Bible Dictionaries
Commit, Commission

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

* (1) In the sense of "doing or practicing."

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.

"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 3:4,8,9 , the AV wrongly has "commit" (an impossible meaning in ver. 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.

"to do, work, practice," is said of continuous action, or action not yet completed, Acts 25:11,25; it is rendered "practice" in the RV, for the incorrect AV "commit," in Romans 1:32; 2:2 . See DO , EXACT , KEEP , REQUIRE , USE.

* (2) In the sense of delivering or entrusting something to a person.

"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.

signifies "to entrust, commit to," Luke 16:11; 1 Timothy 1:11 , "committed to (my) trust." See BELIEVE.

"to put, place," signifies, in the Middle Voice, "to put for oneself, assign, place in," 2 Corinthians 5:19 , "having committed (unto us)."

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."

"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."

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 .