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sound

Meaning of “sound”

Sense 1: Sound: an audible noise, voice, report, or message. Sense 2: As an adjective, healthy, whole, firm, or free from error. Sense 3: As a verb, to make a noise, play or blow an instrument, or give a signal.

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First occurrence: Exodus 28:35

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Amos 6:5
That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Amos 6:5 · retained source text

That chaunt to the sound of the Uiole, and inuent to themselues instruments of musicke, like Dauid:

1611 marginal noteOr, quauer.

Matthew 6:2
Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Matthew 6:2 · retained source text

Therefore, when thou doest thine almes, doe not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites doe, in the Synagogues, and in the streetes, that they may haue glory of men. Uerily, I say vnto you, they haue their reward.

1611 marginal noteOr, cause not a trumpet to be sounded.

1611 marginal noteRom. 12.8

Matthew 24:31
And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
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1611 witness · Matthew 24:31 · retained source text

And hee shall send his Angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his Elect from the foure windes, from one end of heauen to the other.

1611 marginal noteOr, with a Trumpet and a great voice.

1611 marginal note1.Cor. 15.52. 1.thes. 4.16.

Luke 15:27
And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
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1611 witness · Luke 15:27 · retained source text

And he said vnto him, Thy brother is come, and thy father hath killed the fatted calfe, because he hath receiued him safe and sound.

John 3:8
The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one that is born of the Spirit.
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1611 witness · John 3:8 · retained source text

The winde bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tel whence it commeth, and whither it goeth: So is euery one that is borne of the Spirit.

Romans 10:18
But I say, Have they not heard? Yes verily, their sound went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
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1611 witness · Romans 10:18 · retained source text

But I say, haue they not heard? yes verely, their sound went into all the earth, and their words vnto the ends of the world.

1611 marginal notePsal. 19.4.

1 Corinthians 14:7
And even things without life giving sound, whether pipe or harp, except they give a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be known what is piped or harped?
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 14:7 · retained source text

And euen things without life giuing sound, whether pipe or harpe, except they giue a distinction in the sounds, how shall it be knowen what is piped or harped?

1611 marginal noteOr, tunes.

1 Corinthians 15:52
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 1 Corinthians 15:52 · retained source text

In a moment, in the twinckling of an eye, at the last trumpe, (for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.)

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