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usually translates this word “company” or “multitude.” Cf. B,
Note
3. See
COMMON
,
CROWD
,
MULTITUDE
, and Trench,
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Sec.xcviii.
2.
$
(
&
, 4923), lit., “a way or journey together” (
$
, “with,”
, “a
way”), denotes, by metonymy, “a company of travelers”; in Luke 2:44, of the company
from which Christ was missed by Joseph and Mary. (Eng., synod).¶
3.
$
(
, 4849), lit. “denotes a drinking together (
$
, “with,”
,
“to drink”), a drinking-party”; hence, by metonymy, “any table party or any company
arranged as a party.” In Mark 6:39 the noun is repeated, in the plural, by way of an
adverbial and distributive phrase,
$
$
, lit., “companies-companies” (i.e.,
by companies).¶
4.
(
&
, 2828), akin to
, to recline,” primarily means “a place for lying
down in, and hence a reclining company,” for the same purpose as No. 3. It is found in
the plural in Luke 9:14, corresponding to Mark’s word
$
(No. 3, above),
signifying “companies reclining at a meal.”¶
5.
(
, 4128), lit., “a fullness,” hence denotes “a multitude, a large or full
company,” Luke 23:1; “a multitude,” v. 27 (
KJV
, “a great company). See
BUNDLE
,
MULTITUDE
.
6.
(
3 &
, 3657), “an association of people, those who are of the same
company” (
, “same”), is used in 1 Cor. 15:33,
KJV
, “(evil) communications”;
RV
,
“(evil) company.”¶
7.
(
6
, 3658), akin to No. 6, “a throng or crowd,” is found, in some mss.,
in Rev. 18:17, “all the company in ships,”
KJV
.
B
denotes the concrete;
is
chiefly an abstract noun.¶
8.
(
5
, 2398), “one’s own,” is used in the plural with the article in Acts 4:23,
to signify “their own (company).” See
BUSINESS
, B.
Notes:
(1) The preposition
@
(i.e., ), “of,” with the first personal pronoun in the
genitive plural (
, “us”); signifies “of our company,” lit., “of us,” in Luke 24:22; so
@
$
, in Acts 15:22, “men out of their company,” lit., “men out of them.” (2) The
phrase in Acts 13:13,
8 $
, lit., “the (ones) about Paul,” signifies “Paul and
his company.” (3)
"$
, a noun connected with the adjective
$
(“numberless,
infinite”), signifies “a myriad” (whence the English word), and is used hyperbolically, of
vast numbers, e.g., Heb. 12:22,
KJV
, “an innumerable company”;
RV
, “innumerable
hosts.” (Contrast
$
, 10,000, Matt. 18:24). (4) In Acts 21:8, the phrase translated
“that were of Paul’s company” is absent from the best texts.
B. Verbs.
1.
$
$
(
&
, 4874), lit., “to mix up with” (
$
, “with,”
,
“up,”
$
, “to mix, mingle”), signifies “to have, or keep, company with,” 1 Cor. 5:9,
11; 2 Thess. 3:14.¶