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fame

Meaning of “fame”

Common report, reputation, or renown.

Definition sources

KJV context and cross-referencesCawdrey 1604
24 occurrences24 verses14 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: Genesis 45:16

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2 Chronicles 9:6
Howbeit I believed not their words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the one half of the greatness of thy wisdom was not told me: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 9:6 · retained source text

Howbeit, I beleeued not their wordes, vntill I came, and mine eyes had seene it: and behold, the one halfe of the greatnesse of thy wisedome was not tolde mee: for thou exceedest the fame that I heard.

Esther 9:4
For Mordecai was great in the king’s house, and his fame went out throughout all the provinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Esther 9:4 · retained source text

For Mordecai was great in the kings house, and his fame went out, throughout all the prouinces: for this man Mordecai waxed greater and greater.

Isaiah 66:19
And I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 66:19 · retained source text

And I will set a signe among them, and I will send those that escape of them vnto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal and Iauan, to the Iles afarre off, that haue not heard my fame, neither haue seene my glory, and they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.

Zephaniah 3:19
Behold, at that time I will undo all that afflict thee: and I will save her that halteth, and gather her that was driven out; and I will get them praise and fame in every land where they have been put to shame.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Zephaniah 3:19 · retained source text

Behold, at that time I will vndoe all that afflict thee, and I will saue her that halteth, and gather her that was driuen out, and I will get them praise and fame in euery land, where they haue beene put to shame.

1611 marginal noteHeb. I will set them for a praise.

1611 marginal noteHebr. of their shame.

1611 marginal noteMic.4.7.

Matthew 4:24
And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatick, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 4:24 · retained source text

And his fame went thorowout all Syria: and they brought vnto him all sicke people that were taken with diuerse diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with deuils, and those which were lunaticke, and those that had the palsie, and he healed them.

Matthew 9:26
And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 9:26 · retained source text

And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.

1611 marginal noteOr, this fame.

Matthew 9:31
But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Matthew 9:31 · retained source text

But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that countrey.

Matthew 14:1
AT that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 14:1 · retained source text

¶ At that time Herod the Tetrarch heard of the fame of Iesus,

1611 marginal noteMarke 6.14. luke 9.7.

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