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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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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 15 times in 12 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:11 - “It is not what enters the mouth that defiles G2840 the person, but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles G2840 the person.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:18 - “But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and those things defile G2840 the person.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:20 - “These are the things that defile G2840 the person; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile G2840 the person.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:15 - there is nothing outside the person which can defile G2840 him if it goes into him; but the things which come out of the person are what defile G2840 the person.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:18 - And He *said to them, “Are you so lacking in understanding as well? Do you not understand that whatever goes into the person from outside cannot defile G2840 him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:20 - And He was saying, “That which comes out of the person, that is what defiles G2840 the person.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:23 - “All these evil things come from within and defile G2840 the person.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:15 - Again a voice came to him a second time, “What God has cleansed, no longer [fn]consider G2840 unholy.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:9 - “But a voice from heaven answered a second time, ‘What God has cleansed, no longer [fn]consider G2840 unholy.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:28 - crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who instructs everyone everywhere against our people and the Law and this place; and besides, he has even brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled G2840 this holy place!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:13 - For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the [fn]ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled G2840, sanctify for the [fn]cleansing of the flesh,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:27 - and nothing unclean, and no one who practices abomination and lying, shall ever come into it, but only those [fn]whose names are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
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