Definition

to utter, i.e. speak or say

Etymology

perhaps akin (or identical) with G4482 (ῥέω) (through the idea of pouring forth);

Where the KJV renders it

• command
• make
• say
• speak (of)

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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