Bible word study
Koinonia (Strong’s G2842): Meaning in the Bible
Koinonia (κοινωνία) is the Greek word numbered G2842 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as partnership, i.e. (literally) participation, or (social) intercourse, or (pecuniary) benefaction. In the King James Bible it is translated (to) communicate(-ation), communion, (contri-)distribution, fellowship..
- Original wordκοινωνία
- Transliterationkoinōnía
- Pronunciationkoy-nohn-ee'-ah
- Strong’s numberG2842
- LanguageGreek
The full Strong’s definition
Derivation. from G2844;
How the King James Bible translates it
And Christ
Fellowship in the New Testament flows from a prior sharing in the life of God. We are drawn first into communion with the Father and the Son, and only then into real shared life with one another.
The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.
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