Words the Bible translates as tell
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 13 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
- 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
- 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
- nagadנָגַדto make something known by telling it: to report, declare, or disclose what another did not know
- anangellōἀναγγέλλωto make something known by telling it: to report, declare, or proclaim news or a message to others
- sapharסָפַרto count, and so to recount: to take a tally of things, or to tell them over one by one as a story
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- a scribe: a trained official who keeps records, writes documents, and manages affairs of state or temple
- gnōrizōγνωρίζωto know, or to be able to say; used where the speaker cannot tell which of two things he would choose.
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- to make known: to cause someone to know something, whether by revealing what was hidden or by simply informing them.
- diēgeomaiδιηγέομαιto tell something all the way through: to give the full, connected account of what happened rather than merely mention it
- basarבָּשַׂרto herald news, especially the kind of joyful news worth running to deliver: to announce, proclaim, bring glad tidings.
- exēgeomaiἐξηγέομαιto recount in detail, to relate what happened
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- to make known, to reveal: to disclose what was hidden
- ḥavahחֲוָהto declare: to state out loud for someone else what they have no way of finding out on their own, above all a dream, its meaning, or a hidden matter.
- katēcheōκατηχέωto tell someone something by word of mouth: to inform them of it, or to teach it to them
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