ΚΟΙΝΟΝ, κοινον
KOINON, koinon
Sounds Like: KOY-non
Translations: common, shared, public, a common thing, the common thing, a community, the community
From the root: ΚΟΙΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word refers to something that is common, shared, or public. As an adjective, it describes something belonging to or used by all. As a neuter noun, it can refer to a common thing, a public matter, or even a community or commonwealth.
Inflection: Neuter, Singular, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G2839 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 9:28
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 51:1
Codex Sinaiticus
- Esther — 5:1f
- 4 Maccabees — 1:24
- Proverbs — 1:14
- Wisdom — 7:3
- Acts of the Apostles — 10:14, 10:28, 11:8
- Romans — 14:14
- Hebrews — 10:29
- Revelation — 21:27
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 1:1
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 13:230
- Book 2 — 6:102
- Book 3 — 7:181
- Book 4 — 2:26
- Book 5 — 1:112
- Book 6 — 1:17, 13:293
- Book 7 — 11:260, 13:323
- Book 11 — 4:87
- Book 13 — 1:4, 5:166
- Book 15 — 8:293
- Book 16 — 2:38, 4:98, 6:178
- Book 17 — 5:120
- Book 19 — 1:11, 2:178
- Book 20 — 12:264
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
- First Apology of Justin Martyr — 7:1, 18:1, 22:1, 66:1
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 54:2, 84:1, 88:2, 99:3
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Esther — 5:1
- 2 Maccabees — 12:4, 15:6
- 3 Maccabees — 4:4, 6:36
- 4 Maccabees — 1:24
- Proverbs — 1:14
- Wisdom — 7:3
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
- 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
- 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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