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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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2 Kings 1:9
Then the king sent unto him a captain of fifty with his fifty. And he went up to him: and, behold, he sat on the top of an hill. And he spake unto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come down.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 1:9 · retained source text

Then the King sent vnto him a captaine of fiftie, with his fiftie: and he went vp to him, (and behold, he sate on the top of an hill) and hee spake vnto him, Thou man of God, the king hath said, Come downe.

2 Kings 2:22
So the waters were healed unto this day, according to the saying of Elisha which he spake.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 2:22 · retained source text

So the waters were healed vnto this day, according to the saying of Elisha, which he spake.

2 Kings 5:13
And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 5:13 · retained source text

And his seruants came neere and spake vnto him, and said, My father, If the Prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not haue done it? How much rather then, when hee saith to thee, Wash and be cleane?

2 Kings 7:17
¶ And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned to have the charge of the gate: and the people trode upon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came down to him.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 7:17 · retained source text

¶ And the king appointed the lord on whose hand he leaned, to haue the charge of the gate: and the people trode vpon him in the gate, and he died, as the man of God had said, who spake when the king came downe to him.

2 Kings 8:1
THEN spake Elisha unto the woman, whose son he had restored to life, saying, Arise, and go thou and thine household, and sojourn wheresoever thou canst sojourn: for the Lord hath called for a famine; and it shall also come upon the land seven years.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 8:1 · retained source text

¶ Then spake Elisha vnto the woman ( whose sonne he had restored to life) saying, Arise, and goe thou and thine housholde, and soiourne whersoeuer thou canst soiourne: for the LORD hath called for a famin, and it shall also come vpon the land seuen yeeres.

1611 marginal noteChap. 4.35.

2 Kings 9:12
And they said, It is false; tell us now. And he said, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the Lord, I have anointed thee king over Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 9:12 · retained source text

And they said, It is false, tell vs now: And hee sayde, Thus and thus spake he to me, saying, Thus saith the LORD, I haue anoynted thee King ouer Israel.

2 Kings 9:36
Wherefore they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Jezreel shall dogs eat the flesh of Jezebel:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 9:36 · retained source text

Wherefore they came againe, and told him: and he said, Th is is the word of the LORD, which he spake by his seruant Elijah the Tishbite, saying, In the portion of Iezreel shall dogs eate the flesh of Iezebel:

1611 marginal noteHeb. by the hand of.

1611 marginal note1.King. 21.23.

2 Kings 10:10
Know now that there shall fall unto the earth nothing of the word of the Lord, which the Lord spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the Lord hath done that which he spake by his servant Elijah.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 10:10 · retained source text

Know now, that there shall fall vnto the earth nothing of the worde of the LORD, which the LORD spake concerning the house of Ahab: for the LORD hath done that which he spake by his seruant Elijah.

1611 marginal noteHeb. by the hand of.

1611 marginal note1.King. 21.29.

2 Kings 10:17
And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained unto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the Lord, which he spake to Elijah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Kings 10:17 · retained source text

And when he came to Samaria, he slew all that remained vnto Ahab in Samaria, till he had destroyed him, according to the saying of the LORD, which he spake to Eliiah.

2 Kings 14:25
He restored the coast of Israel from the entering of Hamath unto the sea of the plain, according to the word of the Lord God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his servant Jonah, the son of Amittai, the prophet, which was of Gath-hepher.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 2 Kings 14:25 · retained source text

Hee restored the coast of Israel, from the entring of Hamath, vnto the sea of the plaine, according to the word of the LORD God of Israel, which he spake by the hand of his seruant Ionah, the sonne of Amittai the Prophet, which was of Gath Hepher.

1611 marginal noteMatth. 12.39,40. called Ionas.

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