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and its compounds, and the noun
, “speech,” have a more dignified
meaning in the Hellenistic Greek than “to chatter,” its frequent meaning in earlier times.
COMMUNICATE, COMMUNICATION
A. Verbs.
1.
(
!
, 2841) is used in two senses, (a) “to have a share in,” Rom.
15:27; 1 Tim. 5:22; Heb. 2:14; 1 Pet. 4:13; 2 John 11; (b) “to give a share to, go shares
with,” Rom. 12:13,
RV
, “communicating,” for
KJV
, “distributing”; Gal. 6:6,
“communicate”; Phil. 4:15,
KJV
, “did communicate,”
RV
, “had fellowship with.” See
DISTRIBUTE
,
FELLOWSHIP
,
PARTAKE
.¶
2.
$
(
!
, 4790), “to share together with” (
$
“and” No. 1), is
translated “communicated with” in Phil. 4:14; “have fellowship with,” Eph. 5:11; “be …
partakers of,” Rev. 18:4 (
RV
, “have fellowship”). The thought is that of sharing with
others what one has, in order to meet their needs. See
FELLOWSHIP
, B, No. 2,
PARTAKE
, B,
No. 2.¶
: & *
, “to set forth,” is rendered “laid before” in Gal. 2:2,
RV
, for
KJV
,
“communicated unto”; in Acts 25:14,
RV
, “laid before,” for
KJV
, “declared.”¶
B. Nouns.
1.
(
&
, 2842), akin to A (which see), is translated in Heb. 13:16 “to
communicate,” lit., “be not forgetful of good deed and of fellowship”; “fellowship” (
KJV
,
“communication”) in Philem. 6,
RV
. See
COMMUNION
.
2.
(
, 3056), “a word, that which is spoken” ( , “to speak”), is used in
the plural with reference to a conversation; “communication,” Luke 24:17. Elsewhere
with this significance the
RV
renders it “speech,” Matt. 5:37; Eph. 4:29. See
ACCOUNT
.
Note:
In Col. 3:8, where the
KJV
translates
by “filthy communication,”
the
RV
renders it “shameful speaking” (
, “base,”
, “to speak”).
C. Adjective.
(
, 2843), akin to A, No. 1 and B, No. 1, means “apt, or ready,
to communicate,” 1 Tim. 6:18.¶
: & B
, “a company, association, or intercourse with” (see
COMMUNE
, No. 2),
is translated “company” in 1 Cor. 15:33,
RV
(
KJV
, “communications”); the word is in the
plural, “evil companies,” i.e., associations. See
COMPANY
, No. 6.¶
COMMUNION
A. Noun.
(
&
, 2842), “a having in common (
), partnership, fellowship”
(see
COMMUNICATE
), denotes (a) the share which one has in anything, a participation,
¶ Indicates that all the NT occurrences of the Greek word under consideration are
mentioned under the heading or sub-heading.