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.

2 Cor → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Four Evangelists → languageOfTexts → Koine Greek ⓘ
Demas → scripturalLanguageContext → Koine Greek ⓘ
Apphia → sourceTextLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
Griko → historicallyRelatedTo → Koine Greek ⓘ
Koine Greek New Testament → writtenInLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
Koine Greek New Testament → originallyComposedIn → Koine Greek ⓘ
Discourses → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
New Testament churches → languageOfLiturgy → Koine Greek ⓘ
Church of Pergamum → languageOfOriginalText → Koine Greek ⓘ
Calabrian Greek → hasAncestor → Koine Greek ⓘ
Church of Laodicea → languageContext → Koine Greek ⓘ
Tychicus → languageOfPrimarySources → Koine Greek ⓘ
Greek → ancestorOf → Koine Greek ⓘ
subject surface form: Greek language
Greek → hasHistoricalStage → Koine Greek ⓘ
subject surface form: Greek language
Faith Hall of Fame → hasSourceTextLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
Apamea → culture → Koine Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenistic Greek
healing of the paralytic at Bethesda → languageOfComposition → Koine Greek ⓘ
feeding of the five thousand → hasLanguageOfEarliestText → Koine Greek ⓘ
subject surface form: Feeding of the five thousand
John 15 → languageOfComposition → Koine Greek ⓘ
John 4 → primaryLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
Acts → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Parable of the Workers in the Vineyard → languageOfComposition → Koine Greek ⓘ
Orthodox churches → liturgicalLanguage → Koine Greek ⓘ
Saint Paul → languageOfWorks → Koine Greek ⓘ
Moralia → originallyWrittenIn → Koine Greek ⓘ
Bible of Kralice → originalLanguageOfTranslation → Koine Greek ⓘ
Remarks on the Uses of the Definitive Article in the Greek Text of the New Testament → field → Koine Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Koine Greek grammar
Life of Aratus → originallyWrittenIn → Koine Greek ⓘ
Empire of Alexander the Great → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Hellenization of the Near East → hasRelatedConcept → Koine Greek ⓘ
Christian biblical canon → languageOfEarliestTexts → Koine Greek ⓘ
Eastern Greek dialects → influenced → Koine Greek ⓘ
Eastern Greek dialects → influenced → Koine Greek ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hellenistic Greek
Ancient Greek dialect continuum → followedBy → Koine Greek ⓘ
1 Corinthians 7 → languageOfOriginal → Koine Greek ⓘ
1 Corinthians 11 → writtenIn → Koine Greek ⓘ
1 Corinthians 16 → languageOriginallyWrittenIn → Koine Greek ⓘ
1 Corinthians 5 → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
1 Corinthians 8 → languageOriginallyWrittenIn → Koine Greek ⓘ
1 Corinthians 12 → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
1 Corinthians 6 → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
1 Corinthians 9 → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Colossians 3:5 → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
1 Corinthians 1 → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
1 Corinthians 10 → languageOfComposition → Koine Greek ⓘ
Works of Flavius Josephus → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Maniot Greek → influencedBy → Koine Greek ⓘ
Romans 3:21–26 → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Aquila of Sinope’s Greek translation → language → Koine Greek ⓘ