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exhorted

Meaning of “exhorted”

Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of exhort, meaning to urge, call upon, encourage, admonish, beseech, or charge earnestly.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828
3 occurrences3 verses2 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Acts 11:23

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Every verse containing “exhorted”

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Acts 11:23
Who, when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 11:23 · retained source text

Who when hee came, and had seene the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleaue vnto the Lord.

Acts 15:32
And Judas and Silas, being prophets also themselves, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 15:32 · retained source text

And Iudas and Silas, being Prophets also themselues, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them:

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Historical English dictionary sources

Historical definitions

Incited by words to good deeds; animated to a laudable course of conduct; advised.

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