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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. i.) To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; -- followed by with.

2. (v. i.) To engage in familiar colloquy; to interchange thoughts and opinions in a free, informal manner; to chat; -- followed by with before a person; by on, about, concerning, etc., before a thing.

3. (v. i.) To have knowledge of, from long intercourse or study; -- said of things.

4. (n.) Frequent intercourse; familiar communion; intimate association.

5. (n.) Familiar discourse; free interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.

6. (a.) Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a converse proposition.

7. (n.) A proposition which arises from interchanging the terms of another, as by putting the predicate for the subject, and the subject for the predicate; as, no virtue is vice, no vice is virtue.

8. (n.) A proposition in which, after a conclusion from something supposed has been drawn, the order is inverted, making the conclusion the supposition or premises, what was first supposed becoming now the conclusion or inference. Thus, if two sides of a sides of a triangle are equal, the angles opposite the sides are equal; and the converse is true, i.e., if these angles are equal, the two sides are equal.

Greek

3656. homileo -- to consort with, hence to converse with
... to consort with, hence to converse with. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: homileo
Phonetic Spelling: (hom-il-eh'-o) Short Definition: I associate with ...
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4926. sunomileo -- to converse with
... to converse with. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sunomileo Phonetic Spelling:
(soon-om-il-eh'-o) Short Definition: I talk with Definition: I talk with ...
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1255. dialaleo -- to discuss
... to discuss. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: dialaleo Phonetic Spelling:
(dee-al-al-eh'-o) Short Definition: I converse together, talk of Definition: I ...
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1256. dialegomai -- to discuss, to address, to preach
... to address, to preach. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: dialegomai Phonetic
Spelling: (dee-al-eg'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I converse, address, preach ...
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4354. proslaleo -- to speak to
... speak to. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: proslaleo Phonetic Spelling:
(pros-lal-eh'-o) Short Definition: I speak to Definition: I speak to, converse with ...
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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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4820. sumballo -- to throw together, hence to discuss, consider ...
... From sun and ballo; to combine, ie (in speaking) to converse, consult, dispute,
(mentally) to consider, (by implication) to aid, (personally) to join, attack ...
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1793. entugchano -- to chance upon, by impl. confer with, by ext. ...
... which intensifies 5177 , "to obtain by hitting the mark") -- properly, "light upon
(meet with), obtain" (); "to go and meet a person to converse, consult," ie ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5517. Sia -- father of some returning exiles
... Sia, Siaha. Or Ciyeahai {see-ah-haw'}; from an unused root meaning to converse;
congregation; Sia or Siaha, one of the Nethinim -- Sia, Siaha. 5516, 5517. ...
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7878. siach -- to muse, complain, talk (of)
... A primitive root; to ponder, ie (by implication) converse (with oneself, and hence,
aloud) or (transitively) utter -- commune, complain, declare, meditate, muse ...
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Library

Self-Converse.
... THE SOUL. XIII. SELF-CONVERSE. Cofia f' enaid cyn it' dreulio 8,7,8,7,8,7,8,7. Heedless
soul of mine, bethink thee. Ere thine hours on earth are past,". ...
//christianbookshelf.org/morris/favourite welsh hymns/xiii self-converse.htm

Fenelon -- the Saints Converse with God
... FENELON " THE SAINTS CONVERSE WITH GOD. THE SAINTS CONVERSE WITH GOD BIOGRAPHICAL
NOTE. ... FENELON. 1651-1715. THE SAINTS CONVERSE WITH GOD. ...
/.../various/the worlds great sermons vol 2/fenelon the saints converse.htm

And Again Moses Tells How the Son of God Drew Near to Hold ...
... THE DEMONSTRATION OF THE APOSTOLIC PREACHING Chapter 44 And again Moses
tells how the Son of God drew near to hold converse with� ...
/.../the demonstration of the apostolic preaching/chapter 44 and again moses.htm

Here, if any Means could be Found, I Should Wish to Converse Thus ...
... Book II. 1 Here, if any means could be found, I should wish to converse
thus with all� Here, if any means could be found, I should ...
/.../the seven books of arnobius against the heathen/1 here if any means.htm

The World is Best Enjoyed and Most Immediately While we Converse ...
... THE FOURTH CENTURY 19 The world is best enjoyed and most immediately while
we converse blessedly and wisely with men. The world is ...
/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/19 the world is best.htm

But Besides, if Birds of Augury Converse with one Another...
... Chapter XCI. But besides, if birds of augury converse with one another�
But besides, if birds of augury converse with one another ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xci but besides if.htm

Psalm 119:02. Second Part. Secret Devotion and Spiritual ...
... THE Psalms of David, In Metre. Psalm 119:02. Second Part. Secret devotion and
spiritual mindedness; or, Constant converse with God. Ver.147 55. ...
/.../watts/the psalms of david/psalm 119 2 0 second part secret.htm

To Win Souls Requires Wisdom.
... him. (4.) If possible, where you wish to converse with a man on the subject
of salvation, take him when he is in a good temper. ...
/.../finney/lectures on revivals of religion/lecture x to win souls.htm

Early Manifestations of the Son of God, as Recorded in the Old ...
... For He it was who at all times came down to hold converse with men, from Adam on
to the patriarchs and the prophets, in vision, in dream, in mirror, in dark ...
/.../tertullian/against praxeas/chapter xvi early manifestations of the.htm

Other Objections Considered God's Condescension in the Incarnation ...
... fact the sacrament of man's salvation. God held converse with man, that
man might learn to act as God. God dealt on equal terms ...
/.../chapter xxvii other objections considered gods.htm

Thesaurus

Converse (5 Occurrences)
... 6. (a.) Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a converse
proposition. ... Multi-Version Concordance Converse (5 Occurrences). ...
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Talk (164 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar
discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts. ...
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Question (153 Occurrences)
... 7. (n.) To ask questions; to inquire. 8. (n.) To argue; to converse; to dispute. ...
12. (vt) To talk to; to converse with. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ...
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Commune (7 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (vi) To converse together with sympathy and confidence;
to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel. ...
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Speak (855 Occurrences)
... 2. (vi) To express opinions; to say; to talk; to converse. ... 10. (vt) To talk or converse
in; to utter or pronounce, as in conversation; as, to speak Latin. 11. ...
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Conversation (30 Occurrences)
... conduct. The New Testament words for "converse" in the modern sense are homileo
(Luke 24:14, 15 Acts 20:11) and sunomileo (Acts 10:27). ...
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Kingdom (409 Occurrences)
... From a secular point of view it would be more natural to regard the latter
as an offshoot from the former, rather than the converse. ...
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Whisper (9 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) To make a low, sibilant sound or noise. 3. (n.) To speak with suspicion,
or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting. ...
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Witchcraft (8 Occurrences)
... Scripture. The "witch of En-dor" (1 Samuel 28) was a necromancer, ie, one
who feigned to hold converse with the dead. The damsel ...
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Excommunication
... purely personal: "And if he refuse to hear the church also, let him be unto thee
as the Gentile and the publican," out of the pale of association and converse. ...
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Bible Concordance

Converse (5 Occurrences)

Acts 24:26 At the same time he hoped that Paul would give him money; and for this reason he sent for him the oftener to converse with him.
(WEY NAS RSV)

Job 29:4 As I was in the ripeness of my days, When the friendship of God was upon my tent;
(See JPS)

Psalms 55:14 We took sweet fellowship together. We walked in God's house with company.
(See RSV)

Psalms 64:5 They encourage themselves in an evil purpose; They commune of laying snares privily; They say, Who will see them?
(See JPS)

Psalms 83:3 Thy take crafty counsel against thy people, And consult together against thy hidden ones.
(See JPS)

Subtopics

Converse

Related Terms

Talk (164 Occurrences)

Question (153 Occurrences)

Commune (7 Occurrences)

Speak (855 Occurrences)

Conversation (30 Occurrences)