κόμη (
kómē｜
kom'-ay｜
noun｜
hair)
[Grk]
κόμη LN: 8.14 GK: G3151 Hebrew: עֹרֶף,
פֵּאָה,
פְּאֵר,
פֶּרַע
Derivation: apparently from the same as
κομίζω;
Strong's: the hair of the head (locks, as ornamental, and thus differing from
θρίξ; which properly denotes merely the scalp)
KJV: --hair.
See: κομίζωSee: θρίξ κόμ-η, ἡ,
I
1. hair of the head, Il. 22.406, etc.: less freq. in pl., κὰδ δὲ κάρητος οὔλας ἧκε κόμας Od. 6.231; κόμαι Χαρίτεσσιν ὁμοῖαι (i.e. κόμαις Χαρίτων) Il. 17.51; κόμην κείρειν, κείρεσθαι (v. κείρω) ; κόμην τρέφειν to let the hair grow long, Hdt. 1.82; κ. φορεῖν PGnom. 188 (ii A.D.); κόμη δι’ αὔρας ἀκτένιστος ᾄσσεται S. OC 1261; καθεῖσαν εἰς ὤμους κόμας E. Ba. 695; κόμαι πρόσθετοι false hair, wig, X. Cyr. 1.3.2, etc.; δοῦλος ὢν κόμην ἔχεις; Ar. Av. 911; κόμης ἀνάπλεως unkempt, Plu. Cic. 30.
2. of the beard, Arr. Epict. 4.8.4.
3. gill or branchia of the cuttlefish, dub. in Arist. HA 550b18: pl., arms or suckers, Max.Tyr. 4.5.
II metaph., foliage of trees, Od. 23.195, Cratin. 296, etc.; δόνακος App. BC 4.28; of herbs, Dsc. 4.164.7, Gal. 6.268; of corn, ληΐου κ. Babr. 88.3; λειμώνων κόμαι IG 14.1389i i 11; esp. = τραγοπώγων, Thphr. HP 7.7.1, Dsc. 2.143.
III luminous tail of a comet, Arist. Mete. 343a1, 346a15.
G2864 — κόμη
κόμης, ἡ (from Homer down), hair, head of hair: [1Co 11:15]. (According to Schmidt (21, 2) it differs from θρίξ (the anatomical or physical term) by designating the hair as an ornament (the notion of length being only secondary and suggested). Cf. B. D. under the word .)