What does κῶμος (kōmos) mean in the Bible?
κῶμος (kōmos): Unrestrained festive indulgence; revelry that abandons propriety through excessive eating, drinking, merrymaking
Greek · G2970
κῶμος
A carousal (as if letting loose)
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κῶμος G2970
Pronunciation kōmos
What does κῶμος (kōmos) mean in the Bible?
κῶμος (kōmos): Unrestrained festive indulgence; revelry that abandons propriety through excessive eating, drinking, merrymaking
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2970?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include orgies (2), in carousing (1).
Where does κῶμος (kōmos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 13:13. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Peter (1), Galatians (1), Romans (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 It orgies 2× Galatians 5:21, 1 Peter 4:3
in carousing 1× Romans 13:13
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 13:13
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Romans 1 Galatians 1 1 Peter 1
Source forms
κώμοις 2x kōmois Romans 13:13, 1 Peter 4:3
κῶμοι 1x kōmoi Galatians 5:21
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Masculine Plural 2x Romans 13:13, 1 Peter 4:3
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Galatians 5:21
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Unrestrained festive indulgence; revelry that abandons propriety through excessive eating, drinking, merrymaking
Strong's G2970
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a carousal (as if letting loose)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 13:13 Noun Dative Plural Masculine
κώμοις kwmoiv
a feasting, reveling
Read verse Galatians 5:21 Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
κῶμοι, kwmoi
a feasting, reveling
Read verse 1 Peter 4:3 Noun Dative Plural Masculine
κώμοις, kwmoiv
a feasting, reveling
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 patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Dative (2) Number pattern Plural (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Gal 5:21 1×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Rom 13:13 · 1 Pet 4:3 2×
Word Origins
κῶμος is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain