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.

Demotic Greek → developedFrom → Koine Greek ⓘ
Byzantine text-type → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Cleopatra VII → languageSpoken → Koine Greek ⓘ
4 Maccabees → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Bruce M. Metzger → taughtSubject → Koine Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Testament Greek
parable of the fig tree → hasLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
subject surface form: Parable of the Fig Tree
Way, the Truth, and the Life → languageOfOrigin → Koine Greek ⓘ
Cretan Greek → developedFrom → Koine Greek ⓘ
September Testament → originalLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
1 Corinthians 15 → languageOfComposition → Koine Greek ⓘ
Susanna → hasLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
Second Epistle of Peter → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Second Epistle of John → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Proto-Greek → hasDescendant → Koine Greek ⓘ
Colossians 2:15 → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
John Mark → languageOfWorkOrName → Koine Greek ⓘ
Gethsemane prayer → languageOfEarliestText → Koine Greek ⓘ
Johannine community → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
First Epistle to the Thessalonians → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
First Epistle of John → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Peshitta → newTestamentLanguageContext → Koine Greek ⓘ
Philippians 2:10-11 → languageOfComposition → Koine Greek ⓘ
subject surface form: Philippians 2:10–11
Epistle of Jude → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Second Epistle to the Corinthians → originalLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
Joseph the Betrothed → languageContext → Koine Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: New Testament Greek
Passion narrative → languageOfEarliestAccounts → Koine Greek ⓘ
Q source (hypothetical) → writtenInLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
Epistle to Titus → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Second Epistle to Timothy → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Epistle to Philemon → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus → languageOfComposition → Koine Greek ⓘ
First Epistle to Timothy → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Eastern Christianity → usesLiturgicalLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
Early Christians → languageUsed → Koine Greek ⓘ
Seven Churches of Asia → languageOfContext → Koine Greek ⓘ
Epistle to the Ephesians → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Epistle to the Colossians → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
1 Esdras → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Shealtiel → hasLanguageContext → Koine Greek ⓘ
Hall of Faith → languageOfComposition → Koine Greek ⓘ
Farewell Discourse → languageOfComposition → Koine Greek ⓘ
Book of Signs → languageOfComposition → Koine Greek ⓘ
Today’s English Version → translatedFrom → Koine Greek ⓘ
Book of Glory → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Salome → languageContext → Koine Greek ⓘ
Saint John → languageOfWritings → Koine Greek ⓘ
Meditations → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Ionian Greek → influenced → Koine Greek ⓘ
Theological Orations → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Seleucid Empire → languageUsed → Koine Greek ⓘ