Bible Dictionary
CONVERSANT
Conversant formerly meant familiar with or associated with someone, literally going or walking with them. In older biblical usage it describes accompanying or associating with others.
Definition
Conversant formerly meant going or walking with someone and therefore being associated or familiar with them. In older biblical English it can describe accompanying or going along with others.
Biblical Usage
The King James Version uses the word for people who went or walked with others. Marginal and later translations commonly express the idea simply as “walked” or “went.”
Historical Background
The term reflects an older English sense derived from association through accompanying or walking together.
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>kon-vur'-sant (halakh, "to go on," "to walk"): This word is translated "conversant" in Jos 8:35 the King James Version (margin "walked"), and 1Sa 25:15 the King James Version meaning "going along with them;" the American Standard Revised Version "went."</p>