Koinoō κοινόω

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Koinoō
κοινόω
Transliterationkoinoō
Strong's numberG2840
LanguageGreek
Part of speechverb
Glossto profane
Occurrences14 in 11 verses
Most frequent inMark (4)

Koinoō (Greek κοινόω, Strong's G2840) is a Greek verb meaning “to profane”. It occurs 14 times in 11 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

κοινόω, -ῶ
[in LXX: 4Ma.7:6 א R* ;]
1. in cl., to make common.
2. In LXX, l.with, and NT (as κοινός, 2), to make ceremonially unclean, to profane (= cl., βεληλόω): Mat.15:11, 18 15:20, Mrk.7:15, 18 7:20, 23, Act.21:28; pass., Heb.9:13.
3. to count unclean (cf. δικαιόω): Act.10:15 11:9.†
SYN.: βεβηλόω. Thayer (see word κ.) mentions that Winer Notes the accuracy whereby the Jews are said to use κ. in addressing Jews, Act.21:28, and β. when speaking to Felix, 24:6 (Cremer, 362) (AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVdefileth (5), defile (5), call (2), common (2), which defile (1), polluted (1), unclean (1)
BSBdefile (6), do not call anything impure (2), is not defiled (1), does not defile (1), defiles (1), defiled (1), ceremonially unclean (1)

Verses

Every verse with Koinoō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Acts

Hebrews

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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