Strong's Greek · G2842
κοινωνία
koinōnía
(to) communicate(-ation), communion, (contri-)distribution, fellowship
Definition
partnership, i.e. (literally) participation, or (social) intercourse, or (pecuniary) benefaction
Derivation
from G2844 (κοινωνός);
Appears 19 times in Scripture
“Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,”
“I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,”
“God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.”
“And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.”
“because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now,”
“They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.”
“Is not the cup of blessing that we bless a participation in the blood of Christ? And is not the bread that we break a participation in the body of Christ?”
“Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?”
“For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the saints in Jerusalem.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).