koine

How To Use koine In A Sentence

• Embedded in Koine Greek, and preserved in Latin translations of the Bible, a few Hebrew terms were widely employed in Old English, such as amen and alleluia, Hebrew for “so be it” and “praise Yah,” more often rendered “verily” and “praise the Lord.” The English Is Coming!
• In many poleis, the common hearth of the polis, the koine hestia, which was also an altar-hearth for Hestia, was located in the prytaneion.
• Altogether, the display of such diverse objects within a single gallery might have offered an opportunity to evaluate the artistic koine that has been noted in luxury arts of the eastern Mediterranean.
• Koine is a dialect of ancient Greek that was the lingua franca of the empire of Alexander the Great and was widely spoken throughout the eastern Mediterranean area in Roman times
• 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. David Teems: The Other English William
• Before his eyes and Joyce's camera, they were turning the skeletal trade koine into a language. THE MOAT AROUND MURCHESON'S EYE
• Where are you getting the character guide for transliteration of koine?
• As to whether it is ancient or modern or koine, I cannot say. CAPRICA: Is This The Transylvania Station? « TV BACON
• What is the significance of a set of terms appropriated into English from a Latin-speaking Church hierarchy, describing events written down in koine by four men, one of whom was actually a native Greek speaker?
• The international koine bound this group together through visual channels; its lack of cultural affiliation and emphasis on hybrid royal iconography made it the logical expression of a brotherhood of kings.