Genesis 12:18
And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
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And Pharaoh called Abram, and said, What is this that thou hast done unto me? why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife?
Read in context →And the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.
Read in context →24 occurrences in 23 verses.
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nâgad · naw-gad'
properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise
Strong's KJV usage: bewray, × certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, × fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, × surely, tell, utter.
Strong's first: Genesis 12:18Strong's last: Jonah 1:8
Open full H5046 profile →ʼâmar · aw-mar'
to say (used with great latitude)
Strong's KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, × desire, determine, × expressly, × indeed, × intend, name, × plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), × still, × suppose, talk, tell, term, × that is, × think, use (speech), utter, × verily, × yet.
Strong's first: Genesis 22:2Strong's last: Ezekiel 17:12
Open full H559 profile →épō · ep'-o
to speak or say (by word or writing)
Strong's KJV usage: :--answer, bid, bring word, call, command, grant, say (on), speak, tell.
Strong's first: Matthew 8:4Strong's last: Acts 5:8
Open full G2036 profile →légō · leg'-o
properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036 and G5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 is properly to break silence merely, and G2980 means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean
Strong's KJV usage: :--ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say(-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter.
Strong's first: Matthew 10:27Strong's last: Galatians 4:21
Open full G3004 profile →çâphar · saw-far'
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
Strong's KJV usage: commune, (ac-) count; declare, number, penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.
Strong's first: Genesis 15:5Strong's last: Joel 1:3
Open full H5608 profile →eídō · i'-do
used only in certain past tenses, the others being borrowed from the equivalent G3700 and G3708; properly, to see (literally or figuratively); by implication, (in the perfect tense only) to know
Strong's KJV usage: :--be aware, behold, X can (+ not tell), consider, (have) know(-ledge), look (on), perceive, see, be sure, tell, understand, wish, wot.
Strong's first: Matthew 21:27Strong's last: 2 Corinthians 12:3
Open full G1492 profile →yâdaʻ · yaw-dah'
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, × could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-) norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, be learned, lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, × prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), × will be, wist, wit, wot.
Strong's first: Genesis 43:22Strong's last: Jonah 3:9
Open full H3045 profile →dâbar · daw-bar'
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Strong's KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, × well, × work.
Strong's first: Exodus 9:1Strong's last: Jeremiah 19:2
Open full H1696 profile →apangéllō · ap-ang-el'-lo
to announce
Strong's KJV usage: :--bring word (again), declare, report, shew (again), tell.
Strong's first: Matthew 28:9Strong's last: Acts 23:19
Open full G518 profile →ʼămar · am-ar'
Strong's KJV usage: command, declare, say, speak, tell.
Strong's first: Daniel 2:4Strong's last: Daniel 4:9
Open full H560 profile →eréō · er-eh'-o
an alternate for G2036 in certain tenses; to utter, i.e. speak or say
Strong's KJV usage: :--call, say, speak (of), tell.
Strong's first: Matthew 21:24Strong's last: Revelation 17:7
Open full G2046 profile →anangéllō · an-ang-el'-lo
to announce (in detail)
Strong's KJV usage: :--declare, rehearse, report, show, speak, tell.
Strong's first: Mark 5:19Strong's last: John 4:25
Open full G312 profile →diēgéomai · dee-ayg-eh'-om-ahee
to relate fully
Strong's KJV usage: :--declare, shew, tell.
Strong's first: Mark 9:9Strong's last: Hebrews 11:32
Open full G1334 profile →laléō · lal-eh'-o
to talk, i.e. utter words
Strong's KJV usage: :--preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter.
Strong's first: Acts 10:6Strong's last: Acts 11:14
Open full G2980 profile →shâmaʻ · shaw-mah'
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: × attentively, call (gather) together, × carefully, × certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, × diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), × indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, × surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Strong's first: Isaiah 42:9Strong's last: Isaiah 48:20
Open full H8085 profile →alētheúō · al-ayth-yoo'-o
to be true (in doctrine and profession)
Strong's KJV usage: :--speak (tell) the truth.
Strong's first: Galatians 4:16Strong's last: Galatians 4:16
Open full G226 profile →eklaléō · ek-lal-eh'-o
to divulge
Strong's KJV usage: :--tell.
Strong's first: Acts 23:22Strong's last: Acts 23:22
Open full G1583 profile →elénchō · el-eng'-kho
to confute, admonish
Strong's KJV usage: :--convict, convince, tell a fault, rebuke, reprove.
Strong's first: Matthew 18:15Strong's last: Matthew 18:15
Open full G1651 profile →prolégō · prol-eg'-o
to say beforehand, i.e. predict, forewarn
Strong's KJV usage: :--foretell, tell before.
Strong's first: Galatians 5:21Strong's last: Galatians 5:21
Open full G4302 profile →Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.
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And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ.
And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead.
Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.
And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage.
Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God.
And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.
And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.
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TELL, verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive told. [Latin telum; Latin appello and peal, Latin pello.]
1. To utter; to express in words; to communicate to others.
I will not eat till I have told my errand. Genesis 24:23.
2. To relate; to narrate; to rehearse particulars; as, to tell a story. Genesis 37:16.
And not a man appears to tell their fate.
3. To teach; to inform; to make known; to show by words. tell us the way.
Why didst thou not tell me that she was thy wife? Gen 12.
4. To discover; to disclose; to betray.
They will tell it to the inhabitants of this land. Numbers 14:14.
5. To count; to number.
Look now towards heaven, and tell the stars. Gen 15.
6. To relate in confession; to confess or acknowledge.
TELL me now what thou hast done. Joshua 7:19.
7. To publish.
TELL it not in Gath. 2 Samuel 1:4.
8. To unfold; to interpret; to explain. Ezekiel 24:19.
9. To make excuses.
Tush, never tell me. [Not elegant.]
10. To make known.
Our feelings tell us how long they ought to have submitted.
11. To discover; to find; to discern. The colors are so blended that I cannot tell where one ends and the other begins.
TELL, though equivalent in some respects to speak and say, has not always the same application. We say, to tell this, that or what, to tell a story, to tell a word, to tell truth or falsehood, to tell a number, to tell the reasons, to tell something or nothing; but we never say, to tell a speech, discourse or oration, or to tell an argument or a lesson. It is much used in commands. tell me the whole story; tell me all you know, or all that was said. tell has frequently the sense of narrate; which speak and say have not.
TELL, verb intransitive To give an account; to make report.
--That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works. Psalms 36:1.
To tell of
To tell on - to inform. You must not disobey; I will tell of you if you do. This is a common popular use of the word. To tell on, is quite vulgar as well as improper.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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