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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 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’s not what goes into your mouth that defiles you; you are defiled by the words that come out of your mouth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:18 - But the words you speak come from the heart—that’s what defiles you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:20 - These are what defile you. Eating with unwashed hands will never defile you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:15 - It’s not what goes into your body that defiles you; you are defiled by what comes from your heart.[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:18 - “Don’t you understand either?” he asked. “Can’t you see that the food you put into your body cannot defile you?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:20 - And then he added, “It is what comes from inside that defiles you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:23 - All these vile things come from within; they are what defile you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:15 - But the voice spoke again: “Do not call something unclean if God has made it clean.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:9 - “But the voice from heaven spoke again: ‘Do not call something unclean if God has made it clean.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:28 - yelling, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who preaches against our people everywhere and tells everybody to disobey the Jewish laws. He speaks against the Temple—and even defiles this holy place by bringing in Gentiles.[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:13 - Under the old system, the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow could cleanse people’s bodies from ceremonial impurity.
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