Communicate, Communication
Communicate, Communication
is used in two senses, (a) “to have a share in,” Rom 15:27; 1Ti 5:22; Heb 2:14; 1Pe 4:13; 2Jo 1:11; (b) “to give a share to, go shares with,” Rom 12:13, RV, “communicating,” for AV, “distributing;” Gal 6:6, “communicate;” Phi 4:15, AV, “did communicate,” RV, “had fellowship with.” See DISTRIBUTE, FELLOWSHIP, PARTAKE.
“to share together with” (sun “and” No. 1), is translated “communicated with” in Phi 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.
Note: Anatithemi, “to set forth,” is rendered “laid before” in Gal 2:2, RV, for AV, “communicated unto;” in Act 25:14, RV, “laid before,” for AV, “declared.”
akin to A (which see), is translated in Heb 13:16 “to communicate,” lit., “be not forgetful of good deed and of fellowship;” “fellowship” (AV, “communication”) in Phm 1:6, RV. See COMMUNION.
“a word, that which is spoken” (lego, “to speak”), is used in the plural with reference to a conversation; “communication,” Luk 24:17. Elsewhere with this significance the RV renders it “speech,” Mat 5:37; Eph 4:29. See ACCOUNT.
Note: In Col 3:8, where the AV translates aischrologia by “filthy communication,” the RV renders it “shameful speaking” (aischros, “base,” lego, “to speak”).
akin to A, No. 1 and B, No. 1, means “apt, or ready, to communicate,” 1Ti 6:18.
Note: Homilia, “a company, association, or intercourse with” (see COMMUNE, No. 2), is translated “company” in 1Co 15:33, RV (AV, “communications”); the word is in the plural, “evil companies,” i.e., associations. See COMPANY, No. 6.