What does κοινωνός · θεῖος · φύσις mean in the Bible?
κοινωνός · θεῖος · φύσις is a Greek phrase meaning "partakers of the divine nature".
Greek · G2844, G2304, G5449
Koinōnoi theias physeōs
Participant · godlike (neuter as noun, divinity) · nature
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κοινωνός G2844 participant
Pronunciation koinōnós
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θεῖος G2304 godlike (neuter as noun, divinity)
Pronunciation theîos
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φύσις G5449 nature
Pronunciation phýsis
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What does koinōnoi theias physeōs (koinōnos / theios / physis) mean in the Bible?
κοινωνός · θεῖος · φύσις is a Greek phrase meaning "partakers of the divine nature".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G2844, G2304, G5449?
G2844, G2304, G5449 is connected to 10 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. partakers of the divine nature
Source Gloss
partakers of the divine nature
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 4 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 4 Aligned forms 10 Case pattern Nominative (8) Number pattern Plural (7)
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Matt 23:30 · Luke 5:10 · 1 Cor 10:18 · 2 Cor 1:7 · Heb 10:33 · 2 Pet 1:4 6×
Nominative · Singular · Masculine 2 Cor 8:23 · 1 Pet 5:1 2×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine 1 Cor 10:20 1×
Accusative · Singular · Masculine Phlm 1:17 1×
Word Origins
koinōnoi theias physeōs is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain