2001 Translation

KOINĒ, koinē

Sounds Like: koy-NEE

Translations: common, public, shared, a common thing, a public thing, (to) common, (to) public, (to) shared

From the root: ΚΟΙΝΟΣ

Part of Speech: Adjective

Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'common,' 'public,' or 'shared.' It describes something that belongs to or is accessible by all, rather than being private or individual. It can be used to describe things, ideas, or even people who are part of a general group.

Inflection: Feminine, Singular, Nominative or Dative

Strong’s number: G2839 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 4:10

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 6:20

Codex Sinaiticus

• Proverbs — 25:24
• Sirach — 18:1, 50:17
• Epistle of Barnabas — 4:10

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 7:2, 12:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Ephesians — 20:2, 21:2
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 11:2

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 13:70, 20:149, 17:166, 22:185
• Book Two — 17:166, 22:185

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 2 — 9:215
• Book 3 — 8:219
• Book 4 — 1:2, 3:50, 8:243, 8:310
• Book 5 — 1:4, 1:90, 1:92, 1:99
• Book 6 — 11:224
• Book 8 — 3:67, 12:297
• Book 12 — 10:418, 11:432
• Book 13 — 10:293
• Book 14 — 8:151, 10:253, 11:289
• Book 15 — 10:346
• Book 16 — 2:39
• Book 17 — 9:209
• Book 19 — 1:22

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 2:5
• Book Two — 15:14
• Book Four — 4:28, 5:16
• Book Seven — 4:14, 8:12

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 44:218, 51:264

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 2 Maccabees — 4:5, 9:26
• Proverbs — 25:24
• Sirach — 18:1, 50:17
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 13:14

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΟΙΝΟΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΚΟΙΝΑ — common, unclean, profane, shared, public, a common thing, common things
• ΚΟΙΝΑΙ — common, public, shared, ordinary
• ΚΟΙΝΑΙΣ — common, shared, unclean, defiled
• ΚΟΙΝΗΝ — common, a common, public, a public, shared, a shared
• ΚΟΙΝΗΣ — (of) common, (of) shared, (of) public, (of) ordinary, (of) a community, (of) a partnership
• ΚΟΙΝΟ — common, shared, public, unclean, profane, a common thing, a shared thing
• ΚΟΙΝΟΙ — common, shared, public, unclean, defile, make common, make unclean
• ΚΟΙΝΟΙΣ — to common, to public, to shared, to general, to ordinary, to profane, to unclean
• ΚΟΙΝΟΝ — common, shared, public, a common thing, the common thing, a community, the community
• ΚΟΙΝΟΣ — common, shared, public, unclean, unholy
• ΚΟΙΝΟΤΑΤΟΝ — most common, most shared, very common, a most common, a most shared
• ΚΟΙΝΟΥ — (of) common, (of) public, (of) shared, (of) general
• ΚΟΙΝΟΥΣ — common, shared, public, profane, unclean, unholy
• ΚΟΙΝΩΣ — commonly, in common, generally, universally

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