Join
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
primarily, "to glue or cement together," then, generally, "to unite, to join firmly," is used in the Passive Voice signifying "to join oneself to, to be joined to," Luke 15:15; Acts 5:13; 8:29; 9:26; 10:28 , RV (AV, "to keep company with"); 1—Corinthians 6:16,17; elsewhere, "to cleave to," Luke 10:11; Acts 17:34; Romans 12:9 . See Cleave.
"to stick to," a strengthened form of No. 1, with pros, "to," intensive, is used in the Passive Voice, reflexively, in a metaphorical sense, with the meanings (a) "to join oneself to," in Acts 5:36; (b) "to cleave to," of the husband with regard to the wife, Matthew 19:5; Mark 10:7; in Ephesians 5:31 , RV, "shall cleave to" (AV, "shall be joined to"). See Cleave.
"to yoke together" (sun, "with," zugos, "a yoke"), is used metaphorically of union in wedlock, in Matthew 19:6; Mark 10:9 .
"to border on," is used of a house as being contiguous with a synagogue, in Acts 18:7 , "joined hard to."
1—Corinthians 1:10Fit. Ephesians 4:16 Ephesians 2:21
King James Dictionary [2]
Join, L jungo, jungere jungo for jugo, jugum Eng. yoke
Gr. a yoke, and a pair, to join.
1. To set or bring one thing in contiguity with another.
Woe to them that join house to house, that lay field to field. Isaiah 5
2. To couple to connect to combine as, to join ideas. 3. To unite in league or marriage.
Now Jehoshaphat had riches and honor in abundance, and joined affinity with Ahab. 2 Chronicles 18
What God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. Matthew 19
4. To associate.
Go near and join thyself to this chariot. Acts 8
5. To unite in any act.
Thy tuneful voice with numbers join.
6. To unite in concord.
But that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind, and in the same judgment. 1 Corinthians 1
The phrase, to join battle, is probably elliptical, for join in battle or it is borrowed from the Latin, committere proelium, to send together the battle.
In general, join signifies to unite two entire things without breach or intermixture, by contact or contiguity, either temporary or permanent. It differs from connect, which signifies properly, to unite by an intermediate substance. But join, unite, and connect are often used synonymously.
JOIN, To grow to to adhere. The place where two bones of the body join, is called a joint or articulation.
1. To be contiguous, close or in contact as when two houses join. 2. To unite with in marriage, league, confederacy, partnership or society. Russia and Austria joined in opposition to Buonaparte's ambitious views. Men join in great undertakings, and in companies for trade or manufacture. They join in entertainments and amusements. They join in benevolent associations. It is often followed by with.
Any other may join with him that is injured, and assist him in recovering satisfaction.
Should we again break thy commandments, and join in affinity with the people of these abominations? Ezra 9 .
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): ( n.) The line joining two points; the point common to two intersecting lines.
(2): ( v. t.) To bring together, literally or figuratively; to place in contact; to connect; to couple; to unite; to combine; to associate; to add; to append.
(3): ( v. t.) To unite in marriage.
(4): ( v. t.) To accept, or engage in, as a contest; as, to join encounter, battle, issue.
(5): ( v. i.) To be contiguous, close, or in contact; to come together; to unite; to mingle; to form a union; as, the hones of the skull join; two rivers join.
(6): ( v. t.) To enjoin upon; to command.
(7): ( v. t.) To associate one's self to; to be or become connected with; to league one's self with; to unite with; as, to join a party; to join the church.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
join : Of the New Testament words, kolláō , literally, "glue," "weld together," and its compounds, designate the closest form of personal union, as in Luke 15:15; 1 Corinthians 6:16; Ephesians 5:31 . In the words of institution of marriage, suzeúgnumi is used ( Matthew 19:6; Mark 10:9 , literally, "yoke together"; compare Genesis 2:24 ).
