Dictionary entry

κώμη

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

κώμη, -ης, ἡ,

[in LXX for בַּת, חָצֵר, עִיר, etc.;]

a village or country town, prop, as opp. to a walled city: Mt 14:15, Mk 6:6, al.; πόλεις καὶ κ., Mt 9:35, al.; with the name added, Βηθλεέμ, Jo 7:42; Βηθανΐα, Jo 11:1; with the name of the district, τὰς κ. Καισαρίας, Mk 8:27; Σαμαρειτῶν, Lk 9:52, Ac 8:25.