To participate
κοινωνέωStrong’s G2841koinōneō
Appears in 8 verses of the New Testament
In short
Koinōneō is the Greek word usually translated “contributing”, “shared” and “should share”. It appears in 8 verses of the New Testament.
“Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.”
Meaning
Usually translated “contributing”, “shared” and “should share”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- contributing 1
- shared 1
- should share 1
- partnered 1
- do share 1
- have partaken 1
- you have shared 1
- partakes 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 2
- Galatians 1
- Philippians 1
- 1 Timothy 1
- Hebrews 1
- 1 Peter 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 John 1:11In contextFor he that biddeth him God speed is partaker of his evil deeds.
- Romans 12:13Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.
- Romans 15:27It hath pleased them verily; and their debtors they are. For if the Gentiles have been made partakers of their spiritual things, their duty is also to minister unto them in carnal things.
- Galatians 6:6Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
- Philippians 4:15Now ye Philippians know also, that in the beginning of the gospel, when I departed from Macedonia, no church communicated with me as concerning giving and receiving, but ye only.
- Hebrews 2:14Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
Greek dictionary
κοινωνέω koinōneō · to participate
κοινωνέω, -ῶ [in LXX: 2Ch.20:35, Job.34:8, Ecc.9:4 (חָבַר), Pro.1:11, Wis.6:23, Sir.13:1, al. ;] to have a share of, go shares in (something) with (some one), take part in: with genitive of thing(s) (as usually in cl., so Pr, l.with), Heb.2:14; with dative of thing(s), Rom.12:13 15:27, 1Ti.5:22, 1Pe.4:13, 2Jn.11; with dative of person(s), before εἰς, Php.4:15; ἐν, Gal.6:6 (cf. συν-κοινωνέω).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “participate” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PARTIC'IPATE, verb intransitive
[Latin participo; pars, part, and capio, to take.]
- To partake; to have a share in common with others.
- To have part of more things than one.
All definitions and other forms of “participate”
PARTIC'IPATE, verb intransitive
To partake; to share; to receive a part of.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.