King James Bible Dictionary

FEL'LOW, noun [Heb. to tie or connect, to be joined or associated.]

1. A companion; an associate.

In youth I had twelve fellows, like myself.

Each on his fellow for assistance calls.

2. One of the same kind.

A shepherd had one favorite dog; he fed him with his own hand, and took more care of him than of his fellows.

3. An equal.

Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow saith Jehovah of hosts. Zechariah 13:7.

4. One of a pair, or of two things used together and suited to each other. Of a pair of gloves, we call one the fellow of the other.

5. One equal or like another. Of an artist we say, this man has not his fellow that is, one of like skill.

6. An appellation of contempt; a man without good breeding or worth; an ignoble man; as a mean fellow

Worth makes the man, and want of it the fellow

7. A member of a college that shares its revenues; or a member of any incorporated society.

8. A member of a corporation; a trustee.

FEL'LOW, verb transitive To suit with; to pair with; to match. [Little used.]

In composition, fellow denotes community of nature, station or employment.

FELLOW-CIT'IZEN, noun A citizen of the same state or nation.

Ephesians 2:19.

FELLOW-COM'MONER, noun

1. One who has the same right of common.

2. In Cambridge, England, one who dines with the fellows.

FELLOW-COUN'SELOR, noun An associate in council.

FELLOW-CRE'ATURE, noun One of the same race or kind. Thus men are all called fellow-creatures. Watts uses the word for one made by the same creator. 'Reason by which we are raised above our fellow-creatures, the brutes.' But the word is not now used in this sense.

FELLOW-FEE'LING, noun

1. Sympathy; a like feeling.

2. Joint interest. [Not in use.]

FELLOW-HEIR, noun A co-heir, or joint-heir; one entitled to a share of the same inheritance.

That the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs. Ephesians 3:1.

FELLOW-HELP'ER, noun A co-adjutor; one who concurs or aids in the same business. John 8:1.

FELLOW-LA'BORER, noun One who labors in the same business or design.

FEL'LOWLIKE, adjective Like a companion; companionable; on equal terms.

FELLOW-MA'IDEN, noun A maiden who is an associate.

FELLOW-MEM'BER, noun A member of the same body.

FELLOW-MIN'ISTER, noun One who officiates in the same ministry or calling.

FELLOW-PEE'R, noun One who has the like privileges of nobility.

FELLOW-PRIS'ONER, noun One imprisoned in the same place. Romans 16:1.

FELLOW-RA'KE, noun An associate in vice and profligacy.

FELLOW-SCHOL'AR, noun An associate in studies.

FELLOW-SERV'ANT, noun One who has the same master.

1. With God, consisting in the knowledge of his will (Job 22:21; John 17:3); agreement with his designs (Amos 3:2); mutual affection (Romans 8:38, 39); enjoyment of his presence (Psalms 4:6); conformity to his image (1 John 2:6; 1:6); and participation of his felicity (1 John 1:3, 4; Ephesians 3:14-21).

2. Of saints with one another, in duties (Romans 12:5; 1 Corinthians 12:1; 1 Thessalonians 5:17, 18); in ordinances (Hebrews 10:25; Acts 2:46); in grace, love, joy, etc. (Malachi 3:16; 2 Corinthians 8:4); mutual interest, spiritual and temporal (Romans 12:4, 13; Hebrews 13:16); in sufferings (Romans 15:1, 2; Galatians 6:1, 2; Romans 12:15; and in glory (Revelation 7:9).

General references
Ecclesiastes 4:9-12; Amos 3:3
Fraternity; Fellowship

With God

General references
Genesis 5:22; Genesis 5:24; Genesis 6:9; Exodus 29:45; Exodus 33:14-17; Leviticus 26:12; Isaiah 57:15; Zech 2:10; Mark 9:37; John 14:23; John 17:21; John 17:23; 2 Corinthians 6:16; 2 Corinthians 13:11; 1 John 1:3; 1 John 1:5-7; 1 John 3:24; Revelation 21:3-4
Communion, With God

With Christ

With Christ
Matthew 12:48-50; Luke 8:21; Matthew 18:20; Mark 9:37; Luke 24:32; John 6:51-57; John 14:20-23; John 15:1-8; John 17:21-23; John 17:26; Romans 7:4; Psalms 45:9-16; Psalms 22:1; Romans 8:1; Romans 8:10; Romans 8:17; Romans 11:17; Romans 12:5; 1 Corinthians 1:9; 1 Corinthians 6:13-15; 1 Corinthians 6:17; 1 Corinthians 10:16; 1 Corinthians 12:12; 1 Corinthians 12:27; 2 Corinthians 11:2; 2 Corinthians 13:5; Ephesians 5:30; Ephesians 5:32; Colossians 1:27; Colossians 3:3; 1 Thessalonians 5:9-10; Hebrews 2:11; 1 John 2:6; 1 John 2:24; 1 John 2:28; 1 John 3:6; 1 John 3:24; 1 John 4:13; 1 John 5:12; 1 John 5:20; 2 John 1:9; Revelation 3:20
Communion

Of the Holy Spirit

General references
Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 3:16; 2 Corinthians 13:14
Communion; Holy Spirit

Of the Righteous

General references
Psalms 55:14; Psalms 119:63; Amos 3:3; Malachi 3:16; Matthew 17:4; Matthew 20:25-28; Matthew 23:8; Mark 10:42-45; Luke 22:32; Luke 24:13-15; John 13:34; John 15:12; John 17:11; John 17:21-23; Acts 1:14; Acts 2:1; Acts 2:42; Acts 2:44-47; Acts 17:4; Acts 20:35; Romans 1:12; Romans 14:1-4; Romans 14:10; Romans 14:13-16; Romans 14:18-21; Romans 15:1-7; 1 Corinthians 1:10; 1 Corinthians 10:16-17; 1 Corinthians 12:13; 1 Corinthians 16:19-20; Galatians 2:9; Galatians 6:2; Galatians 6:10; Ephesians 2:14-22; Ephesians 5:2; Ephesians 5:19; Ephesians 5:30; Philippians 1:3; Philippians 1:5; Philippians 1:27; Philippians 2:1-2; Colossians 2:2; Colossians 3:16; 1 Thessalonians 4:18; 1 Thessalonians 5:11; 1 Thessalonians 5:14; Hebrews 3:13; Hebrews 10:24-25; Hebrews 13:1; James 5:16; 1 Peter 2:17; 1 Peter 3:8-9; 1 John 1:3; 1 John 1:7; 1 John 3:14; 1 John 4:7-8; 1 John 4:11-13
Communion, Of Saints

With the wicked

General references
Genesis 49:6; Exodus 33:15-16; Exodus 34:13-16; Deuteronomy 31:16-17; Numbers 25:1-8; Joshua 23:12-13; Ezra 6:21-22; Ezra 9:14; Psalms 6:8; Psalms 26:4-5; Psalms 50:18; Psalms 102:6-8; Proverbs 28:19; Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 29:24; 1 Corinthians 5:11; 1 Corinthians 15:33; 2 Peter 2:18-19; 2 Peter 3:17

Punishment of
Numbers 33:56; Joshua 23:13; Judges 2:3; Judges 3:5-8; Ezra 9:7; Ezra 9:14; Psalms 106:41-42; Revelation 2:16; Revelation 2:22-23

Forbidden
Exodus 23:32-33; Exodus 34:12; Judges 2:2; Numbers 16:26; Deuteronomy 7:2-4; Deuteronomy 12:30; Ezra 9:1-2; Deuteronomy 13:6-11; Joshua 23:6-7; Joshua 23:13; Ezra 9:12; Ezra 10:11; Psalms 1:1; Proverbs 1:10-15; Proverbs 4:14-15; Proverbs 9:6; Proverbs 14:7; Matthew 18:17; Romans 16:17; 1 Corinthians 5:9-11; 2 Corinthians 6:14-17; Ephesians 5:11; 2 Thessalonians 3:6; 2 Thessalonians 3:14-15; 1 Timothy 6:3-5; 2 Timothy 3:2-7; 2 Peter 3:17; 2 John 1:9-11; Revelation 18:1-4

Exemplified by:

Solomon
1 Kings 11:1-8

Rehoboam
1 Kings 12:8-9

Jehoshaphat
2 Chronicles 18:3; 2 Chronicles 19:2; 2 Chronicles 20:35-37

Jehoram
2 Chronicles 21:6

Ahaziah
2 Chronicles 22:3-5

Israelites
Ezra 9:1-2

Israel
Ezekiel 44:7

Judas Iscariot
Matthew 26:14-16

Instances of those who avoided fellowship with the wicked:

Man of God
1 Kings 13:7-10

Nehemiah
Nehemiah 6:2-4; Nehemiah 10:29-31

David
Psalms 101:4-7; Psalms 119:115

Jeremiah
Jeremiah 15:17

Joseph, of Arimathaea
Luke 23:51

Church of Ephesus
Revelation 2:6
Company, Evil; Influence, Evil

FEL'LOWSHIP, noun

1. Companionship; society; consort; mutual association of persons on equal and friendly terms; familiar intercourse.

Have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness. Ephesians 5:11.

Men are made for society and mutual fellowship

2. Association; confederacy; combination.

Most of the other christian princes were drawn into the fellowship of that war. [Unusual.]

3. Partnership; joint interest; as fellowship in pain.

4. Company; a state of being together.

The great contention of the sea and skies parted our fellowship

5. Frequency of intercourse.

In a great town friends are scattered, so that there is not that fellowship which is in less neighborhoods.

6. Fitness and fondness for festive entertainments; with good prefixed.

He had by his good fellowship - made himself popular, with all the officers of the army.

7. Communion; intimate familiarity. 1 John 1:1.

8. In arithmetic, the rule of proportions, by which the accounts of partners in business are adjusted, so that each partner may have a share of gain or sustain a share of loss, in proportion to his part of the stock.

9. An establishment in colleges, for the maintenance of a fellow.

FELLOW-SO'LDIER, noun One who fights under the same commander, or is engaged in the same service. Officers often address their companions in arms by this appellation.

FELLOW-STRE'AM, noun A stream in the vicinity.

FELLOW-STU'DENT, noun One who studies in the same company or class with another, or who belongs to the same school.

FELLOW-SUB'JECT, noun One who is subject to the same government with another.

FELLOW-SUF'FERER, noun One who shares in the same evil, or partakes of the same sufferings with another.

FELLOW-TRAV'ELER, noun One who travels in company with another.

FELLOW-WORK'ER, noun One employed in the same occupation.

FELLOW-WRI'TER, noun One who writes at the same time.