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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Take counsel together, and it shall come to nought; speak the word, and it shall not stand: for God is with us.
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.
All they shall speak and say unto thee, Art thou also become weak as we? art thou become like unto us?
In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction.
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
And thou shalt be brought down, and shalt speak out of the ground, and thy speech shall be low out of the dust, and thy voice shall be, as of one that hath a familiar spirit, out of the ground, and thy speech shall whisper out of the dust.
Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
The heart also of the rash shall understand knowledge, and the tongue of the stammerers shall be ready to speak plainly.
For the vile person will speak villany, and his heart will work iniquity, to practise hypocrisy, and to utter error against the LORD, to make empty the soul of the hungry, and he will cause the drink of the thirsty to fail.
Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
Then said Eliakim and Shebna and Joah unto Rabshakeh, Speak, I pray thee, unto thy servants in the Syrian language; for we understand it: and speak not to us in the Jews' language, in the ears of the people that are on the wall.
But Rabshakeh said, Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words? hath he not sent me to the men that sit upon the wall, that they may eat their own dung, and drink their own piss with you?
Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah, saying, Let not thy God, in whom thou trustest, deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem, and cry unto her, that her warfare is accomplished, that her iniquity is pardoned: for she hath received of the LORD's hand double for all her sins.
Keep silence before me, O islands; and let the people renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak: let us come near together to judgment.
I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.
The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
Therefore my people shall know my name: therefore they shall know in that day that I am he that doth speak: behold, it is I.
Neither let the son of the stranger, that hath joined himself to the LORD, speak, saying, The LORD hath utterly separated me from his people: neither let the eunuch say, Behold, I am a dry tree.
None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Who is this that cometh from Edom, with dyed garments from Bozrah? this that is glorious in his apparel, travelling in the greatness of his strength? I that speak in righteousness, mighty to save.
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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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