Genesis 1:22
And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
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And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
Read in context →And there came unto me one of the seven angels which had the seven vials full of the seven last plagues, and talked with me, saying, Come hither, I will shew thee the bride, the Lamb's wife.
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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 1:22Strong's last: Zechariah 8:23
Open full H559 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 1:20Strong's last: Revelation 21:9
Open full G3004 profile →lógos · log'-os
something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e. Christ)
Strong's KJV usage: :--account, cause, communication, X concerning, doctrine, fame, X have to do, intent, matter, mouth, preaching, question, reason, + reckon, remove, say(-ing), shew, X speaker, speech, talk, thing, + none of these things move me, tidings, treatise, utterance, word, work.
Strong's first: Matthew 15:12Strong's last: Titus 3:8
Open full G3056 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 37:11Strong's last: Jonah 4:2
Open full H1697 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 26:44Strong's last: Acts 23:23
Open full G2036 profile →rhēma · hray'-mah
an utterance (individually, collectively or specially),; by implication, a matter or topic (especially of narration, command or dispute); with a negative naught whatever
Strong's KJV usage: :--+ evil, + nothing, saying, word.
Strong's first: Mark 9:32Strong's last: Luke 18:34
Open full G4487 profile →ʼămar · am-ar'
Strong's KJV usage: command, declare, say, speak, tell.
Strong's first: Ezra 5:11Strong's last: Daniel 4:23
Open full H560 profile →laliá · lal-ee-ah'
talk
Strong's KJV usage: :--saying, speech.
Strong's first: John 4:42Strong's last: John 4:42
Open full G2981 profile →mégas · meg'-as
big (literally or figuratively, in a very wide application)
Strong's KJV usage: :--(+ fear) exceedingly, great(-est), high, large, loud, mighty, + (be) sore (afraid), strong, X to years.
Strong's first: Revelation 15:3Strong's last: Revelation 15:3
Open full G3173 profile →chîydâh · khee-daw'
a puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim
Strong's KJV usage: dark saying (sentence, speech), hard question, proverb, riddle.
Strong's first: Psalms 49:4Strong's last: Psalms 49:4
Open full H2420 profile →Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.
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Saying, The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third day.
And there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son: hear him.
And, behold, a man of the company cried out, saying, Master, I beseech thee, look upon my son: for he is mine only child.
But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.
But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying.
And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.
And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.
And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:
And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits?
When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.
And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?
And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?
And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,
Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.
And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.
And he spake this parable unto them, saying,
And when he cometh home, he calleth together his friends and neighbours, saying unto them, Rejoice with me; for I have found my sheep which was lost.
And when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and her neighbours together, saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I had lost.
And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.
Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man:
And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner.
And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?
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SA'YING, participle present tense Uttering in articulate sounds or words; speaking; telling; relating; reciting.
SA'YING, noun
1. An expression; a sentence uttered; a declaration.
Moses fled at this saying Acts 7:26.
Cicero treasured up the sayings of Scaevola.
2. A proverbial expression. Many are the sayings of the wise.
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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