Topical Bible: Joining

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Definition and Context:
In biblical terms, "joining" often refers to the act of coming together, uniting, or forming a bond. This can be seen in various contexts, including marriage, fellowship within the body of Christ, and alliances between individuals or groups. The concept of joining is significant in Scripture as it often symbolizes unity, commitment, and covenant relationships.

Marriage:
One of the most prominent examples of joining in the Bible is the union of marriage. Genesis 2:24 states, "For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and they will become one flesh." This verse underscores the divine intention for marriage as a lifelong, exclusive union between a man and a woman. The joining of husband and wife is not merely physical but also spiritual and emotional, reflecting the covenant relationship God establishes with His people.

Fellowship and the Church:
The New Testament frequently addresses the concept of joining in the context of the church. Believers are called to join together in fellowship, forming the body of Christ. In Ephesians 4:16, Paul writes, "From Him the whole body, fitted and held together by every supporting ligament, grows and builds itself up in love, as each part does its work." This passage highlights the importance of each member being joined to the body, contributing to its growth and unity.

Alliances and Covenants:
Throughout the Old Testament, joining is also seen in the formation of alliances and covenants. These agreements were often made between individuals, tribes, or nations. For example, in 1 Samuel 18:3, Jonathan made a covenant with David because he loved him as himself. Such covenants were solemn commitments that required loyalty and faithfulness, reflecting the seriousness of joining in a biblical sense.

Spiritual Union with Christ:
The New Testament further expands the idea of joining to include the believer's spiritual union with Christ. In Romans 6:5, Paul explains, "For if we have been united with Him like this in His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in His resurrection." This spiritual joining signifies the believer's identification with Christ's death and resurrection, leading to a transformed life.

Warnings Against Unholy Alliances:
Scripture also warns against joining in unholy alliances or partnerships. In 2 Corinthians 6:14, Paul admonishes, "Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership can righteousness have with wickedness? Or what fellowship does light have with darkness?" This warning emphasizes the importance of maintaining spiritual purity and discernment in relationships and partnerships.

Conclusion:
The biblical concept of joining encompasses a range of relationships and commitments, each carrying significant spiritual and moral implications. Whether in marriage, church fellowship, or spiritual union with Christ, joining is portrayed as a profound and sacred act that reflects God's design for unity and covenant faithfulness.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Join.

Greek

719. harmos -- a joining, joint
... a joining, joint. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: harmos Phonetic
Spelling: (har-mos') Short Definition: a joint of the body Definition: a ...
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4943. sunupourgeo -- to help together
... Word Origin from sun and hupourgeo (to render service, assist) Definition to help
together NASB Word Usage joining in helping (1). help together. ...
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2202. zeukteria -- bands, ropes
... fastening. Word Origin from zeukterios (fit for joining); from the same as zugos
Definition bands, ropes NASB Word Usage ropes (1). band. ...
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2086. heterozugeo -- to be yoked up differently, ie to be ...
... 2086 (from 2087 , "another of a kind" and 2218 , "a yoke, joining two to a single
plow") -- properly, of people together ; hence "unequally yoked" (not aptly ...
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Strong's Hebrew

681a. etsel -- a joining together, proximity
... 681, 681a. etsel. 681b . a joining together, proximity. Transliteration:
etsel Short Definition: beside. Word Origin from an unused ...
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679. atstsil -- a joining, joint
... 678, 679. atstsil. 680 . a joining, joint. Transliteration: atstsil Phonetic
Spelling: (ats-tseel') Short Definition: armpits. Word ...
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1694. debeq -- a joining, soldering, appendage
... 1693, 1694. debeq. 1695 . a joining, soldering, appendage. Transliteration:
debeq Phonetic Spelling: (deh'-bek) Short Definition: joint. ...
/hebrew/1694.htm - 6k

7948. shelabbim -- joining pieces (of stands)
... 7947, 7948. shelabbim. 7949 . joining pieces (of stands). Transliteration:
shelabbim Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-lawb') Short Definition: frames. ...
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681. etsel -- a joining together, proximity
... 680, 681. etsel. 681a . a joining together, proximity. Transliteration:
etsel Phonetic Spelling: (ay'-tsel) Short Definition: at. ...
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4225. machbereth -- something joined, place of joining
... 4224b, 4225. machbereth. 4226 . something joined, place of joining.
Transliteration: machbereth Phonetic Spelling: (makh-beh'-reth) Short Definition: ...
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1695. dabeq -- a clinging, cleaving
... cleave, joining, stick closer. From dabaq; adhering -- cleave, joining, stick closer.
see HEBREW dabaq. 1694, 1695. dabeq. 1696 . Strong's Numbers.
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4226. mechabberah -- a binder, clamp, joint
... coupling, joining. From chabar; a joiner, ie Brace or cramp -- coupling, joining.
see HEBREW chabar. 4225, 4226. mechabberah. 4227 . Strong's Numbers.
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2388. chazaq -- to be or grow firm or strong, strengthen
... hardened (9), held (2), held them fast (1), help* (1), helped (1), hold (4), hold
his own (1), hold fast (5), holding (3), holds fast (3), joining (1), laid ...
/hebrew/2388.htm - 8k

Library

Whether Matrimony is a Kind of Joining?
... OF THE DEFINITION OF MATRIMONY (THREE ARTICLES) Whether matrimony is a kind of joining?
Objection 1: It would seem that matrimony is not a kind of joining. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether matrimony is a kind.htm

On Joining the Church.
... 664. " On Joining the Church. 664. LM Doddridge. On Joining the Church. 1 O, happy
day, that fixed my choice On thee, my Saviour and my Lord! ...
/.../adams/hymns for christian devotion/664 on joining the.htm

Park Street. LM Joining in Praise.
... 14 Park Street. LM Joining in Praise. Joining in Praise. (75) Sweet is
the work, my God! my King! To praise thy name, give thanks ...
/.../lorenz/the otterbein hymnal/14 park street l m joining.htm

Love Further Manifests Itself in Joining Righteousness and ...
... THE SECOND CENTURY 29 Love further manifests itself in joining righteousness and
blessedness together: for wherein can Love appear more than in making our duty ...
/.../traherne/centuries of meditations/29 love further manifests itself.htm

Scriptures Showing the Sin and Danger of Joining with Wicked and ...
... Section V. Scriptures Showing The Sin And Danger Of Joining With Wicked
And Ungodly Men. Scriptures Showing The Sin And Danger Of ...
/.../binning/the works of the rev hugh binning/section v scriptures showing the.htm

Whether Matrimony is Fittingly Named?
... Objection 3: Further, a species cannot take its proper name from that which belongs
to the genus. Now a joining [conjunctio] is the genus of matrimony. ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether matrimony is fittingly named.htm

Whether Consent is the Efficient Cause of Matrimony?
... Wherefore, since in matrimony there is a kind of spiritual joining together, in
so far as matrimony is a sacrament, and a certain material joining together, in ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether consent is the efficient.htm

Whether Matrimony is Fittingly Defined in the Text?
... It also points to the difference of the contracting parties in reference to the
species, by the word "marital," for since matrimony is a joining together for ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether matrimony is fittingly defined.htm

As Regards Our Reverend Friend Epiphanius, this is Strange ...
... this is strange shuffling of yours, when you say that it was impossible for him
to have written against you after his giving you the kiss and joining with you ...
/.../23 as regards our reverend.htm

How Love Effects the Union of the Soul with God in Prayer.
... in God, makes by way of prayer, to be more and more united and joined to his divine
goodness: for there is truly a difference between joining or uniting one ...
/.../francis/treatise on the love of god/chapter i how love effects.htm

Thesaurus

Joining (43 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Joining (43 Occurrences). Acts 5:13 The others, in fear,
kept back from joining them: but the people made much of them; (BBE). ...
/j/joining.htm - 19k

Legs (50 Occurrences)
... Leviticus 3:4 And the two kidneys, and the fat on them, which is by the top part
of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, he is to take away ...
/l/legs.htm - 21k

Join (70 Occurrences)
... join. 7. (n.) The line joining two points; the point common to two intersecting
lines. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. JOIN. join ...
/j/join.htm - 28k

Hooks (41 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Exodus 26:6 Then make fifty gold hooks, joining the curtains together by
the hooks, and in this way the House will be made. (BBE YLT). ...
/h/hooks.htm - 19k

Maketh (399 Occurrences)
... Exodus 36:11 and he maketh loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain, at the
end, in the joining; so he hath made in the edge of the outmost curtain, in the ...
/m/maketh.htm - 34k

Loop
... A knotted "eye" of cord, corresponding to the "taches" or knobs in the edges of
the curtains of the tabernacle, for joining them into a continuous circuit ...
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Makest (68 Occurrences)
... Exodus 26:4 And thou hast made loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain, at
the end in the joining; and so thou makest in the edge of the outermost ...
/m/makest.htm - 25k

Ammonites (97 Occurrences)
... to Jotham (2 Chronicles 27:5). After submitting to Tiglath-pileser they were generally
tributary to Assyria, but we have mention of their joining In the ...
/a/ammonites.htm - 43k

Ammon (100 Occurrences)
... to Jotham (2 Chronicles 27:5). After submitting to Tiglath-pileser they were generally
tributary to Assyria, but we have mention of their joining In the ...
/a/ammon.htm - 47k

Shoulders (38 Occurrences)
... shoulders. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV). Exodus 28:7 it hath two
shoulders joining at its two ends, and it is joined. (YLT). ...
/s/shoulders.htm - 18k

Resources

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Joining (43 Occurrences)

Acts 5:13
The others, in fear, kept back from joining them: but the people made much of them;
(BBE)

Acts 17:34
But some men joining themselves to him believed; among whom also was Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman by name Damaris, and others with them.
(DBY)

2 Corinthians 1:11
you also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift bestowed on us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on your behalf.
(See NAS)

Ephesians 5:19
Joining with one another in holy songs of praise and of the Spirit, using your voice in songs and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
(BBE)

Titus 3:12
After I have sent Artemas or Tychicus to you, lose no time in joining me at Nicopolis; for I have decided to pass the winter there.
(WEY)

2 Peter 1:5
So, for this very cause, take every care; joining virtue to faith, and knowledge to virtue,
(BBE)

Genesis 2:21
And the Lord God sent a deep sleep on the man, and took one of the bones from his side while he was sleeping, joining up the flesh again in its place:
(BBE)

Exodus 26:3
five of the curtains are joining one unto another, and five curtains are joining one to another.
(YLT)

Exodus 26:4
And thou hast made loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain, at the end in the joining; and so thou makest in the edge of the outermost curtain, in the joining of the second.
(YLT)

Exodus 26:5
fifty loops thou dost make in the one curtain, and fifty loops thou dost make in the edge of the curtain which 'is' in the joining of the second, causing the loops to take hold one unto another;
(YLT)

Exodus 26:6
Then make fifty gold hooks, joining the curtains together by the hooks, and in this way the House will be made.
(BBE)

Exodus 26:10
And thou hast made fifty loops on the edge of the one curtain, the outermost in the joining, and fifty loops on the edge of the curtain which is joining the second;
(YLT)

Exodus 26:11
Then make fifty brass hooks and put the hooks into the twists, joining the tent together to make it one.
(BBE)

Exodus 28:7
It is to have two bands stitched to it at the top of the arms, joining it together.
(BBE YLT)

Exodus 28:25
Joining the other ends of the chains to the gold frames and putting them on the front of the ephod, at the top of the arms.
(BBE)

Exodus 28:27
and thou hast made two rings of gold, and hast put them on the two shoulders of the ephod, beneath, over-against its front, over-against its joining, above the girdle of the ephod,
(YLT RSV)

Exodus 29:13
And take all the fat covering the inside of the ox, and the fat joining the liver and the two kidneys with the fat round them, and let them be burned on the altar;
(BBE)

Exodus 29:22
Then take the fat of the sheep, the fat tail, the fat covering the insides, and the fat joining the liver and the two kidneys with the fat round them, and the right leg; for by the offering of this sheep they are to be marked out as priests:
(BBE)

Exodus 36:11
and he maketh loops of blue on the edge of the one curtain, at the end, in the joining; so he hath made in the edge of the outmost curtain, in the joining of the second;
(YLT)

Exodus 36:12
fifty loops he hath made in the one curtain, and fifty loops hath he made in the end of the curtain which 'is' in the joining of the second; the loops are taking hold one on another.
(YLT)

Exodus 36:13
And they made fifty hooks of gold, joining the curtains one to another with the hooks; and so the House was made.
(BBE)

Exodus 36:17
And he maketh fifty loops on the outer edge of the curtain, in the joining; and fifty loops he hath made on the edge of the curtain which is joining the second;
(YLT)

Exodus 36:18
And fifty hooks of brass for joining them together to make the tent.
(BBE)

Exodus 39:4
And they made two bands for joining its edges together at the top of the arms.
(BBE DBY YLT)

Leviticus 3:4
And the two kidneys, and the fat on them, which is by the top part of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, he is to take away;
(BBE)

Leviticus 3:10
And the two kidneys, with the fat on them, which is by the top part of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, he is to take away;
(BBE)

Leviticus 3:15
And the two kidneys, with the fat on them, which is by the top part of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, let him take away;
(BBE)

Leviticus 4:9
And the two kidneys, with the fat on them, which is by the top part of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, he is to take away,
(BBE)

Leviticus 7:4
And the two kidneys, and the fat on them, which is by the top of the legs, and the fat joining the liver and the kidneys, he is to take away:
(BBE)

Joshua 23:12
For if you go back, joining yourselves to the rest of these nations who are still among you, getting married to them and living with them and they with you:
(BBE)

Judges 11:3
So Jephthah went in flight from his brothers and was living in the land of Tob, where a number of good-for-nothing men, joining Jephthah, went out with him on his undertakings.
(BBE)

2 Chronicles 3:12
The wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

2 Chronicles 20:37
and prophesy doth Eliezer son of Dodavah, of Mareshah, against Jehoshaphat, saying, 'For thy joining thyself with Ahaziah, Jehovah hath broken up thy works;' and the ships are broken, and have not retained 'power' to go unto Tarshish.
(YLT)

Ezra 4:12
We give news to the king that the Jews who came from you have come to us at Jerusalem; they are building up again that uncontrolled and evil town; the walls are complete and they are joining up the bases.
(BBE)

Nehemiah 10:29
They joined with their brothers, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;
(See NAS)

Job 16:4
It would not be hard for me to say such things if your souls were in my soul's place; joining words together against you, and shaking my head at you:
(BBE)

Isaiah 5:8
Cursed are those who are joining house to house, and putting field to field, till there is no more living-space for any but themselves in all the land!
(BBE YLT)

Isaiah 41:7
And strengthen doth an artizan the refiner, A smoother 'with' a hammer, Him who is beating 'on' an anvil, Saying, 'For joining it 'is' good,' And he strengtheneth it with nails, it is not moved!
(YLT)

Ezekiel 1:9
joining one unto another 'are' their wings, they turn not round in their going, each straight forward they go.
(YLT)

Ezekiel 1:11
And their faces and their wings are separate from above, to each 'are' two joining together, and two are covering their bodies.
(YLT)

Ezekiel 31:17
They also went down into Sheol with him to those who are slain by the sword; yes, those who were his arm, that lived under his shadow in the midst of the nations.
(See NIV)

Ezekiel 37:17
Then, joining them one to another, make them one stick, so that they may be one in your hand.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 41:8
I saw also that the house had a raised basement round about: the foundations of the side-chambers were a full reed of six great cubits.
(See JPS YLT)

Subtopics

Joining

Joining a Church

Joining the Military

Related Terms

Legs (50 Occurrences)

Join (70 Occurrences)

Hooks (41 Occurrences)

Maketh (399 Occurrences)

Loop

Makest (68 Occurrences)

Ammonites (97 Occurrences)