Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone. 2. (n.) Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or passion. 3. (n.) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm had a regular rise and fall of the voice; as, children often read with a tone. 4. (n.) A sound considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the octave; she has good high tones. 5. (n.) The larger kind of interval between contiguous sounds in the diatonic scale, the smaller being called a semitone as, a whole tone too flat; raise it a tone. 6. (n.) The peculiar quality of sound in any voice or instrument; as, a rich tone, a reedy tone. 7. (n.) A mode or tune or plain chant; as, the Gregorian tones. 8. (n.) That state of a body, or of any of its organs or parts, in which the animal functions are healthy and performed with due vigor. 9. (n.) Tonicity; as, arterial tone. 10. (n.) State of mind; temper; mood. 11. (n.) Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks was commendatory. 12. (n.) General or prevailing character or style, as of morals, manners, or sentiment, in reference to a scale of high and low; as, a low tone of morals; a tone of elevated sentiment; a courtly tone of manners. 13. (n.) The general effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, together with color in the case of a painting; -- commonly used in a favorable sense; as, this picture has tone. 14. (v. t.) To utter with an affected tone. 15. (v. t.) To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See Tune, v. t. 16. (v. t.) To bring, as a print, to a certain required shade of color, as by chemical treatment.

Multi-Version Concordance Tone (9 Occurrences) Matthew 9:30 Then their eyes were opened. And assuming a stern tone Jesus said to them, "Be careful to let no one know." (WEY) Mark 1:27 And all were amazed and awe-struck, so they began to ask one another, "What does this mean? Here is a new sort of teaching--and a tone of authority! And even to foul spirits he issues orders and they obey him!" (WEY) Romans 10:6 But the righteousness which is based on faith speaks in a different tone. "Say not in your heart," it declares, "'Who shall ascend to Heaven?'" --that is, to bring Christ down; (WEY) 1 Corinthians 9:8 Am I making use of merely worldly illustrations? Does not the Law speak in the same tone? (WEY) Galatians 4:20 but I could wish to be present with you now, and to change my tone, for I am perplexed about you. (WEB WEY ASV NAS RSV NIV) 2 Timothy 2:25 He must speak in a gentle tone when correcting the errors of opponents, in the hope that God will at last give them repentance, for them to come to a full knowledge of the truth (WEY) Titus 2:7 and above all make your own life a pattern of right conduct, having in your teaching no taint of insincerity, but a serious tone, (WEY) Hebrews 6:9 But we, even while we speak in this tone, have a happier conviction concerning you, my dearly-loved friends--a conviction of things which point towards salvation. (WEY) Daniel 6:20 When he came near to the den to Daniel, he cried with a lamentable voice; the king spoke and said to Daniel, Daniel, servant of the living God, is your God, whom you serve continually, able to deliver you from the lions? (See RSV)