participant
koinonos denotes someone who shares in an experience or is joined with others as a partner.
The attested usage chiefly identifies people who share in a stated experience, condition, or object of involvement, from sacrifices and sufferings to glory and the divine nature. It also names partners joined with particular people in work, hardship, or association.
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Sharing in an experience or object · dominant
The nominative plural forms identify people sharing in stated realities: in 1 Corinthians 10:18 the APB renders those who eat sacrifices as “participants in the altar,” while 2 Corinthians 1:7 joins participation in sufferings with participation in encouragement. In 1 Peter 5:1 and 2 Peter 1:4, the singular and plural forms are connected respectively with coming glory and the divine nature; in 1 Corinthians 10:20, the accusative plural occurs in the warning not to become “participants with demons.”
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Partner joined with other people · common
The nominative plural form identifies James and John as persons joined with Simon in Luke 5:10, where the APB renders them “partners with Simon”; Hebrews 10:33 similarly describes being partners with those publicly reproached and afflicted. The singular forms in 2 Corinthians 8:23 and Philemon 1:17 identify a partner in relation to Titus and to the speaker, with the latter occurring as accusative singular after “consider me.”
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB variously uses “participants” for shared involvement and “partners” for association with people. These renderings show the clauses' presentation rather than a fixed English equivalent for every occurrence.