Word study · Greek
koinoō
to defile, make common
Say it: koy-NOH-oh (approximate)
κοινόω
What it means
From koinos, "common": to make something common rather than set apart, and so ritually unclean. In Jewish usage, "common" was the opposite of "holy." Jesus moves the question from outside to inside: what makes a person unclean is what comes from the heart.
Range of meaning
- Make commonTreat as ordinary, not set apart.
- Make uncleanRitually defile.
- ProfaneTreat what is holy as common.
In Matthew
- Chapter 15
What "defiles" a person (15:11, 15:18-20).
Every verse (3)
Verses where G2840 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources