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Lexicon :: Strong's G2842 - koinōnia

Aa
κοινωνία
Transliteration
koinōnia (Key)
Pronunciation
koy-nohn-ee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:797,447

Strong’s Definitions

κοινωνία koinōnía, koy-nohn-ee'-ah; from G2844; partnership, i.e. (literally) participation, or (social) intercourse, or (pecuniary) benefaction:—(to) communicate(-ation), communion, (contri-)distribution, fellowship.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's G2842 in the following manner: fellowship (12x), communion (4x), communication (1x), distribution (1x), contribution (1x), to communicate (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's G2842 in the following manner: fellowship (12x), communion (4x), communication (1x), distribution (1x), contribution (1x), to communicate (1x).

  1. fellowship, association, community, communion, joint participation, intercourse

    1. the share which one has in anything, participation

    2. intercourse, fellowship, intimacy

      1. the right hand as a sign and pledge of fellowship (in fulfilling the apostolic office)

    3. a gift jointly contributed, a collection, a contribution, as exhibiting an embodiment and proof of fellowship

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κοινωνία koinōnía, koy-nohn-ee'-ah; from G2844; partnership, i.e. (literally) participation, or (social) intercourse, or (pecuniary) benefaction:—(to) communicate(-ation), communion, (contri-)distribution, fellowship.
STRONGS G2842:
κοινωνία, κοινωνίας, ἡ ( κοινωνός), fellowship, association, community, communion, joint participation, intercourse; in the N. T. as in classical Greek
1. the share which one has in anything, participation; with the genitive of the thing in which he shares: πνεύματος, Philippians 2:1; τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος, 2 Corinthians 13:13 (14); τῶν παθημάτων τοῦ Χριστοῦ, Philippians 3:10; τῆς πίστεως, Philemon 1:6 (cf. Lightfoot); τοῦ ἱματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ, i. e. in the benefits of Christ's death, 1 Corinthians 10:16 (cf. Meyer at the passage); τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ in the (mystical) body of Christ or the church, ibid.; τῆς διακονίας, 2 Corinthians 8:4; τοῦ μυστηρίου, Ephesians 3:9 Rec. εἰς κοινωνίαν τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ, to obtain fellowship in the dignity and blessings of the Son of God, 1 Corinthians 1:9, where cf. Meyer.
2. intercourse, fellowship, intimacy: δεξιά κοινωνίας, the right hand as the sign and pledge of fellowship (in fulfilling the apostolic office), Galatians 2:9 (where see Lightfoot); τίς κοινωνία φωτί πρός σκότος; what in common has light with darkness? 2 Corinthians 6:14 ( τίς οὖν κοινωνία πρός Ἀπολλωνα τῷ μηδέν οἰκεῖον ἐπιτετηδευκοτι, Philo, leg. ad Gaium § 14 at the end; εἰ δέ τίς ἐστι κοινωνία πρός Θεούς ἡμῖν, Stobaeus, serm. 28 (i. p. 87, Gaisf. edition)); used of the intimate bond of fellowship which unites Christians: absolutely, Acts 2:42; with εἰς τό εὐαγγέλιον added, Philippians 1:5; κοινωνίαν ἔχειν μεθ' ἡμῶν, μετ' ἀλλήλων, 1 John 1:3, 7; of the fellowship of Christians with God and Christ, μετά τοῦ πατρός καί μετά τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, 1 John 1:3, 6, (which fellowship, according to John's teaching, consists in the fact that Christians are partakers in common of the same mind as God and Christ, and of the blessings arising therefrom). By a use unknown to secular authors κοινωνία in the N. T. denotes:
3. a benefaction jointly contributed, a collection, a contribution, as exhibiting an embodiment and proof of fellowship (cf. Grimm, Exeget. Hdbch. on Wisd. 8:18, p. 176): 2 Corinthians 8:4; εἰς τινα, for the benefit of one, 2 Corinthians 9:13; ποιεῖσθαι κοινωνία (to make a contribution) εἰς τινα, Romans 15:26; joined with εὐποιΐα, Hebrews 13:16. (Cf. Buttmann, § 132, 8.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
2:42
Romans
15:26
1 Corinthians
1:9; 10:16
2 Corinthians
6:14; 8:4; 8:4; 9:13; 13:13
Galatians
2:9
Ephesians
3:9
Philippians
1:5; 2:1; 3:10
Philemon
1:6
Hebrews
13:16
1 John
1:3; 1:3; 1:6; 1:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2842 matches the Greek κοινωνία (koinōnia),
which occurs 19 times in 17 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:42 - And they kept their attention fixed on the Apostles' teaching and were united together in the taking of broken bread and in prayer.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:26 - For it has been the good pleasure of those of Macedonia and Achaia to send a certain amount of money for the poor among the saints at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:9 - God is true, through whom you have been given a part with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:16 - The cup of blessing which we take, does it not give us a part in the blood of Christ? and is not the broken bread a taking part in the body of Christ?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:14 - Do not keep company with those who have not faith: for what is there in common between righteousness and evil, or between light and dark?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:4 - Seriously requesting us that they might have a part in this grace of being servants to the needs of the saints:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:13 - For when, through this work of giving, they see what you are, they give glory to God for the way in which you have given yourselves to the good news of Christ, and for the wealth of your giving to them and to all;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 13:14 - The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the harmony of the Holy Spirit, be with you all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:9 - When they saw the grace which was given to me, James and Cephas and John, who had the name of being pillars, gave to me and Barnabas their right hands as friends so that we might go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcision;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:5 - Because of your help in giving the good news from the first day till now;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:1 - If then there is any comfort in Christ, any help given by love, any uniting of hearts in the Spirit, any loving mercies and pity,

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:10 - That I may have knowledge of him, and of the power of his coming back from the dead, and a part with him in his pains, becoming like him in his death;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:6 - That the faith which you have in common with them may be working with power, in the knowledge of every good thing in you, for Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:16 - But go on doing good and giving to others, because God is well-pleased with such offerings.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 1:3 - We give you word of all we have seen and everything which has come to our ears, so that you may be united with us; and we are united with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 1:6 - If we say we are joined to him, and are walking still in the dark, our words are false and our acts are untrue:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 1:7 - But if we are walking in the light, as he is in the light, we are all united with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son makes us clean from all sin.
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