Associations to the word «Koine»
Noun
- Lingua
- Phonology
- Testament
- Dialect
- Greek
- Attic
- Hebrew
- Papyrus
- Text
- Liturgy
- Pronunciation
- Latin
- Bce
- Bible
- Vowel
- Gospel
- Translation
- Vocabulary
- Alexandria
- Epistle
- Scripture
- Bc
- Torah
- Verb
- Persona
- Language
- Conquest
- Judaism
- Manuscript
- Verse
- Scholar
- Luxembourg
- Matthew
- Inscription
- Grammar
- Ferguson
- Apostle
- Meaning
- Lan
- Greece
- Common
- Orthodox
- Divine
- Luke
- Fragment
- Canon
- Athens
- Jesus
- Christianity
- Modern
- Alexander
- Revelation
- Era
- Speaker
- Mainland
- Period
- Century
- Christian
Adjective
Wiktionary
KOINE, proper noun. The "common" Greek language that developed and flourished between 300 BCE and 300 CE (the time of the Roman Empire), and from which Modern Greek descended. It was based on the Attic and Ionian dialects of Ancient Greek.
KOINE, noun. A lingua franca.
KOINE, noun. A regional language that becomes standard over time.
Dictionary definition
KOINE, noun. A Greek dialect that flourished under the Roman Empire.
KOINE, noun. A common language used by speakers of different languages; "Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman times".
Wise words
Language is a process of free creation; its laws and
principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles
of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even
the interpretation and use of words involves a process of
free creation.