Greek noun (feminine) · G2842
κοινωνία
koinoniakoy-nohn-ee'-ah
fellowship, communion; contribution
18 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: koinōnía
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2842is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 9 of 27New Testament books
- 4spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2842
partnership, i.e. (literally) participation, or (social) intercourse, or (pecuniary) benefaction
The King James renders it: (to) communicate(-ation), communion, (contri-)distribution, fellowship.
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
koinonia is rendered "fellowship, communion; contribution". It stands 18 times in the Greek text, across nine books.
- Four of the uses stand in 1 John, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "fellowship, communion".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 2:42They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
- The Greek text spells it four different ways.
The first use
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
Acts 2:42κοινωνίᾳ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in nine of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: fellowship, communion, and contribution.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| fellowship, communionAct.2:42, 2Co.6:14, Php.1:5; τ. υἱοῦ, 1Co.1:9; τ. αἵματος, σώματος Χρ., 1Co.10:10 : παθημάτων αὐτσῦ, Php.3:10; τ. πνεύματος, 2Co.13:13,... | Tagged as
| WhereActs 2:42They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship… |
| contributionas outcome of fellowship): Rom.15:26 | Tagged as
| WhereRomans 15:26For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in… |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| κοινός | koinos | common: shared | Uses14 |
| κοινόω | koinoo | to profane | Uses14 |
| κοινωνός | koinonos | participant | Uses10 |
| κοινωνέω | koinoneo | to participate | Uses8 |
| κοινωνικός | koinonikos | generous | Uses1 |
All 18, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
4 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
- κοινωνίαν7
- κοινωνία6
- κοινωνίας3
- κοινωνίᾳ2
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular7N-ASF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular6N-NSF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular3N-GSF
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular2N-DSF
Acts
one use
They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
- κοινωνίᾳkoinonianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: in fellowship
Romans
one use
For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.
- κοινωνίανkoinoniannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: a contribution
1 Corinthians
three uses
God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
- κοινωνίανkoinoniannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: fellowship
Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?
- κοινωνίαkoinonianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: a participation
- κοινωνίαkoinonianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: a participation
2 Corinthians
three uses
Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?
- κοινωνίαkoinonianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: fellowship
they earnestly pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.
- κοινωνίανkoinoniannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: fellowship
Because of the proof this ministry provides, the saints will glorify God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and for the generosity of your contribution to them and to all the others.
- κοινωνίαςkoinoniasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: participation
Galatians
one use
And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.
- κοινωνίαςkoinoniasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of fellowship
Philippians
three uses
because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now,
- κοινωνίᾳkoinonianoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: partnership
Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,
- κοινωνίαkoinonianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: fellowship
I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,
- κοινωνίανkoinoniannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: fellowship
Philemon
one use
I pray that your partnership in the faith may become effective as you fully acknowledge every good thing that is ours in Christ.
- κοινωνίαkoinonianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: fellowship
Hebrews
one use
And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
- κοινωνίαςkoinoniasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: of sharing
1 John
four uses
We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.
- κοινωνίανkoinoniannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: fellowship
- κοινωνίαkoinonianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: fellowship
If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.
- κοινωνίανkoinoniannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: fellowship
But if we walk in the light as He is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin.
- κοινωνίανkoinoniannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: fellowship
Where it leads
Studies that open this word1
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.