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read

Meaning of “read”

To perceive and understand written words, whether silently or by uttering them aloud.

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First occurrence: Exodus 24:7

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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;
1 word occurrence in this verse
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.

Esther 6:1
ON that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Esther 6:1 · retained source text

¶ On that night could not the King sleepe, and hee commaunded to bring the booke of Records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the kings sleepe fled away.

Isaiah 29:11
And the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed, which men deliver to one that is learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I cannot; for it is sealed:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 29:11 · retained source text

And the vsion of all is become vnto you, as the wordes of a booke that is sealed, which men deliuer to one that is learned, saying, Reade this, I pray thee: and hee saith, I cannot, for it is sealed.

1611 marginal noteOr, letter.

Isaiah 29:12
And the book is delivered to him that is not learned, saying, Read this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 29:12 · retained source text

And the booke is deliuered to him that is not learned, saying, Reade this, I pray thee: and he saith, I am not learned.

Isaiah 34:16
¶ Seek ye out of the book of the Lord, and read: no one of these shall fail, none shall want her mate: for my mouth it hath commanded, and his spirit it hath gathered them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 34:16 · retained source text

¶ Seeke ye out of the booke of the LORD, and reade: no one of these shall faile, none shall want her mate: for my mouth, it hath commaunded, and his spirit, it hath gathered them.

Isaiah 37:14
¶ And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it: and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the Lord, and spread it before the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 37:14 · retained source text

¶ And Hezekiah receiued the letter from the hand of the messengers, and read it, and Hezekiah went vp vnto the house of the LORD, and spread it before the LORD.

Jeremiah 29:29
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 29:29 · retained source text

And Zephaniah the Priest read this letter in the eares of Ieremiah the Prophet.

Jeremiah 36:6
Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the Lord in the ears of the people in the Lord’s house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.
2 word occurrences in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 36:6 · retained source text

Therefore goe thou and reade in the roule, which thou hast written from my mouth, the wordes of the LORD in the eares of the people in the LORDs house vpon the fasting day: and also thou shalt reade them in the eares of all Iudah, that come out of their cities.

Jeremiah 36:10
Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the Lord, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the Lord’s house, in the ears of all the people.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 36:10 · retained source text

Then read Baruch in the booke, the wordes of Ieremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the sonne of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court at the entry of the newe gate of the LORDs house, in the eares of all the people.

1611 marginal noteOr, doore.

1611 marginal noteChap. 26.10.

Jeremiah 36:13
Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 36:13 · retained source text

Then Michaiah declared vnto them all the words that hee had heard when Baruch read the booke in the eares of the people.

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