King James Bible Dictionary - Reference List

Reading

Bible Usage:

read used 70 times.
readest used twice.
readeth used 4 times.
reading used 6 times.

First Reference: Nehemiah 8:8
Last Reference: 1 Timothy 4:13

Dictionaries:

Included in Eastons: No
Included in Hitchcocks: No
Included in Naves: Yes
Included in Smiths: No
Included in Websters: Yes
Included in Strongs: Yes
Included in Thayers: Yes
Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

H4744 Used 1 time
H7121 Used 2 times
G320 Used 3 times

Naves Topical Index

Reading

Taught
Deuteronomy 6:9; Deuteronomy 11:20

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

Reading

RE'ADING, participle present tense

1. Pronouncing or perusing written or printed words or characters of a book or writing.

2. Discovering by marks; understanding.

RE'ADING, noun

1. The act of reading; perusal.

2. Study of books; as a man of extensive reading

3. A lecture or prelection.

4. Public recital.

The Jews had their weekly readings of the law.

5. In criticism, the manner of reading the manuscripts of ancient authors, where the words or letters are obscure. No small part of the business of critics is to settle the true reading or real words used by the author; and the various readings of different critics are often perplexing.

6. A commentary or gloss on a law, text or passage.

7. In legislation, the formal recital of a bill by the proper officer, before the house which is to consider it. In Congress and in the state legislatures, a bill must usually have three several readings on different days, before it can be passed into a law.

Naves Topical Index

Readings, Select

Judah's defense
Genesis 44:18-34

Joseph revealing his identity
Genesis 45:1-15

The deliverance of the Israelites from Pharaoh
Exodus 14:5-30

Song of Moses when Pharaoh and his army were overthrown
Exodus 15:1-19

David's lament over Absalom
2 Samuel 18:19-33

Lights and shadows
Ruth 1:1-22

Elijah's miraculous preservation
1 Kings 17:1-16

Elisha and the widow's oil
2 Kings 4:1-7

Naaman the leper
2 Kings 5:1-14

Esther's triumph
Esther 4:1-17; Esther 7:1-10