2844. koinónos
Berean Strong's Lexicon
koinónos: Partner, sharer, companion, participant

Original Word: κοινωνός
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: koinónos
Pronunciation: koy-NO-nos
Phonetic Spelling: (koy-no-nos')
Definition: Partner, sharer, companion, participant
Meaning: a sharer, partner, companion.

Word Origin: Derived from the Greek word κοινός (koinos), meaning "common" or "shared."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent, the concept of partnership and sharing can be related to the Hebrew word חָבֵר (chaver), meaning "companion" or "associate."

Usage: The term "koinónos" refers to someone who shares in or participates in something with others. It implies a partnership or fellowship, often in a spiritual or communal context. In the New Testament, it is used to describe those who share in the sufferings of Christ, the spreading of the Gospel, or the blessings of the Christian community.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of partnership and sharing was significant in both social and economic contexts. The early Christian community adopted this idea to emphasize the unity and mutual support among believers. The term "koinónos" reflects the communal nature of the early Church, where resources, responsibilities, and spiritual experiences were shared among members.

HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 2844 koinōnós (a masculine noun/substantival adjective) – properly, a participant who mutually belongs and shares fellowship; a "joint-participant." See 2842 (koinōnia).

[2842 /koinōnía (a feminine noun) stresses the relational aspect of the fellowship. 2844 /koinōnós (a masculine noun) more directly focuses on the participant himself (herself).

2844 (koinōnos) is also used as a substantival adjective, as with the classical Greek authors, see J. Thayer.]

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from koinos
Definition
a sharer
NASB Translation
partaker (1), partakers (1), partner (2), partners (2), sharers (4).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2844: κοινωνός

κοινωνός, κοινωνη, κοινωνόν (κοινός) (as adjective Euripides, Iph. Taur. 1173; commonly as a substantive);

a. a partner, associate, comrade, companion: 2 Corinthians 8:23; ἔχειν τινα κοινωνόν, Philemon 1:17; εἰμί κοινωνός τίνι, to be one's partner, Luke 5:10; τίνος (the genitive of person), to be the partner of one doing something, Hebrews 10:33; τίνος ἐν τῷ αἵματι, to be one's partner in shedding the blood etc. Matthew 23:30.

b. a partaker, sharer, in any thing; with the genitive of the thing: τῶν παθημάτων, 2 Corinthians 1:7; τῆς δόξης, 1 Peter 5:1; θείας φύσεως, 2 Peter 1:4; τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου, of the altar (at Jerusalem) on which sacrifices are offered, i. e. sharing in the worship of the Jews, 1 Corinthians 10:18; τῶν δαιμονίων, partakers of (or with) demons, i. e. brought into fellowship with them, because they are the authors of the heathen worship, ibid. 20; (ἐν τῷ ἀφθάρτῳ κοινωνοί ... ἐν τοῖς φθαρτοῖς, joint partakers in that which is imperishable ... in the blessings which perish, Epistle of Barnabas 19, 8 [ET]; see κοινωνέω, at the end).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
companion, partaker, partner.

From koinos; a sharer, i.e. Associate -- companion, X fellowship, partaker, partner.

see GREEK koinos

Forms and Transliterations
κοινωνοι κοινωνοί κοινωνοὶ κοινωνον κοινωνόν κοινωνος κοινωνός κοινωνὸς κοινωνους κοινωνούς κοινωνοὺς κοιτάζεις κοιτάζηται κοιταζόμενος κοιταζομένους κοιταζόντων κοιτασθήσονται κοιτασίαν koinonoi koinonoí koinonoì koinōnoi koinōnoí koinōnoì koinonon koinonón koinōnon koinōnón koinonos koinonós koinonòs koinōnos koinōnós koinōnòs koinonous koinonoùs koinōnous koinōnoùs
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 23:30 Adj-NMP
GRK: ἤμεθα αὐτῶν κοινωνοὶ ἐν τῷ
NAS: we would not have been partners with them in [shedding] the blood
KJV: not have been partakers with them in
INT: we would have been with them partakers in the

Luke 5:10 Adj-NMP
GRK: οἳ ἦσαν κοινωνοὶ τῷ Σίμωνι
NAS: who were partners with Simon.
KJV: which were partners with Simon. And
INT: who were partners with Simon

1 Corinthians 10:18 Adj-NMP
GRK: τὰς θυσίας κοινωνοὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου
NAS: the sacrifices sharers in the altar?
KJV: of the sacrifices partakers of the altar?
INT: the sacrifices fellow-partakers with the altar

1 Corinthians 10:20 Adj-AMP
GRK: δὲ ὑμᾶς κοινωνοὺς τῶν δαιμονίων
NAS: you to become sharers in demons.
KJV: should have fellowship with devils.
INT: moreover you fellow-partakers with demons

2 Corinthians 1:7 Adj-NMP
GRK: ὅτι ὡς κοινωνοί ἐστε τῶν
NAS: knowing that as you are sharers of our sufferings,
KJV: ye are partakers of the sufferings,
INT: that as partners you are of the

2 Corinthians 8:23 N-NMS
GRK: ὑπὲρ Τίτου κοινωνὸς ἐμὸς καὶ
NAS: As for Titus, [he is] my partner and fellow worker
KJV: [he is] my partner and
INT: as regards Titus [he is] partner my and

Philemon 1:17 Adj-AMS
GRK: με ἔχεις κοινωνόν προσλαβοῦ αὐτὸν
NAS: you regard me a partner, accept
KJV: me therefore a partner, receive him
INT: me you hold a partner receive him

Hebrews 10:33 Adj-NMP
GRK: τοῦτο δὲ κοινωνοὶ τῶν οὕτως
NAS: by becoming sharers with those
KJV: whilst ye became companions of them that were
INT: this moreover partners of those thus

1 Peter 5:1 N-NMS
GRK: ἀποκαλύπτεσθαι δόξης κοινωνός
NAS: of Christ, and a partaker also
KJV: and also a partaker of the glory
INT: to be revealed glory [am] partaker

2 Peter 1:4 Adj-NMP
GRK: γένησθε θείας κοινωνοὶ φύσεως ἀποφυγόντες
NAS: that by them you may become partakers of [the] divine
KJV: ye might be partakers of the divine
INT: you might become of [the] divine partakers nature having escaped

Strong's Greek 2844
10 Occurrences


κοινωνοὶ — 6 Occ.
κοινωνόν — 1 Occ.
κοινωνὸς — 2 Occ.
κοινωνοὺς — 1 Occ.

















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