noun · masculine
koinōnos
Strong’sG2844
a sharer, partner
stem koinōn-10 times in the New Testamentin 8 of 27 books4 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
κοινωνός, -ή, -όν
(< κοινός), [in LXX: Pr 28:24, Is 1:23 (חָבֵר), Ma 2:14 (חֲבֶרֶת), Es 8:13, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2844 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkoy-no-nos'
a sharer, i.e. associate
Fromfrom G2839;
King Jamescompanion, X fellowship, partaker, partner.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
also ἡ, companion, partner, τινος of or in a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ τοῦ κακοῦ κ. accomplice in.., Refs 5th c.BC+; τινι in a thing, Refs 5th c.BC+
2 absolutely, partner, fellow, Refs 5th c.BC+; κοινωνοὶ λιμένων, of a societas publicanorum which farmed harbour-dues, Refs; of joint-owners, Refs 2nd c.AD+
3 familiar spirit, LXX
II as adjective, ={κοινός},{ξίφος} Refs 5th c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | koinōnos2×κοινωνὸς | koinōnois6×κοινωνοὶ |
| object accusative | koinōnon1×κοινωνόν | koinōnoin1×κοινωνοὺς |
| direct address vocative | koinōnor | koinōnoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | koinōnou | koinōnoiu |
| to, for dative | koinōno | koinōnoi |
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
koinōno 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
Words built on the same stem
Other words sharing the exact same stem — not merely related in meaning.
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
10 occurrences, every one of them listed
koinōnos“partner”subjectnominative singular2×
2 Corinthians 8:23eite huper Titou, koinōnos ēmos kai eis vin sunergos; eite …As for Titus, he is my partner and fellow worker among you. As …
1 Peter 5:1… tos kai tau mellarōntau apokaluptorō doxau koinōnos,… witness of Christ’s sufferings, and a partaker of the glory to be revealed …
koinōnon“partner”objectaccusative singular1×
Philemon 1:17Ei oun min echasō koinōnon, proslabesar auton hōs min.So if you consider me a partner, receive him as you would receive …
koinōnois“sharers”subjectnominative plural6×
Matthew 23:30“part”… patroiu nu, ouk an one autoiu koinōnois en te haime toiu profētoiu;… days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
Luke 5:10… kai Iōannon huioin Zebedaiou, hois ale koinōnois to Simōno. kai legata pros ton …and so were his partners James and John, the sons of …
1 Corinthians 10:18“sharers”… sarkan; ouk tois esthiarōntois tain thusiain koinōnois teu thusiastērieu alō?Consider the people of Israel: Are not those who eat the sacrifices fellow partakers in the altar?
2 Corinthians 1:7“sharers”… bebaias huper vu; oidarēntois hoti hōs koinōnois avō teiu pathēmeiu, houtōs kai tau …… our hope for you is sure, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you will …
Hebrews 10:33“companions”… tē kai thlipsiai theatrizorōntois, houtem de koinōnois toiu houtōs anastreforōntoiu genirantois;… you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who were so treated.
2 Peter 1:4… dōrotē, hina dia houteiu geneveia theiau koinōnois fusiau, apofugarantois tau en to kosmo …… that through them you may become partakers of the divine nature, now that …
koinōnoin“participants”objectaccusative plural1×
1 Corinthians 10:20… theo thualō, ouk thelamō de vin koinōnoin teiu daimoneiu genorō.… do not want you to be participants with demons.