Acquaint, acquaintance (Hastings' Dictionary)
Acquaint as a relle.xive vcrli, meaning to make the acquaintance of, is found in Job 22-i, Kc 2^. Cf. Shak 's Temp. II. ii. 159 : '.Mi.sery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.' Acquaintance is both sing. and plur., I's 55" ' But it was thou, a man mine e(|ual, my guide, and mine a.' (KV 'my familiar friend') ; I.k 2.'"' 'Ami all his a. and the women that followed him from Galilee.' Aciiuainted, meaning 'to be familiar with,' oecnrs I's liiS)', Is :\?fl 'a. witli grief.' J. Uastinc.s.
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This topic also has an entry in the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Both articles offer independent scholarly perspectives.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Acquaint, acquaintance
Acquaint; Acquaintance a-kwant', a-kwan'-tans (gnostoi): Terms referring to various degrees of knowledge, but implying more or less detailed information; applied to God's omniscience (Ps 139:3), to the grief of the Suffering Servant of Yahweh (Isa 53:3), and to the knowledge which man should have of God. The noun in the concrete, unless limited by a qualifying term, means more than one who has been known simply in passing, and implies a degree of intimacy, as may be seen in Lu 2:44; 23:49; 2Ki 12:5. H. E. Jacobs
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