ΚΟΙΝΟΩ, κοινοω
KOINOŌ, koinoō
Sounds Like: koy-NO-oh
Translations: to make common, to defile, to pollute, to profane, to declare unclean
From the root: ΚΟΙΝΟΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to make something common or shared, but in a religious or ceremonial context, it often carries the negative connotation of defiling, polluting, or rendering something unclean. It describes the act of violating a sacred or pure state, making it profane.
Inflection: Present Active Indicative, First Person Singular; or Present Active Subjunctive, First Person Singular; or Present Active Imperative, Second Person Singular
Strong’s number: G2840 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΟΙΝΟΩ.
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.
- ΕΚΟΙΝΩΣΑΣ — you shared, you made common, you defiled, you profaned
- ΚΕΚΟΙΝΩΜΕΝΟΥΣ — defiled, made common, profaned, polluted, made unclean, a defiled one, the defiled ones
- ΚΕΚΟΙΝΩΝΗΚΥΙΑ — having shared, having had fellowship, having participated, having become a partner
- ΚΟΙΝΑΥΝΤΑ — defiling, making common, making unclean, profaning
- ΚΟΙΝΟΥΝΤΑ — defiling, making common, making unclean, polluting
- ΚΟΙΝΩΘΕΝΤΑΣ — having been made common, having shared, having been defiled, those who have been made common, those who have shared, those who have been defiled
- ΚΟΙΝΩΘΗ — be made common, be defiled, be profaned, be polluted
- ΚΟΙΝΩΣΑΙ — to make common, to make unclean, to defile, to share, to have fellowship, to communicate
- ΚΟΙΝΩΣΑΙΤΟ — to share, to have fellowship, to communicate, to make common, to impart
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