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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_63626" /> ==
<p> TALE, n. See Tell. A story a narrative the rehearsal of a series of events or adventures, commonly some trifling incidents or a fictitious narrative as the tale of a tub. Marmontel's tales idle tales. &nbsp;Luke 24 . </p> <p> We spend our years as a tale that is told &nbsp;Psalms 90 </p> 1. [[Oral]] relation. 2. [[Reckoning]] account set down. &nbsp;Exodus 5 <p> In packing, they keep a just tale of the number. </p> 3. Number reckoned. <p> --The ignorant who measure by tale, not be weight. </p> 4. A telling information disclosure of any thing secret. <p> Birds--are aptest by their voice to tell tales what they find. </p> <p> In thee are men that carry tales to shed blood. &nbsp;Ezekiel 22 </p> 5. In law, a count or declaration. Tale, in this sense, is obsolete. 6. In commerce, a weight for gold and silver in China and other parts of the E. Indies also, a money of account. In China, each tale &nbsp;Isaiah 10 maces=100 candareens-1000 cash. <p> TALE, To tell stories. </p>
        
== Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_33768" /> ==
<li> Heb. hegeh, "a thought;" "meditation" (&nbsp; Psalm 90:9 ); meaning properly "as a whisper of sadness," which is soon over, or "as a thought." The LXX. and [[Vulgate]] render it "spider;" the Authorized Version and Revised Version, "as a tale" that is told. In &nbsp;Job 37:2 this word is rendered "sound;" Revised Version margin, "muttering;" and in &nbsp; Ezekiel 2:10 , "mourning." <div> <p> '''Copyright Statement''' These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton [[M.A., DD]]  Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by [[Thomas]] Nelson, 1897. Public Domain. </p> <p> '''Bibliography Information''' Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Tale'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/t/tale.html. 1897. </p> </div> </li>
        
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_182876" /> ==
<p> '''(1):''' ''' (''' n.) See Tael. </p> <p> '''(2):''' ''' (''' v. i.) A number told or counted off; a reckoning by count; an enumeration; a count, in distinction from measure or weight; a number reckoned or stated. </p> <p> '''(3):''' ''' (''' v. i.) A count or declaration. </p> <p> '''(4):''' ''' (''' v. i.) To tell stories. </p> <p> '''(5):''' ''' (''' v. i.) That which is told; an oral relation or recital; any rehearsal of what has occured; narrative; discourse; statement; history; story. </p>
        
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_54443" /> ==
<p> <strong> TALE </strong> . ‘Tale’ in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] generally means ‘number <em> or </em> sum,’ as &nbsp; Exodus 5:18 ‘Yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.’ And the verb ‘to <strong> tell </strong> ’ sometimes means ‘to number,’ as &nbsp; [[Genesis]] 15:5 ‘Tell the stars, if thou be able to number them,’ where the same Heb. verb is translated ‘tell’ and ‘number.’ </p>
        
== Morrish Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_69042" /> ==
<p> Number. &nbsp;Exodus 5:8,18; &nbsp;1 Samuel 18:27; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 9:28 . </p>
        
== American Tract Society Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_17335" /> ==
<p> Sometimes means a number, verified by counting, &nbsp;Exodus 5:8,18; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 9:28 . </p>
        
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_9013" /> ==
<p> ''''' tāl ''''' ( תּכן , <i> ''''' tōkhen ''''' </i> , מתכּנת , <i> ''''' mithkōneth ''''' </i> , מספּר , <i> ''''' miṣpār ''''' </i> ; λῆρος , <i> ''''' lḗros ''''' </i> ): In the King James Version of the Old [[Testament]] (with one exception, &nbsp; Psalm 90:9 ) "tale" (in the sing.) means number. " <i> ''''' Tell ''''' </i> " often has the same meaning, e.g. "I may <i> tell </i> (i.e. reckon) all my bones" (&nbsp; Psalm 22:17 ). When Moses requested permission to go three days' journey into the wilderness to sacrifice to Yahweh, [[Pharaoh]] replied by demanding the full "tale" of bricks from the [[Israelites]] although they were compelled to provide themselves with straw (&nbsp;Exodus 5:8 , &nbsp;Exodus 5:18; see also &nbsp;1 Samuel 18:27; &nbsp;1 Chronicles 9:28 ). In &nbsp;Psalm 90:9 , "as a tale that is told" is a doubtful rendering (see [[Games]] ). The [[Septuagint]] and the Vulgate (Jerome's Latin Bible, 390-405 A.D.) render "as a spider's web." The literal and perhaps accurate translation is "as a sigh" (Driver, in the Parallel Psalter, gives "as a murmur"). The word used in this psalm means "to whisper," or "speak <i> sotto voce </i> ," as a devout believer repeats to himself the words of a favorite hymn or passage (&nbsp;Psalm 1:2 ). </p> <p> The disciples considered the account given by the women in regard to the resurrection as "idle tales" (the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "idle talk"), literally, "nonsensical talk" (&nbsp;Luke 24:11 ). </p> <p> In talebearer the word has another meaning, namely, "slanderous talk or gossip." The word occurs 5 times in &nbsp; Proverbs 11:13; &nbsp;Proverbs 18:8; &nbsp;Proverbs 20:19; &nbsp;Proverbs 26:20 , &nbsp;Proverbs 26:22 (the King James Version) and once in Leviticus (&nbsp; Leviticus 19:16 ). The word used in Leviticus and also in &nbsp;Proverbs 20:19 means a person who gads about from house to house hawking malicious gossip (compare &nbsp; 1 Timothy 5:13 ). From the same root comes the [[Hebrew]] word for "merchant." In &nbsp;Ezekiel 22:9 for the King James Version "men that carry tales" the Revised Version (British and American) gives "slanderous men," as [[Doeg]] (&nbsp; 1 Samuel 22:9 , &nbsp;1 Samuel 22:22 ); [[Ziba]] (&nbsp;2 Samuel 16:3; &nbsp;2 Samuel 19:27 ); and a certain maid-servant (&nbsp;2 Samuel 17:17 ). See [[Slander]] . </p>
        
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<ref name="term_63626"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/tale Tale from King James Dictionary]</ref>
         
<ref name="term_33768"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/tale Tale from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
         
<ref name="term_182876"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/tale Tale from Webster's Dictionary]</ref>
         
<ref name="term_54443"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/tale Tale from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>
         
<ref name="term_69042"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/morrish-bible-dictionary/tale Tale from Morrish Bible Dictionary]</ref>
         
<ref name="term_17335"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/american-tract-society-bible-dictionary/tale Tale from American Tract Society Bible Dictionary]</ref>
         
<ref name="term_9013"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/tale Tale from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
        
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