Lexicon
κωμόπολις
kōmopolis
G2969
G:N-F Greek

village

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komopolis refers to villages Jesus proposes visiting so that he may preach there.

The attested use names multiple villages as destinations for Jesus' further preaching in Mark 1:38.

Senses in use

  1. Villages as destinations for preaching · dominant

    In Mark 1:38, the accusative plural form occurs in the proposal to go elsewhere; the APB renders the clause "Let us go elsewhere to the neighboring villages, so that I may preach there also."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In Mark 1:38, the APB presents the destination as "the neighboring villages"; This identifies the clause's presentation rather than a precise lexical equivalence.

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