adjective
koinōnikos
Greekκοινωνικός (koinōnikos)
Strong’sG2843
willing to share
stem koinōnik-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
* κοινωνικός, -ή, -όν
(< κοινωνία),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2843 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkoy-no-nee-kos'
communicative, i.e. (pecuniarily) liberal
Fromfrom G2844;
King Jameswilling to communicate.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | koinōnikos | koinōnikas | koinōnikem | koinōnikois | koinōnikais | koinōnikeim |
| object accusative | koinōnikon | koinōnikan | koinōnikoin1×κοινωνικούς | koinōnikain | ||
| direct address vocative | koinōnikor | koinōnikar | koinōnikoir | koinōnikair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | koinōnikou | koinōnikau | koinōnikeu | koinōnikoiu | koinōnikaiu | koinōnikeiu |
| to, for dative | koinōniko | koinōnika | koinōnike | koinōnikoi | koinōnikai | koinōnikei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
koinōnik is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
koinōnikoin“ready to share”objectaccusative plural1×
1 Timothy 6:18“ready to share”agathoergarō, ploutarō en ergei kalei, eumetadotoin arō, koinōnikoin,Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, and to be generous and ready to share,