Greek adjective · G2839
κοινός
koinoskoy-nos'
common; common
14 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: koinós
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2839is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2839
common, i.e. (literally) shared by all or several, or (ceremonially) profane
The King James renders it: common, defiled, unclean, unholy.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
koinos is rendered "common; common". It stands 14 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Five of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "common".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Mark 7:2and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.
Mark 7:2κοιναῖς
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: common, and common.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| common | Tagged as
| WhereActs 2:44All the believers were together and had everything in common. |
| commonordinary | Tagged as
| WhereMark 7:2and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed. |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| κοινωνία | koinonia | participation | Uses18 |
| κοινόω | koinoo | to profane | Uses14 |
| κοινωνός | koinonos | participant | Uses10 |
| κοινωνέω | koinoneo | to participate | Uses8 |
| κοινωνικός | koinonikos | generous | Uses1 |
All 14, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- κοινὸν7
- κοινά2
- κοιναῖς2
- κοινὴν1
- κοινῆς1
- κοινόν1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singular5A-NSN
- adjective · accusative (object) · neuter singular2A-ASN
- adjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine plural2A-DPF
- adjective · accusative (object) · neuter plural1A-APN
- adjective · accusative (object) · feminine singular1A-ASF
- adjective · accusative (object) · masculine singular1A-ASM
- adjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1A-GSF
- adjective · nominative (subject) · neuter plural1A-NPN
Mark
two uses
and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.
- κοιναῖςkoinaisadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: with defiled
So the Pharisees and scribes questioned Jesus: “Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders? Instead, they eat with defiled hands.”
- κοιναῖςkoinaisadjective · dative (“to / for”) · feminine pluraltagged: with unsanctified
Acts
five uses
All the believers were together and had everything in common.
- κοινάkoinaadjective · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: in common
The multitude of believers was one in heart and soul. No one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they shared everything they owned.
- κοινάkoinaadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: in common
“No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”
- κοινὸνkoinonadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: common
He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.
- κοινὸνkoinonadjective · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: common
‘No, Lord,’ I said, ‘for nothing impure or unclean has ever entered my mouth.’
- κοινὸνkoinonadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: common
Romans
three uses
I am convinced and fully persuaded in the Lord Jesus that nothing is unclean in itself. But if anyone regards something as unclean, then for him it is unclean.
- κοινὸνkoinonadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: unclean
- κοινὸνkoinonadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: unclean
- κοινόνkoinonadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: unclean
Titus
one use
To Titus, my true child in our common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior.
- κοινὴνkoinenadjective · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: common
Hebrews
one use
How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?
- κοινὸνkoinonadjective · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: ordinary
Jude
one use
Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.
- κοινῆςkoinesadjective · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: shared
Revelation
one use
But nothing unclean will ever enter it, nor anyone who practices an abomination or a lie, but only those whose names are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
- κοινὸνkoinonadjective · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: unsanctified
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.