G2970: κῶμος
kōmos · “orgy”
Definition
a carousal (as if letting loose)
KJV translates it as: revelling, rioting
Word origin: from G2749 (κεῖμαι);
Extended definition
κῶμος, -ου, ὁ
[in LXX: Wis.14:23, 2Ma.6:4 * ;]
a revel, carousal: Rom.13:13, Gal.5:21, 1Pe.4:3.†
SYN.: see: κραιπάλη (AS)
[in LXX: Wis.14:23, 2Ma.6:4 * ;]
a revel, carousal: Rom.13:13, Gal.5:21, 1Pe.4:3.†
SYN.: see: κραιπάλη (AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G2970 is translated
- in reveling ×1
- carousing, ×1
- in orgies, ×1
Bible verses with G2970 (kōmos)
Kōmos appears in 3 verses.
- Romans 13:13
Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
- Galatians 5:21
Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.
- 1 Peter 4:3
For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries: