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Lexicon

κοινόω

koinoōto profaneHow to read Greek
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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): Matthew 15:11, 18; 15:20, Mark 7:15, 18; 7:20, 23, Acts 21:28; pass., Hebrews 9:13.

3. to count unclean (cf. δικαιόω): Acts 10:15; 11:9.

Synonyms: βεβηλόω. Thayer (see word κ.) mentions that Winer Notes the accuracy whereby the Jews are said to use κ. in addressing Jews, Acts 21:28, and β. when speaking to Felix, 24:6 (Cremer, 362)

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

14 total
  1. Matthew 15:11κοινοῖ · is not defiled; κοινοῖ
    A man is not defiled by what enters his mouth, but by what comes out of it.”
  2. Matthew 15:18κοινοῖ · defile
    But the things that come out of the mouth come from the heart, and these things defile a man.
  3. Matthew 15:20κοινοῦντα · defile; κοινοῖ · does not defile
    These are what defile a man, but eating with unwashed hands does not defile him.”
  4. Mark 7:15κοινῶσαι · defile; κοινοῦντα · defile
    Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him; but the things that come out of a man, these are what defile him.”
  5. Mark 7:18κοινῶσαι · defile
    “Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,
  6. Mark 7:20κοινοῖ · defiles
    He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him.
  7. Mark 7:23κοινοῖ · [these are what] defile
    All these evils come from within, and these are what defile a man.”
  8. Acts 10:15κοίνου · Do not call anything impure
    The voice spoke to him a second time: “Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.”
  9. Acts 11:9κοίνου · Do not call anything impure
    But the voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’
  10. Acts 21:28κεκοίνωκεν · defiled
    …crying out, “Men of Israel, help us! This is the man who teaches everyone everywhere against our people and against our law and against this place. Furthermore, he has brought Greeks into the temple and defiled this holy place.”
  11. Hebrews 9:13κεκοινωμένους · ceremonially unclean
    For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,