Genesis 22:16
And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son:
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Saith
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Revelation 22:20
He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.
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Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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אָמַר
ʼâmar · aw-mar'
580 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: Genesis 32:4Strong's last: Malachi 4:3
Open full H559 profile →נְאֻם
nᵉʼum · neh-oom'
366 times translated as this KJV form376 total Strong's occurrences
an oracle
Strong's KJV usage: (hath) said, saith.
Strong's first: Genesis 22:16Strong's last: Malachi 1:2
Open full H5002 profile →λέγω
légō · leg'-o
284 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: Matthew 4:6Strong's last: Revelation 22:20
Open full G3004 profile →דָבַר
dâbar · daw-bar'
7 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: Genesis 44:7Strong's last: 2 Samuel 24:12
Open full H1696 profile →ἔπω
épō · ep'-o
3 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: Mark 11:23Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 15:27
Open full G2036 profile →φημί
phēmí · fay-mee'
3 times translated as this KJV form58 total Strong's occurrences
to show or make known one's thoughts, i.e. speak or say
Strong's KJV usage: :--affirm, say.
Strong's first: Matthew 17:26Strong's last: Acts 22:2
Open full G5346 profile →λαλέω
laléō · lal-eh'-o
2 times translated as this KJV form315 total Strong's occurrences
to talk, i.e. utter words
Strong's KJV usage: :--preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: John 16:18Strong's last: Romans 3:19
Open full G2980 profile →פֶּה
peh · peh
1 times translated as this KJV form496 total Strong's occurrences
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
Strong's KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), × eat, edge, end, entry, file, hole, × in, mind, mouth, part, portion, × (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, × spoken, talk, tenor, × to, two-edged, wish, word.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 17:5Strong's last: 2 Samuel 17:5
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H559
Concerning Edom, thus saith the LORD of hosts; Is wisdom no more in Teman? is counsel perished from the prudent? is their wisdom vanished?
H559
For thus saith the LORD; Behold, they whose judgment was not to drink of the cup have assuredly drunken; and art thou he that shall altogether go unpunished? thou shalt not go unpunished, but thou shalt surely drink of it.
H5002
For I have sworn by myself, saith the LORD, that Bozrah shall become a desolation, a reproach, a waste, and a curse; and all the cities thereof shall be perpetual wastes.
H5002
Thy terribleness hath deceived thee, and the pride of thine heart, O thou that dwellest in the clefts of the rock, that holdest the height of the hill: though thou shouldest make thy nest as high as the eagle, I will bring thee down from thence, saith the LORD.
H559
As in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD, no man shall abide there, neither shall a son of man dwell in it.
H5002
Therefore her young men shall fall in her streets, and all the men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD of hosts.
H559
Concerning Kedar, and concerning the kingdoms of Hazor, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon shall smite, thus saith the LORD; Arise ye, go up to Kedar, and spoil the men of the east.
H5002
Flee, get you far off, dwell deep, O ye inhabitants of Hazor, saith the LORD; for Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath taken counsel against you, and hath conceived a purpose against you.
H5002
Arise, get you up unto the wealthy nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.
H5002
And their camels shall be a booty, and the multitude of their cattle a spoil: and I will scatter into all winds them that are in the utmost corners; and I will bring their calamity from all sides thereof, saith the LORD.
H559
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will break the bow of Elam, the chief of their might.
H5002
For I will cause Elam to be dismayed before their enemies, and before them that seek their life: and I will bring evil upon them, even my fierce anger, saith the LORD; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them:
H5002
And I will set my throne in Elam, and will destroy from thence the king and the princes, saith the LORD.
H5002
But it shall come to pass in the latter days, that I will bring again the captivity of Elam, saith the LORD.
H5002
In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the children of Israel shall come, they and the children of Judah together, going and weeping: they shall go, and seek the LORD their God.
H5002
And Chaldea shall be a spoil: all that spoil her shall be satisfied, saith the LORD.
H559
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will punish the king of Babylon and his land, as I have punished the king of Assyria.
H5002
In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not be found: for I will pardon them whom I reserve.
H5002
Go up against the land of Merathaim, even against it, and against the inhabitants of Pekod: waste and utterly destroy after them, saith the LORD, and do according to all that I have commanded thee.
H5002
Therefore shall her young men fall in the streets, and all her men of war shall be cut off in that day, saith the LORD.
H5002
Behold, I am against thee, O thou most proud, saith the Lord GOD of hosts: for thy day is come, the time that I will visit thee.
H559
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.
H5002
A sword is upon the Chaldeans, saith the LORD, and upon the inhabitants of Babylon, and upon her princes, and upon her wise men.
H5002
As God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighbour cities thereof, saith the LORD; so shall no man abide there, neither shall any son of man dwell therein.
H559
Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will raise up against Babylon, and against them that dwell in the midst of them that rise up against me, a destroying wind;
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say
SAY, verb transitive preterit tense and participle passive said, contracted from sayed.
1. To speak; to utter in words; as, he said nothing; he said many things; he says not a word. say a good word for me.
It is observable that although this word is radically synonymous with speak and tell, yet the uses are applications of these words are different. Thus we say to speak an oration, to tell a story; but in these phrases, say cannot be used. Yet to say a lesson is good English, though not very elegant. We never use the phrases to say a sermon or discourse, to say an argument, to say a speech, to say testimony.
A very general use of say is to introduce a relation, narration or recital, either of the speaker himself or of something said or done or to be done by another. Thus Adam said, this is bone of my bone; Noah said, blessed be the Lord God of Shem. If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves. say to the cities of Judah, behold your God. I cannot say what I should do in a similar case. say thus precedes a sentence. But it is perhaps impracticable to reduce the peculiar and appropriate uses of say speak and tell, to general rules. They can be learned only by observation.
2. To declare. Genesis 38:1.
3. To utter; to pronounce.
SAY now Shibboleth. Judges 12:6.
4. To utter, as a command.
God said, let there be light. Genesis 1:3.
5. To utter, as a promise. Luke 23:29.
6. To utter, as a question or answer. Mark 11:3.
7. To affirm; to teach. Matthew 17:10.
8. To confess. Luke 17:6.
9. To testify. Acts 26:22.
10. To argue; to allege by way of argument.
After all that can be said against a thing -
11. To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; as, to say a lesson.
12. To pronounce; to recite without singing. Then shall be said or sung as follows.
13. To report; as in the phrases, it is said, they say
14. To answer; to utter by way of reply; to tell.
SAY, Stella, feel you no content, reflecting on a life well spent?
[Note - This verb is not properly intransitive. In the phrase, 'as when we say Plato is no fool, ' the last clause is the object after the verb; that is, 'we say what follows.' If this verb is properly intransitive in any case, it is in the phrase, 'that is to say ' but in such cases, the subsequent clause is the object of the verb, being that which is said, uttered or related.]
SAY, noun A speech; something said. [In popular use, but not elegant.]
SAY, noun [for assay.]
1. A sample. obsolete
2. Trial by sample. obsolete
SAY, noun A thin silk. obsolete
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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