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Strong's #2864 - κόμη
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κόμ-η, ἡ,
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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.
κόμη , -ης , ἡ ,
[in LXX: Numbers 6:5, Ezekiel 44:20 (H6545), al.;]
the hair: 1 Corinthians 11:15.†
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With 1 Corinthians 11:15 we may compare Cagnat IV. 1019.8 κοματροφήσαν [τος ] τοῦ ὑοῦ μου Αὐρ. with the editor’s note—";comam pascere, ut deo postea consecraretur, crebrior religio fuit"; : see also Syll 420 n.2. For κ. = ";foliage,"; see P Petr III. 43(2) versoiv. 10 (B.C. 246) π [αρ ]αφρυγανίσαι τὸ χῶμα τ [ῆ ]ι μυρικίνηι κόμηι.
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