Bible dictionaries
Rehearse
What Bible dictionaries say about “Rehearse”, one article after the other.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary
Rehearse - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)
REHEARSE, v.t. rehers.'
1. To recite; to repeat the words of a passage or composition; to repeat the words of another.
When the words were heard which David spoke, they rehearsed them before Saul. 1 Sam 17.
2. To narrate or recount events or transactions.
There shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the Lord. Judg 5. Acts 11.
3. To recite or repeat in private for experiment and improvement, before a public representation; as, to rehearse a tragedy.
Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)
The article in Easton + Webster 1828International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE 1915)
re-hurs' (sum, dabhar, naghadh, tanah; anaggello): Usually means simply "to relate," "to tell," "to declare" (Ex 17:14; Jud 5:11; 1Sa 8:21; 17:31; Ac 14:27); with "rehearse from the beginning" in Ac 11:4 for archomai, "begin" (so the Revised Version (British and American)). the Revised Version (British and American) has preserved uniformity by translating anaggello by "rehearse" also in Ac 15:4, and has introduced "rehearse" as the translation of exegeomai, throughout (Lu 24:35; Ac 10:8; 15:12,14; 21:19), except in Joh 1:18 ("declare"). Sirach 19:7, the King James Version has "rehearse" for deuteroo, "repeat" (so the Revised Version (British and American)).
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia — James Orr, general editor and contributors; CrossWire SWORD module ISBE 2.2
The article in ISBE 1915