2 Samuel 7:11
And as since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel, and have caused thee to rest from all thine enemies. Also the LORD telleth thee that he will make thee an house.
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Telleth
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John 12:22
Philip cometh and telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus.
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דָבַר
dâbar · daw-bar'
2 times translated as this KJV form1,142 total Strong's occurrences
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.
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Strong's first: Psalms 41:6Strong's last: Psalms 101:7
Open full H1696 profile →מָנָה
mânâh · maw-naw'
2 times translated as this KJV form28 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to weigh out; by implication, to allot or constitute officially; also to enumerate or enroll
Strong's KJV usage: appoint, count, number, prepare, set, tell.
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Strong's first: Psalms 147:4Strong's last: Jeremiah 33:13
Open full H4487 profile →נָגַד
nâgad · naw-gad'
2 times translated as this KJV form369 total Strong's occurrences
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.
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Strong's first: 2 Samuel 7:11Strong's last: 2 Kings 6:12
Open full H5046 profile →λέγω
légō · leg'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form1,358 total Strong's occurrences
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: John 12:22Strong's last: John 12:22
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H5046
And one of his servants said, None, my lord, O king: but Elisha, the prophet that is in Israel, telleth the king of Israel the words that thou speakest in thy bedchamber.
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tell
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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