John 17:23:16John.17.23.W16TAB
κόσμος
kosmos
“world”
- Transliteration
- KOS-mos
- Extended
- KOHs-mohs
- IPA
- /ˈkos.mos/
Meaning by language
- English
- world
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma | s — as in sit | |
| Mu | m — as in mother | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Sigma (final) | s — used only at end of words |
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Word in context
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KOS-mos
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HI-na yi-NO-SKHÊI ho KOS-mos HO-ti SY me a-PE-stei-las KAI ê-GA-pê-sas au-TOUS ka-THÔS e-ME ê-GA-pê-sas
- sentence
e-GO en au-TOIS KAI SY en e-MOI HI-na O-SIN te-te-lei-o-ME-noi EIS HEN HI-na yi-NO-SKHÊI ho KOS-mos HO-ti SY me a-PE-stei-las KAI ê-GA-pê-sas au-TOUS ka-THÔS e-ME ê-GA-pê-sas
Exegesis
The second purpose clause, hina ginōskē ho kosmos {ἵνα γινώσκῃ ὁ κόσμος | hína ginṓskē ho kósmos}, extends the logic outward: the world is meant to come to ongoing awareness of what the unity means.
Root and etymology
kosmeōkappa–omicron–sigma–mu–epsilon–omega
“to arrange, adorn”
In context — John 17:23
I am in them, and You are in Me, so that they may be perfected as one, so that the world may know that You sent Me and loved them just as You loved Me.
About this coordinate
John 17:23:16 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 16 of John 17:23, so the Greek word κόσμος (kosmos) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written John.17.23.W16, which extends further down to each syllable (John.17.23.W16.S1) and character.