GreekG2842Noun (Feminine)

κοινωνία

koinōnia

16Occurrences
G2842Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

partnership, i.e. (literally) participation, or (social) intercourse, or (pecuniary) benefaction

from G2844 (κοινωνός);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
1.fellowship, communion
2.contribution (as outcome of fellowship)
LXX: (יָד תְּשׂוּמֶת), *

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

κοινωνία appears 16 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 John
3
2 Corinthians
3
Philippians
3
1 Corinthians
2
Acts
1
Galatians
1
Hebrews
1
Philemon
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:9BSB

God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.

1 John 1:6BSB

If we say we have fellowship with Him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth.

2 Corinthians 8:4BSB

they earnestly pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.

Galatians 2:9BSB

And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.

Philippians 1:5BSB

because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now,

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