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Lexicon :: Strong's G2840 - koinoō

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κοινόω
Transliteration
koinoō (Key)
Pronunciation
koy-no'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:809,447

Strong’s Definitions

κοινόω koinóō, koy-no'-o; from G2839; to make (or consider) profane (ceremonially):—call common, defile, pollute, unclean.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's G2840 in the following manner: defile (11x), call common (2x), pollute (1x), unclean (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's G2840 in the following manner: defile (11x), call common (2x), pollute (1x), unclean (1x).

  1. to make common

    1. to make (Levitically) unclean, render unhallowed, defile, profane

    2. to declare or count unclean

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κοινόω koinóō, koy-no'-o; from G2839; to make (or consider) profane (ceremonially):—call common, defile, pollute, unclean.
STRONGS G2840:
κοινόω, κοινῷ; 1 aorist infinitive κοινῶσαι (cf. Winer's Grammar, 91 (86)); perfect κεκοίνωκα; perfect passive participle κεκοινωμενος; (κοινός);
1. in classical Greek to make common.
2. in Biblical use (see κοινός, 2),
a. to make (levitically) unclean, render unhallowed, defile, profane (which the Greeks express by βεβηλόω, cf. Winer's De verb. comp. etc. Part ii., p. 24 note 33 (where he calls attention to Luke's accuracy in putting κοινοῦν into the mouth of Jews speaking to Jews (Acts 21:28) and βεβηλοῦν when they address Felix (xxiv. 6))): Revelation 21:27 Rec.; Matthew 15:11, 18, 20; Mark 7:15, 18, 20, 23; passive Hebrews 9:13; τί, Acts 21:28; γαστέρα μαροφαγια, 4 Macc. 7:6.
b. to declare or count unclean: Acts 10:15 (cf. Acts 10:28); Acts 11:9; see δικαιόω, 3.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
15:11; 15:18; 15:20
Mark
7:15; 7:18; 7:20; 7:23
Acts
10:15; 10:28; 11:9; 21:28; 21:28
Hebrews
9:13
Revelation
21:27

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2840 matches the Greek κοινόω (koinoō),
which occurs 14 times in 11 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:11 - It is not what goes into the mouth of a man that defiles and dishonors him, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles and dishonors him.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:18 - “But whatever [word] comes out of the mouth comes from the heart, and this is what defiles and dishonors the man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:20 - “These are the things which defile and dishonor the man; but eating with [ceremonially] unwashed hands does not defile the man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:15 - there is nothing outside a man [such as food] which by going into him can defile him [morally or spiritually]; but the things which come out of [the heart of] a man are what defile and dishonor him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:18 - And He said to them, “Are you, too, so foolish and lacking in understanding? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the man from outside cannot defile and dishonor him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:20 - And He said, “Whatever comes from [the heart of] a man, that is what defiles and dishonors him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:23 - “All these evil things [schemes and desires] come from within and defile and dishonor the man.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:15 - And the voice came to him a second time, “What God has cleansed and pronounced clean, no longer consider common (unholy).”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:9 - “But the voice from heaven answered a second time, ‘What God has cleansed and pronounced clean, no longer consider common (unholy).’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:28 - shouting, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against our people and the Law and this place. And besides, he has brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:13 - For if the sprinkling of [ceremonially] defiled persons with the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a [burnt] heifer is sufficient for the cleansing of the body,
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