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κοινόω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
κοινόω
Greek transliteration: 
koinoō
Simplified transliteration: 
koinoo
Principal Parts: 
-, ἐκοίνωσα, κεκοίνωκα, κεκοίνωμαι, -
Numbers
Strong's number: 
2840
GK Number: 
3124
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
14
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-1d(3)
Gloss: 
to make (ceremonially) unclean, impure; to defile
Definition: 
to make common, in NT to profane, desecrate, Acts 21:28; to render ceremonially unclean, defile, pollute, Mt. 15:11, 18, 20; 7:15, 18, 20, 23; Heb. 9:13; to pronounce unclean ceremonially, Acts 10:15; 11:9*

Greek-English Concordance for κοινόω

Matthew 15:11 It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles (koinoi | κοινοῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) a person, but what comes out of the mouth; this defiles (koinoi | κοινοῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) a person.”
Matthew 15:18 But the things that go out of the mouth come from the heart, and these defile (koinoi | κοινοῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) the person.
Matthew 15:20 These are the things that defile (koinounta | κοινοῦντα | pres act ptcp nom pl neut) a person, but to eat with unwashed hands does (koinoi | κοινοῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) not defile (koinoi | κοινοῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) a person.”
Mark 7:15 There is nothing that enters a man from outside that is able to defile (koinōsai | κοινῶσαι | aor act inf ) him. Rather the things that come out of a man are the things that defile (koinounta | κοινοῦντα | pres act ptcp nom pl neut) him.”
Mark 7:18 So he said to them, “Are you too so lacking in understanding? Do you not know that nothing coming into a man from outside is able to (koinōsai | κοινῶσαι | aor act inf ) defile (koinōsai | κοινῶσαι | aor act inf ) him,
Mark 7:20 And he said, “What comes out of a person, that is what defiles (koinoi | κοινοῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) him.
Mark 7:23 All these evil things come from within, and they defile (koinoi | κοινοῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) a person.”
Acts 10:15 And a voice came again, a second time, to him, “What God has made clean, you must (koinou | κοίνου | pres act imperative 2 sg) not consider common.” (koinou | κοίνου | pres act imperative 2 sg)
Acts 11:9 But the voice replied a second time from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, you must (koinou | κοίνου | pres act imperative 2 sg) not consider common.’ (koinou | κοίνου | pres act imperative 2 sg)
Acts 21:28 crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who is teaching everyone everywhere against our people, our law, and this place. And besides, he even brought Greeks into the temple and has made this holy place unclean.” (kekoinōken | κεκοίνωκεν | perf act ind 3 sg)
Hebrews 9:13 For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkled ashes of a heifer, sanctify those who have been ceremonially defiled (kekoinōmenous | κεκοινωμένους | perf pass ptcp acc pl masc) so that their flesh is purified,