G2840
κοινόω
to profane
κοινόω, -ῶ [in LXX: 4Ma.7:6 א R* ;] __1. in cl., to make common. __2. In LXX, l.with, and NT (as κοινός, 2), to make ceremonially unclean, to profane (= cl., βεληλόω): Mat.15:11, 18 15:20, Mrk.7:15, 18 7:20, 23, Act.21:28; pass., Heb.9:13. __3. to count unclean (cf. δικαιόω): Act.10:15 11:9.† SYN.: βεβηλόω. Thayer (see word κ.) mentions that Winer Notes the accuracy whereby the Jews are said to use κ. in addressing Jews, Act.21:28, and β. when speaking to Felix, 24:6 (Cremer, 362) (AS)
The KJV translates G2840 in the following manner:
defile (12x), defileth (10x), call (4x), common (4x), polluted (2x), unclean (2x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
κοινόω — koinóō
κοινόω, κοινῷ; 1 aorist infinitive κοινῶσαι (cf. Winer's Grammar, 91 (86)); perfect κεκοίνωκα; perfect passive participle κεκοινωμενος; (κοινός);
1. in classical Greek to make common.
2. in Biblical use (see κοινός, 2), a. to make (levitically) unclean, render unhallowed, defile, profane (which the Greeks express by βεβηλόω, cf. Winer's De verb. comp. etc. Part ii., p. 24 note 33 (where he calls attention to Luke's accuracy in putting κοινοῦν into the mouth of Jews speaking to Jews (Act 21:28) and βεβηλοῦν when they address Felix (xxiv. 6))): Rev 21:27 Rec.; Mat 15:11; Mat 15:18; Mat 15:20; Mar 7:15; Mar 7:18; Mar 7:20; Mar 7:23; passive Heb 9:13; τί, Act 21:28; γαστέρα μαροφαγια, 4Ma 7:6.
b. to declare or count unclean: Act 10:15 (cf. );; see δικαιόω, 3.
11 occurrences
Matthew (3), Mark (4), Acts (3), Hebrews (1)