Genesis 1:3
And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
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And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
Read in context →And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.
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ʼâmar · aw-mar'
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.
Strong's first: Genesis 1:3Strong's last: Malachi 3:14
Open full H559 profile →épō · ep'-o
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 2:5Strong's last: Revelation 22:6
Open full G2036 profile →légō · leg'-o
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: Matthew 9:21Strong's last: Revelation 21:5
Open full G3004 profile →dâbar · daw-bar'
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.
Strong's first: Genesis 17:23Strong's last: Jonah 3:10
Open full H1696 profile →phēmí · fay-mee'
to show or make known one's thoughts, i.e. speak or say
Strong's KJV usage: :--affirm, say.
Strong's first: Matthew 4:7Strong's last: Acts 26:32
Open full G5346 profile →ʼămar · am-ar'
Strong's KJV usage: command, declare, say, speak, tell.
Strong's first: Ezra 5:3Strong's last: Daniel 7:23
Open full H560 profile →eréō · er-eh'-o
an alternate for G2036 in certain tenses; to utter, i.e. speak or say
Strong's KJV usage: :--call, say, speak (of), tell.
Strong's first: Matthew 26:75Strong's last: Revelation 19:3
Open full G2046 profile →rhéō · hreh'-o
to utter, i.e. speak or say
Strong's KJV usage: :--command, make, say, speak (of).
Strong's first: Matthew 5:21Strong's last: Revelation 6:11
Open full G4483 profile →dâbâr · daw-baw'
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Strong's KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, × any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, chronicles, commandment, × commune(-ication), concern(-ing), confer, counsel, dearth, decree, deed, × disease, due, duty, effect, eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-) ness, glory, harm, hurt, iniquity, judgment, language, lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, × ought, × parts, pertaining, please, portion, power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, × (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, sign, so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, song, speech, × spoken, talk, task, that, × there done, thing (concerning), thought, thus, tidings, what(-soever), wherewith, which, word, work.
Strong's first: Genesis 47:30Strong's last: Esther 5:8
Open full H1697 profile →nᵉʼum · neh-oom'
an oracle
Strong's KJV usage: (hath) said, saith.
Strong's first: Numbers 24:3Strong's last: Psalms 110:1
Open full H5002 profile →laléō · lal-eh'-o
to talk, i.e. utter words
Strong's KJV usage: :--preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter.
Strong's first: John 8:25Strong's last: Hebrews 11:18
Open full G2980 profile →apophthéngomai · ap-of-theng'-om-ahee
to enunciate plainly, i.e. declare
Strong's KJV usage: :--say, speak forth, utterance.
Strong's first: Acts 2:14Strong's last: Acts 2:14
Open full G669 profile →autós · ow-tos'
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the compound G1438) of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
Strong's KJV usage: :--her, it(-self), one, the other, (mine) own, said, (self-), the) same, ((him-, my-, thy- )self, (your-)selves, she, that, their(-s), them(-selves), there(-at, - by, -in, -into, -of, -on, -with), they, (these) things, this (man), those, together, very, which.
Strong's first: Mark 6:22Strong's last: Mark 6:22
Open full G846 profile →dé · deh
but, and, etc.
Strong's KJV usage: :--also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
Strong's first: Luke 12:13Strong's last: Luke 12:13
Open full G1161 profile →hóti · hot'-ee
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
Strong's KJV usage: :--as concerning that, as though, because (that), for (that), how (that), (in) that, though, why.
Strong's first: Mark 9:26Strong's last: Mark 9:26
Open full G3754 profile →Paûlos · pow'-los
(little; but remotely from a derivative of G3973, meaning the same); Paulus, the name of a Roman and of an apostle
Strong's KJV usage: :--Paul, Paulus.
Strong's first: Acts 21:4Strong's last: Acts 21:4
Open full G3972 profile →mâlal · maw-lal'
to speak (mostly poetical) or say
Strong's KJV usage: say, speak, utter.
Strong's first: Genesis 21:7Strong's last: Genesis 21:7
Open full H4448 profile →mᵉlal · mel-al'
to speak
Strong's KJV usage: say, speak(-ing).
Strong's first: Daniel 6:21Strong's last: Daniel 6:21
Open full H4449 profile →ʻânâh · aw-naw'
properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce
Strong's KJV usage: give account, afflict (by mistake for 6031), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for 6031), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, × scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also 1042, 1043.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 9:17Strong's last: 1 Samuel 9:17
Open full H6030 profile →qârâʼ · kaw-raw'
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
Strong's KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(-ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Strong's first: Job 17:14Strong's last: Job 17:14
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Then Abner looked behind him, and said, Art thou Asahel? And he answered, I am.
And Abner said to him, Turn thee aside to thy right hand or to thy left, and lay thee hold on one of the young men, and take thee his armour. But Asahel would not turn aside from following of him.
And Abner said again to Asahel, Turn thee aside from following me: wherefore should I smite thee to the ground? how then should I hold up my face to Joab thy brother?
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?
And Joab said, As God liveth, unless thou hadst spoken, surely then in the morning the people had gone up every one from following his brother.
And Saul had a concubine, whose name was Rizpah, the daughter of Aiah: and Ishbosheth said to Abner, Wherefore hast thou gone in unto my father's concubine?
Then was Abner very wroth for the words of Ishbosheth, and said, Am I a dog's head, which against Judah do shew kindness this day unto the house of Saul thy father, to his brethren, and to his friends, and have not delivered thee into the hand of David, that thou chargest me to day with a fault concerning this woman?
And he said, Well; I will make a league with thee: but one thing I require of thee, that is, Thou shalt not see my face, except thou first bring Michal Saul's daughter, when thou comest to see my face.
And her husband went with her along weeping behind her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him, Go, return. And he returned.
And Abner said unto David, I will arise and go, and will gather all Israel unto my lord the king, that they may make a league with thee, and that thou mayest reign over all that thine heart desireth. And David sent Abner away; and he went in peace.
Then Joab came to the king, and said, What hast thou done? behold, Abner came unto thee; why is it that thou hast sent him away, and he is quite gone?
And afterward when David heard it, he said, I and my kingdom are guiltless before the LORD for ever from the blood of Abner the son of Ner:
And David said to Joab, and to all the people that were with him, Rend your clothes, and gird you with sackcloth, and mourn before Abner. And king David himself followed the bier.
And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?
And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?
And they brought the head of Ishbosheth unto David to Hebron, and said to the king, Behold the head of Ishbosheth the son of Saul thine enemy, which sought thy life; and the LORD hath avenged my lord the king this day of Saul, and of his seed.
And David answered Rechab and Baanah his brother, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, and said unto them, As the LORD liveth, who hath redeemed my soul out of all adversity,
Also in time past, when Saul was king over us, thou wast he that leddest out and broughtest in Israel: and the LORD said to thee, Thou shalt feed my people Israel, and thou shalt be a captain over Israel.
And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.
And David said on that day, Whosoever getteth up to the gutter, and smiteth the Jebusites, and the lame and the blind, that are hated of David's soul, he shall be chief and captain. Wherefore they said, The blind and the lame shall not come into the house.
And David inquired of the LORD, saying, Shall I go up to the Philistines? wilt thou deliver them into mine hand? And the LORD said unto David, Go up: for I will doubtless deliver the Philistines into thine hand.
And David came to Baalperazim, and David smote them there, and said, The LORD hath broken forth upon mine enemies before me, as the breach of waters. Therefore he called the name of that place Baalperazim.
And when David inquired of the LORD, he said, Thou shalt not go up; but fetch a compass behind them, and come upon them over against the mulberry trees.
And David was afraid of the LORD that day, and said, How shall the ark of the LORD come to me?
Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!
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SAID, preterit tense and participle passive of say; so written for sayed.
1. Declared; uttered; reported.
2. Aforesaid; before mentioned.
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