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spake

Meaning of “spake”

The past tense of speak: uttered or expressed words, addressed someone, or communicated a matter in words.

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First occurrence: Genesis 8:15

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Genesis 8:15
¶ And God spake unto Noah, saying,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 8:15 · retained source text

¶ And God spake vnto Noah, saying,

Genesis 9:8
¶ And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 9:8 · retained source text

¶ And God spake vnto Noah, and to his sonnes with him, saying;

Genesis 16:13
And she called the name of the Lord that spake unto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Have I also here looked after him that seeth me?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 16:13 · retained source text

And shee called the name of the LORD that spake vnto her, Thou God seest me: for she said, Haue I also here looked after him that seeth me?

Genesis 18:29
And he spake unto him yet again, and said, Peradventure there shall be forty found there. And he said, I will not do it for forty’s sake.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 18:29 · retained source text

And hee spake vnto him yet againe, and said, Peraduenture there shall be fourtie found there: and he said, I will not doe it for fourties sake.

Genesis 19:14
And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the Lord will destroy this city. But he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 19:14 · retained source text

And Lot went out, and spake vnto his sonnes in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get yee out of this place: for the LORD wil destroy this citie: but hee seemed as one that mocked, vnto his sonnes in law.

Genesis 21:22
¶ And it came to pass at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chief captain of his host spake unto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 21:22 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe at that time, that Abimelech and Phichol the chiefe captaine of his hoste spake vnto Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all that thou doest.

Genesis 22:7
And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 22:7 · retained source text

And Isaac spake vnto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my sonne. And hee said, Behold the fire and wood: but where is the lambe for a burnt offring?

1611 marginal noteHebr. behold me.

1611 marginal noteOr, kidde.

Genesis 23:3
¶ And Abraham stood up from before his dead, and spake unto the sons of Heth, saying,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 23:3 · retained source text

¶ And Abraham stood vp from before his dead, & spake vnto the sonnes of Heth, saying,

Genesis 23:13
And he spake unto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt give it, I pray thee, hear me: I will give thee money for the field; take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 23:13 · retained source text

And he spake vnto Ephron in the audience of the people of the land, saying, But if thou wilt giue it, I pray thee, heare mee: I will giue thee money for the field: take it of me, and I will bury my dead there.

Genesis 24:7
¶ The Lord God of heaven, which took me from my father’s house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Genesis 24:7 · retained source text

¶ The LORD God of heauen which tooke mee from my fathers house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake vnto mee, and that sware vnto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I giue this land, he shall send his Angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife vnto my sonne from thence.

1611 marginal noteChap. 12.7. and 13.15. and 15.18. and 26.4.

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