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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 that which is coming into the mouth doth defile the man, but that which is coming forth from the mouth, this defileth the man.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:18 - but the things coming forth from the mouth from the heart do come forth, and these defile the man;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:20 - these are the things defiling the man; but to eat with unwashen hands doth not defile the man.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:15

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:15 - there is nothing from without the man entering into him that is able to defile him, but the things coming out from him, those are the things defiling the man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:18 - and he saith to them, 'So also ye are without understanding! Do ye not perceive that nothing from without entering into the man is able to defile him?

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 7:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:20 - And he said -- 'That which is coming out from the man, that doth defile the man;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:23 - all these evils do come forth from within, and they defile the man.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:15 - and there is a voice again a second time unto him: 'What God did cleanse, thou, declare not thou common;'

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:9 - and a voice did answer me a second time out of the heaven, What God did cleanse, thou -- declare not thou common.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:28 - crying out, 'Men, Israelites, help! this is the man who, against the people, and the law, and this place, all everywhere is teaching; and further, also, Greeks he brought into the temple, and hath 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 ashes of an heifer, sprinkling those defiled, doth sanctify to the purifying of the flesh,

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:27 - and there may not at all enter into it any thing defiling and doing abomination, and a lie, but -- those written in the scroll of the life of the Lamb.
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