# G2840 κοινόω

κοινόω (koinóō), Strong’s G2840: to make (or consider) profane (ceremonially) KJV: call common, defile, pollute, unclean. Occurs 14 times.

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*koinóō* — to make (or consider) profane (ceremonially)

KJV: call common, defile, pollute, unclean

Derived from [κοινός koinós](https://besorah.bible/word/G2839) (common)

Occurs 14 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Matthew 15:11](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/15?v=11) — That which enters into the mouth doesn’t defile the man; but that which proceeds out of the mouth, this defiles the…
- [Matthew 15:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/15?v=18) — But the things which proceed out of the mouth come out of the heart, and they defile the man.
- [Matthew 15:20](https://besorah.bible/besorah/matthew/15?v=20) — These are the things which defile the man; but to eat with unwashed hands doesn’t defile the man.”
- [Mark 7:15](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/7?v=15) — There is nothing from outside of the man that going into him can defile him; but the things which proceed out of the…
- [Mark 7:18](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/7?v=18) — He said to them, “Are you also without understanding? Don’t you perceive that whatever goes into the man from outside…
- [Mark 7:20](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/7?v=20) — He said, “That which proceeds out of the man, that defiles the man.
- [Mark 7:23](https://besorah.bible/besorah/mark/7?v=23) — All these evil things come from within and defile the man.”
- [Acts 10:15](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/10?v=15) — A voice came to him again the second time, “What God has cleansed, you must not call unclean.”
- [Acts 11:9](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/11?v=9) — But a voice answered me the second time out of heaven, ‘What God has cleansed, don’t you call unclean.’
- [Acts 21:28](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/21?v=28) — crying out, “Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, and the Torah, and…