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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Told

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283exact KJV occurrences 222Old Testament 61New Testament 37books containing the word 23mapped Strong's IDs 277occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 3:11

And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat?

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Jude 1:18

How that they told you there should be mockers in the last time, who should walk after their own ungodly lusts.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where told appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH5046
נָגַד

nâgad · naw-gad'

151 times translated as this KJV form369 total Strong's occurrences

v

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 3:11Strong's last: Jonah 1:10

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HebrewH5608
סָפַר

çâphar · saw-far'

26 times translated as this KJV form160 total Strong's occurrences

v n-m

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 24:66Strong's last: Habakkuk 1:5

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HebrewH1696
דָבַר

dâbar · daw-bar'

15 times translated as this KJV form1,142 total Strong's occurrences

v

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: Genesis 20:8Strong's last: Zechariah 10:2

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HebrewH559
אָמַר

ʼâmar · aw-mar'

14 times translated as this KJV form5,305 total Strong's occurrences

v

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 22:3Strong's last: Daniel 8:26

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GreekG3004
λέγω

légō · leg'-o

4 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: Luke 24:10Strong's last: Jude 1:18

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HebrewH1540
גָּלָה

gâlâh · gaw-law'

2 times translated as this KJV form190 total Strong's occurrences

v

to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense); by implication, to exile (captives being usually stripped); figuratively, to reveal

Strong's KJV usage: advertise, appear, bewray, bring, (carry, lead, go) captive (into captivity), depart, disclose, discover, exile, be gone, open, × plainly, publish, remove, reveal, × shamelessly, shew, × surely, tell, uncover.

Strong's first: 1 Samuel 9:15Strong's last: 1 Chronicles 17:25

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HebrewH8085
שָׁמַע

shâmaʻ · shaw-mah'

2 times translated as this KJV form1,160 total Strong's occurrences

v

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: Judges 13:23Strong's last: Isaiah 44:8

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GreekG1285
διασαφέω

diasaphéō · dee-as-af-eh'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

to clear thoroughly, i.e. (figuratively) declare

Strong's KJV usage: :--tell unto.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Matthew 18:31Strong's last: Matthew 18:31

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GreekG3377
μηνύω

mēnýō · may-noo'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences

to disclose (through the idea of mental effort and thus calling to mind), i.e. report, declare, intimate

Strong's KJV usage: :--shew, tell.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Acts 23:30Strong's last: Acts 23:30

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HebrewH7760
שׂוּם

sûwm · soom

1 times translated as this KJV form583 total Strong's occurrences

v

to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)

Strong's KJV usage: × any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, name, × on, ordain, order, paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, stedfastly, take, × tell, tread down, (over-)turn, × wholly, work.

Strong's first: Ezra 8:17Strong's last: Ezra 8:17

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HebrewH8505
תָּכַן

tâkan · taw-kan'

1 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences

v

to balance, i.e. measure out (by weight or dimension); figuratively to arrange, equalize, through the idea of levelling (ment, estimate, test)

Strong's KJV usage: bear up, direct, be (un-)equal, mete, ponder, tell, weigh.

Strong's first: 2 Kings 12:11Strong's last: 2 Kings 12:11

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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25 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

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2 Samuel 1:5
H5046

And David said unto the young man that told him, How knowest thou that Saul and Jonathan his son be dead?

2 Samuel 1:6
H5046

And the young man that told him said, As I happened by chance upon mount Gilboa, behold, Saul leaned upon his spear; and, lo, the chariots and horsemen followed hard after him.

2 Samuel 1:13
H5046

And David said unto the young man that told him, Whence art thou? And he answered, I am the son of a stranger, an Amalekite.

2 Samuel 2:4
H5046

And the men of Judah came, and there they anointed David king over the house of Judah. And they told David, saying, That the men of Jabeshgilead were they that buried Saul.

2 Samuel 3:23
H5046

When Joab and all the host that was with him were come, they told Joab, saying, Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he hath sent him away, and he is gone in peace.

2 Samuel 4:10
H5046

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:

2 Samuel 6:12
H5046

And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obededom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obededom into the city of David with gladness.

2 Samuel 10:5
H5046

When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.

2 Samuel 10:17
H5046

And when it was told David, he gathered all Israel together, and passed over Jordan, and came to Helam. And the Syrians set themselves in array against David, and fought with him.

2 Samuel 11:5
H5046

And the woman conceived, and sent and told David, and said, I am with child.

2 Samuel 11:10
H5046

And when they had told David, saying, Uriah went not down unto his house, David said unto Uriah, Camest thou not from thy journey? why then didst thou not go down unto thine house?

2 Samuel 11:18
H5046

Then Joab sent and told David all the things concerning the war;

2 Samuel 14:33
H5046

So Joab came to the king, and told him: and when he had called for Absalom, he came to the king, and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king: and the king kissed Absalom.

2 Samuel 15:31
H5046

And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O LORD, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness.

2 Samuel 17:17
H5046

Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David.

2 Samuel 17:17
H5046

Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz stayed by Enrogel; for they might not be seen to come into the city: and a wench went and told them; and they went and told king David.

2 Samuel 17:18
H5046

Nevertheless a lad saw them, and told Absalom: but they went both of them away quickly, and came to a man's house in Bahurim, which had a well in his court; whither they went down.

2 Samuel 17:21
H5046

And it came to pass, after they were departed, that they came up out of the well, and went and told king David, and said unto David, Arise, and pass quickly over the water: for thus hath Ahithophel counselled against you.

2 Samuel 18:10
H5046

And a certain man saw it, and told Joab, and said, Behold, I saw Absalom hanged in an oak.

2 Samuel 18:11
H5046

And Joab said unto the man that told him, And, behold, thou sawest him, and why didst thou not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given thee ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.

2 Samuel 18:25
H5046

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.

2 Samuel 19:1
H5046

And it was told Joab, Behold, the king weepeth and mourneth for Absalom.

2 Samuel 19:8
H5046

Then the king arose, and sat in the gate. And they told unto all the people, saying, Behold, the king doth sit in the gate. And all the people came before the king: for Israel had fled every man to his tent.

2 Samuel 21:11
H5046

And it was told David what Rizpah the daughter of Aiah, the concubine of Saul, had done.

2 Samuel 24:13
H5046

So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

told

TOLD, preterit tense and participle passive of tell.

Who told thee that thou wast naked? Genesis 3:11.

Thou hast mocked me, and told me lies. Judges 16:2.

--Sheep and oxen that could not be told 1 Kings 8:5.

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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