Definition

to speak or say (by word or writing)

Etymology

a primary verb (used only in the definite past tense, the others being borrowed from G2046 (ἐρέω), G4483 (ῥέω), and G5346 (φημί));

Where the KJV renders it

• answer
• bid
• bring word
• call
• command
• grant
• say (on)
• speak
• tell

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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