Word study · Greek
koinos
common, unclean
Say it: koy-NOCE (approximate)
κοινός
What it means
Common, shared. The believers "had all things in common" (2:44, 4:32). The same word is used of what is ritually unclean, as in 10:14.
Range of meaning
- SharedHeld in common.
- Ordinary or uncleanNot set apart as holy.
In Acts
- Chapter 2
"They had all things in common" (2:44).
- Chapter 10
"I have never eaten anything that is common and unclean" (10:14-15, 10:28).
Every verse (5)
Verses where G2839G or G2839H is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources