Genesis 18:27
And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
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And Abraham answered and said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord, which am but dust and ashes:
Read in context →And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the beast should both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed.
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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 18:27Strong's last: Zechariah 9:10
Open full H1696 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: Matthew 10:19Strong's last: Revelation 13:15
Open full G2980 profile →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 32:4Strong's last: Zechariah 7:5
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: Mark 12:1Strong's last: Revelation 2:24
Open full G3004 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 8:8Strong's last: Acts 21:37
Open full G2036 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: Exodus 23:2Strong's last: Isaiah 14:10
Open full H6030 profile →sîyach · see'-akh
to ponder, i.e. (by implication) converse (with oneself, and hence, aloud) or (transitively) utter
Strong's KJV usage: commune, complain, declare, meditate, muse, pray, speak, talk (with).
Strong's first: Judges 5:10Strong's last: Psalms 145:5
Open full H7878 profile →hâgâh · daw-gaw'
to murmur (in pleasure or anger); by implication, to ponder
Strong's KJV usage: imagine, meditate, mourn, mutter, roar, × sore, speak, study, talk, utter.
Strong's first: Psalms 35:28Strong's last: Proverbs 8:7
Open full H1897 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: Luke 12:10Strong's last: Acts 23:5
Open full G2046 profile →phthéngomai · ftheng'-gom-ahee
to utter a clear sound, i.e. (generally) to proclaim
Strong's KJV usage: :--speak.
Strong's first: Acts 4:18Strong's last: 2 Peter 2:18
Open full G5350 profile →ʼămar · am-ar'
Strong's KJV usage: command, declare, say, speak, tell.
Strong's first: Daniel 2:9Strong's last: Daniel 3:29
Open full H560 profile →mâshal · maw-shal'
to liken, i.e. (transitively) to use figurative language (an allegory, adage, song or the like); intransitively, to resemble
Strong's KJV usage: be(-come) like, compare, use (as a) proverb, speak (in proverbs), utter.
Strong's first: Ezekiel 17:2Strong's last: Ezekiel 20:49
Open full H4911 profile →çâphar · saw-far'
properly, to score with a mark as a tally or record, i.e. (by implication) to inscribe, and also to enumerate; intensively, to recount, i.e. celebrate
Strong's KJV usage: commune, (ac-) count; declare, number, penknife, reckon, scribe, shew forth, speak, talk, tell (out), writer.
Strong's first: Psalms 59:12Strong's last: Psalms 73:15
Open full H5608 profile →apostomatízō · ap-os-tom-at-id'-zo
to speak off-hand (properly, dictate), i.e. to catechize (in an invidious manner)
Strong's KJV usage: :--provoke to speak.
Strong's first: Luke 11:53Strong's last: Luke 11:53
Open full G653 profile →ginṓskō · ghin-oce'-ko
to "know" (absolutely) in a great variety of applications and with many implications (as follow, with others not thus clearly expressed)
Strong's KJV usage: :--allow, be aware (of), feel, (have) know(-ledge), perceived, be resolved, can speak, be sure, understand.
Strong's first: Acts 21:37Strong's last: Acts 21:37
Open full G1097 profile →kakologéō · kak-ol-og-eh'-o
to revile
Strong's KJV usage: :--curse, speak evil of.
Strong's first: Mark 9:39Strong's last: Mark 9:39
Open full G2551 profile →katalaléō · kat-al-al-eh'-o
to be a traducer, i.e. to slander
Strong's KJV usage: :--speak against (evil of).
Strong's first: James 4:11Strong's last: James 4:11
Open full G2635 profile →dâbab · daw-bab'
to move slowly, i.e. glide
Strong's KJV usage: cause to speak.
Strong's first: Song of Solomon 7:9Strong's last: Song of Solomon 7:9
Open full H1680 profile →chârash · khaw-rash'
to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)
Strong's KJV usage: × altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker.
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 19:10Strong's last: 2 Samuel 19:10
Open full H2790 profile →millâh · mil-law'
a word; collectively, a discourse; figuratively, a topic
Strong's KJV usage: answer, by-word, matter, any thing (what) to say, to speak(-ing), speak, talking, word.
Strong's first: Job 36:2Strong's last: Job 36:2
Open full H4405 profile →mâlal · maw-lal'
to speak (mostly poetical) or say
Strong's KJV usage: say, speak, utter.
Strong's first: Job 8:2Strong's last: Job 8:2
Open full H4448 profile →mᵉlal · mel-al'
to speak
Strong's KJV usage: say, speak(-ing).
Strong's first: Daniel 7:25Strong's last: Daniel 7:25
Open full H4449 profile →ʻûwth · ooth
to hasten, i.e. succor
Strong's KJV usage: speak in season.
Strong's first: Isaiah 50:4Strong's last: Isaiah 50:4
Open full H5790 profile →pûwach · poo'akh
to puff, i.e. blow with the breath or air; hence, to fan (as a breeze), to utter, to kindle (a fire), to scoff
Strong's KJV usage: blow (upon), break, puff, bring into a snare, speak, utter.
Strong's first: Habakkuk 2:3Strong's last: Habakkuk 2:3
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And he said unto me, Son of man, stand upon thy feet, and I will speak unto thee.
And thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear: for they are most rebellious.
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, eat that thou findest; eat this roll, and go speak unto the house of Israel.
And he said unto me, Son of man, go, get thee unto the house of Israel, and speak with my words unto them.
Moreover he said unto me, Son of man, all my words that I shall speak unto thee receive in thine heart, and hear with thine ears.
And go, get thee to them of the captivity, unto the children of thy people, and speak unto them, and tell them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear.
But when I speak with thee, I will open thy mouth, and thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; He that heareth, let him hear; and he that forbeareth, let him forbear: for they are a rebellious house.
And the Spirit of the LORD fell upon me, and said unto me, Speak; Thus saith the LORD; Thus have ye said, O house of Israel: for I know the things that come into your mind, every one of them.
For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.
For I am the LORD: I will speak, and the word that I shall speak shall come to pass; it shall be no more prolonged: for in your days, O rebellious house, will I say the word, and will perform it, saith the Lord GOD.
Therefore speak unto them, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Every man of the house of Israel that setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to the prophet; I the LORD will answer him that cometh according to the multitude of his idols;
Son of man, put forth a riddle, and speak a parable unto the house of Israel;
Son of man, speak unto the elders of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Are ye come to inquire of me? As I live, saith the Lord GOD, I will not be inquired of by you.
Therefore, son of man, speak unto the house of Israel, and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Yet in this your fathers have blasphemed me, in that they have committed a trespass against me.
Then said I, Ah Lord GOD! they say of me, Doth he not speak parables?
Speak unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I will profane my sanctuary, the excellency of your strength, the desire of your eyes, and that which your soul pitieth; and your sons and your daughters whom ye have left shall fall by the sword.
In that day shall thy mouth be opened to him which is escaped, and thou shalt speak, and be no more dumb: and thou shalt be a sign unto them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.
Son of man, speak unto Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to his multitude; Whom art thou like in thy greatness?
The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of hell with them that help him: they are gone down, they lie uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
Son of man, speak to the children of thy people, and say unto them, When I bring the sword upon a land, if the people of the land take a man of their coasts, and set him for their watchman:
When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?
Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?
Son of man, they that inhabit those wastes of the land of Israel speak, saying, Abraham was one, and he inherited the land: but we are many; the land is given us for inheritance.
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SPEAK, verb intransitive preterit tense spoke, [spake, nearly, obsolete ] participle passive spoke, spoken. It is easy to see that the root of this word is allied to that of beak peak, pick.]
1. To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts bywords. Children learn to speak at an early age. The organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to speak speak Lord , for thy servant hearth. I Sam. 3.
2. To utter a speech, discourse or harangue; to utter thoughts in a public assembly. A man may be well informed on a subject, and yet to diffident to speak in public. Many of the nobility make them selves popular by speaking in parliament against those things which were most grateful to his majesty.
3. To talk; to express opinions; to dispute. An honest man, sir, is able to speak for himself, when the knave is not.
4. To discourse; to make mention of. Lucan speaks of a part of Cesar's army that came to him from the Leman lake. The Scripture speaks only of those to whom it speaks.
5. To give sound. Make all your trumpets speak
TO speak WITH, to converse with. Let me speak with my son.
SPEAK, verb transitive
1. To utter with the mouth; to pronounce; to utter articulately; as human beings. They sat down with him on the ground seven days and seven nights, and none spoke a word to him. Job 2:10. speak the word, and my son shall be healed. Matthew 8:8.
2. To declare; to proclaim; to celebrate. It is my father's music to speak your deeds.
3. To talk or converse in; to utter or pronounce, as in conversation. A man may know how to read and to understand a language which he cannot speak
4. To address; to accost. He will smile upon thee, put thee in hope, and speak thee fair.
5. To exhibit; to make known. Let heav'n's wide circuit speak the Maker's high magnificence.
6. To express silently or by signs. The lady's looks or eyes speak the meaning or wishes of her heart.
7. To communicate; as, to speak peace to the soul.
TO speak A SHIP, to hail and speak to her captain or commander. [Note. We say, to speak a word or syllable, to speak a sentence, an oration, piece, composition, or a dialogue, to speak a man's praise, etc.; but we never say, to speak an argument, a sermon or a story.]
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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