To say
ἐρέωStrong’s G4483rheō, ereō
Appears in 46 verses of the New Testament
In short
Rheō, ereō is the Greek word usually translated “say” and “we say”. It appears in 46 verses of the New Testament.
“Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye?”
Meaning
Usually translated “say” and “we say”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- will say 9
- will we say 7
- you will say 6
- he will say 6
- i will say 4
- they will say 3
- will you say 2
- will he say 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 16
- Matthew 10
- Romans 10
- 1 Corinthians 3
- Mark 2
- Acts 1
10 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 7:22Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?
- Matthew 13:30Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.
- Matthew 17:20And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.
- Matthew 21:3And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
- Matthew 21:24And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
- Matthew 21:25The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
All 46 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
ἐρέω rheō, ereō · 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.