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.

John 17 → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Parable of the Sower → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Parable of the Net → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Marcion's Gospel → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Matthew 25 → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Synoptic Apocalypse → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Gospel of Peter → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Secret Gospel of Mark → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Ignatian corpus → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Second Epistle of Clement → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Didache (in ethical Two Ways tradition) → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
subject surface form: Didache (ethical Two Ways tradition)
Editio Octava Critica Maior of the Greek New Testament → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Revelation → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
subject surface form: Book of Revelation
Letter of Polycarp to the Philippians → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Didache → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Epistle to Diognetus → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
TR → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
subject surface form: Textus Receptus
Westcott and Hort Greek New Testament → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
The New Testament in the Original Greek → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
James → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
subject surface form: Epistle of James
Homily I → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Homily II → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Basil of Caesarea's letters on asceticism → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Theodotion’s Greek version of Daniel → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Homily III → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Homily VII → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Phos Hilaron → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Family Π → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
corpus of Philo of Alexandria → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
On the Cherubim → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
On the Sacrifices of Abel and Cain → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
On the Decalogue → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Titus Flavius Clemens → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Gospel → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Matthew 5 → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
On the Resurrection of the Dead → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Codex Koridethi (Θ, 038) → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
subject surface form: Codex Koridethi
Minuscule 565 → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Family 13 (Ferrar Group) → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
𝔓75 → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
P75 → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
P46 → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
P. Chester Beatty II → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Michigan Papyrus 6238 → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Gregory–Aland 𝔓46 → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Bodmer Papyrus XIV–XV → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Chester Beatty Papyri → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
C → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
subject surface form: Codex Ephraemi Rescriptus
Codex Washingtonensis → language → Koine Greek ⓘ
Washington Manuscript of the Gospels → language → Koine Greek ⓘ