κώμη G2968
Village; an unwalled rural settlement smaller than a city, typical of Galilean and Judean countryside life.
In the ancient Mediterranean world, a kome was a small, unwalled settlement distinguished from the fortified polis or city. The Synoptic Gospels use this word frequently to paint the landscape of Jesus' itinerant ministry as he traveled through the villages of Galilee and Judea, teaching and healing (Mark 6:6, 56). Spanish 'aldea' and German 'Dorf' both capture the rural, modest character of these communities. The word evokes a world of open countryside, close-knit neighbors, and agricultural life far from urban centers.
Senses
1. village (unwalled settlement) — An unwalled rural settlement, smaller and less fortified than a polis (city). The Synoptic Gospels employ this term to describe the towns Jesus visited during his Galilean ministry (Matt 9:35; Mark 6:6, 36, 56). Cross-lingual glosses consistently render it as a small rural habitation: Spanish 'aldea,' French 'village,' German 'Dorf.' Classical Greek contrasted kome with polis to mark the boundary between unprotected village life and civic urban existence. 28×
AR["القَريَةِ","القُرَى","قَريَةٍ","قَريَةِ","قَرْيَةٍ","قَرْيَةِ","قُرى"]·ben["গ্রামগুলি","গ্রামে","গ্রামের"]·DE["Dorf"]·EN["a-village","village","villages"]·FR["village"]·heb["כְּפָר","כְּפָרִים"]·HI["गअनवोन","गाँव","गाँव-में","गाँवों-में","गांव","गांव-के"]·ID["desa","desa-desa"]·IT["villaggio"]·jav["desa","dhusun","dhusun,","dhusun>.","dhésa","désa","désa-désa,"]·KO["마을","마을들","마을로","마을에"]·PT["aldeia","aldeias"]·RU["селение","селение,","селении","селению","селения","сёла"]·ES["aldea","aldeas","una-aldea"]·SW["-","kijiji","vijiji","vijiji,"]·TR["köy","köy,","köyde","köyden","köye","köye.","köylere","köyleri","köyünden","köyüne"]·urd["-کے","گاؤں","گاؤں-سے","گاؤںوں-میں"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
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+