κοινωνία koinōnia

Greek word for “participation” · Strong’s G2842 · used 19 times in 17 verses

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Meaning

κοινωνία, -ας, ἡ; (κοινωνός);

How it is translated

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

• fellowship 13
• participation 3
• contribution 1
• partnership 1
• sharing 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 John 1 (3), Acts 2 (1), Romans 15 (1), 1 Corinthians 1 (1), 1 Corinthians 10 (1), 2 Corinthians 6 (1), 2 Corinthians 8 (1), 2 Corinthians 9 (1), 2 Corinthians 13 (1), Galatians 2 (1)

Forms

• κοινωνίαν 7
• κοινωνία 7
• κοινωνίας 3
• κοινωνίᾳ 2

Words used with it

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

• μετά meta “with/after” 5
• χάρις charis “grace” 3
• παράκλησις paraklēsis “encouragement” 2
• σκότος skotos “darkness” 2
• διακονία diakonia “service” 2
• ἅγιος hagios “holy” 3
• φῶς phōs “light” 2
• υἱός uhios “son” 3
• εὐαγγέλιον euangelion “gospel” 2
• περιπατέω peripateō “to walk” 2
• ἄρτος artos “bread” 2
• αἷμα ahima “blood” 2

Key verses

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

• Acts 2:42 — And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.
• 1 Corinthians 1:9 — God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
• 1 Corinthians 10:16 — The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
• 2 Corinthians 6:14 — Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
• 2 Corinthians 8:4 — Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.
• 2 Corinthians 13:14 — The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen. The second epistle to the Corinthians was…
• Galatians 2:9 — And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of…
• Philippians 2:1 — If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,
• Philippians 3:10 — That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
• Hebrews 13:16 — But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
• 1 John 1:3 — That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son…
• 1 John 1:7 — But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

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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.