Matthew 15:18:12Matt.15.18.W12TAB
κοινοῖ
koinoi
“defiles”
- Transliteration
- koi-NOI
- Extended
- koi-NOI
- IPA
- /koiˈnoi/
Meaning by language
- English
- defiles
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine |
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Word in context
- word
koi-NOI
- sentence
ta de ek-po-re-UO-me-na ek tou STO-ma-tos ek tês kar-DI-as ek-SER-khe-te ka-KEI-na koi-NOI ton AN-thrô-pon
Exegesis
The verb koinoi {κοινοῖ | koinoî} ‘makes unclean’ appears in the third person singular, a common agreement pattern with a neuter plural subject in Greek, and takes ton anthropon {τὸν ἄνθρωπον | tón ánthrōpon} ‘the person’ as its direct object. In translation, the participial construction is rendered with a finite relative clause to maintain clarity in English, and the heart–mouth sequence is preserved to retain the cause-and-channel relationship: the heart as the inner source and the mouth as the outward expression that leads to ritual and moral defilement.
Root and etymology
koinookappa–omicron–iota–nu–omicron–omega
“to make common, make unclean”
In context — Matthew 15:18
But the things that come out from the mouth come forth from the heart , and these defile the person .
About this coordinate
Matthew 15:18:12 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 12 of Matthew 15:18, so the Greek word κοινοῖ (koinoi) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Matt.15.18.W12, which extends further down to each syllable (Matt.15.18.W12.S1) and character.