Quick Definition
hair, long hair
Strong's Definition
the hair of the head (locks, as ornamental, and thus differing from G2359 (θρίξ); which properly denotes merely the scalp)
Derivation: apparently from the same as G2865 (κομίζω);
KJV Usage: hair
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κόμη, κόμης, ἡ (from Homer down), hair, head of hair: 1Co_11:15. (According to Schmidt (21, 2) it differs from θρίξ (the anatomical or physical term) by designating the hair as an ornament (the notion of length being only secondary and suggested). Cf. B. D. under the word .)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κόμη komē 1x
the hair; a head of long hair, 1Co_11:15
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κόμη , -ης , ἡ ,
[in LXX : Num_6:5 , Eze_44:20 ( H6545 ), al. ;]
the hair: 1Co_11:15 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κόμη [page 353]
With 1Co_11:15 we may compare Cagnat IV. 1019 .8 κοματροφήσαν [τος ] τοῦ ὑοῦ μου Αὐρ . with the editor s note comam pascere, ut deo postea consecraretur, crebrior religio fuit : see also Syll 420 n .2 . For κ . = foliage, see P Petr III. 43(2) verso iv. 10 (B.C. 246) π [αρ ]αφρυγανίσαι τὸ χῶμα τ [ῆ ]ι μυρικίνηι κόμηι .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
κόμη κόμη, ἡ, "the hair, hair of the head", Lat. coma, Hom. , etc.; also in pl., id=Hom. : —κόμην τρέφειν to let "the hair" grow long, Hdt. ; κόμην κείρεσθαι to shave off "the hair", in mourning, Od. , etc.; κόμαι πρόσθετοι false "hair, a wig", Xen. metaph. "the foliage, leaves" of trees, Od.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
κόμη, -ης, ἡ
[in LXX: Num.6:5, Eze.44:20 (פֶּרַע), al. ;]
the hair: 1Co.11:15.†
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