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G2864 κόμη (kómē)
Greek
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Quick Definition

κόμη, ης, ἡ n.f. hair, long hair

Strong's Definition

apparently from the same as 2865; the hair of the head (locks, as ornamental, and thus differing from 2359; which properly denotes merely the scalp)

KJV Usage: hair

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, f. | -ης | κομάω

8.14 · Body, Body Parts, and Body Products · Parts of the Body

hair hair of the head of human beings

1CO 11:15

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

κόμη, -ns, 9, [fr. Hom. down], hair, head of hair: 1 Co. x1. 15. [Ace. to Schmidt (21, 2) it differs fr. θρίξ (the anatomical or physical term) by designating the hair as an ornament (the notion of length being only seeondary and suggested). Cf. B.D. 5. v. Hair.]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

κόμη komē 1x

the hair; a head of long hair, 1 Cor. 11:15*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

κόμη, -ης, ἡ,

[in LXX: Nu 6:5, Ez 44:20 (פֶּרַע), al.;]

the hair: I Co 11:15.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

κόμη. With 1 Cor 1115 we may compare Cagnat IV. 10198 κοματροφήσανϊτος] τοῦ ὑοῦ μου Αὐρ. with the editor's note —‘‘comam pascere, ut deo postea consecraretur, crebrior

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

κόμη (komē) — hair. κόμ-η, ἡ, hair of the head, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κόμαι Χαρίτεσσιν ὁμοῖαι (i.e. κόμαις Χαρίτων) [Refs 8th c.BC+]; κόμην κείρειν, κείρεσθαι (see. κείρω); κόμην τρέφειν to let the hair grow long, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κόμη δι᾽ αὔρας ἀκτένιστος ᾄσσεται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κόμαι πρόσθετοι false hair, wig, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δοῦλος ὢν κόμην ἔχει; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κόμης ἀνάπλεως unkempt, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

2. of the beard, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

3. gill or branchia of the cuttlefish, uncertain in [Refs 4th c.BC+]: plural, arms or suckers, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

II. metaphorically, foliage of trees, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of herbs, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of corn, ληΐου κ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; especially ={τραγοπώγων}, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

III. luminous tail of a comet, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

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