lk 24:13, 28.—Also Mt 14:15; 21:2; Mk 6:6; 11:2; Lk 5:17; 9:6, 52, 56; 10:38; 17:12; 19:30; Ac 21:16 D.② the inhabitants of a village, fig. Ac 8:25.—B. 1310. DELG. M-M. TW.
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