ΚΟΙΝΟΣ, κοινος
KOINOS, koinos
Sounds Like: KOY-nos
Translations: common, shared, public, unclean, unholy
From the root: ΚΟΙΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is common, shared, or public. It can refer to something that belongs to everyone or is accessible to all. In some contexts, particularly in religious texts, it can also mean 'unclean' or 'unholy,' referring to something that is not set apart or consecrated.
Inflection: Masculine, Nominative, Singular
Strong’s number: G2839 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 11:18
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
- ΚΟΙΝΟΝ — common, shared, public, a common thing, the common thing, a community, the community
- 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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