κοινωνία: Difference between revisions

|txtha=κοινωνίας, ἡ ([[κοινωνός]]), fellowship, [[association]], [[community]], [[communion]], [[joint]] [[participation]], [[contact]]; in the N. T. as in classical Greek<br /><b class="num">1.</b> the [[share]] [[which]] [[one]] has in [[anything]], [[participation]]; [[with]] the genitive of the [[thing]] in [[which]] he shares: πνεύματος, τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος, τῶν παθημάτων τοῦ Χριστοῦ, τῆς πίστεως, Lightfoot); τοῦ ἱματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ, i. e. in the benefits of Christ's [[death]], τοῦ σώματος τοῦ Χριστοῦ in the (mystical) [[body]] of Christ or the [[church]], ibid.; τῆς διακονίας, τοῦ μυστηρίου, εἰς κοινωνίαν τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ, to [[obtain]] fellowship in the [[dignity]] and blessings of the Son of God, [[contact]], fellowship, [[intimacy]]: [[δεξιά]] κοινωνίας, the [[right]] [[hand]] as the [[sign]] and [[pledge]] of fellowship (in fulfilling the apostolic [[office]]), Lightfoot); [[τίς]] [[κοινωνία]] φωτί [[πρός]] [[σκότος]]; [[what]] in [[common]] has [[light]] [[with]] [[darkness]]? [[τίς]] [[οὖν]] [[κοινωνία]] [[πρός]] Ἀπολλωνα τῷ [[μηδέν]] οἰκεῖον ἐπιτετηδευκοτι, [[Philo]], [[leg]]. ad Gaium § 14at the [[end]]; εἰ δέ [[τίς]] ἐστι [[κοινωνία]] [[πρός]] Θεούς [[ἡμῖν]], Stobaeus, serm. 28 (i. p. 87, Gaisf. edition)); used of the [[intimate]] [[bond]] of fellowship [[which]] unites Christians: [[absolutely]], εἰς τό [[εὐαγγέλιον]] added, κοινωνίαν ἔχειν μεθ' [[ἡμῶν]], μετ' [[ἀλλήλων]], [[μετά]] τοῦ πατρός καί [[μετά]] τοῦ υἱοῦ [[αὐτοῦ]], [[κοινωνία]] in the N. T. denotes:<br /><b class="num">3.</b> a [[benefaction]] [[jointly]] contributed, a [[collection]], a [[contribution]], as exhibiting an [[embodiment]] and [[proof]] of fellowship (cf. Grimm, Exeget. Hdbch. on Wisd. 8:18, p. 176): εἰς τινα, for the [[benefit]] of [[one]], ποιεῖσθαι [[κοινωνία]] (to [[make]] a [[contribution]]) εἰς τινα, [[εὐποιΐα]], Buttmann, § 132,8.)