verse
noun (verse, uncountable; a verse, verses)
Everyday
- Verse is writing in the form of poetry, with lines and often rhythm and rhyme. tree →
- A verse is a group of lines in a poem or song (a stanza), often followed by a chorus. tree →
- (Bible) A verse is one short numbered part of a chapter in the Bible or other holy book. tree →
In the lessons
In English lessons pupils write verse and learn that a song has verses and a chorus. In religious education people look up Bible verses by book, chapter and verse number. Phrases: «in verse», «the first verse», «chapter and verse» (all the exact details), «free verse», «blank verse».
Examples
- We sang the first verse and then the chorus. tree →
- The poem has four verses. tree →
- Shakespeare wrote many plays in verse. tree →
- Our teacher asked us to find a Bible verse about kindness. tree →
- The verse John 3:16 is famous among Christians. tree →
- She can quote chapter and verse from the rule book. tree →
- Free verse is poetry without rhyme. tree →
- In reply the Lion spoke the second verse: tree →
Note
Uncountable when it means poetry in general, countable for a part of a poem, song or holy book. Do not confuse with «versus» (against). Bible references: book, chapter, verse.
In Jewish tradition
In Sefer Yetzirah it means a line of the Bible that is quoted and explained.
Interpretation. Jewish tradition numbers every verse of the Torah and studies each one closely. The Sefer Yetzirah often links its ideas to verses of Scripture.
Examples
- This is verse 4 of Psalm civ. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893) tree →
- SY 2:1, 3:1, so it is interesting that in this verse the tongue is rather portrayed as one of two binary poles. (Sefer Yetzirah, Sefaria community translation) tree →
- All the other commentaries mentioned above, together with all quotations of other expounders of the same book, contain nothing but a medley of arbitrary, mystical explanations and sophistical distortions of scriptural verses, astrological notions, oriental (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877) tree →
Note
Uncountable when it means poetry in general, countable for a part of a poem, song or holy book. Do not confuse with «versus» (against). Bible references: book, chapter, verse.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «verse» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «verse» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
- Trees and pragmatics of «verse» in the Judaism dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «verse» in the Judaism dictionary on Mova free.
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