◄ 2839. koinos ►
Strong's Lexicon koinos: Common, unclean, profane Original Word: κοινός Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: koinos Pronunciation: koy-NOS Phonetic Spelling: (koy-nos') Definition: Common, unclean, profane Meaning: (a) common, shared, (b) Hebraistic use: profane; dirty, unclean, unwashed. Word Origin: Derived from the Greek root "κοινός," meaning "common" or "shared." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - H2455 (חָלַל - chalal): Often translated as "profane" or "defile," used in contexts of desecration or making something common. - H2931 (טָמֵא - tame): Meaning "unclean," frequently used in Levitical laws regarding purity. Usage: In the New Testament, "koinos" primarily refers to something that is common or shared among people. It is often used in a ceremonial or religious context to describe things that are considered unclean or profane, particularly in relation to Jewish purity laws. The term can denote that which is not set apart for sacred use, thus being ordinary or defiled. Cultural and Historical Background: In Jewish culture, the concept of purity was central to religious life. The Law of Moses outlined specific regulations regarding clean and unclean foods, objects, and practices. Anything deemed "koinos" was considered unsuitable for worship or contact with the holy. This distinction was significant in maintaining the community's covenant relationship with God. In the Greco-Roman world, the idea of "common" also extended to shared property or communal living, reflecting a broader societal understanding of shared resources and spaces. HELPS Word-studies 2839 koinós – properly, common, referring to what is defiled (stripped of specialness) because treated as ordinary ("common"). 2839 /koinós ("defiled") describes the result of a person reducing what God calls special (holy, set apart) – to what is mundane, i.e. stripping it of its sacredness. 2839 /koinós ("defiled because treated as common") is always used negatively, i.e. for what is profaned – except in Jude 1:3 where it refers to the gift of salvation shared (held in common) by all true believers. [2839 /koinós ("common") typically refers to spiritual desecration. This happens when a person treats what is sacred (set apart to God) as ordinary ("not special").] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin from sun Definition common NASB Translation common (3), common property (1), impure (2), unclean (5), unholy (5). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2839: κοινός κοινός, κοινῇ, κοινόν (from ξύν, σύν, with; hence especially in epic ξυνός for κοινός, whence the Latincena ((?); see Vanicek, p. 1065)); 1. as in Greek writings from Hesiod (Works, 721) down (opposed to ἴδιος) common (i. e. belonging to several, Latincommunis): 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 (Latinvulgaris); by the Jews opposed to ἅγιος, ἡγιασμένος, καθαρός; hence unhallowed, Latinprofanus, 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 ἤ) ἀκάθαρτον, Acts 10:14; κοινόν ἤ ἀκάθαρτον, Acts 10:28; Acts 11:8 (κοινά ἤ ἀκάθαρτα οὐκ ἐσθίομεν, Justin Martyr, dialog contra Trypho, c. 20). (Cf. Trench, § ci.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance common, defiled, unclean, unholy. Probably from sun; common, i.e. (literally) shared by all or several, or (ceremonially) profane -- common, defiled, unclean, unholy. see GREEK sun Forms and Transliterations κοινα κοινά κοιναις κοιναίς κοιναῖς κοινή κοινην κοινήν κοινὴν κοινης κοινής κοινῆς κοινον κοινόν κοινὸν κοινώ koina koiná koinais koinaîs koinen koinēn koinḕn koines koinês koinēs koinē̂s koinon koinón koinòn Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance Mark 7:2 Adj-DFP GRK: αὐτοῦ ὅτι κοιναῖς χερσίν τοῦτ' NAS: their bread with impure hands, KJV: bread with defiled, that is to say, INT: of him that with defiled hands that Mark 7:5 Adj-DFP GRK: πρεσβυτέρων ἀλλὰ κοιναῖς χερσὶν ἐσθίουσιν NAS: their bread with impure hands? INT: elders but with unwashed hands eat Acts 2:44 Adj-ANP GRK: εἶχον ἅπαντα κοινά NAS: and had all things in common; KJV: had all things common; INT: having all things in common Acts 4:32 Adj-NNP GRK: αὐτοῖς ἅπαντα κοινά NAS: but all things were common property to them. KJV: had all things common. INT: to them all things common Acts 10:14 Adj-ANS GRK: ἔφαγον πᾶν κοινὸν καὶ ἀκάθαρτον NAS: eaten anything unholy and unclean. KJV: any thing that is common or INT: did I eat anything common or unclean Acts 10:28 Adj-AMS GRK: ἔδειξεν μηδένα κοινὸν ἢ ἀκάθαρτον NAS: any man unholy or unclean. KJV: any man common or unclean. INT: showed not common or unclean Acts 11:8 Adj-ANS GRK: κύριε ὅτι κοινὸν ἢ ἀκάθαρτον NAS: Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean KJV: for nothing common or unclean INT: Lord for common or unclean Romans 14:14 Adj-NNS GRK: ὅτι οὐδὲν κοινὸν δι' ἑαυτοῦ NAS: that nothing is unclean in itself; KJV: [there is] nothing unclean of INT: that nothing [is] unclean of itself Romans 14:14 Adj-ANS GRK: λογιζομένῳ τι κοινὸν εἶναι ἐκείνῳ NAS: anything to be unclean, to him it is unclean. KJV: to be unclean, to him INT: reckons anything unclean to be to that one Romans 14:14 Adj-NNS GRK: εἶναι ἐκείνῳ κοινόν NAS: to be unclean, to him it is unclean. KJV: unclean, to him [it is] unclean. INT: to be to that one unclean [it is] Titus 1:4 Adj-AFS GRK: τέκνῳ κατὰ κοινὴν πίστιν χάρις NAS: my TRUE child in a common faith: Grace KJV: son after the common faith: Grace, INT: child according to [our] common faith Grace Hebrews 10:29 Adj-ANS GRK: τῆς διαθήκης κοινὸν ἡγησάμενος ἐν NAS: and has regarded as unclean the blood KJV: he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and INT: of the covenant common having esteemed in Jude 1:3 Adj-GFS GRK: περὶ τῆς κοινῆς ἡμῶν σωτηρίας NAS: you about our common salvation, KJV: of the common salvation, INT: concerning the common of us salvation Revelation 21:27 Adj-NNS GRK: αὐτὴν πᾶν κοινὸν καὶ ὁ NAS: and nothing unclean, and no INT: it anything defiling and those Strong's Greek 2839 14 Occurrences κοινά — 2 Occ. κοιναῖς — 2 Occ. κοινὴν — 1 Occ. κοινῆς — 1 Occ. κοινὸν — 8 Occ.