International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Advertise

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Advertise


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ad´vẽr-tı̄z: This word is found twice in the Old Testament: In (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 (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”).