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reÌ„d´ing (מקר×, mikÌ£raÌ„'; ἀναÌγνωσις, anaÌgnoÌ„sis): As a noun occurs once in the Old Testament () and 3 times in the New Testament (; ; ), each time with reference to the public reading of the Divine Law. The verb “to read†(קר×, kÌ£aÌ„raÌ„'; ἀναγινωÌσκω, anaginoÌ„ÌskoÌ„) occurs frequently both in the Old Testament and in the New Testament: (1) often in the sense of reading aloud to others, especially of the public reading of God's Law or of prophecy, as by Moses (), Ezra (, ), Jesus in the synagogue at Nazareth (), of the regular reading of the Law and the Prophets in the synagogues (; ), and of the reading of apostolic epistles in the Christian church (; ); (2) also in the sense of reading to one's self, whether the divine word in Law or prophecy (; -30, etc.), or such things as private letters (; ; , etc.).