Words the Bible translates as saying
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 6 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- logosλόγοςa word, statement, or message: anything that is said, whether a single saying, a whole teaching, or, in its loaded Christian use, the message of the gospel itself.
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- an account or reckoning: a settling of the books, the tally a person must hand over for what they have done.
- a reason, ground, or basis: the cause behind an action, or the case a person makes to defend or explain it.
- a matter, affair, or thing: the issue under discussion, the case at hand.
- davarדָּבָרa word, or the matter that word is about: anything said, and equally the affair, event, or thing being spoken of
- rhēmaῥῆμαa spoken word: an utterance, saying, or statement that has actually been said
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- a matter, thing, or event: the affair that an utterance is about, an extension carried over from Hebrew
- emerאֵמֶרa spoken word or saying: what someone puts into speech
- millahמִלָּהwords or speech: what a person says, whether a single utterance or a whole line of argument
- imrahאִמְרָהa spoken word: an utterance, saying, or promise, most often God's.
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