Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. A lingua franca.
- n. A regional language that becomes standard over time.
Examples
“No honest critic able to read the koine original could resist the conclusion that Tyndale throughout transcends his proof-text original ms to a sublime degree.”
“But then, that's a translation from the koine, so maybe it doesn't count.”
“As to whether it is ancient or modern or koine, I cannot say.”
“This difference in terms is known in classical Greek, but not in the koine Greek of the New Testament.”
“In koine Greek, the Greek of the New Testament, the word for rock is petra, a feminine.”
“Learning koine Greek is one of the most interesting things, I think, that I have ever done.”
“Of course, I'm learning koine in order to have a leg up when I go looking for postgrad study in Classics.”
“Johnson is currently a graduate student at Andrews University Theological Seminary in Berrien Springs, Mich., where she is studying koine Greek, biblical Hebrew and classical Latin.”
“When term began, I'd never have imagined that my favourite class this year would be biblical koine Greek.”
“Both the language (koine Greek), and the history and archaeology of Greece from the Bronze Age on down to (and through) Classical times has much to recommend it.”
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