ΚΟΙΝΑ, κοινα
KOINA, koina
Sounds Like: KOY-nah
Translations: common, unclean, profane, shared, public, a common thing, common things
From the root: ΚΟΙΝΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes something that is common, shared, or public. In a religious context, it can also refer to something that is ritually unclean or profane, as opposed to sacred or pure. It is often used to describe things that are accessible to everyone or shared among a group. When used as a noun, it refers to 'common things' or 'things held in common'.
Inflection: Plural, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative
Strong’s number: G2839 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 12:19
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
- Parable 5 — 7:4
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.
- 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
- 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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