World Inhabited Earth

κόσμος, ὁ, order, κατὰ κόσμον in order, duly, εὖ κατὰ κ. Refs 8th c.BC+; οὐ κατὰ κ. shamefully, Refs 8th c.BC+ to sit in order, Refs 8th c.BC+; κ. φέρειν bear becomingly, Refs 5th c.BC+; κόσμῳ οὐδενὶ κοσμηθέντες in no sort of order, Refs 5th c.BC+; φεύγειν, ἀπιέναι οὐδενὶ κ., Refs, etc.; ἀτάκτως καὶ οὐδενὶ κ. Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐκέτι τὸν αὐτὸν κ. no longer in the same order, Refs 5th c.BC+: generally, of things, natural order, γίνεται τῶν τεταρταίων ἡ κατάστασις ἐκ τούτου τοῦ κ. Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 good order, good behaviour Refs 5th c.BC+; κ. χείρ, of a beggar, Refs 2nd c.AD+; κοῖλος μήν short month, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἐξηγεομένων.. τὸν κ. αὐτοῦ the fashion of it, Refs 5th c.BC+; κ. τόνδε.. ὁ καταστησάμενος who established this order or from, Refs __4 of states, order, government, μεταστῆσαι τὸν κ. Refs 5th c.BC+; especially of the Spartan constitution, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II ornament, decoration, especially of women, Refs 8th c.BC+; of a horse, Refs 8th c.BC+; of men, Refs 5th c.BC+; γλαυκόχροα κόσμον ἐλαίας, of an olive-wreath, Refs 5th c.BC+; κ. ἀργυροῦς a service of plate, Refs 2nd c.BC+: plural, ornaments, Refs 5th c.BC+: metaphorically, of ornaments of speech, such as epithets, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἁδυμελῆ κ. κελαδεῖν to sing sweet songs of praise, Refs 5th c.BC+ __II.4 κ. νοσήματα internal complaints, Refs 2nd c.AD+ it does one credit, Refs 5th c.BC+; of persons, σὺ ἔμοιγε μέγιστος κ. ἔσει Refs 5th c.BC+ __III ruler, regulator, title of chief magistrate in Crete, Refs; collectively, body of κόσμοι, Refs; τοῦ κ. τοῖς πλίασι Refs 4th c.BC+; compare κόρμος. __IV Philos., world-order, universe, first in Refs 5th c.BC+: sometimes of the firmament, γῆς ἁπάσης τῆς ὑπὸ τῷ κόσμῳ κειμένης Refs 5th c.BC+; μετελθεῖν εἰς τὸν ἀέναον κ., of death, Refs 3rd c.BC+; but also, of earth, as opposed to heaven, ὁ ἐπιχθόνιος κ. Refs 2nd c.AD+; of any region of the universe, ὁ μετάρσιος κ. Refs 2nd c.AD+; of the sphere whose centre is the earth's centre and radius the straight line joining earth and sun, Refs 3rd c.BC+; of the sphere containing the fixed stars, Refs 5th c.BC+: in plural, worlds, coexistent or successive, Refs 6th c.BC+; also, of stars, Νὺξ μεγάλων κ. κτεάτειρα Refs 4th c.BC+; οἱ ἑπτὰ κ. the Seven planets, Refs __IV.2 metaphorically, microcosm, ἄνθρωπος μικρὸς κ. Refs 1st c.AD+; of living beings in general, τὸ ζῷον οἷον μικρόν τινα κ. εἶναί φασιν ἄνδρες παλαιοί Refs 2nd c.AD+ __IV.3 in later Gr., ={οἰκουμένη}, the known or inhabited world, NT+1st c.BC+; ὁ τοῦ παντὸς κ. κύριος, of Nero, Refs; ἐὰν τὸν κ. ὅλον κερδήσῃ NT __IV.4 men in general, φανέρωσον σεαυτὸν τῷ κ. NT; especially of the world as estranged from God by sin, NT __IV.5 οὗτος ὁ κ. this present world, i.e. earth, opposed to heaven, NT __V Pythag.name for six, Refs; for ten, Refs

† תֵּבֵל n.f. Na 1:5 (appar. m. Is 14:17) world, poet. synon. of אֶרֶץ (perhaps orig. as productive, cf. יְבוּל, בּוּל, but this sense not clearly maintained; cf. also Assyrian tabalu in êlî tabali, by land, ‖ êlî nâru, by water (river) MeissnerZA 1889, iv. 3, 261, 263, 265 f. SASm Assyrian Letters iv. pl. viii. ix, 1. 33)—usually abs. ת׳ (no art.), cstr. Jb 37:12 Pr 8:31; world, usually ‖ אֶרֶץ: 1 S 2:8 (י׳ set ת׳ on מְצֻקֵי אֶרֶץ), Is 14:21; 24:4; 34:1 Je 10:12 = 51:15, 1 Ch 16:30 (‖ ψ 96:10 infr.) Jb 34:13 ψ 19:5; 77:19 = 97:4, 90:2; 96:13 (+ עַמִּים), 98:9 (+ id.); ת׳ וְיֹשְׁבֵי בָהּ Na 1:5 ψ 24:1; יֹשְׁבֵי ת׳ 33:8 Is 18:3 (‖ שֹׁכְנֵי ארץ), 26:9, 18 La 4:12; ת׳ וּמְלֹאָהּ ψ 89:12 (+ שָׁמַיִם, cf. ארץ ומלאה 24:1); עַל־פְּנֵי ת׳ אָ֑רְצָה Jb 37:12 upon the face of the world of earth (earthly world, the whole expanse of earth); בְּת׳ אַרְצוֹ Pr 8:31; on the other hand עַפְרוֹת ת׳ v 26; ת׳ alone Jb 18:18; other combin. ת׳ וּמְלֹאָהּ ψ 50:12 (cf. 89:12 supr.); פְּנֵי־ת׳ Is 27:6 (cf. Jb 37:12 supr.); מֹסְדוֹת ת׳ 2 S 22:16 foundations of the world = ψ 18:16, cf. תִּכּוֹן ת׳ ψ 93:1; 96:10 (= 1 Ch 16:30); world as object of י׳’s judgment 9:9 (‖ לְאֻמִּים; v. also 96:13 supr.), cf. ת׳ וישׁבי בה 98:7 (‖ יַם), Is 13:11 (‖ רשׁעים); as devastated by Babylonian conqueror Is 14:17 (‖ עָרָיו).

οἰκουμέν-η (i.e. γῆ), ἡ, inhabited region, see at {οἰκέω} Refs 4th c.BC+; then the Greek world, opposed to barbarian lands, Refs 4th c.BC+ = the inhabited world (including non-Greek lands, as Ethiopia, India, Scythia), as opposed to possibly uninhabited regions,Refs 4th c.BC+ = our world (= Asia, Libya, Europe); οἰκουμέναι worlds,LXX+4th c.BC+; loosely, the whole world, Refs 4th c.BC+: so perhaps in some passages cited under Refs __II the Roman world, ὁ ἀγαθὸς δαίμων (etc.) τῆς οἰ., i.e. the Emperor, NT+1st c.AD+ __III ἡ οἰ. ἡ μέλλουσα the world to come, i.e. the kingdom of Christ, NT

κοσμο-κράτωρ [ᾰ], ορος, ὁ, lord of the world, epithet of οὐρανός, Refs 5th c.AD+ __2 of the Emperors, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __3 Astrology texts, ruler of the κόσμος, i.e. planet, Refs 2nd c.AD+; οἱ κ. τοῦ σκότους τούτου the cosmic rulers of this sinful world, NT+4th c.AD+