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speech

Meaning of “speech”

1. Spoken words, discourse, or a message communicated in words. 2. The manner, quality, or ability of speaking. 3. A language or dialect.

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49 occurrences48 verses23 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 4:23

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Psalms 19:3
There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 19:3 · retained source text

There is no speach nor language, where their voyce is not heard.

1611 marginal noteOr, without these their voyce is heard.

Proverbs 17:7
Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Proverbs 17:7 · retained source text

Excellent speech becommeth not a foole: much lesse doe lying lippes a prince.

1611 marginal noteHeb. a lip of excellency.

1611 marginal noteHeb. a lip of lying.

Song of Solomon 4:3
Thy lips are like a thread of scarlet, and thy speech is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy locks.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Song of Solomon 4:3 · retained source text

Thy lips are like a threed of scarlet, and thy speach is comely: thy temples are like a piece of a pomegranate within thy lockes.

Isaiah 28:23
¶ Give ye ear, and hear my voice; hearken, and hear my speech.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 28:23 · retained source text

¶ Giue yee eare, and heare my voyce, hearken and heare my speach.

Isaiah 29:4
And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 29:4 · retained source text

And thou shalt bee brought downe, and shalt speake out of the ground, and thy speach shall be low out of the dust, and thy voyce shalbe as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speach shall whisper out of the dust.

1611 marginal noteHeb. peepe or chirpe.

Isaiah 32:9
¶ Rise up, ye women that are at ease; hear my voice, ye careless daughters; give ear unto my speech.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Isaiah 32:9 · retained source text

¶ Rise vp ye women that are at ease: heare my voice, ye carelesse daughters, giue eare vnto my speech.

Isaiah 33:19
Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech than thou canst perceive; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not understand.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Isaiah 33:19 · retained source text

Thou shalt not see a fierce people, a people of a deeper speech then thou canst perceiue; of a stammering tongue, that thou canst not vnderstand.

1611 marginal noteOr, ridiculous.

Jeremiah 31:23
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; As yet they shall use this speech in the land of Judah and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring again their captivity; The Lord bless thee, O habitation of justice, and mountain of holiness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Jeremiah 31:23 · retained source text

Thus saith the LORD of hosts the God of Israel, As yet they shall vse this speech in the land of Iudah, and in the cities thereof, when I shall bring againe their captiuitie, The LORD blesse thee, O habitation of iustice, and mountaine of holinesse.

Ezekiel 1:24
And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almighty, the voice of speech, as the noise of an host: when they stood, they let down their wings.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Ezekiel 1:24 · retained source text

And when they went, I heard the noise of their wings, like the noise of great waters, as the voice of the Almightie, the voice of speech, as the noise of an hoste: when they stood, they let downe their wings.

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