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companion

Meaning of “companion”

One who accompanies, associates, or shares a condition, work, covenant, or fellowship with another; a fellow, mate, or partner.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
13 occurrences13 verses9 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Exodus 32:27

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Exodus 32:27
And he said unto them, Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
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1611 witness · Exodus 32:27 · retained source text

And hee said vnto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put euery man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the campe, and slay euery man his brother, and euery man his companion, and euery man his neighbour.

Judges 14:20
But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Judges 14:20 · retained source text

But Samsons wife was giuen to his companion, whom hee had vsed as his friend.

Judges 15:2
And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
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1611 witness · Judges 15:2 · retained source text

And her father saide, I verily thought that thou haddest vtterly hated her, therfore I gaue her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer then she? take her, I pray thee, in stead of her.

1611 marginal noteHeb. let her be thine.

Judges 15:6
¶ Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson, the son in law of the Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. And the Philistines came up, and burnt her and her father with fire.
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1611 witness · Judges 15:6 · retained source text

¶ Then the Philistines saide, Who hath done this? and they answered, Samson the sonne in law of the Timnite, because hee had taken his wife, and giuen her to his companion. And the Philistines came vp, and burnt her and her father with fire.

1 Chronicles 27:33
And Ahithophel was the king’s counseller: and Hushai the Archite was the king’s companion:
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1611 witness · 1 Chronicles 27:33 · retained source text

And Ahitophel was the kings counseller, and Hushai the Archite, was the kings companion.

Job 30:29
I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owls.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Job 30:29 · retained source text

I am a brother to dragons, and a companion to owles.

1611 marginal noteOr, ostriches.

1611 marginal notePsal. 102.6.

Psalms 119:63
I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.
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1611 witness · Psalms 119:63 · retained source text

I am a companion of all them that feare thee: and of them that keepe thy precepts.

Proverbs 13:20
He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 13:20 · retained source text

He that walketh with wise men, shall be wise: but a companion of fooles shall be destroyed.

1611 marginal noteHeb. shalbe broken.

Proverbs 28:7
Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 28:7 · retained source text

Whoso keepeth the law, is a wise sonne: but he that is a companion of riotous men, shameth his father.

1611 marginal noteOr, feedeth gluttons.

1611 marginal noteCha.29.3.

Proverbs 28:24
Whoso robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, It is no transgression; the same is the companion of a destroyer.
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1611 witness · Proverbs 28:24 · retained source text

Who so robbeth his father or his mother, and saith, it is no transgression, the same is the companion of a destroyer.

1611 marginal noteHeb. a man destroying.

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One who keeps company with or accompanies another; a partner, associate, fellow, or mate.

volume 1, leaf 436-437, column 3-1 (main_dictionary)