Words the Bible translates as say
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- amarאָמַרto say: to speak words, and so to think them or to declare them
- eiponεἶπονsaid: to put something into words on a particular occasion, the simple past of "to say"
- legōλέγωto say: to put something into words, whether spoken aloud or set down in writing
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- to be called or named: to bear a name, title, or label that others apply to a person, place, or thing
- laleōλαλέωto speak: to open one's mouth and produce speech, with the focus on the act and activity of speaking itself
- davarדָבַרto speak: to put thought into words and aim them at a hearer
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- to subdue: to bring peoples under someone's rule
- erōἐρῶto say or speak: to put something into words, whether words still to come or words already spoken and standing on record
- phēmiφημίto say: to state something in words, especially to report what a person said in reply
- amarאֲמַרto say, speak, or tell; the ordinary Aramaic verb for putting something into words.
- rheō, ereōἐρέωto saynot studied yet
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