Κωσάμ G2973
Cosam, an ancestor of Jesus in Luke's genealogy
Cosam appears only in Luke's genealogy of Jesus, positioned between Addi and Elmadam in the post-exilic lineage. Like many names in this section of Luke 3, historical details beyond the genealogical record are unknown. The name may derive from a Hebrew root, though its etymology remains uncertain.
Senses
1. sense 1 — This proper name occurs once in Luke 3:28, part of the ascending genealogy that traces Jesus' lineage back to Adam. The multilingual evidence consistently treats this as a transliterated personal name, with slight variations in vocalization across language traditions reflecting different approaches to rendering Greek names. 1×
AR["قُوسَامَ"]·ben["কোষমের"]·DE["Κωσὰμ"]·EN["Kōsam"]·FR["Kosam"]·heb["קֹסָם"]·HI["कोसाम"]·ID["Kosam"]·IT["kosam"]·jav["Kosam,"]·KO["코삼-의"]·PT["Cosã"]·RU["Косамов"]·ES["Kōsám"]·SW["Kōsám"]·TR["Kosam"]·urd["قوسام-کا"]
Related Senses
G3588 1. definite article (18298×)H0853 1. definite direct object marker (10915×)G2532 1. (8312×)H3068 1. YHWH (the divine name) (6522×)H0834a 1. relative pronoun (who/which/that) (4839×)H3588a 1. causal: because, for (3498×)G1161 1. and (2806×)H3478 1. Israel (proper name and nation) (2507×)G4771 1. you (plural address) (1853×)H1931 1. personal pronoun he/she/it (1431×)G3739 1. relative pronoun who/which/that (1149×)H1732 1. David (proper name) (1075×)H2088 1. this, this one (demonstrative) (1059×)G1063 1. (1047×)G3778 1. this thing, these things (1003×)H???? 2. (1002×)G2424 1. (924×)G3754 1. that (content clause) (881×)H2009 1. presentative particle: behold, look (881×)H0589 1. I (first person singular pronoun) (874×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
Κωσάμ, ὁ Cosam: Luk.3:28.† (From Abbott-Smith. LSJ has no entry)