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kō̇ -mit ´: Used in two senses:

(1) "To give in charge" or "entrust": sı̄m , "to put" (Job 5:8 ); gālal , "to roll" (Psalm 37:5; Proverbs 16:3 ); pāḳadh , "to give, in charge" (Psalm 31:5 the King James Version; compare Luke 23:46 ); tı́thēmi , "committed to us (the Revised Version, margin "placed in us") the word of reconciliation" (2 Corinthians 5:19 ); , parathḗke , "that which I have committed unto him" (2 Timothy 1:12; the Revised Version, margin "that which he hath committed unto me," Greek "my deposit"); "that which is committed unto thee" (1 Timothy 6:20 , Greek "the deposit"); "that good thing," etc. (2 Timothy 1:14 , Greek "the good deposit").

(2) "To do or practice (evil)": prássō "commit such things" (Romans 1:32 , the Revised Version (British and American) "practice"; compare Romans 2:2 ). In 1 John 3:4 , 1 John 3:8 "doeth sin" ( poiéō , the King James Version "committeth sin") shows that it is not committing a single sin that is in view, but sinful practice.

Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Commit'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​c/commit.html. 1915.
 
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