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.

Aliases (5)

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek dialect → language variety → lingua franca →
alsoKnownAs	Alexandrian dialect → Biblical Greek → Common Greek → 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	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 manuscripts →
startTime	4th century BC →
subclassOf	Greek language → Hellenistic Greek →
usedAs	administrative language → literary language → trade language →
usedBy	Hellenistic Jews → Roman administration in the East → early Christians →
usedIn	Apostolic Fathers → New Testament → Septuagint → early Christian liturgy → early Christian writings →
usedInRegion	Asia Minor → Eastern Mediterranean → Egypt → Greece → Levant → Mesopotamia → Near East → North Africa →
writingSystem	Greek alphabet →

Referenced by (159)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
1 Corinthians 13 → 1 Esdras → 2 Maccabees → 3 Maccabees → 4 Maccabees → Acts of the Apostles → Against Eunomius → Alexandrian text-type → Baruch → Book of Glory → Book of Revelation → Book of Wisdom → Byzantine text-type → Catholic Epistles → Codex Sinaiticus → Colossians 2:15 → Epistle of James → Epistle of Jude → Epistle to Philemon → Epistle to Titus → Epistle to the Colossians → Epistle to the Ephesians → Epistle to the Galatians → Epistle to the Philippians → Epistle to the Romans → Epistle to the Romans → First Epistle of John → First Epistle of Peter → First Epistle to Timothy → First Epistle to the Corinthians → First Epistle to the Thessalonians → Gospel infancy narratives → Gospel of John → Gospel of Luke → Gospel of Mark → Gospel of Matthew → Gospels → Gospels and Acts → Johannine community → Letter of Aristeas → Letter of James 5:14–15 → Letter of Jeremiah → Letter to the Hebrews → Luke 21 → Meditations → Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece → New Testament → Pauline Epistles → Philo of Alexandria → Protoevangelium of James → Psalm 151 → Second Epistle of John → Second Epistle of Peter → Second Epistle to Timothy → Synoptic Gospels → Theological Orations → Titus →	language
1 Corinthians 15 → Book of Signs → Farewell Discourse → Hall of Faith → I Am sayings of Jesus → Matthew 24 → Parable of the Faithful and Wicked Servants → Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus → Philippians 2:10–11 → Seven Trumpets →	languageOfComposition
Apocrypha (in early editions) ("Koine Greek (source texts)") → Bel and the Dragon → Divine Liturgy of St. Basil the Great → Parable of the Fig Tree → Septuagint → Susanna → Textus Receptus →	hasLanguage
Attic Greek ("New Testament Greek") → Ionian Greek → Ionic Greek → Northwest Greek →	influenced
Joseph the Betrothed ("New Testament Greek") → Salome → Silas ("New Testament Greek") → church in Thyatira →	languageContext
Cappadocian Greek → Cretan Greek → Demotic Greek →	developedFrom
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople → Esphigmenou Monastery → Patriarch of Jerusalem →	languageOfLiturgy
Arrest of Jesus → Cleansing of the Temple → Twelve Apostles (traditional attribution) →	languageOfPrimarySources
Koine Greek ("Hellenistic Greek") → Koine Greek ("Biblical Greek") →	alsoKnownAs
Medieval Greek → Modern Greek →	follows
Greek language → Hellenic languages →	hasHistoricalStage
Katharevousa → Medieval Greek →	influencedBy
Light of the World → Way, the Truth, and the Life →	languageOfOrigin
Bible → Seven Seals →	languageOfOriginalText
John Mark → John of Patmos →	languageOfWorkOrName
John of Patmos → Luke the Evangelist →	languageOfWriting
Early Christians → Seleucid Empire →	languageUsed
Orthodox Church of Alexandria → Patriarchate of Constantinople →	liturgicalLanguage
Second Epistle to the Corinthians → September Testament →	originalLanguage
Luther Bible → Whore of Babylon →	sourceLanguage
Modern Greek →	ancestor
New Testament manuscripts →	areWrittenIn
New International Version →	basedOnOriginalLanguages
Attic Greek →	basisFor
Apollodorus of Athens →	Chronica_language
Attic Greek →	followedBy
Proto-Greek →	hasDescendant
Shealtiel →	hasLanguageContext
Parable of the Prodigal Son →	hasLanguageOfComposition
Christianity →	hasLanguageOfScripture
Orthodox Church of Jerusalem →	hasLiturgicalLanguage
Hellenic languages →	hasPart
Orthodox Church of Jerusalem →	hasPrimaryLanguage
Greeks →	historicalLanguage
Greek Orthodox Church →	historicalLanguageOfLiturgy
Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom →	languageOfCelebration
Seven Churches of Asia →	languageOfContext
Passion narrative →	languageOfEarliestAccounts
Sermon on the Mount →	languageOfEarliestForm
Gethsemane prayer →	languageOfEarliestText
Annunciation →	languageOfOriginalAccount
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse →	languageOfPrimaryText
Byzantine chant →	languageOfTexts
Saint John →	languageOfWritings
Cleopatra VII →	languageSpoken
Idumaean →	laterLanguageShiftTo
Idumea →	laterLanguageSpoken
Medieval Greek →	linguisticContinuumBetween
Peshitta →	newTestamentLanguageContext
Vulgate ("Greek") →	newTestamentSourceLanguage
Hellenistic period →	officialLanguage
New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures →	originalLanguageSources
Great Commission →	originalTextLanguage
Ancient Greek →	precedes
Kingdom of Heaven →	primaryLanguageContext
St. George’s Cathedral, Phanar →	primaryLanguageOfLiturgy
Byzantine Rite →	primaryLiturgicalLanguage
Bruce M. Metzger ("New Testament Greek") →	taughtSubject
Today’s English Version →	translatedFrom
New American Bible →	translationFrom
Hellenic languages ("New Testament Greek") →	usedIn
Hellenistic Jews →	usedLanguage
Eastern Christianity →	usesLiturgicalLanguage
Q source (hypothetical) →	writtenInLanguage