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Advertise
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
ad´vẽr -tı̄z : This word is found twice in the Old Testament: In Numbers 24:14 (from Hebrew, יעץ , ȳa‛ac , "to advise") Balsam advises Balak of the future of Israel and its influence upon his kingdom ("I will advertise thee"). In the King James Version Rth 4:4 (from גּלה אזן , gālāh 'ōzen , "to uncover the ear," "to reveal") Boaz in speaking to the nearer kinsman of Ruth: "I thought to advertise thee" (the Revised Version, margin "uncover thine ear").
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Advertise'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/a/advertise.html. 1915.