Topic
Certify
8 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1915 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- 2 Samuel 15:28ISBE
See, I will tarry in the plain of the wilderness, until there come word from you to certify me.
- Ezra 4:14ISBE
Now because we have maintenance from the king’s palace, and it was not meet for us to see the king’s dishonour, therefore have we sent and certified the king;
- Ezra 4:16ISBE
We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.
- Ezra 5:10ISBE
We asked their names also, to certify thee, that we might write the names of the men that were the chief of them.
- Ezra 7:24ISBE
Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them.
- Esther 2:22ISBE
And the thing was known to Mordecai, who told it unto Esther the queen; and Esther certified the king thereof in Mordecai’s name.
- Psalms 39:5ISBE
Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity. Selah.
- Galatians 1:11ISBE
But I certify you, brethren, that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 8 references
ser'-ti-fi: Occurs in
(1) 2Sa 15:28 (haggidh, "to show," "announce," from naghadh);
(2) Ezr 4:14,16; 5:10; 7:24 (hodha`, "to make known," from yedha'; Aramaic for yadha`);
(3) Es 2:22 the King James Version ('amar, "to say," "tell," so the Revised Version (British and American)); and
(4) Ga 1:11 the King James Version gnorizo, "to make to know," so the Revised Version (British and American).
In the English Versions of the Bible, accordingly, the word has not the strong, specific sense of "to make certain," but only the broader sense of "to make to know." Compare Ps 39:5 (Prayer Book version), "that I may be certified how long I have to live."
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.