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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Speaking

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

62exact KJV occurrences 42Old Testament 20New Testament 26books containing the word 10mapped Strong's IDs 56occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 24:15

And it came to pass, before he had done speaking, that, behold, Rebekah came out, who was born to Bethuel, son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, Abraham's brother, with her pitcher upon her shoulder.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 13:5

And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where speaking appears.

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

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.

HebrewH1696
דָבַר

dâbar · daw-bar'

36 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: Genesis 24:15Strong's last: Daniel 9:21

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GreekG3004
λέγω

légō · leg'-o

1 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: Acts 1:3Strong's last: Acts 1:3

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GreekG4354
προσλαλέω

proslaléō · pros-lal-eh'-o

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

to talk to, i.e. converse with

Strong's KJV usage: :--speak to (with).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Acts 13:43Strong's last: Acts 13:43

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GreekG5350
φθέγγομαι

phthéngomai · ftheng'-gom-ahee

1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences

to utter a clear sound, i.e. (generally) to proclaim

Strong's KJV usage: :--speak.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: 2 Peter 2:16Strong's last: 2 Peter 2:16

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HebrewH2790
חָרַשׁ

chârash · khaw-rash'

1 times translated as this KJV form74 total Strong's occurrences

v

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: Jeremiah 38:27Strong's last: Jeremiah 38:27

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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

1 Corinthians 12:3
G2980

Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost.

1 Corinthians 14:6
G2980

Now, brethren, if I come unto you speaking with tongues, what shall I profit you, except I shall speak to you either by revelation, or by knowledge, or by prophesying, or by doctrine?

2 Corinthians 13:3
G2980

Since ye seek a proof of Christ speaking in me, which to you-ward is not weak, but is mighty in you.

Ephesians 4:15
no direct Strong's tag

But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

Ephesians 4:31
G988

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:

Ephesians 5:19
G2980

Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;

1 Timothy 4:2
no direct Strong's tag

Speaking lies in hypocrisy; having their conscience seared with a hot iron;

1 Timothy 5:13
G2980

And withal they learn to be idle, wandering about from house to house; and not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not.

1 Peter 4:4
no direct Strong's tag

Wherein they think it strange that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you:

2 Peter 2:16
G5350

But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.

2 Peter 3:16
G2980

As also in all his epistles, speaking in them of these things; in which are some things hard to be understood, which they that are unlearned and unstable wrest, as they do also the other scriptures, unto their own destruction.

Revelation 13:5
G2980

And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies; and power was given unto him to continue forty and two months.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

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

speaking

SPE'AKING, participle present tense Uttering words; discoursing; talking.

SPE'AKING, noun

1. The act of uttering words; discourse.

2. In colleges, public declamation.

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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Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

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