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audience

Meaning of “audience”

Sense 1: The hearing of listeners; those within hearing. Sense 2: To give audience: to listen attentively.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828Skeat 1893
12 occurrences12 verses7 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 23:10

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1 Samuel 25:24
And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 25:24 · retained source text

And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, vpon me let this iniquitie be, and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speake in thine audience, and heare the words of thine handmaid.

1611 marginal noteHeb. eares

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The act of hearing, or attending to sounds. An auditory; an assembly of hearers.

volume 1, leaf 220, column 2-3 (main dictionary)