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Lexicon :: Strong's G2842 - koinōnia

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κοινωνία
Transliteration
koinōnia (Key)
Pronunciation
koy-nohn-ee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:797,447

Strong’s Definitions

κοινωνία koinōnía, koy-nohn-ee'-ah; from G2844; partnership, i.e. (literally) participation, or (social) intercourse, or (pecuniary) benefaction:—(to) communicate(-ation), communion, (contri-)distribution, fellowship.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's G2842 in the following manner: fellowship (12x), communion (4x), communication (1x), distribution (1x), contribution (1x), to communicate (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's G2842 in the following manner: fellowship (12x), communion (4x), communication (1x), distribution (1x), contribution (1x), to communicate (1x).

  1. fellowship, association, community, communion, joint participation, intercourse

    1. the share which one has in anything, participation

    2. intercourse, fellowship, intimacy

      1. the right hand as a sign and pledge of fellowship (in fulfilling the apostolic office)

    3. a gift jointly contributed, a collection, a contribution, as exhibiting an embodiment and proof of fellowship

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κοινωνία koinōnía, koy-nohn-ee'-ah; from G2844; partnership, i.e. (literally) participation, or (social) intercourse, or (pecuniary) benefaction:—(to) communicate(-ation), communion, (contri-)distribution, fellowship.
STRONGS G2842:
κοινωνία, κοινωνίας, ἡ ( κοινωνός), fellowship, association, community, communion, joint participation, intercourse; in the N. T. as in classical Greek
1. the share which one has in anything, participation; with the genitive of the thing in which he shares: πνεύματος, Philippians 2:1; τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος, 2 Corinthians 13:13 (14); τῶν παθημάτων τοῦ Χριστοῦ, Philippians 3:10; τῆς πίστεως, Philemon 1:6 (cf. Lightfoot); τοῦ ἱματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ, i. e. in the benefits of Christ's death, 1 Corinthians 10:16 (cf. Meyer at the passage); τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ in the (mystical) body of Christ or the church, ibid.; τῆς διακονίας, 2 Corinthians 8:4; τοῦ μυστηρίου, Ephesians 3:9 Rec. εἰς κοινωνίαν τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ, to obtain fellowship in the dignity and blessings of the Son of God, 1 Corinthians 1:9, where cf. Meyer.
2. intercourse, fellowship, intimacy: δεξιά κοινωνίας, the right hand as the sign and pledge of fellowship (in fulfilling the apostolic office), Galatians 2:9 (where see Lightfoot); τίς κοινωνία φωτί πρός σκότος; what in common has light with darkness? 2 Corinthians 6:14 ( τίς οὖν κοινωνία πρός Ἀπολλωνα τῷ μηδέν οἰκεῖον ἐπιτετηδευκοτι, Philo, leg. ad Gaium § 14 at the end; εἰ δέ τίς ἐστι κοινωνία πρός Θεούς ἡμῖν, Stobaeus, serm. 28 (i. p. 87, Gaisf. edition)); used of the intimate bond of fellowship which unites Christians: absolutely, Acts 2:42; with εἰς τό εὐαγγέλιον added, Philippians 1:5; κοινωνίαν ἔχειν μεθ' ἡμῶν, μετ' ἀλλήλων, 1 John 1:3, 7; of the fellowship of Christians with God and Christ, μετά τοῦ πατρός καί μετά τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, 1 John 1:3, 6, (which fellowship, according to John's teaching, consists in the fact that Christians are partakers in common of the same mind as God and Christ, and of the blessings arising therefrom). By a use unknown to secular authors κοινωνία in the N. T. denotes:
3. a benefaction jointly contributed, a collection, a contribution, as exhibiting an embodiment and proof of fellowship (cf. Grimm, Exeget. Hdbch. on Wisd. 8:18, p. 176): 2 Corinthians 8:4; εἰς τινα, for the benefit of one, 2 Corinthians 9:13; ποιεῖσθαι κοινωνία (to make a contribution) εἰς τινα, Romans 15:26; joined with εὐποιΐα, Hebrews 13:16. (Cf. Buttmann, § 132, 8.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
2:42
Romans
15:26
1 Corinthians
1:9; 10:16
2 Corinthians
6:14; 8:4; 8:4; 9:13; 13:13
Galatians
2:9
Ephesians
3:9
Philippians
1:5; 2:1; 3:10
Philemon
1:6
Hebrews
13:16
1 John
1:3; 1:3; 1:6; 1:7

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2842 matches the Greek κοινωνία (koinōnia),
which occurs 19 times in 17 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:42

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:42 - They were devoting themselves to the apostles' teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:26 - For Macedonia and Achaia are pleased to make some contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 1:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:9 - God is faithful, by whom you were called into fellowship with his son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Co 10:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 10:16 - Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is not the bread that we break a sharing in the body of Christ?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 6:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 6:14 - Do not become partners with those who do not believe, for what partnership is there between righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 8:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 8:4 - begging us with great earnestness for the blessing and fellowship of helping the saints.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 9:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 9:13 - Through the evidence of this service they will glorify God because of your obedience to your confession in the gospel of Christ and the generosity of your sharing with them and with everyone.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 2:9 - and when James, Cephas, and John, who had a reputation as pillars, recognized the grace that had been given to me, they gave to Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, agreeing that we would go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 1:5 - because of your participation in the gospel from the first day until now.

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 2:1 - Therefore, if there is any encouragement in Christ, any comfort provided by love, any fellowship in the Spirit, any affection or mercy,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phl 3:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:10 - My aim is to know him, to experience the power of his resurrection, to share in his sufferings, and to be like him in his death,

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Unchecked Copy Box Phm 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPhm 1:6 - I pray that the faith you share with us may deepen your understanding of every blessing that belongs to you in Christ.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:16 - And do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for God is pleased with such sacrifices.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 1:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 1:3 - What we have seen and heard we announce to you too, so that you may have fellowship with us (and indeed our fellowship is with the Father and with his Son Jesus Christ).

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 1:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 1:6 - If we say we have fellowship with him and yet keep on walking in the darkness, we are lying and not practicing the truth.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 1:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 1:7 - But if we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
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