Definition

an unwalled city

Etymology

from G2968 (κώμη) and G4172 (πόλις);

Word family

• κώμη kṓmē
• πόλις pólis

How the KJV renders it

• town

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.