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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 - “Not what goes into the mouth defiles a man; but what comes out of the mouth, this defiles a man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:18 - “But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile a man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:20 - “These are the things which defile a man, but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile a man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:15 - “There is nothing that enters a man from outside which can defile him; but the things which come out of him, those are the things that defile a man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:18 - So He said to them, “Are you thus without understanding also? Do you not perceive that whatever enters a man from outside cannot defile him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:20 - And He said, “What comes out of a man, that defiles a man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:23 - “All these evil things come from within and defile a man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:15 - And a voice spoke to him again the second time, “What God has cleansed you must not call common.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:9 - “But the voice answered me again from heaven, ‘What God has cleansed you must not call common.’

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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 teaches all men everywhere against the people, the law, and this place; and furthermore he also 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 blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies for the purifying of the flesh,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:27 - But there shall by no means enter it anything that defiles, or causes[fn] an abomination or a lie, but only those who are written in the Lamb’s Book of Life.
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