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# verse

noun (verse, uncountable; a verse, verses)

«verse» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Verse is writing in the form of poetry, with lines and often rhythm and rhyme. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verse/#m1)
2. A verse is a group of lines in a poem or song (a stanza), often followed by a chorus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verse/#m2)
3. (Bible) A verse is one short numbered part of a chapter in the Bible or other holy book. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verse/#m3)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verse/#x1)
- The poem has four verses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verse/#x2)
- Shakespeare wrote many plays in verse. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verse/#x3)
- Our teacher asked us to find a Bible verse about kindness. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verse/#x4)
- The verse John 3:16 is famous among Christians. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verse/#x5)
- She can quote chapter and verse from the rule book. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verse/#x6)
- Free verse is poetry without rhyme. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verse/#x7)
- In reply the Lion spoke the second verse: [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verse/#x8)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verse/#x1)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verse/#x2)
- 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verse/#x3)

### 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](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/verse/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«verse» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/verse.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «verse» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/V/verse/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«verse» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/verse.html) on Mova free.