Strong G2840κοινόω
to profane
- Transliteration
- koinoō
- Pronunciation
- koy-no'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G2839; to make (or consider) profane (ceremonially): - call common defile pollute unclean.
Detailed definition
κοινόω, -ῶ
[in LXX: 4Ma.7:6 א R*;]
1. in cl., to make common.
2. In LXX, l.with, and NT (as κοινός, 2), to make ceremonially unclean, to profane (= cl., βεληλόω): Mat.15:11, 18 15:20, Mrk.7:15, 18 7:20, 23, Act.21:28; pass., Heb.9:13.
3. to count unclean (cf. δικαιόω): Act.10:15 11:9.†
SYN.: βεβηλόω. Thayer (see word κ.) mentions that Winer Notes the accuracy whereby the Jews are said to use κ. in addressing Jews, Act.21:28, and β. when speaking to Felix, 24:6 (Cremer, 362) (AS)
[in LXX: 4Ma.7:6 א R*;]
1. in cl., to make common.
2. In LXX, l.with, and NT (as κοινός, 2), to make ceremonially unclean, to profane (= cl., βεληλόω): Mat.15:11, 18 15:20, Mrk.7:15, 18 7:20, 23, Act.21:28; pass., Heb.9:13.
3. to count unclean (cf. δικαιόω): Act.10:15 11:9.†
SYN.: βεβηλόω. Thayer (see word κ.) mentions that Winer Notes the accuracy whereby the Jews are said to use κ. in addressing Jews, Act.21:28, and β. when speaking to Felix, 24:6 (Cremer, 362) (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2840 appears in 12 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- defile6
- defileth4
- call2
- common2
- hath1
- unclean1
First verses
- Matthew 15:11Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
- Matthew 15:18But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
- Matthew 15:20These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man.
- Mark 7:15There 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.
- Mark 7:18And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him;
- Mark 7:20And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the man.
- Mark 7:23All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
- Acts 10:15And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
- Acts 11:9But the voice answered me again from heaven, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.
- Acts 21:28Crying 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 brought Greeks also into the temple, and hath polluted this holy place.
- Hebrews 9:13For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh:
- Revelation 21:27And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb’s book of life.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
κοιν-όω,
future κοινώσω [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 673)]: aorist ἐκοίνωσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.48, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 889d)]; Doric dialect ἐκοίνᾱσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.115)]:—middle, future κοινώσομαι [Refs ([prev. author] “N.” 3.12)] codices (to be read -άσομαι (Doric dialect)), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 499)]: aorist ἐκοινωσάμην [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1347, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 11.50, etc.)]:—passive, aorist ἐκοινώθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 38, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 59b:)]perfect κεκοίνωμαι (in middle sense) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 493)]:—communicate, impart information, κ. τινί τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 717 (in 673 an _accusative_ must be supplied), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 685, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 197, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.4, etc.; μῦθον ἔς τινας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 44 (_anapaest meter_); κ. τινὶ περί τινος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 369)]; νυκτὶ κοινάσαντες ὁδόν having imparted their journey to night alone (i.e. travelling by night without consulting any one), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” [prev. cited])]
2 make common, share, κοινώσαντας τὴν δύναμιν κοινὰ καὶ τὰ ἀποβαίνοντα ἔχειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.39, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lg.”)][same place]; variant for{ἐκοινώνησε} in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1264a1)]:—in middle, κοινάσομαι [ὕμνον] λύρᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.”)][same place]: aorist middle in active sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Jusj.”)]; κ. τὴν οὐσίαν τῇ τοῦ παιδός unite one to the other, Is. [prev. cited]
3 make common, defile, τὸν ἄνθρωπον [LXX+NT (NT.Matt.15.11; γαστέρα μιαροφαγίᾳ LXX.4Mac.7.6)]:— middle, deem profane, [NT (NT.Acts.10.15.)]
II middle, with accusative, undertake together, make common cause in, βουλεύματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1347; κοινούμεθα.. ἐγώ τε καὶ Λάχης τὸν λόγον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 196c; τὸ πρᾶγμα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 32.30; κοινουμένη τὰς ξυμφοράς σοι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 608, compare 858; κοινοῦσθαι τὸν στόλον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.8; τὴν τύχην 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 4.32.)]
II.2 take counsel with, consult, especially an oracle or god, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.2.15, variant in “HG” 7.1.27: generally, πρός τινας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 930c; περὶ πάντων ἑαυτοῖς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 7.16.3; τοῖς ἰατροῖς περί τινων 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “περὶ ἐθῶν - Scripta Minora” 5; τοῖς φίλοις περὶ τὸ πρακτέον 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 7.8.1)]; ὧν ἄν τις κοινώσαιτο δόξαις agree with, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 993b12: _absolutely_, οὔτ᾽ ἠθέλησας οὔτ᾽ ἐγὼ 'κοινωσάμην 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 539)]; simply, communicate, τὰ κατ᾽ ἐμὲ τῇ βουλῇ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.72; μηδὲν τῇ γυναικὶ χρήσιμον 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 361.)]
II.3 c.genitive, to be partner or partaker, τινος of a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1709, “Cyc.” 634, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.93, etc.)]; τινί τινος with one in.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 933.)]
II.4 come to terms, μοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 218e.)]
III passive, have communication with, λέχει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 38, compare 217: _metaphorically_, ἀλλήλοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 673d)]; ξανθῷ χρώματι -ωθέν, i.e. tinged with yellow, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ti.” 59b.)]
future κοινώσω [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 673)]: aorist ἐκοίνωσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.48, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 889d)]; Doric dialect ἐκοίνᾱσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.115)]:—middle, future κοινώσομαι [Refs ([prev. author] “N.” 3.12)] codices (to be read -άσομαι (Doric dialect)), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 499)]: aorist ἐκοινωσάμην [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1347, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 11.50, etc.)]:—passive, aorist ἐκοινώθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 38, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 59b:)]perfect κεκοίνωμαι (in middle sense) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 493)]:—communicate, impart information, κ. τινί τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 717 (in 673 an _accusative_ must be supplied), 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 685, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 197, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.4, etc.; μῦθον ἔς τινας 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Aulidensis” 44 (_anapaest meter_); κ. τινὶ περί τινος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 369)]; νυκτὶ κοινάσαντες ὁδόν having imparted their journey to night alone (i.e. travelling by night without consulting any one), [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” [prev. cited])]
2 make common, share, κοινώσαντας τὴν δύναμιν κοινὰ καὶ τὰ ἀποβαίνοντα ἔχειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.39, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lg.”)][same place]; variant for{ἐκοινώνησε} in [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1264a1)]:—in middle, κοινάσομαι [ὕμνον] λύρᾳ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.”)][same place]: aorist middle in active sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Jusj.”)]; κ. τὴν οὐσίαν τῇ τοῦ παιδός unite one to the other, Is. [prev. cited]
3 make common, defile, τὸν ἄνθρωπον [LXX+NT (NT.Matt.15.11; γαστέρα μιαροφαγίᾳ LXX.4Mac.7.6)]:— middle, deem profane, [NT (NT.Acts.10.15.)]
II middle, with accusative, undertake together, make common cause in, βουλεύματα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1347; κοινούμεθα.. ἐγώ τε καὶ Λάχης τὸν λόγον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Laches” 196c; τὸ πρᾶγμα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 32.30; κοινουμένη τὰς ξυμφοράς σοι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 608, compare 858; κοινοῦσθαι τὸν στόλον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.8; τὴν τύχην 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Vectigalibus” 4.32.)]
II.2 take counsel with, consult, especially an oracle or god, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.2.15, variant in “HG” 7.1.27: generally, πρός τινας 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 930c; περὶ πάντων ἑαυτοῖς 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 7.16.3; τοῖς ἰατροῖς περί τινων 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “περὶ ἐθῶν - Scripta Minora” 5; τοῖς φίλοις περὶ τὸ πρακτέον 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 7.8.1)]; ὧν ἄν τις κοινώσαιτο δόξαις agree with, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 993b12: _absolutely_, οὔτ᾽ ἠθέλησας οὔτ᾽ ἐγὼ 'κοινωσάμην 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 539)]; simply, communicate, τὰ κατ᾽ ἐμὲ τῇ βουλῇ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.72; μηδὲν τῇ γυναικὶ χρήσιμον 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Μονόστιχοι - Fragmenta Comicorum Graecorum” 361.)]
II.3 c.genitive, to be partner or partaker, τινος of a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1709, “Cyc.” 634, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 12.93, etc.)]; τινί τινος with one in.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 933.)]
II.4 come to terms, μοι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 218e.)]
III passive, have communication with, λέχει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 38, compare 217: _metaphorically_, ἀλλήλοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 673d)]; ξανθῷ χρώματι -ωθέν, i.e. tinged with yellow, [Refs ([prev. author] “Ti.” 59b.)]