Definition

properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise

Etymology

a primitive root;

Where the KJV renders it

• bewray
• certainly
• certify
• declare(-ing)
• denounce
• expound
• fully
• messenger
• plainly
• profess
• rehearse
• report
• shew (forth)
• speak
• surely
• tell
• utter

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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