Topic
Confer; Conference
5 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 1 Kings 1:7ISBE
And he conferred with Joab the son of Zeruiah, and with Abiathar the priest: and they following Adonijah helped him.
- Acts 4:15ISBE
But when they had commanded them to go aside out of the council, they conferred among themselves,
- Acts 25:12ISBE
Then Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered, Hast thou appealed unto Cæsar? unto Cæsar shalt thou go.
- Galatians 1:16ISBE
To reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood:
- Galatians 2:6ISBE
But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man’s person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me:
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 6 references
kon'-fer, kon'-ferens: The equivalent of three Greek words of different shades of meaning. In Ga 1:16, prosanatithemi, had been used in classical writers for resorting to oracles (Lightfoot on Ga 2:6; Ellicott on Ga 1:16); hence, "to take counsel with," "to consult." In Ac 4:15, sumballo, "to compare views," "discuss"; and in Ac 25:12, sullaleo, "to talk together." Compare the single passage in the Old Testament (1Ki 1:7).
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.