"to be in company with, associate with; to converse with, talk with, Lk. 24:14, 15; Acts 20:11; 24:26*"
Definition and meaning
to be in company with, associate with; to converse with, talk with, Lk. 24:14, 15; Acts 20:11; 24:26*
In the original Greek the word is written: ὁμιλέω
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of homileo (G3656) across the King James Bible.
And they talked together of all these things which had happened.
And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.
When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.
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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Common questions
Strong's G3656 (homileo) is a Greek word that means: to be in company with, associate with; to converse with, talk with, Lk. 24:14, 15; Acts 20:11; 24:26* It appears 4 times in the King James Bible.
The word homileo (G3656) appears 4 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G3656 is homileo, a Greek word defined as: to be in company with, associate with; to converse with, talk with, Lk. 24:14, 15; Acts 20:11; 24:26*. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
homileo is a Greek word found in the New Testament.