Quick Definition
κώμη, ης, ἡ n.f. a village
Strong's Definition
from 2749; a hamlet (as if laid down)
KJV Usage: town, village
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ης | κωμόπολις · κῶμος
1.92 · Geographical Objects and Features · Population Centers
village a relatively unimportant population center (in contrast with πόλις[b] ‘city,’ 1.89)
MAT 9:35 · MAT 10:11 · MAT 14:15 · MAT 21:2 · MRK 6:6 · MRK 6:36 · MRK 6:56 · MRK 8:23 · MRK 8:26 · MRK 8:27 · MRK 11:2 · LUK 5:17 · LUK 8:1 · LUK 9:6 · LUK 9:12 · LUK 9:52 · LUK 9:56 · LUK 10:38 · LUK 13:22 · LUK 17:12 · LUK 19:30 · LUK 24:13 · LUK 24:28 · JHN 7:42 · JHN 11:1 · JHN 11:30
11.62 · Groups and Classes of Persons and Members of Such Groups and Classes · Socio-Political
the people there, the people of a village the inhabitants of a village Though in English it may seem perfectly appropriate to speak of ‘announcing the good news to a town’ or ‘... a village,’ in a number of languages this is simply not possible, for any announcement of good news must be directed to people and not to a place or area.
1 It is possible that in the case of such meanings as τόπος[f] (11.59), πόλις[c] (11.61), κώμη[b] (11.62), and χώρα[e] (11.64) one should count on certain more or less automatic semantic rules by which the meaning of inhabitants could be derived by metonymy from expressions of place. Since, however, such metonymic developments are far from universal, the distinct meanings are listed here as a practical guide to translators. The same type of problem occurs with Ιεροσόλυμα ‘Jerusalem,’ Ἰουδαία ‘Judea,’ and περίχωρος ‘region’ in MAT 3:5.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κώμη, -ης, 7, (akin to κεῖμαι, κοιμάω, prop. the common sleeping-place to which laborers in the fields return; Curtius § 45 [related is Eng. home]), [fr. Hes., Hdt. down], a village: Mt. ix. 35; x. 11; Mk. xi. 2; Lk. v. 17; ix. 52 [here Tdf. πόλιν], and often in the Synopt. Gospels; Jn. xi. 1, 30; with the name of the city near which the villages lie and to whose municipality they belong: Καισαρείας, Mk. viii. 27 (often so in Sept. for ΓῺΞ with the name of a city; ef. Gesenius, Thes. i. p. 220" [B. D. 5. v. Daughter, 7]; also for ‘Is and nn with the name of a city); by meton. the inhabitants of villages, Acts viii. 25; used also of a small town, as Bethsaida, Mk. viii. 23, 26, cf. 22; Jn. i. 45; of Bethlehem, Jn. vii. 42; for Vy, Josh. x.39; xv. 9 [Compl.]; Is. xlii. 11. [B. Ὁ. 5. v. Villages.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
κώμη kōmē 27x
a village, a country town, Mt. 9:35; 10:11; Lk. 8:1
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
κώμη, -ης, ἡ,
[in LXX for בַּת, חָצֵר, עִיר, etc.;]
a village or country town, prop, as opp. to a walled city: Mt 14:15, Mk 6:6, al.; πόλεις καὶ κ., Mt 9:35, al.; with the name added, Βηθλεέμ, Jo 7:42; Βηθανΐα, Jo 11:1; with the name of the district, τὰς κ. Καισαρίας, Mk 8:27; Σαμαρειτῶν, Lk 9:52, Ac 8:25.
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
κώμη. This common word hardly needs illustration, but we may | note that by the phrase οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς κώμης we are to understand the population of the village in general, and not its functionaries or official representatives, see e.g. the joint responsibility of the πρεσβύτεροι and the other members of the community with respect to certain dues in P Ry] II. 219% (ii/A. D.) δι(ὰ) τῶν τοῦ ἔτους πρεσβ(υτέρων) [kal τῶν λοιπίῶν) ἀπὸ τῆ]ς κώμης, P Flor I. 2511 (Α.Ὁ. 265) κινδύνῳ ἡμῶν κ[αὶ τῶν] ἀπὸ τῆς [κώ]μης καὶ καταγειν[ομέϊνων πάντων, BGU IV. το 55 (v/A.D.) of ἀπὸ κώμης Κερκῆσις ἦλθαν ε[ἰ]ς τὸν αἰγιαλὸν τῶν ἀπὸ ᾿Οξυρύγχων καὶ ἐδίοξαν τοὺς ἁλιεῖς ᾿Οξυρύγχ(ων), and cf. Chrest. I. i. p. 43. See also P Par 631° (B.c. 165) (=P Petr III. p. 26) τοὺς πλείστους δὲ τῶν ἐν ταῖς κώμαις κατοικούντων λαῶν, P Tebt I. 408 (B.C. 117) σαφέστερον μετειληφὼς τοὺς ἐκ τῆς κώμης ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἀντέχεσθαι τῆς σῆς σκέπης, “having received certain information that the inhabitants of the village are with one accord claiming your protection” (Edd.). For κωμήτης see P Ryl II. 219% (ii/a.p.). The difficult κωμε(=n)yétns of OGZS 971° (end of ii/B.c.) is discussed by Dittenberger ad 4. and by Pretsigke Ostr. p. 35f.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
κώμη (kōmē) — village. κώμη, ἡ, unwalled village, opposed to fortified city (said to be Doric dialect = Attic dialect δῆμος, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; opposed to πόλις, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; πόλεσιν ἀτειχίστοις καὶ κατὰ κ. οἰκουμέναις formed of scattered villages, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. quarter, ward of a city, διελόμενοι τὴν μὲν πόλιν κατὰ κώμας, τὴν δὲ χώραν κατὰ δήμους [Refs 5th c.BC+]