kosmeo is used for adorning persons and structures, putting a house in order, and enhancing teaching through conduct.

The dominant usage concerns adorning persons, monuments, sacred architecture, and the city and bride imagery of Revelation. The remaining verses show a house set in order and lamps trimmed, while Titus applies the action to teaching through faithful conduct.

1. Adorning persons and visible things · dominant

   Active forms describe women adorning themselves in 1 Peter 3:5 and 1 Timothy 2:9, while Matthew 23:29 concerns the monuments of the just. Perfect passive forms describe the sacred place in Luke 21:5, the city foundations in Revelation 21:19, and the bride-like city in Revelation 21:2; in Revelation 21:2 the APB renders the clause "prepared as a bride adorned for her husband."

   1 Peter 3:51 Timothy 2:9Luke 21:5Matthew 23:29Revelation 21:19Revelation 21:2
2. Putting a place or equipment in order · common

   In Luke 11:25 and Matthew 12:44, the perfect passive participle describes a house found after it has been swept and set in order; the APB renders the result "swept and put in order." In Matthew 25:7, the aorist active form occurs when the virgins attend to their lamps, rendered by the APB as "trimmed their lamps."

   Luke 11:25Matthew 12:44Matthew 25:7
3. Enhancing teaching through conduct · rare

   In Titus 2:10, the present active subjunctive occurs after conduct described as not pilfering but showing good faith, with the stated result that they may adorn the teaching of God their Savior. The APB presents this as "adorn the teaching of God our Savior in all things."

   Titus 2:10

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across the occurrences, the APB uses "adorning" or "adorned" for people, monuments, the sacred place, and Revelation's city imagery. It renders the house clauses as "put in order," the lamps as "trimmed," and Titus as adorning teaching; these are translation renderings rather than definitions.