Numbers 15:38
Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
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Bid
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2 John 1:10
If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
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אָמַר
ʼâmar · aw-mar'
6 times translated as this KJV form5,305 total Strong's occurrences
to say (used with great latitude)
Strong's KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, × desire, determine, × expressly, × indeed, × intend, name, × plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), × still, × suppose, talk, tell, term, × that is, × think, use (speech), utter, × verily, × yet.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Numbers 15:38Strong's last: 2 Kings 10:5
Open full H559 profile →ἔπω
épō · ep'-o
2 times translated as this KJV form996 total Strong's occurrences
to speak or say (by word or writing)
Strong's KJV usage: :--answer, bid, bring word, call, command, grant, say (on), speak, tell.
Strong's first: Matthew 23:3Strong's last: Luke 10:40
Open full G2036 profile →καλέω
kaléō · kal-eh'-o
2 times translated as this KJV form156 total Strong's occurrences
to "call" (properly, aloud, but used in a variety of applications, directly or otherwise)
Strong's KJV usage: :--bid, call (forth), (whose, whose sur-)name (was (called)).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 22:9Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 10:27
Open full G2564 profile →דָבַר
dâbar · daw-bar'
2 times translated as this KJV form1,142 total Strong's occurrences
perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue
Strong's KJV usage: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, × well, × work.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Kings 5:13Strong's last: Jonah 3:2
Open full H1696 profile →ἀντικαλέω
antikaléō · an-tee-kal-eh'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to invite in return
Strong's KJV usage: :--bid again.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 14:12Strong's last: Luke 14:12
Open full G479 profile →ἀποτάσσομαι
apotássomai · ap-ot-as'-som-ahee
1 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
literally, to say adieu (by departing or dismissing); figuratively, to renounce
Strong's KJV usage: :--bid farewell, forsake, take leave, send away.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 9:61Strong's last: Luke 9:61
Open full G657 profile →κελεύω
keleúō · kel-yoo'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form27 total Strong's occurrences
"hail"; to incite by word, i.e. order
Strong's KJV usage: :--bid, (at, give) command(-ment).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 14:28Strong's last: Matthew 14:28
Open full G2753 profile →λέγω
légō · leg'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form1,358 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036 and G5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 is properly to break silence merely, and G2980 means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean
Strong's KJV usage: :--ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say(-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter.
Strong's first: 2 John 1:10Strong's last: 2 John 1:10
Open full G3004 profile →קָדַשׁ
qâdash · kaw-dash'
1 times translated as this KJV form173 total Strong's occurrences
to be (causatively, make, pronounce or observe as) clean (ceremonially or morally)
Strong's KJV usage: appoint, bid, consecrate, dedicate, defile, hallow, (be, keep) holy(-er, place), keep, prepare, proclaim, purify, sanctify(-ied one, self), × wholly.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Zephaniah 1:7Strong's last: Zephaniah 1:7
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H559
Speak unto the children of Israel, and bid them that they make them fringes in the borders of their garments throughout their generations, and that they put upon the fringe of the borders a ribband of blue:
H559
And Joshua had commanded the people, saying, Ye shall not shout, nor make any noise with your voice, neither shall any word proceed out of your mouth, until the day I bid you shout; then shall ye shout.
H559
And as they were going down to the end of the city, Samuel said to Saul, Bid the servant pass on before us, (and he passed on,) but stand thou still a while, that I may shew thee the word of God.
H559
Then Abner called to Joab, and said, Shall the sword devour for ever? knowest thou not that it will be bitterness in the latter end? how long shall it be then, ere thou bid the people return from following their brethren?
H559
Then she saddled an ass, and said to her servant, Drive, and go forward; slack not thy riding for me, except I bid thee.
H1696
And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?
H559
And he that was over the house, and he that was over the city, the elders also, and the bringers up of the children, sent to Jehu, saying, We are thy servants, and will do all that thou shalt bid us; we will not make any king: do thou that which is good in thine eyes.
H1696
Arise, go unto Nineveh, that great city, and preach unto it the preaching that I bid thee.
H6942
Hold thy peace at the presence of the Lord GOD: for the day of the LORD is at hand: for the LORD hath prepared a sacrifice, he hath bid his guests.
G2753
And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.
G2564
Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage.
G2036
All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
G657
And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house.
G2036
But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
G479
Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.
G2564
If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
G3004
If there come any unto you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:
English meaning and historical usage.
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bid
BID, verb transitive preterit tense bid or bade; participle passive bid bidden. [Latin peto, to drive at, to attack, to ask, to desire, to beseech, anciently beto; impetus. Applied to the voice, it denotes utterance, a driving of sounds, which is applied to asking, prayer, and command. Class Bd.]
1. To ask; to request; to invite.
Go ye into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. Mattew 22:9.
This sense is antiquated, but we have the same word from the Latin, in invite, [in and bid ]
2. To command; to order or direct.
And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come to thee on the water. Matthew 14:28.
3. To offer; to propose; as, to bid a price at an auction.
4. To proclaim; to make known by a public voice.
Our bans thrice bid
5. To pronounce or declare; as, to bid a welcome.
6. To denounce, or threaten; as, to bid defiance.
7. To wish or pray.
Neither bid him good speed. John 10:1.
To bid beads, is to pray with beads, as the Catholics; to distinguish each bead by a prayer.
Also, to charge parishioners to say a number of paternosters.
To bid fair, is to open or offer a good prospect; to appear fair.
BID or BID'DEN, participle passive of bid Invited; offered; commanded.
BID, noun An offer of a price; a word much used at auctions.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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