- Original: κόσμος - Transliteration: Kosmos - Phonetic: kos'-mos - Definition: 1. an apt and harmonious arrangement or constitution, order, government 2. ornament, decoration, adornment, i.e. the arrangement of the stars, 'the heavenly hosts', as the ornament of the heavens. 1 Peter 3:3 3. the world, the universe 4. the circle of the earth, the earth 5. the inhabitants of the earth, men, the human family 6. the ungodly multitude; the whole mass of men alienated from God, and therefore hostile to the cause of christ 7. world affairs, the aggregate of things earthly a. the whole circle of earthly goods, endowments riches, advantages, pleasures, etc, which although hollow and frail and fleeting, stir desire, seduce from God and are obstacles to the cause of christ 8. any aggregate or general collection of particulars of any sort a. the Gentiles as contrasted to the Jews (Romans 11:12 etc) b. of believers only, Joh 1:29; Joh 3:16; Joh 3:17; Joh 6:33; Joh 12:47 1 Corinthians 4:9; 2 Corinthians 5:19 - Origin: probably from the base of G2865 - TDNT entry: 17:28,5 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Masculine - Strong's: Probably from the base of G2865 ; orderly arrangement that is decoration; by implication the world (in a wide or narrow sense including its inhabitants literally or figuratively [morally]): - adorning world. Total KJV Occurrences: 109 • adorning, 1 1 Peter 3:3 • world, 108 Mat 4:8; Mat 13:35; Joh 1:9; Joh 1:10(3); Joh 1:29; Joh 4:42; Joh 6:14; Joh 7:4; Joh 11:27; Joh 12:19; Joh 13:1(2); Joh 14:22; Joh 21:25; Act 17:24; Romans 1:8; Romans 1:20; Romans 3:6; Romans 3:19; Romans 4:13; Romans 5:12; Romans 5:13; Romans 11:12; Romans 11:15; 1 Corinthians 1:20; 1 Corinthians 1:21; 1 Corinthians 1:27(2); 1 Corinthians 1:28; 1 Corinthians 2:12; 1 Corinthians 3:19; 1 Corinthians 3:22; 1 Corinthians 4:9; 1 Corinthians 4:13; 1 Corinthians 5:10(2); 1 Corinthians 6:2(2); 1 Corinthians 7:31(2); 1 Corinthians 7:33; 1 Corinthians 7:34; 1 Corinthians 8:4; 1 Corinthians 11:32; 1 Corinthians 14:10; 2 Corinthians 1:12; 2 Corinthians 5:19; 2 Corinthians 7:10; Galatians 4:3; Galatians 6:14(2); Eph 1:4; Eph 2:2; Eph 2:12; Philippians 2:15; Colossians 1:6; Colossians 2:8; Colossians 2:20(2); 1 Timothy 1:15; 1 Timothy 3:16; 1 Timothy 6:7; Hebrews 4:3; Hebrews 9:26; Hebrews 10:5; Hebrews 11:7; Hebrews 11:38; Jam 1:27; Jam 2:5; Jam 3:6; Jam 4:4(2); 1 Peter 1:20; 1 Peter 5:9; 2 Peter 1:4; 2 Peter 2:5(2); 2 Peter 2:20; 2 Peter 3:6; 1 John 2:2; 1 John 2:15(3); 1 John 2:16(2); 1 John 2:17; 1 John 3:1; 1 John 3:13; 1 John 3:17; 1 John 4:1; 1 John 4:3; 1 John 4:4; 1 John 4:5(3); 1 John 4:9; 1 John 4:14; 1 John 4:17; 1 John 5:4(2); 1 John 5:5; 1 John 5:19; 2 John 1:7; Revelation 11:15; Revelation 13:8; Revelation 17:8 """