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To declare

ἀποφθέγγομαιStrong’s G0669

apophthengomai

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Apophthengomai is the Greek word usually translated “utter forth”, “spoke forth” and “utter”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.”
Acts 2:4 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “utter forth”, “spoke forth” and “utter”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • to utter forth 1
  • spoke forth 1
  • i utter 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 3

1 book in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἀποφθέγγομαι apophthengomai · to declare

ἀπο-φθέγγομαι [in LXX for נָבָא, etc. ;] to speak forth, give utterance: Act.2:4, 14 26:25 (MM, s. see).† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “declare” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

DECLA'RE, verb transitive

[Latin to make clear.]

  1. To clear; to free from obscurity; to make plain.
  2. To make known; to tell explicitly; to manifest or communicate plainly to others by words.“I will declare what he hath done for my soul” Psalms 66:16
  3. To make known; to show to the eye or to the understanding; to exhibit; to manifest by other means than words.“The heavens declare the glory of God” Psalms 19:1
  4. To publish; to proclaim.“Declare his glory among the heathen” 1 Chronicles 16:24“Declaring the conversion of the Gentiles” Acts 15:3
All definitions and other forms of “declare”
  1. To assert; to affirm; as, he declares the story to be false.

DECLA'RE, verb intransitive

  1. To make a declaration; to proclaim or avow some opinion or resolution in favor or in opposition; to make known explicitly some determination; with for or against; as, the prince declared for the allies; the allied powers declared against France.
  2. In law, to recite the causes of complaint against the defendant; as, the plaintiff declares in debt or trespass.
  3. To show or manifest the issue or event; to decide in favor of; as, victory had not declared for either party.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.