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Lexicon :: Strong's G2839 - koinos

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κοινός
Transliteration
koinos (Key)
Pronunciation
koy-nos'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Probably from σύν (G4862)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:789,447

Trench's Synonyms: ci. βέβηλος, κοινός.

Strong’s Definitions

κοινός koinós, koy-nos'; probably from G4862; common, i.e. (literally) shared by all or several, or (ceremonially) profane:—common, defiled, unclean, unholy.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x

The KJV translates Strong's G2839 in the following manner: common (7x), unclean (3x), defiled (1x), unholy (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 12x
The KJV translates Strong's G2839 in the following manner: common (7x), unclean (3x), defiled (1x), unholy (1x).
  1. common

  2. common i.e. ordinary, belonging to generality

    1. by the Jews, unhallowed, profane, Levitically unclean

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κοινός koinós, koy-nos'; probably from G4862; common, i.e. (literally) shared by all or several, or (ceremonially) profane:—common, defiled, unclean, unholy.
STRONGS G2839:
κοινός, κοινῇ, κοινόν (from ξύν, σύν, with; hence especially in epic ξυνός for κοινός, whence the Latin cena ((?); see Vanicek, p. 1065));
1. as in Greek writings from Hesiod (Works, 721) down (opposed to ἴδιος) common (i. e. belonging to several, Latin communis): Acts 2:44; Acts 4:32; κοινῇ πίστις, Titus 1:4; σωτηρία, Jude 1:3.
2. by a usage foreign to classical Greek, common i. e. ordinary, belonging to the generality (Latin vulgaris); by the Jews opposed to ἅγιος, ἡγιασμένος, καθαρός; hence unhallowed, Latin profanus, levitically unclean (in classical Greek βέβηλος, which see 2): Mark 7:2, 5 (where R L marginal reading ἀνίπτοις); Romans 14:14; Hebrews 10:29; Revelation 21:27 (Rec. κοινοῦν) (1 Macc. 1:47; φαγεῖν κοινά; 1 Macc. 1:62; κοινοῖ ἄνθρωποι, common people, profanum vulgus, Josephus, Antiquities 12, 2, 14; οἱ τόν κοινόν βίον προηρήμενοι, i. e. a life repugnant to the holy law, ibid. 13, 1, 1; οὐ γάρ ὡς κοινόν ἄρτον οὐδέ ὡς κονον πόμα ταῦτα (i. e. the bread and wine of the sacred supper) λαμβάνομεν, Justin Martyr, Apology 1, 66; (οἱ Χριστιανοι) τράπεζαν κοινήν παρατιθενται, ἀλλ' οὐ κοινήν, a table communis but not profanus, Ep. ad Diogn. 5 [ET], on which cf. Otto's note); κοινόν καί (R G ) ἀκάθαρτον, Acts 10:14; κοινόν ἀκάθαρτον, Acts 10:28; Acts 11:8 (κοινά ἀκάθαρτα οὐκ ἐσθίομεν, Justin Martyr, dialog contra Trypho, c. 20). (Cf. Trench, § ci.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Mark
7:2; 7:5
Acts
2:44; 4:32; 10:14; 10:28; 11:8
Romans
14:14
Titus
1:4
Hebrews
10:29
Jude
1:3
Revelation
21:27

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2839 matches the Greek κοινός (koinos),
which occurs 14 times in 12 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:2 -

They observed that some of his disciples were eating bread with unclean ​— ​that is, unwashed ​— ​hands.

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:5 -

So the Pharisees and the scribes asked him, “Why don’t your disciples live[fn] according to the tradition of the elders, instead of eating bread with ceremonially unclean[fn] hands? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:44 -

Now all the believers were together and held all things in common.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:32 -

Now the entire group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but instead they held everything in common.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:14 -

“No, Lord! ” Peter said. “For I have never eaten anything impure and ritually unclean.”

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:28 -

Peter said to them, “You know it’s forbidden for a Jewish man to associate with or visit a foreigner, but God has shown me that I must not call any person impure or unclean.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:8 -

“ ‘No, Lord! ’ I said. ‘For nothing impure or ritually unclean has ever entered my mouth.’

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 14:14 -

I know and am persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. Still, to someone who considers a thing to be unclean, to that one it is unclean.

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:4 -

To Titus, my true son in our common faith.

Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:29 -

How much worse punishment do you think one will deserve who has trampled on the Son of God, who has regarded as profane[fn] the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and who has insulted the Spirit of grace?

Unchecked Copy BoxJde 1:3 -

Dear friends, although I was eager to write you about the salvation we share, I found it necessary to write, appealing to you to contend for the faith that was delivered to the saints once for all.

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:27 -

Nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who does what is detestable or false, but only those written in the Lamb’s book of life.

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