To say
ἐρῶStrong’s G2046erō
Appears in 49 verses of the New Testament
In short
Erō is the Greek word usually translated “having been spoken”, “it was said” and “having been spoken of”. It appears in 49 verses of the New Testament.
“Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying,”
Meaning
Usually translated “having been spoken”, “it was said” and “having been spoken of”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- having been spoken 11
- it was said 10
- having been spoken of 3
- he has said 3
- said 2
- you have spoken 2
- has said 2
- spoken 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Matthew 21
- Hebrews 6
- John 5
- Acts 5
- Revelation 4
- Romans 3
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 2:15And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son.
- Matthew 2:17Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,
- Matthew 2:23And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
- Matthew 3:3For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
- Matthew 4:14That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying,
- Matthew 5:21Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment:
All 49 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
ἐρῶ erō · to say
λέγω, [in LXX very freq., chiefly for אמר; λέγει for נְאֻם, Gen.22:16, al. ;] 1. in Hom., to pick out, gather, reckon, recount. 2. In Hdt. and Att., to say, speak, affirm, declare: absol., Act.13:15, 24:10; before orat. dir., Mat.9:34, Mrk.3:11, Jhn.1:29, al.; before ὅτι recit., Mrk.3:21, Luk.1:24, Jhn.6:14, al.; accusative and inf., Luk.11:18, Jhn.12:29, al.; after another verb of speaking, προσφωνεῖν κ. λέγειν, Mat.11:17, al.; ἀπεκρίθη (ἐλάλησεν) λέγων (καὶ λέγει; Dalman, Words, 24 ff.), Mat.25:9, Mrk.3:33, 7:28, Luk.24:6, 7, al.; of unspoken thought, λ. ἐν ἑαυτῷ, Mat.3:9, Luk.3:8, al.; of …
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “say” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
SAY, verb transitive
preterit tense and participle passive said, contracted from sayed.
- To speak; to utter in words; as, he said nothing; he said many things; he says not a word. say a good word for me.
- To declare.
- To utter; to pronounce.“SAY now Shibboleth” Judges 12:6
- To utter, as a command.“God said, let there be light” Genesis 1:3
All definitions and other forms of “say”
- To utter, as a promise. Luke 23:29
- To utter, as a question or answer. Mark 11:3
- To affirm; to teach. Matthew 17:10
- To confess. Luke 17:6
- To testify. Acts 26:22
- To argue; to allege by way of argument.
- To repeat; to rehearse; to recite; as, to say a lesson.
- To pronounce; to recite without singing.
- To report; as in the phrases, it is said, they say
- To answer; to utter by way of reply; to tell.
SAY, noun
A speech; something said. [In popular use, but not elegant.]
SAY, noun
[for assay.]
- A sample. obsolete
- Trial by sample. obsolete
SAY, noun
A thin silk. obsolete
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.