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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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34 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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Genesis 3:11
H5046

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?

Genesis 9:22
H5046

And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without.

Genesis 14:13
H5046

And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.

Genesis 20:8
H1696

Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ears: and the men were sore afraid.

Genesis 22:3
H559

And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

Genesis 22:9
H559

And they came to the place which God had told him of; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood.

Genesis 22:20
H5046

And it came to pass after these things, that it was told Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah, she hath also born children unto thy brother Nahor;

Genesis 24:28
H5046

And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother's house these things.

Genesis 24:33
H1696

And there was set meat before him to eat: but he said, I will not eat, until I have told mine errand. And he said, Speak on.

Genesis 26:32
H5046

And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.

Genesis 27:42
H5046

And these words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah: and she sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him, Behold, thy brother Esau, as touching thee, doth comfort himself, purposing to kill thee.

Genesis 29:12
H5046

And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father.

Genesis 29:12
H5046

And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's brother, and that he was Rebekah's son: and she ran and told her father.

Genesis 29:13
H5608

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.

Genesis 31:20
H5046

And Jacob stole away unawares to Laban the Syrian, in that he told him not that he fled.

Genesis 31:22
H5046

And it was told Laban on the third day that Jacob was fled.

Genesis 37:5
H5046

And Joseph dreamed a dream, and he told it his brethren: and they hated him yet the more.

Genesis 37:9
H5608

And he dreamed yet another dream, and told it his brethren, and said, Behold, I have dreamed a dream more; and, behold, the sun and the moon and the eleven stars made obeisance to me.

Genesis 37:10
H5608

And he told it to his father, and to his brethren: and his father rebuked him, and said unto him, What is this dream that thou hast dreamed? Shall I and thy mother and thy brethren indeed come to bow down ourselves to thee to the earth?

Genesis 38:13
H5046

And it was told Tamar, saying, Behold thy father in law goeth up to Timnath to shear his sheep.

Genesis 38:24
H5046

And it came to pass about three months after, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot; and also, behold, she is with child by whoredom. And Judah said, Bring her forth, and let her be burnt.

Genesis 40:9
H5608

And the chief butler told his dream to Joseph, and said to him, In my dream, behold, a vine was before me;

Genesis 41:8
H5608

And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and Pharaoh told them his dream; but there was none that could interpret them unto Pharaoh.

Genesis 41:12
H5608

And there was there with us a young man, an Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard; and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each man according to his dream he did interpret.

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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