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

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (357)

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

parable of the faithful and wicked servants → languageOfComposition → Koine Greek ⓘ
subject surface form: Parable of the Faithful and Wicked Servants
Kingdom of Heaven → primaryLanguageContext → Koine Greek ⓘ
the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse → languageOfPrimaryText → Koine Greek ⓘ
subject surface form: Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Apocrypha (in early editions) → hasLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Koine Greek (source texts)
Romans → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
subject surface form: Epistle to the Romans
Titus → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
2 Maccabees → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Codex Sinaiticus → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Arrest of Jesus → languageOfPrimarySources → Koine Greek ⓘ
Cleansing of the Temple → languageOfPrimarySources → Koine Greek ⓘ
church in Thyatira → languageContext → Koine Greek ⓘ
Baruch → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Book of Wisdom → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
NAB → translationFrom → Koine Greek ⓘ
subject surface form: New American Bible
Annunciation → languageOfOriginalAccount → Koine Greek ⓘ
the Seven Seals → languageOfOriginalText → Koine Greek ⓘ
subject surface form: Seven Seals
Textus Receptus → hasLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
the Seven Trumpets → languageOfComposition → Koine Greek ⓘ
subject surface form: Seven Trumpets
Idumea → laterLanguageSpoken → Koine Greek ⓘ
the Whore of Babylon → sourceLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
subject surface form: Whore of Babylon
Nestle-Aland Novum Testamentum Graece → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
St. George’s Cathedral, Phanar → primaryLanguageOfLiturgy → Koine Greek ⓘ
John of Patmos → languageOfWorkOrName → Koine Greek ⓘ
Ancient Greek → precedes → Koine Greek ⓘ
Philo of Alexandria → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
I Am sayings of Jesus → languageOfComposition → Koine Greek ⓘ
Psalm 151 → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Protoevangelium of James → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Letter of Jeremiah → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Gospels and Acts → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
3 Maccabees → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Bel and the Dragon → hasLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
Parable of the Prodigal Son → hasLanguageOfComposition → Koine Greek ⓘ
Byzantine chant → languageOfTexts → Koine Greek ⓘ
Letter of James 5:14–15 → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Apollodorus of Athens → Chronica_language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Greeks → historicalLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
Luke the Evangelist → languageOfWriting → Koine Greek ⓘ
Patriarchate of Constantinople → liturgicalLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
Hellenistic period → officialLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
Letter of Aristeas → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Alexandrian text-type → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Greek language → hasHistoricalStage → Koine Greek ⓘ
Northwest Greek → influenced → Koine Greek ⓘ
Katharevousa → influencedBy → Koine Greek ⓘ
Cappadocian Greek → developedFrom → Koine Greek ⓘ
Silas → languageContext → Koine Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Testament Greek
1 Corinthians 13 → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
John → languageOfWriting → Koine Greek ⓘ
subject surface form: John of Patmos
Esphigmenou Monastery → languageOfLiturgy → Koine Greek ⓘ