κοινόω koinoō

Greek word for “to profane” · Strong’s G2840 · used 14 times in 11 verses

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Meaning

κοινόω, -ῶ; 1. in cl., to make common.;

How it is translated

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

• defiles 5
• defile 2
• defiling 2
• defile? 1
• do call common 1
• do call unholy 1
• has defiled 1
• defiled 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Mark 7 (4), Matthew 15 (3), Acts 10 (1), Acts 11 (1), Acts 21 (1), Hebrews 9 (1)

Forms

• κοινοῖ 6
• κοινοῦντα 2
• κοινῶσαι 2
• κοίνου 2
• κεκοίνωκεν 1
• κεκοινωμένους 1

Words used with it

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

• ἐκπορεύω ekporeuō “to depart” 5
• ἔξωθεν exōthen “outside” 2
• εἰσπορεύω eisporeuō “to enter” 2
• καθαρίζω katharizō “to clean” 2
• δεύτερος deuteros “secondly” 2
• στόμα stoma “mouth” 2
• φωνή phōnē “voice/sound” 2
• δύναμαι dunamai “be able” 2

Key verses

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

• Matthew 15:11 — Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
• Matthew 15:18 — But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
• Matthew 15:20 — These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
• Mark 7:15 — There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
• Mark 7:18 — And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile…
• Mark 7:20 — And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
• Mark 7:23 — All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
• Acts 10:15 — And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
• Acts 11:9 — But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
• Acts 21:28 — Crying out, Men of Israel, help: This is the man, that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further brought Greeks…
• Hebrews 9:13 — For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:

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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.