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language

Meaning of “language”

1. An ordered form of speech and words used and understood by a people. 2. A particular tongue, vocabulary, or manner of expression. 3. A people or group sharing a language.

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KJV context and cross-referencesCawdrey 1604
27 occurrences22 verses11 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 11:1

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Psalms 19:3
There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 19:3 · retained source text

There is no speach nor language, where their voyce is not heard.

1611 marginal noteOr, without these their voyce is heard.

Psalms 81:5
This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 81:5 · retained source text

This he ordained in Ioseph for a testimonie, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language, that I vnderstood not.

1611 marginal noteOr, against.

Psalms 114:1
WHEN Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 114:1 · retained source text

¶ When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Iacob from a people of strange language:

1611 marginal noteExod. 13.3.

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