Definition of "koine" []

• A lingua franca. (noun)
• A regional language that becomes standard over time. (noun)

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• "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."
• "But then, that's a translation from the koine, so maybe it doesn't count."
• "As to whether it is ancient or modern or koine, I cannot say."