Dictionary entry

Declaration; Declare

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

dek-la-ra'-shun, deklar': "Declare" is the translation of a variety of Hebrew and Greek words in the Old Testament and New Testament, appearing to bear uniformly the meaning "to make known," "set forth," rather than (the older meaning) "to explain" (De 1:5). Declaration (Es 10:2the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "full account";Job 13:17; Ecc 43:6; Lu 11 the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "narrative";2Co 8:19the King James Version, the Revised Version (British and American) "to show") has the like meaning.