kō̇-mūn´, kō̇mūn´i-kāt, ko-mū-ni-kā´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 [Luk 6:11], διαλαλέω, dialaléō; also [Luk 22:4]; [Act 24:26], ὁμιλέω, homiléō). To communicate is to impart something to another, so that it becomes common to giver and receiver. In [1Ti 6:18], “willing to communicate” (the Revised Version, margin “sympathize”), represents a single word κοινωνικοί, koinōnikoı́, and refers to the habit of sharing with others either sympathy or property. the Revised Version (British and American) gives “companionships” for homilı́ai in [1Co 15:33] (the King James Version “communications”). See also COMMUNION.
