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Lexicon :: Strong's G2840 - koinoō

Aa
κοινόω
Transliteration
koinoō (Key)
Pronunciation
koy-no'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:809,447

Strong’s Definitions

κοινόω koinóō, koy-no'-o; from G2839; to make (or consider) profane (ceremonially):—call common, defile, pollute, unclean.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's G2840 in the following manner: defile (11x), call common (2x), pollute (1x), unclean (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's G2840 in the following manner: defile (11x), call common (2x), pollute (1x), unclean (1x).

  1. to make common

    1. to make (Levitically) unclean, render unhallowed, defile, profane

    2. to declare or count unclean

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κοινόω koinóō, koy-no'-o; from G2839; to make (or consider) profane (ceremonially):—call common, defile, pollute, unclean.
STRONGS G2840:
κοινόω, κοινῷ; 1 aorist infinitive κοινῶσαι (cf. Winer's Grammar, 91 (86)); perfect κεκοίνωκα; perfect passive participle κεκοινωμενος; (κοινός);
1. in classical Greek to make common.
2. in Biblical use (see κοινός, 2),
a. to make (levitically) unclean, render unhallowed, defile, profane (which the Greeks express by βεβηλόω, cf. Winer's De verb. comp. etc. Part ii., p. 24 note 33 (where he calls attention to Luke's accuracy in putting κοινοῦν into the mouth of Jews speaking to Jews (Acts 21:28) and βεβηλοῦν when they address Felix (xxiv. 6))): Revelation 21:27 Rec.; Matthew 15:11, 18, 20; Mark 7:15, 18, 20, 23; passive Hebrews 9:13; τί, Acts 21:28; γαστέρα μαροφαγια, 4 Macc. 7:6.
b. to declare or count unclean: Acts 10:15 (cf. Acts 10:28); Acts 11:9; see δικαιόω, 3.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
15:11; 15:18; 15:20
Mark
7:15; 7:18; 7:20; 7:23
Acts
10:15; 10:28; 11:9; 21:28; 21:28
Hebrews
9:13
Revelation
21:27

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2840 matches the Greek κοινόω (koinoō),
which occurs 14 times in 11 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:11 - “It is not what G3588 enters G1525 the mouth G4750 that defiles G2840 the person G444, but what G3588 comes G1607 out G1607 of the mouth G4750, this G3778 defiles G2840 the person G444.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:18 - “But the things that come G1607 out G1607 of the mouth G4750 come G1831 from the heart G2588, and those G2548 things defile G2840 the person G444.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:20 - “These G3778 are the things that defile G2840 the person G444; but to eat G2068 with unwashed G449 hands G5495 does not defile G2840 the person G444.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:15 - there is nothing G3762 outside G1855 the person G444 which can G1410 defile G2840 him if it goes G1531 into him; but the things which come G1607 out G1607 of the person G444 are what defile G2840 the person G444.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:18 - And He *said G3004 to them, “Are you so G3779 lacking G801 in G801 understanding G801 as G2532 well G2532? Do you not understand G3539 that whatever G3956 goes G1531 into the person G444 from G1855 outside G1855 cannot G1410 G3756 defile G2840 him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:20 - And He was saying G3004, “That which comes G1607 out G1607 of the person G444, that is what defiles G2840 the person G444.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:23 - “All G3956 these G3778 evil G4190 things G4190 come G1607 from G2081 within G2081 and defile G2840 the person G444.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:15 - Again G3825 a voice G5456 came to him a second G1208 time G1208, “What G3739 God G2316 has cleansed G2511, no G3361 longer [fn]consider G2840 unholy G2839.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:9 - “But a voice G5456 from heaven G3772 answered G611 a second G1208 time G1208, ‘What G3739 God G2316 has cleansed G2511, no G3361 longer [fn]consider G2840 unholy G2839.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:28 - crying G2896 out G2896, “Men G435 of Israel G2475, help G997! This G3778 is the man G444 who instructs G1321 everyone G3956 everywhere G6069 against G2596 our people G2992 and the Law G3551 and this G3778 place G5117; and besides G2089, he has even G2532 brought G1521 Greeks G1672 into the temple G2413 and has defiled G2840 this G3778 holy G40 place G5117!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:13 - For if G1487 the blood G129 of goats G5131 and bulls G5022, and the [fn]ashes G4700 of a heifer G1151 sprinkling G4472 those G3588 who have been defiled G2840, sanctify G37 for the [fn]cleansing G2514 of the flesh G4561,
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