Senses
1. world — The created order, the inhabited earth, or the system of human society and its values, especially as the sphere in which God's redemptive purposes unfold (e.g., 'God so loved the world,' 'the world knew him not'). The two clusters (S70999 at 183x, S71001 at 2x) represent the same meaning in different grammatical cases (genitive, nominative, accusative, dative); the dative uses with prepositions ('upon the world,' 'to the world') are syntactic, not semantic, variations. Eng 'world,' spa 'mundo,' hin sansaar throughout, arb al-aalami consistently, kor sesang, swa ulimwengu uniformly. 185×
AR["العَالَمَ","العَالَمِ","الْعَالَمِ","عالَمَ","عَالَمَ","عَالَمُ","عَالَمِ"]·ben["জগত","জগতকে","জগতে","জগতের","জগতের।","জগৎ","পৃথিবী","পৃথিবীর"]·DE["Welt"]·EN["of-world","world"]·FR["monde"]·heb["הָעוֹלָם","עוֹלָם"]·HI["जगत","संसार","संसार,","संसार-का।","संसार-की","संसार-के","संसार।","सनसअर","सनसअर-पर"]·ID["dunia","dunia,","dunia."]·IT["mondo"]·jav["donya","jagad","jagad,","jagad.","jagat","jagat;"]·KO["세상","세상-에","세상-에서","세상-을","세상-의","세상에","세상을","세상의","세상이","세상이다"]·PT["mundo","mundo,","mundo."]·RU["мир","мира","мире","миру"]·ES["-mundo","del-mundo","mundo"]·SW["ulimwengu","wote"]·TR["dünya","dünyada","dünyanın","dünyaya","dünyayı"]·urd["دنیا","دنیا-پر","دنیا-کو","دنیا-کی","دنیا۔","دُنیا-میں"]
Matt 4:8, Matt 5:14, Matt 13:38, Matt 16:26, Matt 18:7, Matt 25:34, Matt 26:13, Mark 8:36, Mark 14:9, Mark 16:15, Luke 9:25, Luke 12:30 (+38 more)
2. adornment, outward decoration — External ornamentation or decoration of the body, referring to the outward arrangement of clothing, jewelry, or appearance (1 Pet 3:3). This preserves the original etymological meaning of kosmos as 'order/arrangement' applied to personal beautification. Eng 'adornment,' spa 'adorno,' hin shringaar (ornamentation), arb ziinatakunnah (your adornment), kor kkumii (decoration), swa urembo (beauty/adornment). Every translation language uses a distinct lexeme from 'world,' confirming a genuinely separate sense. 1×
AR["زينَةَكُنَّ"]·ben["সাজসজ্জা"]·DE["Welt"]·EN["adornment"]·FR["monde"]·heb["קִשּׁוּט"]·HI["शृंगार"]·ID["perhiasan"]·IT["mondo"]·jav["payas;"]·KO["꾸미이"]·PT["adorno;"]·RU["украшение;"]·ES["adorno"]·SW["urembo"]·TR["süsü"]·urd["آراستگی؛"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
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+:…