# G2885 κοσμέω

κοσμέω (kosméō), Strong’s G2885: to put in proper order, i.e. decorate (literally or figuratively); specially, to snuff (a wick) KJV: adorn, garnish, trim. Occurs 27 times.

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*kosméō* — to put in proper order, i.e. decorate (literally or figuratively); specially, to snuff (a wick)

KJV: adorn, garnish, trim

Derived from [κόσμος kósmos](https://besorah.bible/word/G2889) (orderly arrangement, i.e. decoration)

Occurs 27 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 12:44](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/12?v=44) — Then he says, ‘I will return into my house from which I came;’ and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept, and…
- [Matthew 23:29](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/23?v=29) — “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you build the tombs of the prophets and decorate the tombs of the…
- [Matthew 25:7](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/25?v=7) — Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
- [Luke 11:25](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/11?v=25) — When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order.
- [Luke 21:5](https://besorah.bible/besorah/luke/21?v=5) — As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,
- [1 Timothy 2:9](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-timothy/2?v=9) — In the same way, that women also adorn themselves in decent clothing, with modesty and propriety, not with braided…
- [Titus 2:10](https://besorah.bible/besorah/titus/2?v=10) — not stealing, but showing all good fidelity, that they may adorn the doctrine of God, our Savior, in all things.
- [1 Peter 3:5](https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-peter/3?v=5) — For this is how in the past the holy women who hoped in God also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own…
- [Revelation 21:2](https://besorah.bible/besorah/revelation/21?v=2) — I saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared like a bride adorned for her husband.
- [Revelation 21:19](https://besorah.bible/besorah/revelation/21?v=19) — The foundations of the city’s wall were adorned with all kinds of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper, the…