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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 Chronicles 18:19
And the Lord said, Who shall entice Ahab king of Israel, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one spake saying after this manner, and another saying after that manner.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 18:19 · retained source text

And the LORD sayd, Who shall entise Ahab king of Israel, that hee may goe vp and fall at Ramoth Gilead? And one spake, saying after this maner, and another saying after that maner.

2 Chronicles 30:22
And Hezekiah spake comfortably unto all the Levites that taught the good knowledge of the Lord: and they did eat throughout the feast seven days, offering peace offerings, and making confession to the Lord God of their fathers.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 30:22 · retained source text

And Hezekiah spake comfortably vnto all the Leuites, that taught the good knowledge of the LORD: and they did eate throughout the feast, seuen dayes, offering peace-offerings, and making confession to the LORD God of their fathers.

1611 marginal noteHebr. to the heart of all &c.

2 Chronicles 32:6
And he set captains of war over the people, and gathered them together to him in the street of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying,
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 32:6 · retained source text

And hee set captaines of warre ouer the people, and gathered them together to him in the streete of the gate of the city, and spake comfortably to them, saying;

1611 marginal noteHeb. hee spake to their heart.

2 Chronicles 32:19
And they spake against the God of Jerusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth, which were the work of the hands of man.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 32:19 · retained source text

And they spake against the God of Ierusalem, as against the gods of the people of the earth which were the worke of the hands of man.

2 Chronicles 32:24
¶ In those days Hezekiah was sick to the death, and prayed unto the Lord: and he spake unto him, and he gave him a sign.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 32:24 · retained source text

¶ In those dayes Hezekiah was sicke to the death, and prayed vnto the LORD: and he spake vnto him, and he gaue him a signe.

1611 marginal noteOr, wroght a miracle for him.

1611 marginal note2.King. 20.1. isai. 38.1.

2 Chronicles 33:10
And the Lord spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 33:10 · retained source text

And the LORD spake to Manasseh, and to his people: but they would not hearken.

2 Chronicles 33:18
¶ Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh, and his prayer unto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the Lord God of Israel, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 33:18 · retained source text

¶ Nowe the rest of the actes of Manasseh, & his prayer vnto his God, and the words of the seers that spake to him in the name of the LORD God of Israel, behold, they are written in the booke of the kings of Israel:

2 Chronicles 34:22
And Hilkiah, and they that the king had appointed, went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college:) and they spake to her to that effect.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 34:22 · retained source text

And Hilkiah and they that the king had appointed went to Huldah the prophetesse, the wife of Shallum the sonne of Tikuath, the sonne of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe (now she dwelt in Ierusalem in the colledge,) and they spake to her to that effect.

1611 marginal noteOr, Harhas, 2.kings 22.14.

1611 marginal noteHeb. garments.

1611 marginal noteOr, in the schoole, or in the second part.

2 Chronicles 35:25
¶ And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.
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1611 witness · 2 Chronicles 35:25 · retained source text

¶ And Ieremiah lamented for Iosiah, and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Iosiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel; and beholde, they are written in the Lamentations.

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