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Word study · Greek

koinōnia

fellowship, sharing

Say it: koy-nown-EE-ah (approximate)

κοινωνία

What it means

Sharing, partnership. "Your partnership in furtherance of the Good News from the first day until now" (1:5), "fellowship of the Spirit" (2:1), "the fellowship of his sufferings" (3:10).

Range of meaning

  • FellowshipA shared life.
  • PartnershipJoint participation.
  • ContributionA shared gift.

In Philippians

  • Chapter 1

    "For your partnership in furtherance of the Good News" (1:5, 1:7).

  • Chapter 3

    "The fellowship of his sufferings" (3:10).

Every verse (3)

Verses where G2842 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources