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tell

Meaning of “tell”

1. To speak, relate, declare, report, inform, explain, reveal, recount, or make known. 2. To know, discern, or determine, especially in 'cannot tell' or 'who can tell.' 3. To count, number, or enumerate.

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217 occurrences208 verses35 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 12:18

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Psalms 22:17
I may tell all my bones: they look and stare upon me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 22:17 · retained source text

I may tell all my bones: they looke and stare vpon me.

Psalms 26:7
That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Psalms 26:7 · retained source text

That I may publish with the voyce of thankesgiuing, and tell of all thy wonderous workes.

Psalms 48:12
Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Psalms 48:12 · retained source text

Walke about Sion, and goe round about her: tell the towres thereof.

Psalms 48:13
Mark ye well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that ye may tell it to the generation following.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 48:13 · retained source text

Marke yee well her bulwarkes, consider her palaces; that yee may tell it to the generation following.

1611 marginal noteHeb. set your heart to her bulwarkes.

1611 marginal noteOr, raise vp.

Psalms 50:12
If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Psalms 50:12 · retained source text

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee, for the world is mine, and the fulnesse thereof.

1611 marginal noteExod. 19.5. deut. 10.14. psal. 24.1.

1611 marginal noteIob 41. 2. 1.cor.10.23,26.

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