Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (v. i.) To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound. See Whisper, n. 2. (n.) To make a low, sibilant sound or noise. 3. (n.) To speak with suspicion, or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting. 4. (v. t.) To utter in a low and nonvocal tone; to say under the breath; hence, to mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper. 5. (v. t.) To address in a whisper, or low voice. 6. (v. t.) To prompt secretly or cautiously; to inform privately. 7. (n.) A low, soft, sibilant voice or utterance, which can be heard only by those near at hand; voice or utterance that employs only breath sound without tone, friction against the edges of the vocal cords and arytenoid cartilages taking the place of the vibration of the cords that produces tone; sometimes, in a limited sense, the sound produced by such friction as distinguished from breath sound made by friction against parts of the mouth. See Voice, n., 2, and Guide to Pronunciation, // 5, 153, 154. 8. (n.) A cautious or timorous speech. 9. (n.) Something communicated in secret or by whispering; a suggestion or insinuation. 10. (n.) A low, sibilant sound.

Multi-Version Concordance Whisper (9 Occurrences) 1 Kings 19:12 After the earthquake a fire passed; but Yahweh was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. (See NIV) Job 4:12 "Now a thing was secretly brought to me. My ear received a whisper of it. (WEB JPS ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV) Job 26:14 Behold, these are but the outskirts of his ways. How small a whisper do we hear of him! But the thunder of his power who can understand?" (WEB JPS ASV DBY RSV NIV) Psalms 41:7 All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Psalms 107:29 He establisheth a whirlwind to a calm, And hushed are their billows. (See NIV) Isaiah 8:19 And when they say to you, Make request for us to those who have control of spirits, and to those wise in secret arts, who make hollow bird-like sounds; is it not right for a people to make request to their gods, to make request for the living to the dead? (See NAS NIV) Isaiah 26:16 Jehovah, in trouble they sought thee; they poured out their whispered prayer when thy chastening was upon them. (Root in DBY YLT NAS NIV) Isaiah 29:4 You will be brought down, and will speak out of the ground. Your speech will mumble out of the dust. Your voice will be as of one who has a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and your speech will whisper out of the dust. (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV) Lamentations 3:62 The lips of those that rose up against me, and their device against me all the day. (See NAS NIV)