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Say

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1,056exact KJV occurrences 628Old Testament 428New Testament 57books containing the word 15mapped Strong's IDs 1,005occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 12:12

Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 22:17

And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where say appears.

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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'

564 times translated as this KJV form5,305 total Strong's occurrences

v

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 12:12Strong's last: Malachi 3:13

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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.

Strong's first: Matthew 3:9Strong's last: Revelation 22:17

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HebrewH1696
דָבַר

dâbar · daw-bar'

26 times translated as this KJV form1,142 total Strong's occurrences

v

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: Exodus 4:12Strong's last: Habakkuk 2:1

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GreekG2076
ἐστί

estí · es-tee'

6 times translated as this KJV form917 total Strong's occurrences

he (she or it) is; also (with neuter plural) they are

Strong's KJV usage: :--are, be(-long), call, X can(-not), come, consisteth, X dure for a while, + follow, X have, (that) is (to say), make, meaneth, X must needs, + profit, + remaineth, + wrestle.

Strong's first: Matthew 27:46Strong's last: Hebrews 10:20

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HebrewH7725
שׁוּב

shûwb · shoob

3 times translated as this KJV form1,105 total Strong's occurrences

v

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again

Strong's KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) × again, (cause to) answer ( again), × in any case (wise), × at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, × certainly, come again (back), × consider, continually, convert, deliver (again), deny, draw back, fetch home again, × fro, get (oneself) (back) again, × give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, × needs, be past, × pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, × surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.

Strong's first: 1 Kings 2:17Strong's last: 1 Kings 2:20

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HebrewH1697
דָּבָר

dâbâr · daw-baw'

1 times translated as this KJV form1,425 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

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: 1 Kings 2:14Strong's last: 1 Kings 2:14

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HebrewH5001
נָאַם

nâʼam · naw-am'

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

v

properly, to whisper, i.e. (by implication) to utter as an oracle

Strong's KJV usage: say.

Strong's first: Jeremiah 23:31Strong's last: Jeremiah 23:31

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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Luke 9:19
no direct Strong's tag

They answering said, John the Baptist; but some say, Elias; and others say, that one of the old prophets is risen again.

Luke 9:20
G3004

He said unto them, But whom say ye that I am? Peter answering said, The Christ of God.

Luke 10:5
G3004

And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house.

Luke 10:9
G3004

And heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you.

Luke 10:10
G2036

But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say,

Luke 10:12
G3004

But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city.

Luke 11:2
G3004

And he said unto them, When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth.

Luke 11:5
G2036

And he said unto them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves;

Luke 11:7
G2036

And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.

Luke 11:8
G3004

I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.

Luke 11:9
G3004

And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

Luke 11:18
G3004

If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub.

Luke 11:29
G3004

And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet.

Luke 11:51
G3004

From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.

Luke 12:1
G3004

In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

Luke 12:4
G3004

And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

Luke 12:5
G3004

But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

Luke 12:8
G3004

Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:

Luke 12:11
G2036

And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:

Luke 12:12
G2036

For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.

Luke 12:19
G2046

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

Luke 12:22
G3004

And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.

Luke 12:27
G3004

Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

Luke 12:37
G3004

Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

Luke 12:44
G3004

Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.

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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