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Fellowship [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. Companionship; society; consort; mutual association of persons on equal and friendly terms; familiar intercourse.

2. Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness. Ephesians 5:11 .

3. Men are made for society and mutual fellowship

4. Association; confederacy; combination.

5. Most of the other christian princes were drawn into the fellowship of that war. [Unusual.]

6. Partnership; joint interest; as fellowship in pain.

7. Company; a state of being together.

8. The great contention of the sea and skies parted our fellowship

9. Frequency of intercourse.

10. In a great town friends are scattered, so that there is not that fellowship which is in less neighborhoods.

11. Fitness and fondness for festive entertainments; with good prefixed.

12. He had by his good fellowship - made himself popular, with all the officers of the army.

13. Communion; intimate familiarity. 1 John 1:3 .

14. In arithmetic, the rule of proportions, by which the accounts of partners in business are adjusted, so that each partner may have a share of gain or sustain a share of loss, in proportion to his part of the stock.

15. An establishment in colleges, for the maintenance of a fellow.

Fellowship [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The state or relation of being or associate.

2. Companionship of persons on equal and friendly terms; frequent and familiar intercourse.

3. A state of being together; companionship; partnership; association; hence, confederation; joint interest.

4. Those associated with one, as in a family, or a society; a company.

5. A foundation for the maintenance, on certain conditions, of a scholar called a fellow, who usually resides at the university.

6. The rule for dividing profit and loss among partners; -- called also partnership, company, and distributive proportion.

Fellowship [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To acknowledge as of good standing, or in communion according to standards of faith and practice; to admit to Christian fellowship.

Fellowshiped [Imperfect tense and past participle] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Fellowship

Fellowshiping [Present participle and verbal noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Fellowship

School Roget’s Thesaurus §542

N. school, academy, university, alma mater, college, seminary, lyceum, institute, institution, palaestra, gymnasium, class, seminar, day school, boarding school, preparatory school, primary school, infant school, dame's school, grammar school, middle class school, board school, denominational school, national school, british and foreign school, collegiate school, art school, continuation school, convent school, county council school, government school, grant-in-aid school, high school, higher grade school, military school, missionary school, naval school, naval academy, state-aided school, technical school, voluntary school, school, school of art, kindergarten, nursery, creche, reformatory, pulpit, lectern, soap box desk, reading desk, ambo, lecture room, theater, auditorium, amphitheater, forum, state, rostrum, platform, hustings, tribune, school book, horn book, text book, grammar, primer, abecedary, rudiments, manual, vade mecum, encyclopedia, cyclopedia, lindley murray, cocker, dictionary, lexicon, professorship, lectureship, readership, fellowship, tutorship, chair, school board council of education, board of education, board of studies, prefect of studies, textbook committee, propaganda

Adj. scholastic, academic, collegiate, educational

Adv. ex cathedra

Party Roget’s Thesaurus §712

N. party, faction, side, denomination, communion, set, crew, band, horde, posse, phalanx, family, clan, &c. 166, team, tong, council, community, body, fellowship, sodality, solidarity, confraternity, familistere, familistery, brotherhood, sisterhood, knot, gang, clique, ring, circle, group, crowd, in-crowd, coterie, club, casino|, machine, tammany, tammany hall, corporation, corporate body, guild, establishment, company, copartnership, partnership, firm, house, joint concern, joint-stock company, cahoot, combine, trust, society, association, institute, institution, union, trades union, league, syndicate, alliance, verein, bund, zollverein, combination, turnverein, league offensive and defensive, alliance offensive and defensive, coalition, federation, confederation, confederacy, junto, cabal, camarilla, camorra, brigue|, freemasonry, party spirit, confederates, conservatives, democrats, federalists, federals, freemason, knight templar, kuklux, kuklux klan, kkk, liberals, luddites, republicans, socialists, tories, whigs &c. staff, dramatis personae

V. unite, join, club together, cement a party, form a party, associate, enleague, federalize, go cahoots

Adj. in league, in partnership, in alliance, bonded together, banded together, linked - together, embattled, confederated, federative, joint

Adv. hand in hand, side by side, shoulder to shoulder, en masse, in the same boat

Friendship Roget’s Thesaurus §888

N. friendship, amity, friendliness, brotherhood, fraternity, sodality, confraternity, harmony, peace, firm friendship, staunch friendship, intimate friendship, familiar friendship, bosom friendship, cordial friendship, tried friendship, devoted friendship, lasting friendship, fast friendship, sincere friendship, warm friendship, ardent friendship, cordiality, fraternization, entente cordiale, good understanding, rapprochement, sympathy, fellow-feeling, response, welcomeness, affection, favoritism, good will, acquaintance, familiarity, intimacy, intercourse, fellowship, knowledge of, introduction

V. be friendly, be friends, be acquainted with, know, have the ear of, keep company with, hold communication with, have dealings with, sympathize with, have a leaning to, bear good will, love, make much of, befriend, introduce to, set one's horses together, have the latchstring out, hold out the right hand of friendship, extend the right hand of friendship, hold out the right hand of fellowship, become friendly, make friends with, break the lee, be introduced to, make acquaintance with, pick acquaintance with, scrape acquaintance with, get into favor, gain the friendship of, shake hands with, fraternize, embrace, receive with open arms, throw oneself into the arms of, meet halfway, take in good part

Adj. friendly, amicable, amical, well-affected, unhostile, neighborly, brotherly, fraternal, sympathetic, harmonious, hearty, cordial, warm-hearted, friends with, well with, at home with, hand in hand with, on good terms, on friendly terms, on amicable terms, on cordial terms, on familiar terms, on intimate terms, on good footing, on speaking terms, on visiting terms, in one's good graces, in one's good books, acquainted, familiar, intimate, thick, hand and glove, hail fellow well met, free and easy, welcome

Adv. amicably, with open arms, sans ceremonie, arm in arm

Phr. amicitia semper prodest, "a mystic bond of brotherhood makes all men one", "friendship is love without either flowers or veil", trulgus amicitias utilitate probat

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Leviticus 6:2

If a soul sin, and commit a trespass against the LORD, and lie unto his neighbour in that which was delivered him to keep, or in fellowship, or in a thing taken away by violence, or hath deceived his neighbour;

“If someone sins and acts unfaithfully against the LORD by deceiving his neighbor in regard to a deposit or security entrusted to him or stolen, or if he extorts his neighbor

Numbers 10:10

Also in the day of your gladness, and in your solemn days, and in the beginnings of your months, ye shall blow with the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and over the sacrifices of your peace offerings; that they may be to you for a memorial before your God: I am the LORD your God.

And on your joyous occasions, your appointed feasts, and the beginning of each month, you are to blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings to serve as a reminder for you before your God. I am the LORD your God.”

Joshua 22:23

That we have built us an altar to turn from following the LORD, or if to offer thereon burnt offering or meat offering, or if to offer peace offerings thereon, let the LORD himself require it;

If we have built for ourselves an altar to turn away from Him and to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings on it, or to sacrifice fellowship offerings on it, may the LORD Himself hold us accountable.

2 Chronicles 30:22

And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers.

And Hezekiah encouraged all the Levites who performed skillfully before the LORD. For seven days they ate their assigned portion, sacrificing fellowship offerings and giving thanks to the LORD, the God of their fathers.

Psalms 55:14

We took sweet counsel together, and walked unto the house of God in company.

We shared sweet fellowship together; we walked with the crowd into the house of God.

Psalms 94:20

Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?

Can a corrupt throne be Your ally— one devising mischief by decree?

Acts 2:42

And they continued stedfastly in the apostles’ doctrine and fellowship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

They devoted themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to the fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.

1 Corinthians 1:9

God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.

1 Corinthians 5:2

And ye are puffed up, and have not rather mourned, that he that hath done this deed might be taken away from among you.

And you are proud! Shouldn’t you rather have been stricken with grief and have removed from your fellowship the man who did this?

1 Corinthians 10:20

But I say, that the things which the Gentiles sacrifice, they sacrifice to devils, and not to God: and I would not that ye should have fellowship with devils.

No, but the sacrifices of pagans are offered to demons, not to God. And I do not want you to be participants with demons.

2 Corinthians 6:14

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?

Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?

2 Corinthians 8:4

Praying us with much intreaty that we would receive the gift, and take upon us the fellowship of the ministering to the saints.

they earnestly pleaded with us for the privilege of sharing in this service to the saints.

2 Corinthians 13:14

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.

Galatians 2:9

And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given unto me, they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship; that we should go unto the heathen, and they unto the circumcision.

And recognizing the grace that I had been given, James, Cephas, and John—those reputed to be pillars—gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we should go to the Gentiles, and they to the circumcised.

Ephesians 3:9

And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ:

and to illuminate for everyone the stewardship of this mystery, which for ages past was kept hidden in God, who created all things.

Ephesians 5:11

And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.

Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.

Philippians 1:5

For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;

because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now,

Philippians 2:1

If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies,

Therefore if you have any encouragement in Christ, if any comfort from His love, if any fellowship with the Spirit, if any affection and compassion,

Philippians 3:10

That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;

I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,

1 John 1:3

That which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us: and truly our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ.

We proclaim to you what we have seen and heard, so that you also may have fellowship with us. And this fellowship of ours is with the Father and with His Son, Jesus Christ.