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verb

Greekὁμιλέω (homileō)
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homilamō

Strong’sG3656

I associate with, talk with

stem homil-4 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books4 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

ὁμιλέω, -ῶ

(< ὅμιλος), [in LXX: Pr 5:19 (רוה pi.), al.;]

to be in company with, consort with; hence, to converse with: Ac 20:11; c. dat., Ac 24:26; seq. πρός, Lk 24:14, 15.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3656 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidhom-il-eh'-o

to be in company with, i.e. (by implication) to converse

Fromfrom G3658;

King Jamescommune, talk.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
ὁμῑλ-έω,
Aeolic dialect 3rd.pers. singular present ὀμίλλει Refs 7th c.BC+ Lobel, to be in company with, consort with, μνηστῆρσιν Refs 8th c.BC+; πὰρ παύροισι.. ὁμιλεῖς consortest with few, Refs 8th c.BC+
2 absolutely, μηδ᾽ ἄλλοθ᾽ ὁμιλήσαντες joining in company, Refs; περὶ νεκρὸν ὁ. throng about the corpse, Refs 8th c.BC+
II in hostile sense, join battle with, ὁμιλέομεν Δαναοῖσιν Refs 8th c.BC+: absolutely, join battle, εὖτ᾽ ἂν πρῶτον ὁμιλήσωσι φάλαγγες Refs 8th c.BC+
III of social intercourse, hold converse with, be acquainted with, associate with, τινι Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀλλήλοις, μετ᾽ ἀλλήλων, πρὸς ἀλλήλους, Refs 5th c.BC+; so of political intercourse, εἰθισμένος πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τοῦ ἴσου ὁ. Refs 5th c.BC+; of scholars, ὁ. τινί frequent a teacher's lectures, be his pupil, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ. τῇ Ὁμήρου ποιήσει to be familiar with it, Refs 2nd c.AD+; compare ὁμιλητής.
III.2 to be friends, οἱ μάλιστά τινι ὁμιλέοντες Refs 5th c.BC+
III.3 speak to, address, harangue, with dative, NT+2nd c.BC+: generally, speak, converse, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ. τινὶ περί τινος talk to.., Refs 2nd c.AD+:—passive, perfect participle ὡμιλημένος used in conversation, Refs 1st c.BC+
IV of marriage or sexual intercourse, γυναιξὶ καὶ παρθένοις ὁ. Refs 5th c.BC+
V of things or business which one has to do with, attend to, busy oneself with, ὁμιλεῖν ἀρχῇ, πολέμῳ, Refs 5th c.BC+; φιλοσοφίᾳ, γυμναστικῇ, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐμ Μούσαις Refs 5th c.BC+; πονηροτάτοις σώμασιν ὁ., of a physician, Refs 5th c.BC+; also like{χρῆσθαι}, meet with, enjoy, ὁ. τύχαις to be in good fortune, Refs 5th c.BC+; but also,
V.2 of the things themselves, πλαγίαις φρένεσσιν ὄλβος οὐ πάντα χρόνον ὁ. does not consort with a crooked mind, Refs 5th c.BC+; κυλίκων νεῖμεν ἐμοὶ τέρψιν ὁμιλεῖν gave me their delight to keep me company, Refs 5th c.BC+ fils obliquely into.., Refs 5th c.BC+; of a plaster, to be in contact, ὁ. τῷ νοσέοντι μέρει Refs
VI deal with a man, bear oneself towards him, καλῶς ὁ. τινί Refs 5th c.BC+ (so in passive, συνειθισμένοι ὑπὸ πάντων πρὸς χάριν ὁμιλεῖσθαι Refs 1st c.BC+; ταῦτα ἡ ἐμὴ νεότης.. ἐς τὴν Πελοποννησίων δύναμιν.. ὡμίλησε these were the achievements of my youth in intercourse with their power, Refs 5th c.BC+
VII of place, come into, enter, visit, with dative, διαβάντες τὸν Ἅλυν.. ὡμίλησαν τῇ Φρυγίῃ Refs 5th c.BC+; βαρεῖα χώρᾳ τῇδ᾽ ὁ. heavily will I visit this land, Refs 5th c.BC+:—passive, τὰ ὁμιλούμενα τῶν χωρίων most frequented, Refs 2nd c.AD+
VIII ἐκτὸς ὁμιλεῖ (i.e. τῶν ξυντρόφων ὀργῶν) he wanders from his senses, Refs 5th c.BC+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

talking2×conversed1×talked1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind itWhat it isUsuallyTimes
homilateὡμίλειwas happening · he/she/itimperfect active indicative 3rd person singularconversed1×
homilaleὡμίλουνwas happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person pluraltalking1×
homilarōὁμιλεῖνhappening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitivetalking1×
homilarantosὁμιλήσαςhappened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculinetalked1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences
Who personhappening now presentwas happening imperfectwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfecthad happened pluperfect
I 1st person singularhomilamōhomilamehomilamihomilamahomilamēhomilamelē
you 2nd person singularhomilasōhomilasehomilasihomilasahomilasēhomilaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singularhomilatōhomilate1×ὡμίλειhomilatihomilatahomilatēhomilatelē
we 1st person pluralhomilanōhomilanehomilanihomilanahomilanēhomilanelē
ye 2nd person pluralhomilavōhomilavehomilavihomilavahomilavēhomilavelē
they 3rd person pluralhomilalōhomilale1×ὡμίλουνhomilalihomilalahomilalēhomilalelē
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
I 1st person singularhomilameiōhomilameiahomilameiē
you 2nd person singularhomilaseiōhomilaseiahomilaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singularhomilateiōhomilateiahomilateiē
we 1st person pluralhomilaneiōhomilaneiahomilaneiē
ye 2nd person pluralhomilaveiōhomilaveiahomilaveiē
they 3rd person pluralhomilaleiōhomilaleiahomilaleiē
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aoristhas happened perfect
you 2nd person singularhomilasōrhomilasarhomilasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singularhomilatōrhomilatarhomilatēr
ye 2nd person pluralhomilavōrhomilavarhomilavēr
they 3rd person pluralhomilalōrhomilalarhomilalēr
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
Who personhappening now presenthappened aorist
I 1st person singularhomilamoiōhomilamoia
you 2nd person singularhomilasoiōhomilasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singularhomilatoiōhomilatoia
we 1st person pluralhomilanoiōhomilanoia
ye 2nd person pluralhomilavoiōhomilavoia
they 3rd person pluralhomilaloiōhomilaloia
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicehomilarō1×ὁμιλεῖνhomilarihomilarahomilarē
Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence
Who is acting voicehappening now presentwill happen futurehappened aoristhas happened perfect
the subject acts active voicehomilarōntoshomilarintoshomilarantos1×ὁμιλήσαςhomilarēntos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them
homilstem+aoeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—ntthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

homil is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

4 occurrences, every one of them listed

homilate“conversed”was happening · he/she/itimperfect active indicative 3rd person singular1×

Acts 24:26“conversed”… Paulou; dio kai puknoterem auton metapemporōntos homilate auto.… hoping that Paul would offer him a bribe. So he sent for Paul frequently and talked with him.

homilale“talking”was happening · theyimperfect active indicative 3rd person plural1×

Luke 24:14kai autois homilale pros allēloin peri panteiu teiu sumbainarēnteiu …They were talking with each other about everything that …

homilarō“talking”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×

Luke 24:15“talking”kai geneta en te homilarō autoin kai suzētarō kai autos Iēsus …And as they talked and deliberated, Jesus Himself came up …

homilarantos“talked”happened · subjectaorist active participle nominative singular masculine1×

Acts 20:11“talked”… arton kai geuerantos epi hikanon tē homilarantos achri augau, houtōs exerchata.… upstairs, broke bread, and ate. And after speaking until daybreak, he …