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Acts 2:11

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Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.
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  1. 1 Corinthians 12:10Rank 1 from verse 11
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    10To another the working of miracles; to another prophecy; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues; to another the interpretation of tongues:

  2. Exodus 15:11Rank 2 from verse 11
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    11Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

  3. Hebrews 2:4Rank 3 from verse 11
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    4God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?

  4. Jeremiah 25:24Rank 4 from verse 11
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    24And all the kings of Arabia, and all the kings of the mingled people that dwell in the desert,

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    10Which doeth great things past finding out; yea, and wonders without number.

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Acts 2:11

COMBINED MEANING

hear

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Sense 1: To perceive sound or spoken words. Sense 2: To receive or learn by report. Sense 3: To listen to, regard, or heed. Sense 4: To attend favourably to a request.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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speak

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Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

in

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1. A preposition marking position, presence, state, circumstance, manner, means, sphere, reference, relation, association, or participation. 2. As an adverb, inward, inside, or into the place or position referred to.

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tongues

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Tongue organs; languages or speech; peoples distinguished by language; or tongue-shaped appearances.

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wonderful

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1. Causing wonder; astonishing or marvellous. 2. Beyond ordinary understanding or ability.

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works

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Plural of work: acts, deeds, labours, operations, products, or things made.

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10Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and in the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, Jews and proselytes,

11Cretes and Arabians, we do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.

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12And they were all amazed, and were in doubt, saying one to another, What meaneth this?

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