COMPANY

COMPANY. → EVIL Ge 19:15; 49:6; Ex 23:2,32,33; 34:12-15; Le 18:3; 20:23; Nu 16:21-26; 33:55; De 7:2-4; 12:30; Jos 23:6-13; Jud 2:1-3; 2Sa 23:6,7; 2Ch 19:2; Ezr 9:14; Ps 1:1; 6:8; 15:4; 26:4,5,9; 28:3; 31:6; 50:18; 84:10; 101:4,7; 106:34,35; 119:115; 120:5-7; 139:19,21,22; 141:4; Pr 1:10,14,15; 2:11,12,16,19; 4:14,15; 5:8; 9:6; 12:11,26; 13:20; 14:7; 16:29; 17:12; 20:19; 22:5,10,24,25; 23:6,20; 24:1; 28:7,19; 29:16,24; Ec 9:18; Isa 1:23; 6:5; 8:11,12; Jer 2:25; 9:2; 15:17; 51:6,45; Ho 4:17; 7:5,8,9; Mic 6:16; Mt 24:12; Ro 16:17,18; 1Co 5:6,9-11; 15:33; 2Co 6:14,15,17; Ga 5:9; Eph 5:6,7; 2Th 3:6; 1Ti 5:22; 6:5; 2Ti 3:4,5; 2Pe 2:7,8,18; 2Jo 1:10,11; Re 2:2; 18:4 → GOOD Pr 13:20
* See COMMUNION OF SAINTS
* See EXAMPLE
* See FELLOWSHIP
* See INFLUENCE

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company. Company, [cumpany] n. assembly of person, fellowship, firm or partnership, a ship's crew, a military band

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Com″pa‐ny (kŭm″pȧ‐ny̆), n.; pl. Companies (–nĭz). [[F. compagnie, fr. OF. compaing. See Companion.]] 1. 1. The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompanying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse. Shak.
Evil company doth corrupt good manners. 1 Cor. xv. 33. (Rev. Ver.). Brethren, farewell: your company along I will not wish. Milton. 2. 2. A companion or companions.
To thee and thy company I bid A hearty welcome. Shak. 3. 3. An assemblage or association of persons, either permanent or transient.
Thou shalt meet a company of prophets. 1 Sam. x. 5. 4. 4. Guests or visitors, in distinction from the members of a family; as, to invite company to dine.
5. 5. Society, in general; people assembled for social intercourse.
Nature has left every man a capacity of being agreeable, though not of shining in company. Swift. 6. 6. An association of persons for the purpose of carrying on some enterprise or business; a corporation; a firm; as, the East India Company; an insurance company; a joint-stock company.
7. 7. Partners in a firm whose names are not mentioned in its style or title; — often abbreviated in writing; as, Hottinguer & Co.
8. 8. (Mil.) A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the command of a captain, numbering in the United States (full strength) 100 men.
9. 9. (Naut.) The crew of a ship, including the officers; as, a whole ship's company.
10. 10. The body of actors employed in a theater or in the production of a play.
To keep company with. See under Keep, v. t. Syn. — Assemblage; assembly; society; group; circle; crowd; troop; crew; gang; corporation; association; fraternity; guild; partnership; copartnery; union; club; party; gathering.