ΚΟΙΝΩΝΊΑ: κοινωνία, -ας, ἡ [ (< κοινωνός), [in LXX: Le 6:2 (5:21) (יָד תְּשׂוּמֶת), Wi 8:18, III Mac 4:6*;] ] 1. . fellowship, communion: Ac 2:42, II Co 6:14, Phl 1:5; τ. υἱοῦ, I Co 1:9; τ. αἵματος, σώματος Χρ., I Co 10:16; παθημάτων αὐτσῦ, Phl 3:10; τ. πνεύματος, II Co 13:13, Phl 2:1; δεξιὰς κοινωνίας, Ga 2:9; τ. πίστεώς σου, Phm 6; seq. μετὰ: τ. πατρός, I Jo 1:3, 6; ἡμῶν, ἀλλήλων, ib. 3, 7.
2. . contribution (as outcome of fellowship): Ro 15:26, II Co 8:4 9:13, He 13:6 (cf. Art. Communion, DB, i, 460 ff.; MM, Exp., xv).†