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To converse

συνομιλέωStrong’s G4926

sunomileō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Sunomileō is the Greek word usually translated “talking”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And as he talked with him, he went in, and found many that were come together.”
Acts 10:27 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “talking”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • talking 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    συνομιλέω sunomileō · to converse

    συν-ομιλέω, -ῶ to converse with (absol., FlJ, Bl, v, 13, 1; before μετά, Cebes, 13): with dative of person(s), Act.10:27.† (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “converse” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    CONVERSE, verb intransitive

    [Latin, to be turned. Literally, to be turned to or with; to be turned about.]

    1. To keep company; to associate; to cohabit; to hold intercourse and be intimately acquainted; followed by with.
    2. To have sexual commerce.
    3. To talk familiarly; to have free intercourse in mutual communication of thoughts and opinions; to convey thoughts reciprocally; followed by with before the person addressed, and on before the subject. converse as friend with friend.
    All definitions and other forms of “converse”

      CONVERSE, noun

      1. Conversation; familiar discourse or talk; free interchange of thoughts or opinions.
      2. Acquaintance by frequent or customary intercourse; cohabitation; familiarity.
      3. In mathematics, an opposite proposition; thus, after drawing a conclusion from something supposed, we invert the order, making the conclusion the supposition or premises, and draw from it what was first supposed.

      Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

      Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.