Commit, Commission
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(1) In the sense of doing or practicing."
[ A-1,Verb,
G2038,
ergazomai ]
to work, is translated by the verb "to commit" (of committing sin), in
James 2:9. This is a stronger expression than poieo, "to do," or prasso, "to practice" (Nos. 2 and 3). See
DO,
LABOR,
MINISTER,
TRADE,
WORK.
[ A-2,Verb,
G4160,
poieo ]
"to do, cause, etc.," sometimes signifies "to commit, of any act, as of murder,"
Mark 15:7; sin,
John 8:34;
2 Corinthians 11:7;
James 5:15. See
DO.
Note: In
1 John 3:4,
1 John 3:8-9, the AV wrongly has "commit" (an impossible meaning in
1 John 3:8); the RV rightly has "doeth," i.e., of a continuous habit, equivalent to prasso, "to practice." The committal of an act is not in view in that passage.
[ A-3,Verb,
G4238,
prasso ]
"to do, work, practice," is said of continuous action, or action not yet completed,
Acts 25:11,
Acts 25:25; it is rendered "practice" in the RV, for the incorrect AV "commit," in
Romans 1:32;
Romans 2:2. See
DO,
EXACT,
KEEP,
REQUIRE,
USE.
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(2) In the sense of delivering or entrusting something to a person.
[ A-4,Verb,
G3860,
paradidomi ]
"to give over," is often rendered by the verb "to commit," e.g., to prison,
Acts 8:3; to the grace of God,
Acts 14:26; to God,
1 Peter 2:23; by God to pits of darkness,
2 Peter 2:4. See
COMMEND, No. 2.
[ A-5,Verb,
G4100,
pisteuo ]
signifies "to entrust, commit to,"
Luke 16:11;
1 Timothy 1:11, "committed to (my) trust." See
BELIEVE.
[ A-6,Verb,
G5087,
tithemi ]
"to put, place," signifies, in the Middle Voice, "to put for oneself, assign, place in,"
2 Corinthians 5:19, "having committed (unto us)."
[ A-7,Verb,
G3908,
paratithemi ]
See
COMMEND, No. 3, signifies "to entrust, commit to one's charge," e.g., in
Luke 12:48;
1 Timothy 1:18;
2 Timothy 2:2;
1 Peter 4:19 (AV, "commit the keeping").
Notes:
(1) Didomi, "to give," is rendered "committed" in the AV of
John 5:22 (RV, "given").
(2) For porneuo ("to commit fornication") See
FORNICATION.
(3) In
Romans 2:22, hierosuleo, "to rob temples," is so rendered in the RV, for AV, "commit sacrilege."
(4) In
Acts 27:40, eao, "to let, leave," is rendered in the RV, "left (the anchors) in," for AV, "committed themselves to."
[ B-1,Noun,
G3866,
paratheke ]
"a putting with, a deposit" (para, "with," tithemi, "to put"), and its longer form, parakatatheke, are found, the former in
2 Timothy 1:12, "that which He hath committed unto me," RV, marg., lit., "my deposit" (perhaps, "my deposit with Him"), the latter in
1 Timothy 6:20, where "guard that which is committed unto thee" is, lit., "guard the deposit," and
2 Timothy 1:14, "that good thing which was committed unto thee," i.e., the good deposit; RV, marg., "the good deposit."
[ B-2,Noun,
G428,
epitrope ]
denotes "a turning over (to another), a referring of a thing to another" (epi, "over," trepo, "to turn"), and so a committal of full powers, "a commission,"
Acts 26:12.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words