Word

κοινωνία

koinōnía · G2842 · Greek · 19 occurrences

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Meanings

close association, fellowship

An association involving close mutual relations and involvement

Examples
Acts 2:42 They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.
1 Corinthians 1:9 God is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Corinthians 10:16 Is the cup of blessing which we bless not a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is the bread which we break not a sharing in the body of Christ?
to share

To share one’s possessions, with the implication of some kind of joint participation and mutual interest

Examples
2 Corinthians 8:4 begging us with much urging for the favor of participation in the support of the saints,
willing gift, ready contribution

(Derivative of κοινωνέω ‘to share,’) That which is readily shared

Examples
Romans 15:26 For Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.
2 Corinthians 9:13 Because of the proof given by this ministry, they will glorify God for your obedience to your confession of the gospel of Christ and for the liberality of your contribution to them and to all,

How it’s used In 8 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive

9 occurrences in 8 groups

πνεῦμαspirit 2
διακονίαservice, ministry 1
αἷμαblood 1
πάθημαsuffering, passions 1
πίστιςfaith, trust, faithfulness 1
σύyou 1

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

3 occurrences in 2 groups

τὶςsomeone 2
ἡμέτεροςour 1

What is done to itIt is the object

7 occurrences in 5 groups

ἔχωto have 3
γινώσκωto know 1
εἰμίto be 1
ἐπιλανθάνομαιto forget 1
ποιέωto do, to make 1

Second object ofSecond object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

δέομαιto beg, to pray 1

What it is said to bePredicate

3 occurrences in 4 groups

ἐνεργήςeffective 1
πατήρfather 1
σύyou 1
υἱόςson 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

3 occurrences in 3 groups

ποτήριονcup 1
τίςwho? what?, why? for what reason? 1
ἄρτοςbread, loaf 1

After prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 2 groups

εἰςto 2
ἐπίon 2

In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive

2 occurrences in 2 groups

δεξιόςright 1
ἁπλότηςgenerosity, sincerity 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 3 entries

Close association, fellowship34.5: κοινωνία names close association or fellowship among people united by a shared bond. Acts 2:42 describes the early believers as “continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer,” the κοινωνία naming this shared communal life.
Willing gift, ready contribution57.101: The same noun can denote a material gift or contribution given out of fellowship. Romans 15:26 states, “Macedonia and Achaia have been pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem,” the κοινωνίαν naming this willing monetary gift.
To share57.98: κοινωνία can also denote a shared participation in something, such as in Christ’s body and blood. 1 Corinthians 10:16 asks, “Is the cup of blessing which we bless not a sharing in the blood of Christ? Is the bread which we break not a sharing in the body of Christ?” the κοινωνία naming this shared participation in the Lord’s Supper.

Word family 8 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

κοινός koinós · G2839 · shared, mutual, common · 14×κοινωνίαkoinōnía · G2842κοινόω koinóō · G2840 · to make unclean, to defile, to profane · 14×κοινωνός koinōnós · G2844 · partner, associate, one who joins in with · 10×κοινωνέω koinōnéō · G2841 · to share, to join in doing, to share in doing · 8×συγκοινωνός synkoinōnós · G4791 · partner, associate, one who joins in with · 4×συγκοινωνέω synkoinōnéō · G4790 · to participate with, to be in partnership with, to associate with · 3×κοινωνικός koinōnikós · G2843 · ready to share · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon κοινωνίας, ἡ (κοινωνός), fellowship, association, community, communion, joint…

κοινωνίας, ἡ (κοινωνός), fellowship, association, community, communion, joint participation, contact; in the N. T. as in classical Greek
1. the share which one has in anything, participation; with the genitive of the thing in which he shares: πνεύματος, Phm 2:1; τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος, 2 Cor 13:13 (14); τῶν παθημάτων τοῦ Χριστοῦ, Phm 3:10; τῆς πίστεως, Phm 1:6 (cf. Lightfoot); τοῦ ἱματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ, i. e. in the benefits of Christ's death, 1 Cor 10:16 (cf. Meyer at the passage); τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ in the (mystical) body of Christ or the church, ibid.; τῆς διακονίας, 2 Cor 8:4; τοῦ μυστηρίου, Eph 3:9 Rec. εἰς κοινωνίαν τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ, to obtain fellowship in the dignity and blessings of the Son of God, 1 Cor 1:9, where cf. Meyer.
2. contact, fellowship, intimacy: δεξιά κοινωνίας, the right hand as the sign and pledge of fellowship (in fulfilling the apostolic office), Gal 2:9 (where see Lightfoot); τίς κοινωνία φωτί πρός σκότος; what in common has light with darkness? 2 Cor 6:14 (τίς οὖν κοινωνία πρός Ἀπολλωνα τῷ μηδέν οἰκεῖον ἐπιτετηδευκοτι, Philo, leg. ad Gaium § 14 at the end; εἰ δέ τίς ἐστι κοινωνία πρός Θεούς ἡμῖν, Stobaeus, serm. 28 (i. p. 87, Gaisf. edition)); used of the intimate bond of fellowship which unites Christians: absolutely, Acts 2:42; with εἰς τό εὐαγγέλιον added, Phm 1:5; κοινωνίαν ἔχειν μεθ' ἡμῶν, μετ' ἀλλήλων, 1 Jn 1:3, 1 Jn 1:7; of the fellowship of Christians with God and Christ, μετά τοῦ πατρός καί μετά τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, 1 Jn 1:3, 1 Jn 1:6, (which fellowship, according to John's teaching, consists in the fact that Christians are partakers in common of the same mind as God and Christ, and of the blessings arising therefrom). By a use unknown to secular authors κοινωνία in the N. T. denotes:
3. a benefaction jointly contributed, a collection, a contribution, as exhibiting an embodiment and proof of fellowship (cf. Grimm, Exeget. Hdbch. on Wisd. 8:18, p. 176): 2 Cor 8:4; εἰς τινα, for the benefit of one, 2 Cor 9:13; ποιεῖσθαι κοινωνία (to make a contribution) εἰς τινα, Rom 15:26; joined with εὐποιΐα, Heb 13:16. (Cf. Buttmann, § 132, 8.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

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Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0