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telling

Meaning of “telling”

Present-participial or verbal-noun form of tell (to speak, relate, count, declare, inform, or make known).

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First occurrence: Judges 7:15

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Judges 7:15
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¶ And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the Lord hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Judges 7:15 · retained source text

¶ And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dreame, and the interpretation thereof, that hee worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and sayd, Arise, for the LORD hath deliuered into your hand the host of Midian.

1611 marginal noteHebr. the breaking thereof.

2 Samuel 11:19
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And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an end of telling the matters of the war unto the king,
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And charged the messenger, saying, When thou hast made an ende of telling the matters of the warre vnto the King;

2 Kings 8:5
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And it came to pass, as he was telling the king how he had restored a dead body to life, that, behold, the woman, whose son he had restored to life, cried to the king for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord, O king, this is the woman, and this is her son, whom Elisha restored to life.
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1611 witness · 2 Kings 8:5 · retained source text

And it came to passe as he was telling the King how hee had restored a dead body to life, that behold, the woman whose sonne he had restored to life, cryed to the King for her house and for her land. And Gehazi said, My lord O king, this is the woman, and this is her sonne, whom Elisha restored to life.

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