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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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Jeremiah 27:12
¶ I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 27:12 · retained source text

¶ I spake also to Zedekiah king of Iudah according to all these wordes, saying, Bring your neckes vnder the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serue him and his people, and liue.

Jeremiah 27:16
Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the Lord’s house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 27:16 · retained source text

Also I spake to the priests, and to all this people, saying; Thus saith the LORD, Hearken not to the words of your prophets, that prophecie vnto you, saying; Behold, the vessels of the LORDs house shall now shortly be brought againe from Babylon; for they prophecie a lie vnto you.

Jeremiah 28:1
AND it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the Lord, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 28:1 · retained source text

¶ And it came to passe the same yeere, in the beginning of the reigne of Zedekiah king of Iudah, in the fourth yeere, and in the fift moneth, that Hananiah the sonne of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake vnto mee in the house of the LORD, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying;

Jeremiah 28:11
And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Even so will I break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon from the neck of all nations within the space of two full years. And the prophet Jeremiah went his way.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 28:11 · retained source text

And Hananiah spake in the presence of all the people, saying; Thus saith the LORD, Euen so will I breake the yoke of Nebuchadnezzer king of Babylon from the necke of all nations within the space of two full yeeres: and the Prophet Ieremiah went his way.

Jeremiah 30:4
¶ And these are the words that the Lord spake concerning Israel and concerning Judah.
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 30:4 · retained source text

¶ And these are the words that the LORD spake concerning Israel, and concerning Iudah.

Jeremiah 31:20
Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 31:20 · retained source text

Is Ephraim my deare sonne? is he a pleasant child? for since I spake against him, I doe earnestly remember him still: therefore my bowels are troubled for him; I will surely haue mercy vpon him, saith the LORD.

1611 marginal noteHeb. sound.

Jeremiah 34:6
Then Jeremiah the prophet spake all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 34:6 · retained source text

Then Ieremiah the Prophet spake all these words vnto Zedekiah king of Iudah in Ierusalem;

Jeremiah 36:2
Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 36:2 · retained source text

Take thee a roule of a booke, and write therein all the words that I haue spoken vnto thee against Israel, and against Iudah, & against all the nations, from the day I spake vnto thee, frō the dayes of Iosiah, euen vnto this day.

1611 marginal noteCha.25.3

Jeremiah 37:2
But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, did hearken unto the words of the Lord, which he spake by the prophet Jeremiah.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Jeremiah 37:2 · retained source text

But neither he, nor his seruants, nor the people of the land, did hearken vnto the words of the LORD, which he spake by the prophet Ieremiah.

1611 marginal noteHeb. by the hand of the prophet.

Jeremiah 38:8
Ebed-melech went forth out of the king’s house, and spake to the king, saying,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Jeremiah 38:8 · retained source text

Ebed-melech went foorth out of the kings house, and spake to the king, saying,

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