κοινός koinos

Greek word for “common” · Strong’s G2839 · used 14 times in 12 verses

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Meaning

κοινός, -ή, -όν; 1. common (general;

Senses in the lexicon

• common: unsanctified (10)
• common: shared (4)

How it is translated

Glosses given for koinos in context, with how often each is used:

• common 5
• unsanctified 2
• unclean 2
• defiled 1
• unclean it is 1
• ordinary 1
• our common 1
• shared 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Mark 7 (2), Acts 10 (2), Acts 2 (1), Acts 4 (1), Acts 11 (1), Romans 14 (1), Titus 1 (1), Hebrews 10 (1), Jude 1 (1), Revelation 21 (1)

Forms

• κοινὸν 7
• κοιναῖς 2
• κοινά 2
• κοινόν 1
• κοινὴν 1
• κοινῆς 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with koinos more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἀκάθαρτος akathartos “unclean” 3
• μηδαμῶς mēdamōs “surely not” 2
• οὐδέποτε oudepote “never” 2
• ἅπας hapas “all” 2
• ἐσθίω esthiō “to eat” 2
• ἄρτος artos “bread” 2
• εἶναι einai “to exist” 2
• χάρις charis “grace” 2
• χείρ cheir “hand” 2
• γράφω graphō “to write” 2
• εἰσέρχομαι eiserchomai “to enter” 2
• πιστεύω pisteuō “to trust (in)” 2

Key verses

The verses using koinos that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Mark 7:2 — And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault.
• Mark 7:5 — Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why walk not thy disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?
• Acts 2:44 — And all that believed were together, and had all things common;
• Acts 4:32 — And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that ought of the things which he possessed was his own;…
• Acts 10:14 — But Peter said, Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten any thing that is common or unclean.
• Acts 10:28 — And he said unto them, Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath…
• Acts 11:8 — But I said, Not so, Lord: for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.
• Romans 14:14 — I know, and am persuaded by the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing unclean of itself: but to him that esteemeth any thing to be unclean, to him it is unclean.
• Titus 1:4 — To Titus, mine own son after the common faith: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour.
• Hebrews 10:29 — Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant,…
• Jude 1:3 — Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly…
• Revelation 21:27 — And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.