κοινόςkoinós
common, i.e. (literally) shared by all or several, or (ceremonially) profane
Greek (New Testament) · G2839
Meanings
1. common (general; = Lat. communis): Acts 2:44, Acts 4:32; κ. πίστις, Titus 1:4; σωτηρία, Jude 1:3.
2. common (ordinary; = vulgaris); hence in LXX (1 Maccabees 1:47, and elsewhere) and NT, unhallowed, unclean (classical Greek, βέβηλος, see that word): Mark 7:2, Mark 7:5, Acts 10:14, Acts 10:28, Acts 11:8, Romans 14:14, Hebrews 10:29, Revelation 21:27.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 14 times in the Bible.
- Mark 7:2 They noticed that some of his disciples failed to follow the Jewish ritual of hand washing before eating.
- Mark 7:5 So the Pharisees and teachers of religious law asked him, “Why don’t your disciples follow our age-old tradition? They eat without first performing the hand-washing ceremony.”
- Acts 2:44 And all the believers met together in one place and shared everything they had.
- Acts 4:32 All the believers were united in heart and mind. And they felt that what they owned was not their own, so they shared everything they had.
- Acts 10:14 “No, Lord,” Peter declared. “I have never eaten anything that our Jewish laws have declared impure and unclean.”
- Acts 10:28 Peter told them, “You know it is against our laws for a Jewish man to enter a Gentile home like this or to associate with you. But God has shown me that I should no longer think of anyone as impure or unclean.
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.