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Strong G2844κοινωνός

participant

Transliteration
koinōnos
Pronunciation
koy-no-nos'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From G2839; a sharer that is associate: - companion X fellowship partaker partner.

Detailed definition

κοινωνός, -ή, -όν
(κοινός), [in LXX: Pro.28:24, Isa.1:23 (חָבֵר), Mal.2:14 (חֲבֶרֶת), Est.8:13, al.;]
1. as adj., = κοινός.

2. As subst., ὁ, ἡ κ.,
__(a) a partner, associate, companion: 2Co.8:23, Phm 17; with dative of person(s), Luk.5:10; with genitive of person(s), Heb.10:33; id. before ἐν, Mat.23:30;
__(b) a partaker, sharer: with genitive of thing(s), 1Co.10:18 10:20, 2Co.1:7, 1Pe.5:1, 2Pe.1:4 (see Deiss., BS, 368 n2).†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G2844 appears in 10 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • partaker5
  • partner3
  • companion1
  • fellowship1

First verses

  1. Matthew 23:30
    And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
  2. Luke 5:10
    And so was also James, and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.
  3. 1 Corinthians 10:18
    Behold Israel after the flesh: are not they which eat of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
  4. 1 Corinthians 10:20
    But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.
  5. 2 Corinthians 1:7
    And our hope of you is stedfast, knowing, that as ye are partakers of the sufferings, so shall ye be also of the consolation.
  6. 2 Corinthians 8:23
    Whether any do enquire of Titus, he is my partner and fellowhelper concerning you: or our brethren be enquired of, they are the messengers of the churches, and the glory of Christ.
  7. Philemon 1:17
    If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.
  8. Hebrews 10:33
    Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
  9. 1 Peter 5:1
    The elders which are among you I exhort, who am also an elder, and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that shall be revealed:
  10. 2 Peter 1:4
    Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
κοινων-ός, ὁ,
also ἡ, companion, partner, τινος of or in a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1037, 1352, “Supp.” 344, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 499; τῆς ἐπιβουλῆς 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.68; ἱερῶν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 868e; τῆς ἀρχῆς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.63, 8.46)]; ὁ τοῦ κακοῦ κ. accomplice in.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 730; ἀνοσίων αὐτοῖς ἔργων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 325a; κ. περὶ νόμων 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 810c)]; τινι in a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 637: with _dative_ _person_, κ. ἀλλήλοις τῶν τιμῶν with each other, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.6.24.)]
2 absolutely, partner, fellow, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 284, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 333b, “Phdr.” 239c, etc.; ὁ σὸς κ., οὐχ ὁ ἐμός 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.21; ἴσοι καὶ κ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1133b3)]; κοινωνοὶ λιμένων, of a societas publicanorum which farmed harbour-dues, [Refs (“BCH” 10.267 (from Syme))]; of joint-owners, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (PAmh. 2.100 (2nd-3rd c.AD).)]
3 familiar spirit, [LXX (LXX.2Ki.17.11.)]
II as adjective, ={κοινός},{ξίφος} [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1173.)]