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Tale
Disambiguation
The source enumerates 2 distinct subjects under Tale. Jump to one below, or read in order.
Tale (1)
#Heb. tokhen, “a task,” as weighed and measured out = tally, i.e., the number told off; the full number (Ex. 5:18; see 1 Sam. 18:27; 1 Chr. 9:28). In Ezek. 45:11 rendered “measure.”
Tale (2)
#Heb. hegeh, “a thought;” “meditation” (Ps. 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 Job 37:2 this word is rendered “sound;” Revised Version margin, “muttering;” and in Ezek. 2:10, “mourning.”
In the Bible
5
Verses where Tale is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- 1 Chronicles 9:28
Some of them were in charge of the articles used in worship, to count them whenever they were brought in or taken out.
- 1 Samuel 18:27
David and his men went out and killed two hundred Philistines. He brought their foreskins and presented them as payment in full to become the king’s son-in-law. Then Saul gave his daughter Michal to David in marriage.
- Exodus 5:8
But require of them the same quota of bricks as before; do not reduce it. For they are lazy; that is why they are crying out, ‘Let us go and sacrifice to our God.’
- Exodus 5:18
Now get to work. You will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the full quota of bricks.”
- Psalms 90:9
For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.
Voices on Tale
24
Surfaced by name match — accuracy varies by title clarity.
Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Public-domain text. Modernized only where archaic spelling impedes reading; original facts preserved. Verify against an authoritative modern reference before quoting.