STRONGS G2841:
κοινωνέω,
κοινώνω; 1 aorist
ἐκοινώνησα; perfect
κεκοινώνηκα; (
κοινωνός);
a. to come into communion or fellowship, to become a sharer, be made a partner: as in Greek writings with the genitive of the thing,
Hebrews 2:14 ((so
Proverbs 1:11;
2 Macc. 14:25)); with the dative of the thing (rarely so in Greek writings),
Romans 15:27; (
1 Peter 4:13).
b. to enter into fellowship, join oneself as an associate, make oneself a sharer or partner: as in Greek writings, with the dative of the thing,
1 Timothy 5:22;
2 John 1:11;
ταῖς χεῖρας τίνος, so to make another's necessities one's own as to relieve them (
A. V. communicating to the necessities etc.),
Romans 12:13; with the dative of person followed by
εἰς τί (as in
Plato, rep. 5, p. 453 a.),
Philippians 4:15; followed by
ἐν with the dative of the thing which one shares with another,
Galatians 6:6 (
κοινωνησεις ἐν πᾶσι τῷ πλησίον σου καί οὐκ ἐρεῖς ἰδίᾳ εἶναι, Epistle of Barnabas 19, 8 [ET]); cf.
Winers Grammar, § 30, 8a.; (
Buttmann, § 132, 8;
Lightfoot or Ellicott on
Galatians 1.
c. Compare:
συγκοινωνέω.)
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