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Saith

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1,262exact KJV occurrences 955Old Testament 307New Testament 47books containing the word 8mapped Strong's IDs 1,246occurrence-specific Strong's links

FIRST OCCURRENCE

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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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 22:20

He which testifieth these things saith, Surely I come quickly. Amen. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.

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HEAVIEST BOOK

Jeremiah

336 occurrences in 320 verses.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where saith appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 55 verses Exodus 1111 verses Numbers 55 verses Joshua 44 verses Judges 22 verses 1 Samuel 87 verses 2 Samuel 77 verses 1 Kings 2018 verses 2 Kings 3231 verses 1 Chronicles 44 verses 2 Chronicles 1414 verses Ezra 11 verses Nehemiah 11 verses Job 65 verses Psalms 33 verses Proverbs 1111 verses Ecclesiastes 55 verses Isaiah 109103 verses Jeremiah 336320 verses Lamentations 22 verses Ezekiel 212207 verses Hosea 44 verses Joel 11 verses Amos 4545 verses Obadiah 44 verses Micah 55 verses Nahum 33 verses Habakkuk 11 verses Zephaniah 66 verses Haggai 1914 verses Zechariah 4235 verses Malachi 2723 verses Matthew 4746 verses Mark 4846 verses Luke 1010 verses John 113102 verses Acts 1010 verses Romans 1918 verses 1 Corinthians 88 verses 2 Corinthians 33 verses Galatians 22 verses Ephesians 22 verses 1 Timothy 11 verses Hebrews 1413 verses James 33 verses 1 John 33 verses Revelation 2423 verses

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH559

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

said 2,772 saying 909 say 529 spake 109 answered 91 Say 35 speak 34 tell 25

Strong's first: Genesis 32:4Strong's last: Malachi 4:3

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HebrewH5002

נְאֻם

nᵉʼum · neh-oom'

366 times translated as this KJV form376 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

an oracle

Strong's KJV usage: (hath) said, saith.

Other KJV renderings

said 9 spake 1

Strong's first: Genesis 22:16Strong's last: Malachi 1:2

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GreekG3004

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.

Other KJV renderings

saying 339 said 182 I say 132 say 126 Saying 41 called 37 speak 28 spake 17

Strong's first: Matthew 4:6Strong's last: Revelation 22:20

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HebrewH1696

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

spake 314 speak 221 spoken 173 said 84 Speak 53 speaking 36 talked 29 promised 29

Strong's first: Genesis 44:7Strong's last: 2 Samuel 24:12

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GreekG2036

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.

Other KJV renderings

said 701 say 33 spake 25 spoken 18 saying 16 he 14 tell 14 he said 14

Strong's first: Mark 11:23Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 15:27

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GreekG5346

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.

Other KJV renderings

said 42 he 5 say 3 He said 1 he said 1 that 1 I 1 they 1

Strong's first: Matthew 17:26Strong's last: Acts 22:2

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GreekG2980

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

speak 82 spake 66 speaketh 20 spoken 20 speaking 10 talked 8 While 5 he 5

Strong's first: John 16:18Strong's last: Romans 3:19

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HebrewH6310

פֶּה

peh · peh

1 times translated as this KJV form496 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

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

mouth 329 commandment 37 edge 35 according 20 word 15 mouths 12 hole 6 to 3

Strong's first: 2 Samuel 17:5Strong's last: 2 Samuel 17:5

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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336 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Jeremiah 29:10

H559

For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

Jeremiah 29:11

H5002

For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

Jeremiah 29:14

H5002

And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried away captive.

Jeremiah 29:14

H5002

Jeremiah 29:16

H559

Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity;

Jeremiah 29:17

H559

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil.

Jeremiah 29:19

H5002

Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 29:19

H5002

Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 29:21

H559

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;

Jeremiah 29:23

H5002

Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a witness, saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 29:31

H559

Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a lie:

Jeremiah 29:32

H559

Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite, and his seed: he shall not have a man to dwell among this people; neither shall he behold the good that I will do for my people, saith the LORD; because he hath taught rebellion against the LORD.

Jeremiah 29:32

H5002

Jeremiah 30:3

H5002

For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will bring again the captivity of my people Israel and Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.

Jeremiah 30:3

H559

Jeremiah 30:5

H559

For thus saith the LORD; We have heard a voice of trembling, of fear, and not of peace.

Jeremiah 30:8

H5002

For it shall come to pass in that day, saith the LORD of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds, and strangers shall no more serve themselves of him:

Jeremiah 30:10

H5002

Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none shall make him afraid.

Jeremiah 30:11

H5002

For I am with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.

Jeremiah 30:12

H559

For thus saith the LORD, Thy bruise is incurable, and thy wound is grievous.

Jeremiah 30:17

H5002

For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.

Jeremiah 30:18

H559

Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will bring again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have mercy on his dwellingplaces; and the city shall be builded upon her own heap, and the palace shall remain after the manner thereof.

Jeremiah 30:21

H5002

And their nobles shall be of themselves, and their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; and I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: for who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the LORD.

Jeremiah 31:1

H5002

At the same time, saith the LORD, will I be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be my people.

Jeremiah 31:2

H559

Thus saith the LORD, The people which were left of the sword found grace in the wilderness; even Israel, when I went to cause him to rest.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

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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