κοινωνία

koinwniva koinwniva,
koinwniva",
hJ (
koinwnov"), fellowship, association, community, communion, joint participation, contact; in the N. T. as in classical Greek1. the share which one has in anything, participation; with the genitive of the thing in which he shares:
pneuvmato", ;
tou'
aJgivou
pneuvmato", (14);
tw'n
paqhmavtwn
tou'
Cristou', ;
th'"
pivstew", (cf. Lightfoot);
tou'
iJmato"
tou'
Cristou', i. e. in the benefits of Christ's death, (cf. Meyer at the passage);
tou'
swvmato"
tou'
Cristou' in the (mystical) body of Christ or the church, ibid.;
th'"
diakoniva", ;
tou'
musthrivou, Rec.
eij"
koinwnivan
tou'
uiJou'
tou'
Qeou', to obtain fellowship in the dignity and blessings of the Son of God, , where cf. Meyer.2. contact, fellowship, intimacy:
dexiav
koinwniva", the right hand as the sign and pledge of fellowship (in fulfilling the apostolic office), (where see Lightfoot);
tiv"
koinwniva
fwtiv
prov"
skovto"; what in common has light with darkness? (
tiv"
ou\n
koinwniva
prov"
!Apollwna
tw'/
mhdevn
oijkei'on
ejpitethdeukoti, Philo, leg. ad Gaium sec. 14 at the end;
eij
dev
tiv"
ejsti
koinwniva
prov"
Qeouv"
hJmi'n, Stobaeus, serm. 28 (i. p. 87, Gaisf. edition)); used of the intimate bond of fellowship which unites Christians: absolutely, ; with
eij"
tov
eujaggevlion added, ;
koinwnivan
e[cein
meq!
hJmw'n,
met!
ajllhvlwn, , ; of the fellowship of Christians with God and Christ,
metav
tou'
patrov"
kaiv
metav
tou'
uiJou'
aujtou', , , (which fellowship, according 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 secular authors
koinwniva in the N. T. denotes:3. a benefaction jointly contributed, a collection, a contribution, as exhibiting an embodiment and proof of fellowship (cf. Grimm, Exeget. Hdbch. on Wisd. , p. 176): ;
eij"
tina, for the benefit of one, ;
poiei'sqai
koinwniva (to make a contribution)
eij"
tina, ; joined with
eujpoii?a, . (Cf. Buttmann, sec. 132, 8.)*