Quick Definition
ὁμιλία, ας, ἡ n.f. intercourse, companionship, conversation
Strong's Definition
from 3658; companionship ("homily"), i.e. (by implication) intercourse
KJV Usage: communication
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | ὁμιλέω
34.1 · Association · Associate
to associate, to be in the company of, to be involved with, association to associate with one another, normally involving spacial proximity and/or joint activity, and usually implying some kind of reciprocal relation or involvement In translating terms referring to association, one may employ a number of different kinds of expressions, for example, ‘to have something to do with,’ ‘to keep company with,’ ‘to go around with,’ ‘to join in doing things together,’ or ‘to become a companion of.’ Sometimes association is spoken of in terms of the impression made upon others, for example, ‘to be seen often together,’ ‘to be regarded as close friends,’ and even idiomatically as ‘to be another person’s shadow.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ὁμιλία, -as, ἡ» (ὅμιλος), companionship, intercourse, communion: 1 Co. xv. 83, on which see ἦθος. (Trage., Arstph., Xen., Plat., and sqq.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ὁμιλία homilia 1x
intercourse, communication, converse, 1 Cor. 15:33*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ὁμιλία, -ας, ἡ
(< ὅμιλος), [in LXX: Ex 21:10 (עֹנָה), al.;]
company, association: I Co 15:33.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ὁμιλία occurs in the NT only in Paul’s citation (1 Cor 1538) from Menander’s 7hazs (Fragm. p. 62, No. 218): φθείρουσιν ἤθη χρηστὰ ὁμιλίαι κακαί: cf. Euripides Aragm. 1013 (Nauck). ‘OptAta may mean either ‘‘conversation” (Vg colloguia) or ‘‘companionship” (Beza commercéa), and the latter is obviously the leading idea here: cf. P Oxy III. 4718 (ii/a.d.) σύνβολα δεικνύντα τῆς πρὸς τοῦτον ὁμειλίας, ἐς showing signs of his intercourse (772. malam partem) with him,” and Xen. A/em. i. 2. 20 ὁμιλία τῶν χρηστῶν. ΜΟΥ ‘conversation,’ ‘‘speech,” ‘‘gossip”: μίλημα, ” “proclamation.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ὁμιλία (homilia) — association. ὁμῑλ-ία, Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, intercourse, company, ἔσθ᾽ ὁμιλίας κακῆς κάκιον οὐδέν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὁ. τινός communion or intercourse with one, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς ἀξίους δὲ τῆς ἐμῆς ὁ. of my society, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ. χθονός intercourse with a country, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔχειν ἐν θεοῖς ὁ. live among them, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ καθ᾽ ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς πολιτεία καὶ ὁ. public and private life, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐξ ὁμιλίας by persuasion, opposed to βίᾳ, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: also in plural, ἀνθρώπων κακῶν-ίαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Ἑλληνικαὶ ὁ. association with Greeks, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; αἱ.. συγγενεῖς ὁ. intercourse with kinsfolk, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. sexual intercourse, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡ πρὸς τοὺς ἄρρενας or τῶν ἀρρένων ὁ., [Refs]
3. instruction, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; lecture, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]: in plural, title of work by [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. ὁμιλέειν ὁμιλίῃ to be versed in it by practice, opposed to λόγῳ εἰδέναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
5. ἡ πλείστη ὁ. τοῦ ὀνόματος its commonest usage, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; so ὁμιλίαι φωνῆς, αἱ τῶν λέξεων ὁ., [Refs 5th c.BC+].; αἱ κοιναὶ ὁ. common usage, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; τῶν ἰδιωτῶν -ίαι[Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. association, company, ἀνδρῶν τῶν ἀρίστων ἐπιλέξαντες ὁμιλίην [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. in collective sense, τήνδ᾽ ὁμιλίαν χθονός these fellow-sojourners in the land, [Refs]; ναὸς κοινόπλους ὁ. ship-mates, [Refs 5th c.BC+]