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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 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 that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth 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 forth from the heart; and they defile the 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 unwashen hands defileth not a man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:15 - There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him, can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:18 - And he saith to them, Are ye so void of understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:20 - And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:23 - All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:15 - And the voice spoke to him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou 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 hath cleansed, that call not thou 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 that teacheth all men every where against the people, and the law, and this place: and further, hath brought Greeks also into the temple; and hath polluted 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 of goats, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctify to the purifying of the flesh:

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:27 - And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie; but they who are written in the Lamb's book of life.
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