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Though elements of Koine Greek took shape in Classical Greece, the post-Classical period of Greek is defined as beginning with the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC, when cultures under Greek sway in turn began to influence the language.
Koine is the language of the Greek translation of the Old Testament (the Septuagint), of the New Testament, and of the writings of the historian Polybius and the philosopher Epictetus. It forms the basis of Modern Greek.
In linguistics, a koine or koiné language or dialect (pronounced / ˈ k ɔɪ n eɪ /; from Ancient Greek κοινή 'common') is a standard or common dialect that has arisen as a result of the contact, mixing, and often simplification of two or more mutually intelligible varieties of the same language.
As you work on growing in your Koine Greek fluency, you may find that you often run into a "speed bump" of not knowing how to say a certain concept in Koine Greek. The dictionary below allows you to search for terms in English and find possible Koine equivalents to keep you speaking!
The fairly uniform spoken Greek that gradually replaced the local dialects after the breakdown of old political barriers and the establishment of Alexander’s empire in the 4th century bce is known as the Koine (hē koinē dialektos ‘the common language’), or “Hellenistic Greek.”
Koine, originally, a contact variety of the Greek language that was spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean region during the Hellenic and Roman empires. The term comes from the Greek koine (“common” or “shared”), although the variety was based chiefly on the Attic Greek dialect.
Koine Greek Greek was one of the common languages throughout the Ancient Near East in Biblical times, and is the language that the New Testament was written in and the language that the Old Testament was translated into in the Septuagint .
Koine Greek, often known as “Common Greek,” was the universal language of the ancient world from around 300 BC to 300 AD. Picture it as the “cool kid” of ancient languages, spreading far and wide across the Mediterranean and Near East, thanks to Alexander the Great’s version of a world tour .
Koine Greek is a common form of the Greek language that emerged after the conquests of Alexander the Great, serving as a lingua franca throughout the Hellenistic world.
Koine Greek is the common dialect of the Greek language that emerged after the conquests of Alexander the Great, serving as a lingua franca across much of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Near East from around 300 BCE to 300 CE.