What does συγκοινωνός (synkoinōnós) mean in the Bible?
συγκοινωνός (synkoinōnós): Joint participation in something shared; emphasizes partnership in a common experience or benefit.
Greek · G4791
συγκοινωνός
A co-participant
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συγκοινωνός G4791
Pronunciation synkoinōnós
What does συγκοινωνός (synkoinōnós) mean in the Bible?
συγκοινωνός (synkoinōnós): Joint participation in something shared; emphasizes partnership in a common experience or benefit.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G4791?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (1), partner (1), partners (1), to share (1).
Where does συγκοινωνός (synkoinōnós) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Romans 11:17. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (1), Philippians (1), Revelation (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It . . . 1× 1 Corinthians 9:23
partner 1× Revelation 1:9
partners 1× Philippians 1:7
to share 1× Romans 11:17
Show sample aligned rows
Romans 11:17 συνκοινωνὸς to to share Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 1 Corinthians 9:23 συνκοινωνὸς to . . . Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Philippians 1:7 συνκοινωνούς to partners Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural Revelation 1:9 συνκοινωνὸς to partner Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Romans 11:17
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 4
Romans 1 1 Corinthians 1 Philippians 1 Revelation 1
Source forms
συνκοινωνὸς 3x synkoinōnos Romans 11:17, 1 Corinthians 9:23, Revelation 1:9
συνκοινωνούς 1x synkoinōnous Philippians 1:7
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 3x Romans 11:17, 1 Corinthians 9:23, Revelation 1:9
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Philippians 1:7
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Joint participation in something shared; emphasizes partnership in a common experience or benefit.
Strong's G4791
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 2 forms 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
a co-participant
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Romans 11:17 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
συγκοινωνὸς sugkoinwnov
a partaker with, co-partner
Read verse 1 Corinthians 9:23 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
συγκοινωνὸς sugkoinwnov
a partaker with, co-partner
Read verse Philippians 1:7 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
συγκοινωνούς sugkoinwnouv
a partaker with, co-partner
Read verse Revelation 1:9 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
συγκοινωνὸς sugkoinwnov
a partaker with, co-partner
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 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 2 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Nominative (3) Number pattern Singular (3)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Rom 11:17 · 1 Cor 9:23 · Rev 1:9 3×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Phil 1:7 1×
Word Origins
συγκοινωνός is built from these roots:
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