323 occurrences

'Speak' in the Bible

Or speak to the earth and it will teach you, or let the fish of the sea declare to you.

But I wish to speak to the Almighty, and I desire to argue my case with God.

Will you speak wickedly on God's behalf? Will you speak deceitfully for him?

"Refrain from talking with me so that I may speak; then let come to me what may.

Then call, and I will answer, or I will speak, and you respond to me.

I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could pile up words against you and I could shake my head at you.

"But if I speak, my pain is not relieved, and if I refrain from speaking -- how much of it goes away?

Bear with me and I will speak, and after I have spoken you may mock.

I said to myself, 'Age should speak, and length of years should make wisdom known.'

Look, I waited for you to speak; I listened closely to your wise thoughts,while you were searching for words.

And I have waited. But because they do not speak, because they stand there and answer no more,

I will speak, so that I may find relief; I will open my lips, so that I may answer.

If you have any words, reply to me; speak, for I want to justify you.

"Be patient with me a little longer and I will instruct you, for I still have words to speak on God's behalf.

With my knowledge I will speak comprehensively, and to my Creator I will ascribe righteousness.

Should he be informed that I want to speak? If a man speaks, surely he would be swallowed up!

Will it make numerous supplications to you, will it speak to you with tender words?

You said, 'Pay attention, and I will speak; I will question you, and you will answer me.'

They say, "We speak persuasively; we know how to flatter and boast. Who is our master?"

Those who seek my life try to entrap me; those who want to harm me speak destructive words; all day long they say deceitful things.

I was stone silent; I held back the urge to speak. My frustration grew;

You are the most handsome of all men! You speak in an impressive and fitting manner! For this reason God grants you continual blessings.

They speak sinful words. So let them be trapped by their own pride and by the curses and lies they speak!

But the king will rejoice in God; everyone who takes oaths in his name will boast, for the mouths of those who speak lies will be shut up.

They speak as if they rule in heaven, and lay claim to the earth.

Do not be so certain you have won! Do not speak with your head held so high!

You held my eyelids open; I was troubled and could not speak.

A well-written song by Asaph. Pay attention, my people, to my instruction! Listen to the words I speak!

They spew out threats and speak defiantly; all the evildoers boast.

Let those delivered by the Lord speak out, those whom he delivered from the power of the enemy,

I will speak about your regulations before kings and not be ashamed.

Let all the kings of the earth give thanks to you, O Lord, when they hear the words you speak.

Acquire wisdom, acquire understanding; do not forget and do not turn aside from the words I speak.

So now, children, listen to me; do not turn aside from the words I speak.

So now, sons, listen to me, and pay attention to the words I speak.

Listen, for I will speak excellent things, and my lips will utter what is right.

Do not speak in the ears of a fool, for he will despise the wisdom of your words.

my soul will rejoice when your lips speak what is right.

Your eyes will see strange things, and your mind will speak perverse things.

At that time five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the Lord who commands armies. One will be called the City of the Sun.

You will fall; while lying on the ground you will speak; from the dust where you lie, your words will be heard. Your voice will sound like a spirit speaking from the underworld; from the dust you will chirp as if muttering an incantation.

The mind that acts rashly will possess discernment and the tongue that stutters will speak with ease and clarity.

Eliakim, Shebna, and Joah said to the chief adviser, "Speak to your servants in Aramaic, for we understand it. Don't speak with us in the Judahite dialect in the hearing of the people who are on the wall."

But the chief adviser said, "My master did not send me to speak these words only to your master and to you. His message is also for the men who sit on the wall, for they will eat their own excrement and drink their own urine along with you!"

"Speak kindly to Jerusalem, and tell her that her time of warfare is over, that her punishment is completed. For the Lord has made her pay double for all her sins."

"Listen to me in silence, you coastlands! Let the nations find renewed strength! Let them approach and then speak; let us come together for debate!

For your hands are stained with blood and your fingers with sin; your lips speak lies, your tongue utters malicious words.

The Lord began to speak to him in the thirteenth year that Josiah son of Amon ruled over Judah.

The Lord also spoke to him when Jehoiakim son of Josiah ruled over Judah, and he continued to speak to him until the fifth month of the eleventh year that Zedekiah son of Josiah ruled over Judah. That was when the people of Jerusalem were taken into exile.

I will go to the leaders and speak with them. Surely they know what the Lord demands. Surely they know what their God requires of them." Yet all of them, too, have rejected his authority and refuse to submit to him.

Because of that, the Lord, the God who rules over all, said to me, "Because these people have spoken like this, I will make the words that I put in your mouth like fire. And I will make this people like wood which the fiery judgments you speak will burn up."

The Lord says, "Listen, nation of Israel! I am about to bring a nation from far away to attack you. It will be a nation that was founded long ago and has lasted for a long time. It will be a nation whose language you will not know. Its people will speak words that you will not be able to understand.

I have listened to them very carefully, but they do not speak honestly. None of them regrets the evil he has done. None of them says, "I have done wrong!" All of them persist in their own wayward course like a horse charging recklessly into battle.

Lord, you have always been fair whenever I have complained to you. However, I would like to speak with you about the disposition of justice. Why are wicked people successful? Why do all dishonest people have such easy lives?

Then I said, "O Lord, intervene for the honor of your name even though our sins speak out against us. Indeed, we have turned away from you many times. We have sinned against you.

Then the Lord said to me, "Those prophets are prophesying lies while claiming my authority! I did not send them. I did not commission them. I did not speak to them. They are prophesying to these people false visions, worthless predictions, and the delusions of their own mind.

"Go down at once to the potter's house. I will speak to you further there."

Sometimes I think, "I will make no mention of his message. I will not speak as his messenger any more." But then his message becomes like a fire locked up inside of me, burning in my heart and soul. I grow weary of trying to hold it in; I cannot contain it.

The Lord said, "Go stand in the courtyard of the Lord's temple. Speak out to all the people who are coming from the towns of Judah to worship in the Lord's temple. Tell them everything I command you to tell them. Do not leave out a single word!

But you should take careful note of this: If you put me to death, you will bring on yourselves and this city and those who live in it the guilt of murdering an innocent man. For the Lord has sent me to speak all this where you can hear it. That is the truth!"

This will happen to them because they have done what is shameful in Israel. They have committed adultery with their neighbors' wives and have spoken lies while claiming my authority. They have spoken words that I did not command them to speak. I know what they have done. I have been a witness to it,' says the Lord."

The Lord God of Israel who rules over all told him, "Go and speak to the people of Judah and the citizens of Jerusalem. Tell them, 'I, the Lord, say: "You must learn a lesson from this about obeying what I say!

"Get a scroll. Write on it everything I have told you to say about Israel, Judah, and all the other nations since I began to speak to you in the reign of Josiah until now.

Ebed Melech departed the palace and went to speak to the king. He said to him,

He said to me, "Son of man, stand on your feet and I will speak with you."

He said to me, "Son of man, eat what you see in front of you -- eat this scroll -- and then go and speak to the house of Israel."

He said to me, "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak my words to them.

And he said to me, "Son of man, take all my words that I speak to you to heart and listen carefully.

Go to the exiles, to your fellow countrymen, and speak to them -- say to them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says,' whether they pay attention or not."

When I say to the wicked, "You will certainly die," and you do not warn him -- you do not speak out to warn the wicked to turn from his wicked deed and wicked lifestyle so that he may live -- that wicked person will die for his iniquity, but I will hold you accountable for his death.

The hand of the Lord rested on me there, and he said to me, "Get up, go out to the valley, and I will speak with you there."

But when I speak with you, I will loosen your tongue and you must say to them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says.' Those who listen will listen, but the indifferent will refuse, for they are a rebellious house.

For I, the Lord, will speak. Whatever word I speak will be accomplished. It will not be delayed any longer. Indeed in your days, O rebellious house, I will speak the word and accomplish it, declares the sovereign Lord.'"

Therefore say to them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: None of my words will be delayed any longer! The word I speak will come to pass, declares the sovereign Lord.'"

Therefore speak to them and say to them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: When any one from the house of Israel erects his idols in his heart and sets the obstacle leading to his iniquity before his face, and then consults a prophet, I the Lord am determined to answer him personally according to the enormity of his idolatry.

"Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them: 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: Are you coming to seek me? As surely as I live, I will not allow you to seek me, declares the sovereign Lord.'

"Therefore, speak to the house of Israel, son of man, and tell them, 'This is what the sovereign Lord says: In this way too your fathers blasphemed me when they were unfaithful to me.

"Son of man, turn toward the south, and speak out against the south. Prophesy against the open scrub land of the Negev,

Then I said, "O sovereign Lord! They are saying of me, 'Does he not simply speak in eloquent figures of speech?'"

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
προσφωνέω 
Prosphoneo 
call , call unto , call to , speak , speak to , speak unto
Usage: 5

בּטה בּטא 
Bata' 
Usage: 4

βλασφημέω 
Blasphemeo 
Usage: 31

ἐρέω 
Ereo 
say , speak , tell , speak of , call
Usage: 41

καταλαλέω 
Katalaleo 
Usage: 5

λαλέω 
Laleo 
speak , say , tell , talk , preach , utter , , vr speak
Usage: 235

προσλαλέω 
Proslaleo 
speak to , speak with
Usage: 2

ῥέω 
Rheo 
speak , say, speak of , command , make
Usage: 17

אמר 
'amar (Aramaic) 
Usage: 71

דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

הגה 
Hagah 
Usage: 25

לשׁנה לשׁן לשׁון 
Lashown 
Usage: 116

מלּה מלּה 
Millah 
Usage: 38

מלל 
Malal 
Usage: 5

מלל 
M@lal (Aramaic) 
Usage: 5

משׁל 
Mashal 
Usage: 16

ספר 
Caphar 
Usage: 161

עוּת 
`uwth 
Usage: 1

ענה 
`anah 
Usage: 329

פּוּח 
Puwach 
Usage: 14

שׂיח 
Siyach 
Usage: 20

ἀληθεύω 
Aletheuo 
tell the truth , speak the truth
Usage: 2

ἀναγγέλλω 
Anaggello 
Usage: 13

ἀναφωνέω 
Anaphoneo 
Usage: 1

ἀντίλεγω 
Antilego 
Usage: 10

ἀπολογέομαι 
Apologeomai 
Usage: 8

ἀποστοματίζω 
Apostomatizo 
Usage: 1

ἀποφθέγγομαι 
Apophtheggomai 
Usage: 3

βλασφημία 
Blasphemia 
Usage: 13

διαλέγομαι 
Dialegomai 
Usage: 13

ἔπω 
Epo 
say , speak , tell , command , bid , , vr say
Usage: 824

κακολογέω 
Kakologeo 
Usage: 1

καταγγέλλω 
Kataggello 
Usage: 17

καταλαλία 
Katalalia 
Usage: 2

λέγω 
Lego 
say , speak , call , tell ,
Usage: 1045

λοιδορία 
Loidoria 
Usage: 3

παῤῥησιάζομαι 
Parrhesiazomai 
Usage: 9

προέπω 
Proepo 
Usage: 3

προερέω 
Proereo 
Usage: 7

προστίθημι 
Prostithemi 
Usage: 11

συλλαλέω 
Sullaleo 
talk with , talk , speak , commune with , confer
Usage: 6

φθέγγομαι 
Phtheggomai 
Usage: 3

χάριν 
Charin 
Usage: 8

χρηματίζω 
Chrematizo 
be warned of God , call , be admonished of God , reveal , speak , be warned from God
Usage: 9

ψευδολόγος 
Pseudologos 
Usage: 1

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