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.

First Epistle to the Corinthians → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Epistle of James → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Idumaean → laterLanguageShiftTo → Koine Greek ⓘ
Epistle to the Philippians → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
First Epistle of Peter → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Epistle to the Romans → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Epistle to the Galatians → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Against Eunomius → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Patriarch of Jerusalem → languageOfLiturgy → Koine Greek ⓘ
Commentary on Matthew → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Jesus' eschatological discourse → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Catholicon → languageOfLiturgy → Koine Greek ⓘ
subject surface form: Catholicon (Church of the Holy Sepulchre)
Greek Orthodox Katholikon → liturgicalLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
Matthew 13 → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Holy Children → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Massacre of the Innocents → sourceLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
Finding in the Temple → hasLanguageOfScripture → Koine Greek ⓘ
Metropolitan of Korçë → languageOfLiturgy → Koine Greek ⓘ
Return from Egypt → languageOfPrimarySource → Koine Greek ⓘ
New Testament Passion narratives → languageOfOriginal → Koine Greek ⓘ
Epistle of Barnabas → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
church in Sardis → languageOfAddress → Koine Greek ⓘ
subject surface form: Church in Sardis
Rahlfs 911 → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Deuterocanonical books → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Christian culture → hasLanguageInfluence → Koine Greek ⓘ
Matthew 27 → languageOfOriginal → Koine Greek ⓘ
kiss of Judas → hasLanguageOrigin → Koine Greek ⓘ
subject surface form: Kiss of Judas
this entity surface form: New Testament Greek
Apostolic Father → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Apostolic Fathers → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Metropolitan of Elbasan → languageOfLiturgy → Koine Greek ⓘ
First Epistle of Clement → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Apostolic Age → languageUsed → Koine Greek ⓘ
Received Text → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
subject surface form: Textus Receptus
Westcott and Hort text → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Pericope adulterae (John 7:53–8:11) → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
subject surface form: Pericope adulterae
Hellenic → includesLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
Ambigua → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Protestant Bible → languageOfEarliestTexts → Koine Greek ⓘ
NA28 → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Herodian Kingdom → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Infancy Gospel of Thomas → originalLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
Greek Daniel → hasLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
Patriarchal Cathedral of St. George → languageOfLiturgy → Koine Greek ⓘ
NA27 → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Greek East → hasLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
Triads in Defense of the Holy Hesychasts → originalTitleLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
O Gladsome Light (Phos Hilaron) → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
James the Less → languageContext → Koine Greek ⓘ
John the Revelator → languageOfWorkOrName → Koine Greek ⓘ
John the Divine → languageOfWritings → Koine Greek ⓘ