KJV dictionary & concordance
To speak or sound softly or in a low voice, sometimes secretly.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Psalms 41:7
Complete exact-word concordance
All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.
All that hate me, whisper together against me; against me doe they deuise my hurt.
1611 marginal noteHeb. euill to me.
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.
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.
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Historical English dictionary sources
A low, soft voice or words spoken with such a voice; a hissing or buzzing sound.
