erō G2046

ἐρῶ (erō) means “to say” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

ἐρῶ Greek · G2046 47 tagged occurrences in 47 verses

Pronunciation guide: er-eh'-o Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2046

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 writing, 2Co.8:8, Php.4:11, al.; λέγει ἡ γραφή, Rom.4:3, Jas.2:23, al.; with accusative of thing(s), Luk.8:8, 9:33, Jhn.5:34, al.; σὺ λέγεις (a non-committal phrase; Swete, Mk., 359, 369f.), Mat.27:11, Mrk.15:2, Luk.23:3, Jhn.18:37; with dative of person(s), before orat. dir., Mat.8:20, Mrk.2:17, al. mult.; id. before ὅτι, Mat.3:9, al.; with prep., πρός, μετά, περί, etc., Mrk.4:41, Jhn.11:56, Heb.9:5, al.; to mean (cl.), Mrk.14:71, Jhn.6:71, 1Co.10:29, al.; to call, name, Mrk.10:18; pass., Mat.9:9, Mrk.15:7, al (cf. ἀντι-, δια- (-μαι), προ-, συλ-λέγω). SYN.: λαλέω, which refers to the utterance, as λέγω to the meaning of what is said, its correspondence with thought (Tr., Syn., Ixxvi; Thayer, see word λαλέω). (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

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How translators render G2046

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
was spoken	8
it was said	6
shall we say	6
say	4
will say	4
he will ask	3
and tell	2
had spoken	2
i will tell	2
tell him	2
will tell	2
as he has said	1
can you say	1
did god ever say	1
do not speak	1
god has said	1
had said	1
has said	1
has told	1
have said	1
he adds	1
he had been told	1
he has spoken	1
he said	1
he says	1
he will answer	1
he will reply	1
he will say	1
his statement	1
i answered	1
i have called	1
i have told	1
i told	1
i will say	1
i will say it	1
i would be speaking	1
it also says	1
it has also been said	1
jesus had told	1
one of you will say	1
people will say	1
people will tell	1
said	1
speaks	1
specified	1
spoken	1
spoken of	1
they called out	1
told	1
was speaking	1
was spoken of	1
was told	1
were spoken	1
were told	1
what was spoken	1
will ask	1
will people say	1
will reply	1
will they not say	1
will we say	1
wont he tell	1
you can say	1
you have said	1
you have spoken	1
you will quote	1
you will say	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
say	8
shall we say	6
it hath been said	4
it was said	4
that which was spoken	4
was spoken	4
which was spoken	4
will say	4
he said	3
he will say	3
i will say	3
ye shall say	3
and say	2
he spake	2
it is said	2
said he	2
shall	2
spoken of	2
they shall say	2
will tell	2
by and by	1
hath said	1
have said	1
he had said	1
he shall say	1
i have called	1
i have told	1
i said	1
i say	1
i will tell	1
it was commanded	1
made	1
may say	1
said	1
saidst thou	1
shall he say	1
shall they say	1
shall we	1
shall ye say	1
spake	1
speak	1
that which is said	1
they said	1
thou shalt	1
thou wilt say	1
were	1
which is spoken of	1
which said	1
will	1
will they	1
wilt thou say	1
ye have spoken	1
ye will	1

Verses containing G2046

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Matthew 1:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
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Matthew 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”
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Matthew 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:
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Matthew 2:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”
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Matthew 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
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Matthew 4:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
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Matthew 5:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’
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Matthew 5:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’
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Matthew 5:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’
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Matthew 5:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’
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Matthew 5:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’
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Matthew 5:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’
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Matthew 8:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases.”
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Matthew 12:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
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Matthew 13:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”
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Matthew 21:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
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Matthew 22:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:
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Matthew 24:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),
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Matthew 26:75 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.
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Matthew 27:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on Him by the people of Israel,
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Luke 2:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”
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Luke 4:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Jesus answered, “It also says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
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John 4:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”
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John 6:65 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jesus said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless the Father has granted it to him.”
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John 12:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”
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John 14:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And now I have told you before it happens, so that when it does happen, you will believe.
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John 15:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.
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Acts 2:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:
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Acts 8:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”
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Acts 13:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’
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Acts 13:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Watch out, then, that what was spoken by the prophets does not happen to you:
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Acts 17:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’
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Romans 4:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”
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Romans 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet before the twins were born or had done anything good or bad, in order that God’s plan of election might stand,
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Source alternate reference: 9.11
Romans 9:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”
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2 Corinthians 12:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.
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Galatians 3:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.
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Hebrews 1:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet to which of the angels did God ever say: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet”?
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Hebrews 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.
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Hebrews 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”
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Hebrews 10:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then He adds, “Here I am, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first to establish the second.
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Hebrews 10:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First He says:
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Hebrews 13:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
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Revelation 6:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been killed.
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Revelation 7:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
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Revelation 9:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
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Revelation 19:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And a second time they called out: “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises forever and ever.”
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