Genesis 29:13
And it came to pass, when Laban heard the tidings of Jacob his sister's son, that he ran to meet him, and embraced him, and kissed him, and brought him to his house. And he told Laban all these things.
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Tidings
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1 Thessalonians 3:6
But now when Timotheus came from you unto us, and brought us good tidings of your faith and charity, and that ye have good remembrance of us always, desiring greatly to see us, as we also to see you:
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13 occurrences in 10 verses.
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Genesis
11 verses
Exodus
11 verses
1 Samuel
55 verses
2 Samuel
1310 verses
1 Kings
33 verses
2 Kings
11 verses
1 Chronicles
11 verses
Psalms
11 verses
Isaiah
64 verses
Jeremiah
33 verses
Ezekiel
11 verses
Daniel
11 verses
Nahum
11 verses
Luke
33 verses
Acts
33 verses
Romans
11 verses
1 Thessalonians
11 verses
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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בָּשַׂר
bâsar · baw-sar'
16 times translated as this KJV form26 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to be fresh, i.e. full (rosy, figuratively cheerful); to announce (glad news)
Strong's KJV usage: messenger, preach, publish, shew forth, (bear, bring, carry, preach, good, tell good) tidings.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 4:10Strong's last: Nahum 1:15
Open full H1319 profile →שְׁמוּעָה
shᵉmûwʻâh · shem-oo-aw'
8 times translated as this KJV form27 total Strong's occurrences
something heard, i.e. an announcement
Strong's KJV usage: bruit, doctrine, fame, mentioned, news, report, rumor, tidings.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 4:19Strong's last: Daniel 11:44
Open full H8052 profile →εὐαγγελίζω
euangelízō · yoo-ang-ghel-id'-zo
6 times translated as this KJV form62 total Strong's occurrences
to announce good news ("evangelize") especially the gospel
Strong's KJV usage: :--declare, bring (declare, show) glad (good) tidings, preach (the gospel).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 1:19Strong's last: 1 Thessalonians 3:6
Open full G2097 profile →בְּשׂוֹרָה
bᵉsôwrâh · bes-o-raw'
6 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
glad tidings; by implication, reward for good news
Strong's KJV usage: reward for tidings.
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 4:10Strong's last: 2 Kings 7:9
Open full H1309 profile →דָּבָר
dâbâr · daw-baw'
4 times translated as this KJV form1,425 total Strong's occurrences
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Strong's KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, × any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, chronicles, commandment, × commune(-ication), concern(-ing), confer, counsel, dearth, decree, deed, × disease, due, duty, effect, eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-) ness, glory, harm, hurt, iniquity, judgment, language, lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, × ought, × parts, pertaining, please, portion, power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, × (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, sign, so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, song, speech, × spoken, talk, task, that, × there done, thing (concerning), thought, thus, tidings, what(-soever), wherewith, which, word, work.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 33:4Strong's last: 1 Samuel 11:6
Open full H1697 profile →שֵׁמַע
shêmaʻ · shay'-mah
2 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
something heard, i.e. a sound, rumor, announcement; abstractly, audience
Strong's KJV usage: bruit, fame, hear(-ing), loud, report, speech, tidings.
Strong's first: Genesis 29:13Strong's last: Jeremiah 37:5
Open full H8088 profile →λόγος
lógos · log'-os
1 times translated as this KJV form339 total Strong's occurrences
something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e. Christ)
Strong's KJV usage: :--account, cause, communication, X concerning, doctrine, fame, X have to do, intent, matter, mouth, preaching, question, reason, + reckon, remove, say(-ing), shew, X speaker, speech, talk, thing, + none of these things move me, tidings, treatise, utterance, word, work.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 11:22Strong's last: Acts 11:22
Open full G3056 profile →φάσις
phásis · fas'-is
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a saying, i.e. report
Strong's KJV usage: :--tidings.
Strong's first: Acts 21:31Strong's last: Acts 21:31
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H8052
And Jonathan, Saul's son, had a son that was lame of his feet. He was five years old when the tidings came of Saul and Jonathan out of Jezreel, and his nurse took him up, and fled: and it came to pass, as she made haste to flee, that he fell, and became lame. And his name was Mephibosheth.
H1319
When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
H1309
When one told me, saying, Behold, Saul is dead, thinking to have brought good tidings, I took hold of him, and slew him in Ziklag, who thought that I would have given him a reward for his tidings:
H8052
And it came to pass, while they were in the way, that tidings came to David, saying, Absalom hath slain all the king's sons, and there is not one of them left.
H1319
Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok, Let me now run, and bear the king tidings, how that the LORD hath avenged him of his enemies.
H1309
And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.
H1319
And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.
H1319
And Joab said unto him, Thou shalt not bear tidings this day, but thou shalt bear tidings another day: but this day thou shalt bear no tidings, because the king's son is dead.
H1309
Then said Ahimaaz the son of Zadok yet again to Joab, But howsoever, let me, I pray thee, also run after Cushi. And Joab said, Wherefore wilt thou run, my son, seeing that thou hast no tidings ready?
H1309
And the watchman cried, and told the king. And the king said, If he be alone, there is tidings in his mouth. And he came apace, and drew near.
H1319
And the watchman saw another man running: and the watchman called unto the porter, and said, Behold another man running alone. And the king said, He also bringeth tidings.
H1309
And the watchman said, Me thinketh the running of the foremost is like the running of Ahimaaz the son of Zadok. And the king said, He is a good man, and cometh with good tidings.
H1319
And, behold, Cushi came; and Cushi said, Tidings, my lord the king: for the LORD hath avenged thee this day of all them that rose up against thee.
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tidings
TI'DINGS, noun plural News; advice; information; intelligence; account of what has taken place, and was not before known.
I shall make my master glad with these tidings
Behold I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. Luke 2:10.
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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