ΚΟΙΝΟΙ, κοινοι
KOINOI, koinoi
Sounds Like: Koy-NOY
Translations: common, shared, public, unclean, defile, make common, make unclean
From the root: ΚΟΙΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Verb
Explanation: This word has two primary meanings depending on its grammatical form. As an adjective (ΚΟΙΝΟΙ), it means 'common,' 'shared,' or 'public,' referring to something that belongs to or is accessible to everyone. It can also refer to something that is 'unclean' or 'profane' in a ritual or religious sense. As a verb (ΚΟΙΝΟΙ), it means 'to make common,' 'to defile,' or 'to make unclean,' often in a religious or ceremonial context, indicating the act of rendering something impure or profane. The context of the sentence determines which meaning is intended.
Inflection: Nominative Plural Masculine or Feminine (Adjective), Present Indicative Active Third Person Singular (Verb)
Strong’s numbers: G2839 (Lookup on BibleHub), G2840 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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
- ΚΟΙΝΗ — common, public, shared, a common thing, a public thing, (to) common, (to) public, (to) shared
- 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
- 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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