κώμη, κόμης, ἡ (akin to κεῖμαι, κοιμάω, properly, the common sleeping-place to which laborers in the fields return; Curtius, § 45 (related is English home)) (from Hesiod, Herodotus down), a village: Mat_9:35; Mat_10:11; Mar_11:2; Luk_5:17; Luk_9:52 (here Tdf. πόλιν), and often in the Synoptative Gospels; Joh_11:1; Joh_11:30; with the name of the city near which the villages lie and to whose municipality they belong: Καισαρείας, Mar_8:27 (often so in the Sept. for αΐΜπεϊ with the name of a city; cf. Gesenius, Thesaurus, i., p. 220{a} (B. D., under the word , 7); also for ηΗφΐψΕι and ηΗφΐψεϊ with the name of a city); by metonymy, the inhabitants of villages, Act_8:25; used also of a small town, as Bethsaida, Mar_8:23; Mar_8:26, cf. ; Joh_1:45; of Bethlehem, Joh_7:42; for ςΔιψ, Jos_10:39; Jos_15:9 (Complutensian LXX); Isa_42:11. (B. D., under the word Villages.)

κώμη kōmē 27x a village, a country town, Mat_9:35 ; Mat_10:11 ; Luk_8:1 village.

κώμη , -ης , ἡ , [in LXX for H1323 , H2691 , H5892 , etc.;] a village or country town , prop , as opp . to a walled city: Mat_14:15 , Mar_6:6 , al. ; πόλεις καὶ κ ., Mat_9:35 , al. ; with the name added, Βηθλεέμ , Joh_7:42 ; Βηθανΐα , Joh_11:1 ; with the name of the district, τὰς κ . Καισαρίας , Mar_8:27 ; Σαμαρειτῶν , Luk_9:52 , Act_8:25 .

κώμη [page 367] This common word hardly needs illustration, but we may note that by the phrase οἱ ἀπὸ τῆς κώμης we are to understand the population of the village in general, and not its functionaries or official representatives, see e.g. the joint responsibility of the πρεσβύτεροι and the other members of the community with respect to certain dues in P Ryl II. 219 .3 (ii/A.D.) δι (ὰ ) τῶν τοῦ ἔτους πρεσβ (υτέρων ) [καὶ τῶν λοιπ (ῶν ) ἀπὸ τῆ ]ς κώμης , P Flor I. 2 .214 (A.D. 265) κινδύνῳ ἡμῶν κ [αὶ τῶν ] ἀπὸ τῆς [κώ ]μης καὶ καταγειν [ομέ ]νων πάντων , BGU IV. 1035 .3 (v/A.D.) οἱ ἀπὸ κώμης Κερκῆσις ἦλθαν ε [ἰ ]ς τὸν αἰγιαλὸν τῶν ἀπὸ Ὀξυρύγχων καὶ ἐδίοξαν τοὺς ἁλιεῖς Ὀξυρύγχ (ων ), and cf. Chrest. I. i. p. 43. See also P Par 63 .101 (B.C. 165) (= P Petr III. p. 26) τοὺς πλείστους δὲ τῶν ἐν ταῖς κώμαις κατοικούντων λαῶν , P Tebt I. 40 .8 (B.C. 117) σαφέστερον μετειληφὼς τοὺς ἐκ τῇς κώμης ὁμοθυμαδὸν ἀντέχεσθαι τῆς σῆς σκέπης , having received certain information that the inhabitants of the village are with one accord claiming your protection (Edd.). For κωμήτης see P Ryl II. 219 .9 (ii/A.D.). The difficult κωμε (= η )γέτης of OGIS 97 .10 (end of ii/B.C.) is discussed by Dittenberger ad l. and by Preisigke Ostr. p. 35 f.

κώμη κώμη, ἡ, = Lat. vicus, a village or "country town", opp. to a fortified city; properly a doric word, = attic δῆμος, Hes. , Hdt. ; κατοικῆσθαι κατὰ κώμας to live "in" separate "villages" (not in walled towns), of the Medes, Hdt. ; so, of a country, κατὰ κώμας οἰκεῖσθαι to have its people distributed into "villages", Thuc.

κώμη, -ης, ἡ [in LXX for בַּת, חָצֵר, עִיר, etc. ;] a village or country town, prop, as opposite to a walled city: Mat.14:15, Mrk.6:6, al.; πόλεις καὶ κ., Mat.9:35, al.; with the name added, Βηθλεέμ, Jhn.7:42; Βηθανΐα, Jhn.11:1; with the name of the district, τὰς κ. Καισαρίας, Mrk.8:27; Σαμαρειτῶν, Luk.9:52, Act.8:25 (AS)