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|txtha=κόσμῳ; 3rd [[person]] plural [[imperfect]] ἐκόσμουν; 1st aorist ἐκόσμησά; [[perfect]] [[passive]] κεκόσμημαι; ([[κόσμος]]);<br /><b class="num">1.</b> to [[put]] in [[order]], [[arrange]], [[make]] [[ready]], [[prepare]]: τάς λαμπάδας, [[put]] in [[order]] (A. V. [[trim]]), [[δόρπον]], [[Homer]], [[Odyssey]] 7,13; τράπεζαν, [[Xenophon]], Cyril 8,2, 6; 6,11; the Sept. עָרַך; προσφοράν, to [[ornament]], [[adorn]] (so in Greek writings from [[Hesiod]] down; the Sept. [[several]] times for עָדָה); [[properly]]: οἶκον, in the [[passive]], τά μνημεῖα, to [[decorate]] (A. V. [[garnish]]), τάφους, [[Xenophon]], mem. 2,2, 13); τό [[ἱερόν]] λίθοις καί ἀναθεμασι, in the [[passive]], [[τούς]] θεμελίους τοῦ τείχους λίθῳ τιμίῳ, τινα ([[with]] garments), νύμφην, [[passive]] ἑαυτάς ἐν τίνι, [[καταστολή]], 2). Metaphorically equivalent to to [[embellish]] [[with]] honor, [[gain]] honor ([[Pindar]] nem. 6,78; [[Thucydides]] 2,42; κεκοσμενον τῇ [[ἀρετή]], [[Xenophon]], Cyril 8,1, 21): ἑαυτάς, followed by a participle designating the [[act]] by [[which]] the honor is gained, [[τήν]] διδασκαλίαν ἐν πᾶσιν, in [[all]] things, [[Titus]] 2:10.