Koine Greek

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ancient Greek dialect language variety lingua franca

Koine Greek is the common dialect of ancient Greek that served as the primary language of the New Testament and early Christian writings.

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All labels observed (9)

Label Occurrences
Koine Greek canonical 340
New Testament Greek 7
Hellenistic Greek 4

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek dialect ⓘ
language variety ⓘ
lingua franca ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Alexandrian dialect ⓘ
Koine Greek ⓘ
surface form: Biblical Greek

Common Greek ⓘ
Koine Greek ⓘ
surface form: Hellenistic Greek
developedFrom Attic Greek ⓘ
Ionic Greek ⓘ
endTime 4th century AD ⓘ
follows Classical Greek ⓘ
hasFeature changes in vowel pronunciation ⓘ
increased use of periphrastic constructions ⓘ
loss of dative case in many contexts ⓘ
monophthongization of diphthongs ⓘ
more analytic syntax ⓘ
reduced use of optative mood ⓘ
simplified grammar compared to Classical Greek ⓘ
historicalPeriod Greek Antiquity ⓘ
surface form: Hellenistic period

Roman period ⓘ
influenced Christian theological terminology ⓘ
Medieval Greek ⓘ
Modern Greek ⓘ
influencedBy Latin ⓘ
Semitic languages ⓘ
languageBranch Hellenic languages ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-European languages ⓘ
precedes Medieval Greek ⓘ
primaryLanguageOf New Testament manuscripts ⓘ
Septuagint ⓘ
surface form: Septuagint manuscripts
startTime 4th century BC ⓘ
subclassOf Modern Greek ⓘ
surface form: Greek language

Hellenistic Greek ⓘ
usedAs administrative language ⓘ
literary language ⓘ
trade language ⓘ
usedBy Hellenistic Jews ⓘ
Roman administration in the East ⓘ
early Christians ⓘ
usedIn Church Fathers ⓘ
surface form: Apostolic Fathers

New Testament ⓘ
Septuagint ⓘ
early Christian liturgy ⓘ
early Christian writings ⓘ
usedInRegion Asia Minor ⓘ
Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
Egypt ⓘ
Greece ⓘ
Eastern Mediterranean ⓘ
surface form: Levant

Mesopotamia ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
surface form: Near East

North Africa ⓘ
writingSystem Greek alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (357)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christianity → hasLanguageOfScripture → Koine Greek ⓘ
Bible → languageOfOriginalText → Koine Greek ⓘ
Koine Greek → alsoKnownAs → Koine Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenistic Greek
Koine Greek → alsoKnownAs → Koine Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Biblical Greek
Sermon on the Mount → languageOfEarliestForm → Koine Greek ⓘ
Great Commission → originalTextLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
Book of Revelation → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Septuagint → hasLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
Pauline Epistles → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Matthew 24 → languageOfComposition → Koine Greek ⓘ
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople → languageOfLiturgy → Koine Greek ⓘ
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom → languageOfCelebration → Koine Greek ⓘ
Acts of the Apostles → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Vulgate → newTestamentSourceLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Greek
New International Version → basedOnOriginalLanguages → Koine Greek ⓘ
Byzantine Rite → primaryLiturgicalLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures → originalLanguageSources → Koine Greek ⓘ
Medieval Greek → follows → Koine Greek ⓘ
Medieval Greek → influencedBy → Koine Greek ⓘ
Medieval Greek → linguisticContinuumBetween → Koine Greek ⓘ
Ionic Greek → influenced → Koine Greek ⓘ
Modern Greek → follows → Koine Greek ⓘ
Modern Greek → ancestor → Koine Greek ⓘ
Hellenistic Jews → usedLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
New Testament manuscripts → areWrittenIn → Koine Greek ⓘ
Hellenic languages → hasPart → Koine Greek ⓘ
Hellenic languages → hasHistoricalStage → Koine Greek ⓘ
Hellenic languages → usedIn → Koine Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Testament Greek
Light of the World → languageOfOrigin → Koine Greek ⓘ
Luther Bible → sourceLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
Catholic Epistles → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Luke 21 → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Attic Greek → followedBy → Koine Greek ⓘ
Attic Greek → basisFor → Koine Greek ⓘ
Attic Greek → influenced → Koine Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Testament Greek
Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great → hasLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
Gospel of Matthew → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Gospel of Mark → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Gospel of Luke → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
the Twelve Apostles (traditional attribution) → languageOfPrimarySources → Koine Greek ⓘ
subject surface form: Twelve Apostles (traditional attribution)
Synoptic Gospels → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Letter to the Hebrews → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Gospel of John → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Gospels → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
New Testament → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Greek Orthodox Church → historicalLanguageOfLiturgy → Koine Greek ⓘ
Orthodox Church of Jerusalem → hasPrimaryLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
Orthodox Church of Jerusalem → hasLiturgicalLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
Orthodox Church of Alexandria → liturgicalLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
Gospel infancy narratives → language → Koine Greek ⓘ