Genesis 23:8
And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
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Communed
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Acts 24:26
He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.
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דָבַר
dâbar · daw-bar'
14 times translated as this KJV form1,142 total Strong's occurrences
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Strong's KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, × well, × work.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 23:8Strong's last: Zechariah 1:14
Open full H1696 profile →ὁμιλέω
homiléō · hom-il-eh'-o
2 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
to be in company with, i.e. (by implication) to converse
Strong's KJV usage: :--commune, talk.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 24:15Strong's last: Acts 24:26
Open full G3656 profile →διαλαλέω
dialaléō · dee-al-al-eh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to talk throughout a company, i.e. converse or (genitive case) publish
Strong's KJV usage: :--commune, noise abroad.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 6:11Strong's last: Luke 6:11
Open full G1255 profile →συλλαλέω
syllaléō · sool-lal-eh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
to talk together, i.e. converse
Strong's KJV usage: :--commune (confer, talk) with, speak among.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 22:4Strong's last: Luke 22:4
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H1696
And he communed with them, saying, If it be your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight; hear me, and intreat for me to Ephron the son of Zohar,
H1696
And Hamor communed with them, saying, The soul of my son Shechem longeth for your daughter: I pray you give her him to wife.
H1696
And Hamor and Shechem his son came unto the gate of their city, and communed with the men of their city, saying,
H1696
And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
H1696
And they came near to the steward of Joseph's house, and they communed with him at the door of the house,
H1696
And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,
H1696
And when they were come down from the high place into the city, Samuel communed with Saul upon the top of the house.
H1696
And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept his servant from evil: for the LORD hath returned the wickedness of Nabal upon his own head. And David sent and communed with Abigail, to take her to him to wife.
H1696
And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels that bare spices, and very much gold, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
H1696
So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her.
H1696
And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon, she came to prove Solomon with hard questions at Jerusalem, with a very great company, and camels that bare spices, and gold in abundance, and precious stones: and when she was come to Solomon, she communed with him of all that was in her heart.
H1696
I communed with mine own heart, saying, Lo, I am come to great estate, and have gotten more wisdom than all they that have been before me in Jerusalem: yea, my heart had great experience of wisdom and knowledge.
H1696
And the king communed with them; and among them all was found none like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah: therefore stood they before the king.
H1696
So the angel that communed with me said unto me, Cry thou, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.
G1255
And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.
G4814
And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them.
G3656
And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.
G3656
He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.
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commune
COMMUNE, verb intransitive
1. To converse; to talk together familiarly; to impart sentiments mutually, in private or familiar discourse; followed by with before the person.
And there will I meet and commune with thee. Exodus 25:22.
2. To have intercourse in contemplation or meditation.
COMMUNE with your own heart or your bed. Psalms 4:4.
3. To partake of the sacrament or Lords supper; to receive the communion; a common use of the word in America, as it is in the Welsh.
COMMUNE, noun A small territorial district in France--one of the subordinate divisions of the country introduced in the late revolution.
Communibus annis, one year with another; on an average.
Communibus locis, one place with another; on a medium.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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