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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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Genesis 32:29
And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 32:29 · retained source text

And Iacob asked him, and saide, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name: and he said, wherefore is it, that thou doest aske after my name? and he blessed him there.

Genesis 37:16
And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 37:16 · retained source text

And he said, I seeke my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feede their flockes.

Genesis 40:8
And they said unto him, We have dreamed a dream, and there is no interpreter of it. And Joseph said unto them, Do not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 40:8 · retained source text

And they said vnto him, we haue dreamed a dreame, and there is no interpreter of it. And Ioseph said vnto them, Doe not interpretations belong to God? tell me them, I pray you.

Genesis 43:22
And other money have we brought down in our hands to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sacks.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 43:22 · retained source text

And other money haue wee brought downe in our handes to buy food: we cannot tell who put our money in our sackes.

Genesis 45:13
And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Genesis 45:13 · retained source text

And you shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that you haue seene, and ye shall haste, and bring downe my father hither.

Genesis 49:1
AND Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Genesis 49:1 · retained source text

¶ And Iacob called vnto his sonnes, and said, Gather your selues together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last dayes.

Exodus 9:1
THEN the Lord said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the Lord God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Exodus 9:1 · retained source text

¶ Then the LORD said vnto Moses, Goe in vnto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrewes, Let my people goe, that they may serue me.

Exodus 10:2
And that thou mayest tell in the ears of thy son, and of thy son’s son, what things I have wrought in Egypt, and my signs which I have done among them; that ye may know how that I am the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Exodus 10:2 · retained source text

And that thou mayest tell in the eares of thy sonne, and of thy sonnes sonne, what things I haue wrought in Egypt, and my signes which I haue done amongst them, that ye may know how that I am the LORD.

Exodus 14:12
Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Exodus 14:12 · retained source text

Is not this the word that wee did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let vs alone, that we may serue the Egyptians? For it had bene better for vs to serue the Egyptians, then that wee should die in the wildernesse.

1611 marginal noteChap. 6.9.

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