Strong's Lexicon
G2843 — κοινωνικός
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2843 |
|---|---|
| Word: | κοινωνικός |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Etymology: | from G2844 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | koinonikos |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | koy-no-nee-kos' |
| Meaning: | 1. communicative 2. (financially) liberal |
| KJV Renderings: | willing to communicate |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
κοινωνικός, κοινωνικη, κοινωνικον (κοινωνία);
1. social, sociable, ready and apt to form and maintain communion and fellowship: Plato, deff., p. 411 e.; Aristotle, pol. 3,13 (p. 1283a, 38; eth. Eudem. 8, 10, p. 1242a, 26 κοινωνικον ἄνθρωπος ζοων); Polybius 2, 44,1; Antoninus 7, 52. 55; often in Plutarch; πράξεις κοινωνικαι, actions having reference to human society, Antoninus 4, 33; 5, 1.
2. inclined to make others sharers in one’s possessions, inclined to impart, free in giving, liberal (Aristotle, rhet. 2, 24, 2 (where, however, see Cope); Lucian, Tim. 56): 1Ti 6:18.
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
κοινωνικός (willing to communicate)
1 Timothy 6:18
- KJV: That they do good that they be rich in good works ready to distribute willing to communicate
- GK: αγαθοεργείν πλουτείν εν έργοις καλοίς ευμεταδότους είναι κοινωνικούς