Company

"a throng of people, an irregular crowd," most usually "a disorganized throng;" in Acts 6:7 , however, it is said of a company of the priests who believed; the word here indicates that they had not combined to bring this about. The RV usually translates this word "company" or "multitude." Cp. B, Note 3. See COMMON , CROWD , MULTITUDE , and Trench, Syn. xcviii.

lit., "a way or journey together" (sun, "with," hodos, "a way"), denotes, by metonymy, "a company of travelers;" in Luke 2:44 , of the company from which Christ was missed by Joseph and Mary. (Eng., synod).

lit. "denotes a drinking together (sun, "with," pino, "to drink"), a drinking-party;" hence, by metonymy, "any table party or any company arranged as a party." In Mark 6:39 the noun is repeated, in the plural, by way of an adverbial and distributive phrase, sumposia sumposia, lit., "companies-companies" (i.e., by companies).

akin to klino, "to recline," primarily means a place for lying down in, and hence a "reclining company," for the same purpose as No. 3. It is found in the plural in Luke 9:14 , corresponding to Mark's word sumposia (No. 3, above), signifying "companies reclining at a meal."

lit., "a fullness," hence denotes "a multitude, a large or full company," Luke 23:1; "a multitude," Luke 23:27 (AV, "a great company"). See BUNDLE , MULTITUDE.

"an association of people, those who are of the same company" (homos, "same"), is used in 1—Corinthians 15:33 , AV, "(evil) communications;" RV, "(evil) company."

akin to No. 6, "a throng or crowd," is found, in some mss., in Revelation 18:17 , "all the company in ships," AV. Homilos denotes the concrete; homilia is chiefly an abstract noun.

"one's own," is used in the plural with the article in Acts 4:23 , to signify "their own (company)." See BUSINESS , B.

lit., "to mix up with" (sun, "with," ana, "up," mignumi, "to mix, mingle"), signifies "to have, or keep, company with," 1—Corinthians 5:9,11; 2—Thessalonians 3:14 .

"to come, or go, with," is rendered "have companied" in Acts 1:21 . See COME , No. 11.