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To speak out

ἐκλαλέωStrong’s G1583

eklaleō

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Eklaleō is the Greek word usually translated “tell”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“So the chief captain then let the young man depart, and charged him, See thou tell no man that thou hast shewed these things to me.”
Acts 23:22 KJV
Meaning

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

How it's translated
  • to tell 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    ἐκλαλέω eklaleō · to speak out

    ἐκ-λαλέω, -ῶ [in LXX: Jdth.11:9 * ;] to speak out, divulge: Act.23:22.† (AS)

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    TELL, verb transitive

    preterit tense and participle passive told. [Latin telum; Latin appello and peal, Latin pello.]

    1. To utter; to express in words; to communicate to others.“I will not eat till I have told my errand” Genesis 24:33
    2. To relate; to narrate; to rehearse particulars; as, to tell a story. Genesis 37:16
    3. To teach; to inform; to make known; to show by words. tell us the way.
    4. To discover; to disclose; to betray.“They will tell it to the inhabitants of this land” Numbers 14:14
    All definitions and other forms of “tell”
    1. To count; to number.
    2. To relate in confession; to confess or acknowledge.“TELL me now what thou hast done” Joshua 7:19
    3. To publish.“TELL it not in Gath” 2 Samuel 1:20
    4. To unfold; to interpret; to explain. Ezekiel 24:19
    5. To make excuses.
    6. To make known.
    7. To discover; to find; to discern.

    TELL, verb intransitive

    To give an account; to make report.

    1. “--That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works” Psalms 26:7

    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.