κοινωνία, -as, 7, (κοινωνός), fellowship, association, community, communion, joint participation, intercourse; in the N. T. as in class. Grk. 1. the share which one has in anything, participation; w. gen. of the thing in which he shares: πνεύματος, Phil. ii. 1; τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύμαros, 2 Co. xiii. 13 (14) ; τῶν παθημάτων τοῦ Χριστοῦ, Phil. iii. 10; τῆς πίστεως, Philem. 6 [cf. Bp. Lghtft.]; τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ, i. 6. in the benefits of Christ’s death, 1 Co. x. 16 [ef. Meyer ad loc.]; τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Xp. in the (mystical) body of Christ or the church, ibid.; τῆς διακονίας, 2 Co. viii. 4; τοῦ μυστηρίου, Eph. iii. 9 Rec. εἰς κοινωνίαν τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ, to obtain fellowship in the dignity and blessings of the Son of God, 1 Co. i. 9, where ef. Meyer. 2. intercourse, fellowship, intimacy: δεξιὰ κοινωνίας, the right hand as the sign and pledge of fellowship (in fulfilling the apostolic office), Gal. ii. 9 {where see Bp. Lghtft.]; τίς cow. φωτὶ πρὸς σκότος; what in common has light with darkness? 2 Co. vi. 14 (ris οὖν κοινωνία πρὸς ᾿Απόλλωνα τῷ μηδὲν οἰκεῖον ἐπιτετηδευκότι, Philo, leg. ad Gaium § 14 fin.; εἰ δέ τις ἔστι κοινωνία πρὸς θεοὺς ἡμῖν, Stob. serm. 28 [i. p. 87 ed. Gaisf.]); used of the intimate bond of fellowship which unites Christians : absol. Acts ii. 42; with εἰς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον added, Phil. i. 53 κοινωνίαν ἔχειν μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν, per ἀλλήλων, 1 In. i. 3, 7; of the fellowship of Christians with God and Christ, pera τοῦ πατρὸς K. μετὰ TOU υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, 1 Jn. i. 3, 6, (which fellowship, acc. 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 prof. auth. κοινωνία in the N. T. denotes 3. a benefaction jointly contributed, a collection, a contribution, as exhibiting an embodiment and proof of fellowship (ef. Grimm, Exeget. Hdbch. on Wisd. viii. 18, p. 176): 2 Co. viii. 4; εἴς twa, for the benefit of one, 2 Co. ix. 13; ποιεῖσθαι cow. (to make a contribution) εἴς τινα, Ro. xv. 26; joined with εὐποιΐα, Heb. xiii. 16. [Cf B. § 182, 8.7

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fellowship, partnership, Acts 2:42; 2 Cor. 6:14; 13:13; Gal. 2:9; Phil. 3:10; 1 Jn. 1:3; participation, communion, 1 Cor. 10:16; aid, relief, Heb. 13:16; contribution in aid, Rom. 15:26

κοινωνία, -ας, ἡ

(< κοινωνός), [in LXX: Le 6:2 (5:21) (יָד תְּשׂוּמֶת), Wi 8:18, III Mac 4:6*;]

fellowship, communion: Ac 2:42, II Co 6:14, Phl 1:5; τ. υἱοῦ, I Co 1:9; τ. αἵματος, σώματος Χρ., I Co 10:16; παθημάτων αὐτσῦ, Phl 3:10; τ. πνεύματος, II Co 13:13, Phl 2:1; δεξιὰς κοινωνίας, Ga 2:9; τ. πίστεώς σου, Phm 6; seq. μετὰ: τ. πατρός, I Jo 1:3, 6; ἡμῶν, ἀλλήλων, ib. 3, 7.

contribution (as outcome of fellowship): Ro 15:26, II Co 8:4 9:13, He 13:6 (cf. Art. Communion, DB, i, 460 ff.; MM, Exp., xv).†

κοινωνία. 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° (marriage contract of time of Augustus) συνχωρ[οῦσι Λύ]καινα kal ἹἹέραξ συνεληλυθέναι GAA[HAots] πρὸς βίου κοινωνίαν, the coeval 10527, and P Oxy XII. 1473°% (A.D. 201) συνῆλθ[ο]ν τῷ. - ‘Opelwve πρὸς γάμου κοινωνία (/.—(av). We have the phrase κατὰ κοινωνίαν with gen., ‘‘ belonging in common to,” in P Flor I. 41°(A.p. 140), a7. For kowwvla=“‘ partnership” see P Ryl II..117** (a.D. 269) ὃ ὁμ]οπάτριός μου ἀδελφὸς . πρὸς ὃν οὐδεμίαν κοι]νωνίαν ἔχω, ‘my brother on my father’s side, with whom I have no partnership,” and the commercial association of Sy/7 300°*4 (B.c. 170) (where see the editor’s note). Cf. the active relationship underlying the word in such passages as Ac 247, 2 Cor 133%, Phil 2}, and the full discussion of the NT usage by Armitage Robinson in Hastings’ DA i. p. 460ff. With 1 Jn 1® 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.” HOW WVLKOS is used in the more primary sense of ‘‘common” in BGU TV. 103714 (A.D. 47) ἴσοδος καὶ ἔξοδος Tod κοινωνικοῦ éXat[@vos, the vineyard being ‘‘common” to two properties : cf. also P Giss I. 307» 123,12 (a.p. 140-161). For evidence in support of the derived meaning ‘‘ willing to communicate ” (RV) rather than ‘‘ ready to sympathise” (RV marg.) in 1 Tim 615, see Field Notes, p. 213 f. κοινωνός, as in Lk 5?°, is illustrated by the fisher-compact in P Ambh 11. roof {A.p. 198-211), where Hermes takes Cornelius as his ‘‘ partner” to the extent of a sixth share in the yearly rent of a ἰακε-προσελάβετο τὸν Κορνήλιον shows also (84) κοιτωνείτης, ‘‘ chamberlain ” :

κοινωνία (koinōnia) — participation. κοινων-ία, ἡ, communion, association, partnership, κ. μαλθακά [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ περὶ.. ἀνθρώπους πρὸς ἀλλήλους κ.[Refs]; ἀνθρωπίνη κ. human society, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; fellowship, [NT]; ἡ πρὸς τὸν Δία κ. [Refs 2nd c.AD+] __b joint-ownership, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

2. with genitive objecti, λυγραὶ.. τῶν ὅπλων κ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ ἡδονῆς τε καὶ λύπης κ. συνδεῖ[Refs 4th c.BC+]; βίου, of marriage, [NT+6th c.AD+]; τίς θαλάσσης βουκόλοις κ.; what have herdsmen to do with the sea? [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τίς δαὶ κατόπτρου καὶ ξίφους κ.; [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to ἀκοινωνησία, [Refs 5th c.AD+]

II. sexual intercourse, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. charitable contribution, alms, [NT]

III.2. charitable disposition, opposed to πλεονεξία, [Refs]

IV. [Refs 4th c.BC+]