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sẽr´ti-fı̄: Occurs in (1) (הגּיד, haggı̄dh, “to show,†“announce,†from × ×’×“ morf â€, naÌ„ghadh); (2) , ; ; (הודע, hoÌ„dha‛, “to make known,†from ידע, yedha‛; Aramaic for ידע, yaÌ„dha‛); (3) the King James Version (×מר, 'aÌ„mar, “to say,†“tell,†so the Revised Version (British and American)); and (4) the King James Version γνωÏιÌζω, gnoÌ„rıÌzoÌ„, “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 (Prayer Book version), “that I may be certified how long I have to live.