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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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Nehemiah 13:1
ON that day they read in the book of Moses in the audience of the people; and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the congregation of God for ever;
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Nehemiah 13:1 · retained source text

¶ On that day they read in the booke of Moses in the audience of the people, and therein was found written, that the Ammonite and the Moabite should not come into the Congregation of God for euer,

1611 marginal noteHeb. there was read.

1611 marginal noteHeb. eares

1611 marginal noteNum. 22.5. deut. 23.3.

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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)