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'''Koine Greek''' (Ελληνιστική Κοινή, '''Biblical''' Greek, '''New Testament''' Greek, "common Greek", or ἡ κοινὴ διάλεκτος, "the common dialect") is the form of Greek used in the earliest manuscripts of the [[New Testament]]. It is also used in the of the [[Septuagint]], the Greek translation of the [[Old Testament]].

'''Koine Greek''' (Ελληνιστική Κοινή, '''Biblical''' Greek, '''New Testament''' Greek, "common Greek", or ἡ κοινὴ διάλεκτος, "the common dialect") is the form of Greek commonly spoken in Palestine and even Rome in the 1st century A.D.

 

Most of the earliest manuscripts of the [[New Testament]] are in Koine Greek. Notable exceptions in the New Testament include the [[Gospel of Luke]], the [[Epistle to the Hebrews]] and several of the letters of Paul, which were written in more sophisticated Greek.

 

Koine Greek was used in the [[Septuagint]], the Greek translation of the [[Old Testament]].