κοσμέω

kosmevw kosmevw,
kovsmw/; 3 person plural imperfect
ejkovsmoun; 1 aorist
ejkovsmhsav; perfect passive
kekovsmhmai; (
kovsmo");1. to put in order, arrange, make ready, prepare:
tav"
lampavda", put in order (A. V. trim), (
dovrpon, Homer, Odyssey 7, 13;
travpezan, Xenophon, Cyril 8, 2, 6; 6,11; the Septuagint for &r'[;; ;
prosforavn, , and other examples elsewhere).2. to ornament, adorn (so in Greek writings from Hesiod down; the Septuagint several times for hd;[;); properly:
oi\kon, in the passive, ; ;
tav
mnhmei'a, to decorate (A. V. garnish), (
tavfou", Xenophon, mem. 2, 2, 13);
tov
iJerovn
livqoi"
kaiv
ajnaqemasi, in the passive, ;
touv"
qemelivou"
tou'
teivcou"
livqw/
timivw/, ;
tina (with garments),
nuvmfhn, passive ;
eJautav"
ejn
tivni, (on this passage, see
katastolhv, 2). Metaphorically equivalent to to embellish with honor, gain honor (Pindar nem. 6, 78; Thucydides 2, 42;
kekosmenon
th'/
ajrethv, Xenophon, Cyril 8, 1, 21):
eJautav", followed by a participle designating the act by which the honor is gained, ;
thvn
didaskalivan
ejn
pa'sin, in all things, .*