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|txtha=κόσμου, ὁ;<br /><b class="num">1.</b> in Greek writings from Homer down, an apt and harmonious arrangement or constitution, or der.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> as in Greek writings from Homer down, ornament, decoration, adornment: ἐνδύσεως ἱματίων, Sept. for צָבָא of the arrangement of the stars, 'the heavenly hosts,' as the ornament of the heavens, עֲדִי; twice for תִּפְאֶרֶת, the world, i. e. the universe (quem κόσμον Graeci nomine ornamenti appellarunt, eum nos a perfecta absolutaque elegantia mundum, Pliny, h. n. 2,3; in which sense Pythagoras is said to have been the first to use the word, Plutarch, de plac. philos. 2,1, 1, p. 886c.; but according to other accounts he used it of the heavens, (Diogenes Laërtius 8,48, of which it is used several times also by other Greek writers (see Menag. on (Diogenes Laërtius, the passage cited; Bentley, Epistles of Phalaris, vol. i., 391 (Lond. 1886); M. Anton. 4,27 and Gataker's notes; cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word, IV.)): κτίζειν τόν κόσμον, ὁ τοῦ κόσμου κτίστης, πρό τοῦ τόν κόσμον εἶναι, ἀπό καταβολῆς κόσμου (R G; πρό καταβολῆς κόσμου (καταβολή, 2); ἀπό κτίσεως κόσμου, ἀπ' ἀρχῆς κόσμου, Winer s Grammar, p. 123 (117); Buttmann, § 124,8b.; (cf. Ellicott on Galatians , 6:14)).<br /><b class="num">4.</b> the circle of the earth, the earth (very rarely so in Greek writings until after the age of the Ptolemies; so in Boeckh, Corpus inscriptions i., pp. 413,643, nos. 334,1306): βασιλεία τοῦ κόσμου, βασιλεῖαι (plural) τοῦ κόσμου, τῆς οἰκουμένης); τό φῶς τοῦ κόσμου τούτου, of the sun, ἐν ὅλῳ τῷ κόσμῳ, properly, ἐν παντί τῷ κόσμῳ, ὁ τότε κόσμος, ζῆν ἐν κόσμῳ, opposed to the dead, λῃστής ἦν καί κλέπτης ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ, i. e. among those living on earth, Ev. Nicod. 26). By a usage foreign to secular authors,<br /><b class="num">5.</b> the inhabitants of the world: θέατρον ἐγενήθημεν τῷ κόσμῳ καί ἀγγέλοις καί ἀνθρώποις, Winer s Grammar, 127 (121)); particularly the inhabitants of the earth, men, the human race (first so in Sap. (e. g. L in brackets); Winer's Grammar, 189 (178)); Winer's Grammar, as above); Winer's Grammar, 577 (536)); ἀρχαῖος κόσμος, of the antediluvians, γέννασθαι εἰς τόν κόσμον, ἔρχεσθαι εἰς τόν κόσμον (εἰς τόν κόσμον τοῦτον, to make its appearance or come into existence among men, spoken of the light which in Christ shone upon men, ἐισέρχεσθαι εἰς τόν κόσμον, L T Tr WH ἐξέρχεσθαι εἰς τόν κόσμον; (so all texts in to invade, of evils coming into existence among men and beginning to exert their power: of sin and death, Clement of Rome, 1 Corinthians 3,4 [ET]; of idolatry, ἀποστέλλειν τινα εἰς τόν κόσμον, φῶς τοῦ κόσμου, σωτήρ τοῦ κόσμου, σωτηρία τοῦ κόσμου ἐλπίς τοῦ κόσμου, πρωτόπλαστος πατήρ τοῦ κόσμου, of Adam, στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου (see στοιχεῖον, 3,4); ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ, among men, ἐν κόσμῳ (see Winer's Grammar, 123 (117)), εἶναι ἐν τῷ κόσμου, to dwell among men, R G; εἶναι ἐν κόσμῳ, to be present, ἐξελθεῖν, ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου, to withdraw from human society and seek an abode outside of it, ἀναστρέφεσθαι ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ, to behave oneself, εἶναι ἐν τῷ κόσμου τούτῳ, the Gentiles collectively, τά ἔθνη), 15; (the two in combination: τά ἔθνη τοῦ κόσμου, the majority of men in a place, the multitude or mass (as we say the public): Tr marginal reading adds ὅλος, in brackets); the entire number, ἀσεβῶν, Winer's Grammar, 26): οὗτος added, αἰών, 3); εἶναι ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου and ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου τούτου (see εἰμί, V:3 rd.), λαλεῖν ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου, to speak in accordance with the world's character and mode of thinking, ὁ ἄρχων τοῦ κόσμου τούτου, i. e. the devil, ὁ ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ he that is operative in the world (also of the devil), τό πνεῦμα τοῦ κόσμου ἡ σοφία τοῦ κόσμου τούτου, G L T Tr WH omit τούτου); τά στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου, στοιχεῖον, 3,4).)<br /><b class="num">7.</b> "worldly affairs; the aggregate of things earthly; 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": εἶναι ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου, to be of earthly origin and nature, εἰμί, V:3d.); κερδαίνειν τόν κόσμον ὅλον, οἱ χρώμενοι τῷ κόσμῳ τούτῳ (critical text τόν κόσμον; see χράομαι, 2), μέριμναν τά τοῦ κόσμου, 33 f; φίλος and φιλία τοῦ κόσμου, ἀγαπᾶν τόν κόσμον, νικαν τόν κόσμον, the incentives to sin proceeding from the world, ἐλθέτω χάρις καί παρελθέτω ὁ κόσμος οὗτος, Teaching of the Twelve Apostles,<br /><b class="num">c.</b> 10 [ET]).<br /><b class="num">8.</b> any aggregate or general collection of particulars of any sort (cf. English a world of curses (Shakspere), etc.): ὁ κόσμος τῆς ἀδικίας, the sum of all iniquities, τοῦ πιστοῦ ὅλος ὁ κόσμος τῶν χρημάτων, τοῦ δέ ἀπίστου οὐδέ ὀβολός (a statement due to the Alex. translators), κόσμος oftener than John; it occurs in Mark three times, in Luke's writings four times, and in the Apocalypse three tinms. Cf. Kreiss, Sur le sens du mot κόσμος dans le N. T. (Strasb. 1837); Düsterdieck on Herzog xvii., p. 676ff; (Trench, Synonyms, § lix.); on John's use of the word cf. Reuss, Histoire de la theologie chretienne au siecle apostolique, ii., p. 463ff (i. e. livre 7 chapter viii.); cf. his Johanneische Theologie, in the Beiträge zu den theol. Wissenschaften, Fasc. i., p. 29ff; (Westcott on John 1:10, 'Additional Note'). | |||
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