What does κοσμικός (kosmikós) mean in the Bible?
κοσμικός (kosmikós): Worldly desires or systems opposed to God's kingdom; earthly orientation rather than heavenly.
Greek · G2886
κοσμικός
Terrene ("cosmic"), literally (mundane) or figuratively (corrupt)
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κοσμικόςG2886
Pronunciationkosmikós
What does κοσμικός (kosmikós) mean in the Bible?
κοσμικός (kosmikós): Worldly desires or systems opposed to God's kingdom; earthly orientation rather than heavenly.
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How does the BSB render G2886?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include an earthly (1), worldly (1).
Where does κοσμικός (kosmikós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Titus 2:12. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (1), Titus (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itan earthly1×Hebrews 9:1
worldly1×Titus 2:12
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowTitus 2:12
Aligned rows2
Books represented2
Titus1Hebrews1
Source forms
κοσμικὰς1xkosmikasTitus 2:12
κοσμικόν1xkosmikonHebrews 9:1
Parsing patterns
Adjective - Accusative Feminine Plural1xTitus 2:12
Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular1xHebrews 9:1
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Worldly desires or systems opposed to God's kingdom; earthly orientation rather than heavenly.
Strong'sG2886
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
terrene ("cosmic"), literally (mundane) or figuratively (corrupt)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Titus 2:12Adjective Accusative Plural Feminine
κοσμικὰςkosmikav
earthly, worldly
Read verseHebrews 9:1Adjective Accusative Singular Neuter
κοσμικόν.kosmikon
earthly, worldly
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternPlural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · FeminineTitus 2:121×
Accusative · Singular · NeuterHeb 9:11×
Word Origins
κοσμικός is built from this root:
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