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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. i.) To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.

2. (v. i.) To receive the communion; to partake of the Eucharist or Lord's supper.

3. (n.) Communion; sympathetic intercourse or conversation between friends.

4. (n.) The commonalty; the common people.

5. (n.) A small territorial district in France under the government of a mayor and municipal council; also, the inhabitants, or the government, of such a district. See Arrondissement.

6. (n.) Absolute municipal self-government.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

COMMUNE; COMMUNICATE; COMMUNICATION

ko-mun', komun'-i-kat, ko-mu-ni-ka'-shun: To commune is to converse confidentially and sympathetically. It is represented in both Hebrew and Greek by several words literally signifying to speak (compare Luke 6:11, dialaleo; also Luke 22:4 Acts 24:26, homileo). To communicate is to impart something to another, so that it becomes common to giver and receiver. In 1 Timothy 6:18, "willing to communicate" (the Revised Version, margin "sympathize"), represents a single word koinonikoi, and refers to the habit of sharing with others either sympathy or property. the Revised Version (British and American) gives "companionships" for homiliai in 1 Corinthians 15:33 (the King James Version "communications").

See also COMMUNION.

Greek

3656. homileo -- to consort with, hence to converse with
... homileo Phonetic Spelling: (hom-il-eh'-o) Short Definition: I associate with, talk
with Definition: I consort with, associate with, commune with; particularly ...
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4814. sullaleo -- to talk together
... confer, talk with, commune. From sun and laleo; to talk together, ie Converse --
commune (confer, talk) with, speak among. see GREEK sun. see GREEK laleo. ...
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1255. dialaleo -- to discuss
... to discuss. From dia and laleo; to talk throughout a company, ie Converse or (genitive
case) publish -- commune, noise abroad. see GREEK dia. see GREEK laleo. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5608. saphar -- to count, recount, relate
... commune, account; declare, number, penknife, reckon, scribe, show forth,
speak,. A primitive root; properly, to score with a mark ...
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7878. siach -- to muse, complain, talk (of)
... commune, complain, declare, meditate, muse, pray, speak, talk with. A primitive
root; to ponder, ie (by implication) converse (with ...
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1696. dabar -- to speak
... answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give,. A primitive
root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively ...
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1697. dabar -- speech, word
... affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause,
certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing ...
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559. amar -- to utter, say
... with great latitude) -- answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify,
challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare ...
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Library

To the Eight of War Chosen by the Commune of Florence, at Whose ...
... LETTERS TO THE EIGHT OF WAR CHOSEN BY THE COMMUNE OF FLORENCE, AT WHOSE
INSTANCE THE SAINT WENT TO POPE GREGORY XI. In the Name of ...
/.../benincasa/letters of catherine benincasa/to the eight of war.htm

Article xi: of Confession.
... The canon speaks only thus: If any enter the Church and be found never to commune,
let them be admonished that, if they do not commune, they come to repentance ...
/.../melanchthon/the apology of the augsburg confession/part 14 article xi of.htm

On the Annunciation of Our Lady
... How we must commune with God and commit ourselves to Him; that we may conceive God
and bear Him in our spirits, souls, and bodies, after the example of the ...
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Reason of Writing the Epistle.
... Having been informed of your godly [632] love, so well-ordered, I rejoiced greatly,
and determined to commune with you in the faith of Jesus Christ. ...
/.../the epistle of ignatius to the magnesians/chapter i reason of writing the.htm

Two Scenes.
... Parents should often commune with the Lord; especially the mother, with her many
cares and perplexities, if she would do justice to the little ones entrusted ...
/.../byrum/the value of a praying mother/chapter i two scenes.htm

The Fall of the Empire and of the Papacy
... The Guelf party in Rome had already elected Charles as senator, or head of
the civic commune, in opposition to the Ghibelline Manfred. ...
/.../medley/the church and the empire/chapter xvi the fall of.htm

Subject Index
... language. Committee of Revision, [2427]1542-8 AD, [2428]1559 AD, [2429]1661
AD. Commune Sanctorum, [2430]Commune Sanctorum. Concordat ...
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The Liturgical Standards of the Roman Church.
... the months and days of the civil year; the annually recurring death-days of saints
being regarded as their celestial birth-days, (c) The Commune Sanctorum is ...
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The Peace Following the Persecution.
... concerning Helenus and Firmilianus, and all those in Cilicia and Cappadocia and
Galatia and the neighboring nations, saying that he would not commune with them ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter v the peace following the.htm

The American Experiments, 1734-1762.
... For a motto they took the words: "In commune oramus, in commune laboramus, in commune
patimur, in commune gaudeamus"; ie, together we pray, together we labour ...
/.../hutton/history of the moravian church/chapter xiv the american experiments.htm

Thesaurus

Commune (7 Occurrences)
...COMMUNE; COMMUNICATE; COMMUNICATION. ko-mun', komun'-i-kat, ko-mu-ni-ka'-shun:
To commune is to converse confidentially and sympathetically. ...
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Communicate (7 Occurrences)
... 8. (vi) To partake of the Lord's supper; to commune. Int. Standard Bible
Encyclopedia. COMMUNE; COMMUNICATE; COMMUNICATION. ...
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Converse (5 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse;
to commune; -- followed by with. 2. (vi) To engage ...
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Communication (8 Occurrences)
...COMMUNE; COMMUNICATE; COMMUNICATION. ko-mun', komun'-i-kat, ko-mu-ni-ka'-shun:
To commune is to converse confidentially and sympathetically. ...
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Communed (20 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Commune. Multi-Version Concordance
Communed (20 Occurrences). Luke 6:11 And they were filled ...
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Mercy-seat (23 Occurrences)
... Exodus 25:22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from
above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of ...
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Privily (15 Occurrences)
... (KJV ASV WBS). Psalms 64:5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune
of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them? (KJV ASV WBS). ...
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Beds (22 Occurrences)
... RSV NIV). Psalms 4:4 Tremble, and sin not; commune with your own heart upon
your bed, and be still. Selah (See RSV NIV). Psalms 18 ...
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Commotions (1 Occurrence)

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Cherub (21 Occurrences)
... 25:17-20; 26:1, 31). God promised to commune with Moses "from between the
cherubim" (25:22). This expression was afterwards used ...
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Bible Concordance

Commune (7 Occurrences)

Genesis 34:6 And Hamor the father of Shechem went out unto Jacob to commune with him.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Exodus 25:22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
(KJV ASV WBS)

1 Samuel 19:3 And I will go out and stand beside my father in the field where thou art, and I will commune with my father of thee; and what I see, that I will tell thee.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Job 4:2 If we assay to commune with thee, wilt thou be grieved? but who can withhold himself from speaking?
(KJV ASV WBS)

Psalms 4:4 Stand in awe, and sin not: commune with your own heart upon your bed, and be still. Selah.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)

Psalms 64:5 They encourage themselves in an evil matter: they commune of laying snares privily; they say, Who shall see them?
(KJV ASV WBS)

Psalms 77:6 I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
(KJV JPS ASV WBS RSV)

Subtopics

Commune

Related Terms

Communicate (7 Occurrences)

Converse (5 Occurrences)

Communication (8 Occurrences)

Communed (20 Occurrences)

Mercy-seat (23 Occurrences)