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“unclean”; of the blood of the covenant, as viewed by an apostate, Heb. 10:29, “unholy”
(
RV
, marg., “common”); of everything unfit for the holy city, Rev. 21:27,
RV
, “unclean”
(marg., “common”). Some mss. have the verb here. See
DEFILED
,
UNCLEAN UNHOLY
.¶
B. Verb.
(
, 2840), “to make, or count, common,” has this meaning in Acts
10:15; 11:9. See
DEFILE
,
POLLUTE
,
UNCLEAN
.
Notes:
(1)
8 $
, used of number, signifies “many, numerous”; used of space, it
signifies “wide, far reaching”; hence, with the article it is said of a multitude as being
numerous; it is translated “common” (people) in Mark 12:37 (see the
RV
, marg.). It does
not, however, mean the ordinary folk, but the many folk. See
ABUNDANT
,
GREAT
,
LONG
,
MANY
,
MUCH
,
PLENTY
.
(2)
>
denotes “a crowd, a great multitude”; with the article it is translated “the
common people,” in John 12:9, 12 (
RV
, marg.). See
COMPANY
,
CROWD
,
MULTITUDE
,
NUMBER
,
PEOPLE
,
PRESS
.
(3)
$
, “to happen,” is used as an adjective in Acts 28:2, of the kindness
shown by the people of Melita to the shipwrecked company;
KJV
, “(no) little”;
RV
, “(no)
common”; the idea suggested by the verb is that which might happen anywhere or at all
times; hence, “little, ordinary, or casual.” See
CHANCE
,
ENJOY
,
OBTAIN
.
(4) In Matt. 27:27, what the
KJV
describes as “the common hall,” is the praetorium,
RV
, “palace,” the official residence of the Governor of a Province (marg., “praetorium”).
(5) In Acts 5:18,
(
KJV
, “common,” with reference to the prison) signifies
“public,” belonging to the people,
, (
RV
, “public”).
(6) In 1 Cor. 5:1,
, “altogether” (
KJV
, “commonly”) means “actually” (
RV
).
(7) In Matt. 28:15,
, “to spread abroad” (as in the
RV
), is rendered in the
KJV
, “is commonly reported. See
SPREAD
,
Note
(5).
COMMONWEALTH
1.
(
&
, 4174): see
CITIZENSHIP
, No. 3.
2.
$
(
&
, 4175): see
CITIZENSHIP
, No. 4.
For
COMMOTION
see
CONFUSION
,
TUMULT
COMMUNE
1.
(
!
, 1255) signifies “to speak with anyone” ( , “by turns,”
,
“to speak”), Luke 6:11; in 1:65, “to talk over, to noise abroad.” The idea that
and its
compounds bear no reference to the word spoken or the sentiment, is unfounded. See
NOISE
.¶
2.
(
3 !
, 3656), from
, “together,” signifies “to be in company, to
associate with any one”; hence, “to have intercourse with,” Luke 24:14 (
RV
,
“communed”;
KJV
, “talked”), 15; Acts 24:26; in 20:11, “talked with. See
TALK
.¶
3.
$
(
!
, 4814), “to talk together,” is translated “communed” in Luke
22:4, of the conspiracy of Judas with the chief priests. See
CONFER
,
SPEAK
,
TALK
.