Greek verb · G2840
κοινόω
koinookoy-no'-o
in cl., to make common.; In LXX, l.with, and NT (as κοινός, 2); to count unclean
14 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: koinóō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2840is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2840
to make (or consider) profane (ceremonially)
The King James renders it: call common, defile, pollute, unclean.
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
koinoo is rendered "in cl., to make common.; In LXX, l.with, and NT (as κοινός, 2); to count unclean". It stands 14 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Five of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "in cl., to make common.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 15:11A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”
Matthew 15:11κοινοῖ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries three meanings: in cl., to make common., and In LXX, l.with, and NT (as κοινός, 2), and to count unclean.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| in cl., to make common. | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 15:11A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.” |
| In LXX, l.with, and NT (as κοινός, 2)to make ceremonially unclean | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 15:11A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.” |
| to count unclean | Tagged as
| WhereActs 10:15The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.” |
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 |
| κοινός | koinos | common: shared | 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
- κοινοῖ6
- κοίνου2
- κοινοῦντα2
- κοινῶσαι2
- κεκοίνωκεν1
- κεκοινωμένους1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular6V-PAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-AAN
- verb · present active, command · 2nd person singular2V-PAM-2S
- verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter plural2V-PAP-NPN
- verb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular1V-RAI-3S
- verb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine plural1V-RPP-APM
Matthew
five uses
A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”
- κοινοῖkoinoiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: defiles
- κοινοῖkoinoiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: defiles
But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.
- κοινοῖkoinoiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: defile
These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”
- κοινοῦνταkoinountaverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: defiling
- κοινοῖkoinoiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it defiles
Mark
five uses
Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.”
- κοινῶσαιkoinosaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to defile
- κοινοῦνταkoinountaverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter pluraltagged: are defiling
“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,
- κοινῶσαιkoinosaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to defile
He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him.
- κοινοῖkoinoiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: defiles
All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”
- κοινοῖkoinoiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it defiles
Acts
three uses
The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”
- κοίνουkoinouverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do call common
But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’
- κοίνουkoinouverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do call unholy
crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”
- κεκοίνωκενkekoinokenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has defiled
Hebrews
one use
For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,
- κεκοινωμένουςkekoinomenousverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: defiled
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 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.