Koine Greek (ἡ κοινὴ διάλεκτος, hē koinḕ diálektos, lit. 'the common dialect'), also known as Hellenistic Greek, common Attic, the Alexandrian dialect...
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Look up Koine or Koiné in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The literal meaning of the Greek word κοινή (koinḗ) is "common". It may refer to: Koine Greek...
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In linguistics, a koine or koiné language or dialect (pronounced /ˈkɔɪneɪ/; from Ancient Greek κοινή 'common') is a standard or common dialect that has...
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Jewish Koine Greek, or Jewish Hellenistic Greek, is the variety of Koine Greek or "common Attic" found in numerous Alexandrian dialect texts of Hellenistic...
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From the Hellenistic period (c. 300 BC), Ancient Greek was followed by Koine Greek, which is regarded as a separate historical stage, though its earliest...
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of Rome and Koine Greek became the first or second language in the Roman Empire. The origin of Christianity can also be traced through Koine Greek because...
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Doric Greek (section Achaean Doric koine)
Achaean Doric koine appeared, exhibiting many peculiarities common to all Doric dialects, which delayed the spread of the Attic-based Koine Greek to the...
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Suret language (redirect from Iraqi Koine)
needed] Iraqi Koine is a merged dialect which formed in the mid-20th century, being influenced by both Urmian and Hakkari dialects. Iraqi Koine, like the...
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Common sense (redirect from Koine ennoia)
discussions include Latin sensus communis, Ancient Greek κοινὴ αἴσθησις (koinḕ aísthēsis), and French bon sens. However, these are not straightforward...
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Achaean Doric Greek (redirect from Achaean Doric Koine)
(Greek sialon or sielon saliva, modern Greek σάλιο salio) Achaean Doric Koine. The common dialect, used in the decrees of the Achaean League. In Arcadia...
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Koine Greek grammar is a subclass of Ancient Greek grammar peculiar to the Koine Greek dialect. It includes many forms of Hellenistic era Greek, and authors...
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1 Esdras (redirect from Koine Ezra)
1 Esdras (Greek: Ἔσδρας Αʹ), also Esdras A, Greek Esdras, Greek Ezra, or 3 Esdras, is the ancient Greek Septuagint version of the biblical Book of Ezra...
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delimiters. The Greek language underwent pronunciation changes during the Koine Greek period, from about 300 BC to 400 AD. At the beginning of the period...
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Yoruba language (redirect from Yoruba koiné)
changed to [ɪ:] Literary Yoruba, also known as Standard Yoruba, Yoruba koiné, and common Yoruba, is a separate member of the dialect cluster. It is the...
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recognize three languages as original biblical languages: Hebrew, Aramaic, and Koine Greek. The Hebrew Bible, also known as the Tanakh (Hebrew: תנ"ך), consists...
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Bible (category Articles containing Koinē Greek-language text)
The Bible (from Koine Greek τὰ βιβλία, tà biblía, 'the books') is a collection of religious texts or scriptures which to a certain degree are held to...
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Bonin English (section Ogasawara Japanese Koiné)
English, Bonin Standard English. Before World War II, Ogasawara Japanese Koiné was a koineized form of Japanese spoken among Japanese islanders who spoke...
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five books of the Hebrew Bible were translated from Biblical Hebrew into Koine Greek by Jews living in the Ptolemaic Kingdom, centred on the large community...
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Ancient Macedonian language (category Articles containing Koinē Greek-language text)
Koine Greek. While the bulk of surviving public and private inscriptions found in ancient Macedonia were written in Attic Greek (and later in Koine Greek)...
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Modern Greek (redirect from Modern Greek Koine)
varieties of Modern Greek that followed a common evolutionary path from Koine and have retained a high degree of mutual intelligibility to the present...
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James the Great (Koinē Greek: Ἰάκωβος, romanized: Iákōbos; Aramaic: ܝܥܩܘܒ, romanized: Yaʿqōḇ; died AD 44) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. According...
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Haymanot Humanistic Culture Languages Hebrew Biblical Yiddish Yeshivish Jewish Koine Greek Yevanic Judeo-Tat Shassi Judaeo-Iranian Judaeo-Spanish Judeo-Gascon...
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Language of the New Testament (category Koine Greek)
The New Testament was written in a form of Koine Greek, which was the common language of the Eastern Mediterranean from the conquests of Alexander the...
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July 2023. "Koine". CollinsDictionary.com. HarperCollins. Retrieved 24 September 2014. "Koine". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online). n.d. "Koine". Merriam-Webster...
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during the centuries that followed a vernacular form of Greek, known as koine, and Greek culture was spread, while the Greeks adopted Eastern deities...
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Mandarin Chinese (section Late imperial koiné)
were often mutually unintelligible, these officials communicated using a koiné language based on various northern varieties. When Jesuit missionaries learned...
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Mark the Evangelist (Koinē Greek: Μᾶρκος, romanized: Mârkos), also known as John Mark (Koinē Greek: Ἰωάννης Μάρκος, romanized: Iōannēs Mârkos; Aramaic:...
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Sophia (wisdom) (category Articles containing Koinē Greek-language text)
Sophia (Koinē Greek: σοφία, sophía—"wisdom") is a central idea in Hellenistic philosophy and religion, Platonism, Gnosticism and Christian theology. Originally...
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Christianity (category Articles containing Koinē Greek-language text)
South Asia. Early Jewish Christians referred to themselves as 'The Way' (Koinē Greek: τῆς ὁδοῦ, romanized: tês hodoû), probably coming from Isaiah 40:3...
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Book of Sirach (section Translation into Koine Greek)
the Second Temple period. Ben Sira's grandson translated the text into Koine Greek and added a prologue sometime around 117 BCE. This prologue is generally...
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