kosmeō · adorn, put in order

What it means

kosmeō (κοσμέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “adorn, put in order”.

Adorn, decorate; put in order, set in order, trim.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To set something straight.
2. To embellish something, make it beautiful.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• adorned ×4
• adorn ×2
• put in order ×2
• decorate ×1
• trimmed ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×3
• Luke×2
• 1 Timothy×1
• Titus×1
• 1 Peter×1
• Revelation×2

• Matthew 12:44

  Then it says, ‘I will return to my house from which I came out.’ And when it comes, it finds it unoccupied, swept, and put in order.

• Matthew 23:29

  Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the monuments of the righteous,

• Matthew 25:7

  Then all those virgins got up and trimmed their lamps.

• Luke 11:25

  And when it comes, it finds it swept and put in order.

• Luke 21:5

  And as some were speaking about the temple, that it was adorned with beautiful stones and votive offerings, he said,

• 1 Timothy 2:9

  Likewise also I want the women to adorn themselves in respectable clothing, with modesty and self-control, not with braided hair and gold or pearls or costly garments,

• Titus 2:10

  not pilfering, but showing all good faithfulness, so that they may adorn the teaching of God our Savior in all things.

• 1 Peter 3:5

  For so once also the holy women who hoped in God adorned themselves, submitting to their own husbands,

• Revelation 21:2

  And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.

• Revelation 21:19

  The foundations of the wall of the city were adorned with every kind of precious stone. The first foundation was jasper, the second sapphire, the third chalcedony, the fourth emerald,