A Textual Database of Lexical Entries for the Meaning Map of Koinonia

doi: 10.17646/KOME.of.43

Abstract

This data paper presents a collection lexical entries of koinonia/κοινωνία from major Greek–English lexicons, as well as Latin translations of the term found in the Biblia Sacra Vulgatae Editionis (Vulgata Clementina) [Sixto-Clementine Vulgate Bible] (1592) and the Nova Vulgata Bibliorum Sacrorum Editio [New Vulgate Edition of the Holy Bible] (The Holy See, 1979), with the aim of providing a structured multi-language textual database of meaning and conceptual analysis. The database consists of 153 blocks of text labelled from A to EW, based on the entries found in Liddell–Scott (1883), Lampe (1961), and various other sources. In addition to the various meanings found for the term in these lexicons, the references were traced back to the original, classical texts and presented in a broader context alongside their corresponding English translations with the aim of identifying the specific members of the koinonia in question, and structure the meanings of the term according to the characteristics that those members possess.

Keywords:

lexicography philology Κοινωνία Early Christian Writings communication

How to Cite

Tóth, J. J. A Textual Database of Lexical Entries for the Meaning Map of Koinonia. KOME. https://doi.org/10.17646/KOME.of.43

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Article received on 5 May 2026. Article accepted on 29 July 2026.
Conflict of interest: János József Tóth is the Editor-in-Chief of KOME.
Funding: The author received no financial support for the research, authorship, or publication of this article.
Acknowledgement: This article is based on data originally gathered for the author’s PhD thesis Universal Collective Existence and Communication. Towards a Modification of the Social Constructivist Model of Communication, completed at Corvinus University of Budapest, 2015.