Dictionaries :: Communicate, Communication

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Communicate, Communication:

is used in two senses,

(a) "to have a share in," Rom 15:27; 1Ti 5:22; Hbr 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;" Phl 4:15, AV, "did communicate," RV, "had fellowship with."
See DISTRIBUTE, FELLOWSHIP, PARTAKE.

Communicate, Communication:

"to share together with" (sun "and" No. 1), is translated "communicated with" in Phl 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."

Communicate, Communication:

akin to A (which see), is translated in Hbr 13:16 "to communicate," lit., "be not forgetful of good deed and of fellowship;" "fellowship" (AV, "communication") in Phm 1:6, RV.
See COMMUNION.

Communicate, Communication:

"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").

Communicate, Communication:

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 1Cr 15:33, RV (AV, "communications"); the word is in the plural, "evil companies," i.e., associations.
See COMPANY, No. 6.