generous

Greek Adjective

κοινωνικός, -ή, -όν (κοινωνία), 1) sociable. 2) ready to com­municate or impart (R, mg, ready to sympathize, see Field, Notes, 213 f.): 1Ti.6:18. (AS)

generous

Greek Adjective

κοινων-ικός, ή, όν, held in common, τὰ κ. property held by corporations, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; κ. ἐλαιών [Refs 1st c.AD+] b) relating to partnerships, [δίκαι] [Refs 4th c.BC+] c) κοινωνικά, τά, tax on corporations, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] 2) social, ἰσότης κοινωνική [ἡ δικαιοσύνη] [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [φιλίαι] [Refs] 3) sociable, κ. καὶ φιλικὴ διάθεσις [Refs 4th c.BC+]: superlative, τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἡ φύσις κατεσκεύασε -ώτατον [Refs 1st c.AD+] H; τὸ -κόν sociability, [Refs 1st c.AD+] 3.b) of certain signs of the zodiac, [Refs] 4) giving a share of, τῶν ὄντων [Refs 2nd c.AD+] ready to share luck with others, proverbial in [Refs 4th c.BC+]; liberal, [NT+2nd c.AD+]; opposed to φθονερός, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] 5) with dative, in communion with, τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ [Refs 6th c.AD+] II) active, receptive, sharing in, φωτός [Refs 1st c.BC+]. III) adverb -κῶς, χρῆσθαι τοῖς εὐτυχήμασι to suffer others to partake in one's good fortune, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] III.2) in Medicine texts, by sympathy, κ. σπᾶσθαι probably in [Refs 6th c.AD+]

Greek

Adjective

communicative, i.e. (pecuniarily) liberal; willing to communicate; from g2844 (κοινωνός)