κοινωνία, κοινωνίας, ἡ (κοινωνός), fellowship, association, community, communion, joint participation, contact; in the N. T. as in classical Greek 1. the share which one has in anything, participation; with the genitive of the thing in which he shares: πνεύματος, Php_2:1; τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος, 2Co_13:13 (14); τῶν παθημάτων τοῦ Χριστοῦ, Php_3:10; τῆς πίστεως, Phm_1:6 (cf. Lightfoot); τοῦ ἱματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ, i. e. in the benefits of Christ's death, 1Co_10:16 (cf. Meyer at the passage); τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ in the (mystical) body of Christ or the church, ibid.; τῆς διακονίας, 2Co_8:4; τοῦ μυστηρίου, Eph_3:9 Rec. εἰς κοινωνίαν τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ, to obtain fellowship in the dignity and blessings of the Son of God, 1Co_1:9, where cf. Meyer. 2. contact, fellowship, intimacy: δεξιά κοινωνίας, the right hand as the sign and pledge of fellowship (in fulfilling the apostolic office), Gal_2:9 (where see Lightfoot); τίς κοινωνία φωτί πρός σκότος; what in common has light with darkness? 2Co_6:14 (τίς οὖν κοινωνία πρός Ἀπολλωνα τῷ μηδέν οἰκεῖον ἐπιτετηδευκοτι, Philo, leg. ad Gaium § 14 at the end; εἰ δέ τίς ἐστι κοινωνία πρός Θεούς ἡμῖν, Stobaeus, serm. 28 (i. p. 87, Gaisf. edition)); used of the intimate bond of fellowship which unites Christians: absolutely, Act_2:42; with εἰς τό εὐαγγέλιον added, Php_1:5; κοινωνίαν ἔχειν μεθ' ἡμῶν, μετ' ἀλλήλων, 1Jn_1:3; 1Jn_1:7; of the fellowship of Christians with God and Christ, μετά τοῦ πατρός καί μετά τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, 1Jn_1:3; 1Jn_1:6, (which fellowship, according to John's teaching, consists in the fact that Christians are partakers in common of the same mind as God and Christ, and of the blessings arising therefrom). By a use unknown to secular authors κοινωνία in the N. T. denotes: 3. a benefaction jointly contributed, a collection, a contribution, as exhibiting an embodiment and proof of fellowship (cf. Grimm, Exeget. Hdbch. on Wisd. 8:18, p. 176): 2Co_8:4; εἰς τινα, for the benefit of one, 2Co_9:13; ποιεῖσθαι κοινωνία (to make a contribution) εἰς τινα, Rom_15:26; joined with εὐποιΐα, Heb_13:16. (Cf. Buttmann, § 132, 8.)

κοινωνία koinō nia 19 x fellowship, partnership, Act_2:42 ; 2Co_6:14 ; 2Co_13:13 ; Gal_2:9 ; Php_3:10 ; 1Jn_1:3 ; participation, communion, 1Co_10:16 ; aid, relief, Heb_13:16 ; contribution in aid, Rom_15:26 communion; fellowship; participation; sharing.

κοινωνία , -ας , ἡ ( < κοινωνός ), [in LXX : Lev_6:2 ( H3027 H8667 ), Wis_8:18 , 3Ma_4:6 * ;] 1. fellowship, communion: Act_2:42 , 2Co_6:14 , Php_1:5 ; τ . υἱοῦ , 1Co_1:9 ; τ . αἵματος , σώματος Χρ ., 1Co_10:10 : παθημάτων αὐτσῦ , Php_3:10 ; τ . πνεύματος , 2Co_13:13 , Php_2:1 ; δεξιὰς κοινωνίας , Gal_2:9 ; τ . πίστεώς σου , Phm_1:6 ; seq . μετὰ : τ . πατρός , 1Jn_1:3 ; 1Jn_1:6 ; ἡμῶν , ἀλλήλων , 1Jn_1:3 ; 1Jn_1:7 . 2. contribution (as outcome of fellowship): Rom_15:26 , 2Co_8:4 ; 2Co_9:13 , Heb_13:6 ( cf. Art. Communion , DB , i, 460 ff .; MM , Exp., xv).†

κοινωνία [page 351] It is worth noting that the subst. like the verb ( s.v. κοινωνέω ad fin. ) is used specially of the closest of all human relationships, e.g. BGU IV. 1051 .9 (marriage contract of time of Augustus) συνχωρ [οῦσι Λύ ]καινα καὶ Ἱέραξ συνεληλυθέναι ἀλλ [ήλοις ] πρὸς βίου κοινωνίαν , the coeval 1052 .7 , and P Oxy XII. 1473 .33 (A.D. 201) συνῆλθ [ο ]ν τῷ . . Ὡρείωνι πρὸς γάμου κοινωνία ( l. ίαν ). We have the phrase κατὰ κοινωνίαν with gen., belonging in common to, in P Flor I. 41 .5 (A.D. 140), al. For κοινωνία = partnership see P Ryl II. 117 .16 (A.D. 269) ὁ ὁμ ]οπάτριός μου ἀδελφὸς . . πρὸς ὃν οὐδεμ̣ι̣α̣[ν κοι ]ν̣ω̣ν̣ίαν ὲ̣χ̣[ω , my brother on my father s side, with whom I have no partnership, and the commercial association of Syll 300 .54 (B.C. 170) (where see the editor s note). Cf. the active relationship underlying the word in such passages as Act_2:42 , 2Co_13:13 , Php_2:1 , and the full discussion of the NT usage by Armitage Robinson in Hastings DB i. p. 460 ff. With 1Jn_1:6 Sharp (p. 111) compares the use of the term in Epict. ii. 19. 27 περὶ τῆς πρὸς τὸν Δία κοινωνίας βουλευόμενον , aiming to have fellowship with Zeus.

κοινωνία κοινωνία, ἡ, [Etym: κοινωνέω] "communion, association, partnership, fellowship", Pind. , Thuc. , etc. c. gen. objecti, "communion with, partnership in", Eur. , etc.; τίς θαλάσσης βουκόλοις κ.; what "communion" have herdsmen with the sea? id=Eur. "a common gift, contribution, alms", NTest.

κοινωνία, -ας, ἡ (κοινωνός), [in LXX: Lev.6:2 (יָד תְּשׂוּמֶת), Wis.8:18, 3Ma.4:6 * ;] __1. fellowship, communion: Act.2:42, 2Co.6:14, Php.1:5; τ. υἱοῦ, 1Co.1:9; τ. αἵματος, σώματος Χρ., 1Co.10:10 : παθημάτων αὐτσῦ, Php.3:10; τ. πνεύματος, 2Co.13:13, Php.2:1; δεξιὰς κοινωνίας, Gal.2:9; τ. πίστεώς σου, Phm 6; before μετὰ: τ. πατρός, 1Jn.1:3 Jn 1:6; ἡμῶν, ἀλλήλων, 1Jn.1:3 Jn 1:7. __2. contribution (as outcome of fellowship): Rom.15:26, 2Co.8:4 9:13, Heb.13:6 (cf. Art. Communion, DB, i, 460 ff.; MM, Exp., xv).† (AS)