34 occurrences in 12 translations

'Telling' in the Bible

Cretans and Arabs—we all hear them speaking in our [native] tongues about the mighty works of God!”

Verse ConceptsJudaismPraise, Manner And Methods OfLanguages Mentioned In ScriptureProselytesThe Holy Spirit In The Church

‘And it shall be in the last days,’ says God,‘That I will pour out My Spirit upon all mankind;And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,And your young men shall see [divinely prompted] visions,And your old men shall dream [divinely prompted] dreams;

Verse ConceptsdaughtersProphecy, In NtSonsPouringVisionsEnd Of The AgesHope For Old PeopleVisions From GodProphesying In The Churchend times prophecyEnd Of Days

Even on My bond-servants, both men and women,I will in those days pour out My SpiritAnd they shall prophesy.

Verse ConceptsServanthood, In Life Of BelieversServants Of The LordServants Of PeopleProphesying In The Church

"Go, stand in the Temple, and keep on telling the people the whole message about this life they can have."

Verse ConceptsNewnessMinisters, Way They Should TeachGo And PreachLife By God's WordDisciples In The TempleSpeaking As From God

"I'm telling you to keep away from these men for now. Leave them alone, because if this plan or movement is of human origin, it will fail.

Verse ConceptsGood Human AdviceLeave Them AloneMan's TeachingWork Ethicmovement

Barnabas, however, introduced Saul to the apostles, telling them how on the road Saul had seen the Lord, who had spoken to him, and how courageously he had spoken in the name of Jesus in Damascus.

Verse ConceptsBarnabasConfidence In God, Produces BoldnessImportunity, Towards PeopleAcceptance, Of One AnotherBoldness Examples OfSeeing The Risen ChristThe Gospel PreachedSpeaking In Christ's NameThe Apostles In ActionBoldnessdamascus

and, after telling them everything, he sent them to Jaffa.

Then I also heard a voice telling me, ‘Get up, Peter; kill and eat!’

Verse ConceptsKilling Wild AnimalsGet Up!

We're telling you the good news: What God promised our ancestors

Verse ConceptsGod's Promise To Abraham

and after telling the Message at Perga they came down to Attaleia.

So, after being supplied and sent on their way by the church, they went through both Phoenicia and Samaria telling in detail the conversion of the Gentiles, and they brought great joy to all the believers.

Verse ConceptsConversion, examples ofChristiansTravelThe Soul Winners JoyPeople ConvertedPeople Sending People

we have sent, therefore, Judas and Silas, and they by word are telling the same things.

Verse ConceptsConfirmationLiteracyGiving InformationPowers Of Speech

But Paul and Barnabas remained in Antioch, teaching and, in company with many others, telling the Good News of the Lord's Message.

Verse ConceptsTeachersPreaching, Content OfPreaching, Importance OfTeachingChristian TeachersTeaching In The Church

One day, as we were on our way to the place of prayer, a slave girl met us who claimed to be inspired and was accustomed to bring her owners large profits by telling fortunes.

Verse ConceptsMagical Arts, Practice Ofdemons, Kinds ofMastersMoney, Uses OfPredictionsDivinationFortunetellingNecromancyWhere To PraySorceryThe Futuremagicpsychics

Then also, some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers argued with him. Some said, “What is this pseudo-intellectual trying to say?”Others replied, “He seems to be a preacher of foreign deities”—because he was telling the good news about Jesus and the Resurrection.

Verse ConceptsBabblersevangelism, nature ofPhilosophyResurrection, Of The DeadFalse Teachers, Examples OfScoffersAmateursAmbiguityEncouraged To Serve Foreign gods

Now all the Athenians and the foreigners residing there spent their time on nothing else but telling or hearing something new.

Verse ConceptsForeignersAmusementsIntelligenceLeisure, And PastimesPride, Examples OfSloth Examples OfCuriosity

For as I was walking around and looking closely at the objects you worship, I even found an altar with this written on it: "To an unknown god.' So I am telling you about the unknown object you worship.

Verse ConceptsAmbassadorsGod, Revelation OfIgnorance, Of GodInscriptionsOpportunities, And SalvationSuperstitionPolytheismUnknown GodsHow Not To WorshipIgnorance of GodEclipseignorancedevotion

Now at the time when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was preaching fervently and was solemnly telling the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.

Verse ConceptsPreaching, Content OfPreaching, Importance OfPreaching ChristSaid To Be The ChristSalvation For IsraelSubsequent Witness To ChristNervousness

but saying farewell and telling [them], "I will return to you again [if] God wills," he set sail from Ephesus.

Verse ConceptsGod, Sovereignty OfGuidance, God's Promises OfSeafaringFarewellsSea TravelGod's Will Be Donesailinggoodbyes

Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people that they should believe in the One who would come after him, that is, in Jesus.”

Verse ConceptsFaith, Necessity OfJohn's BaptismBelieve In Christ!Signs Of RepentanceBaptism

You also see and hear that, not only in Ephesus, but almost all over Asia, this man Paul has won over and taken away a large crowd by telling them that gods made by human hands are not gods at all.

Verse ConceptsFalse ReligionPolytheism

From Miletus he sent a message to Ephesus, telling the elders of the church to come to him.

Verse ConceptsAttending Churchelders, in the churchOfficersChurch GovernmentChurch, Examples Ofeldersgoodbyes

I never shrank from telling you anything that would help you nor from teaching you publicly and from house to house.

Verse ConceptsHesitationPreaching, Content OfProperty, HousesTeachersMinisters, Way They Should TeachTeaching In The ChurchUseful ThingsPeople Willing

So we located some disciples and stayed there for seven days. Through the Spirit, they kept telling Paul not to go to Jerusalem,

Verse ConceptsWeeksSeven DaysWarning IndividualsSpeaking By The Spirit

But they have been told about you that you teach all the Jews who are among the Gentiles to abandon Moses, by telling them not to circumcise their children or to walk in our customs.

Verse ConceptsCustomPersecution, Forms OfUncircumcisionApostasy, Types OfMisteachingNecessity Of CircumcisionThe Gospel To Jew And Gentileapostasy

and saw Him telling me, ‘Hurry and get out of Jerusalem quickly, because they will not accept your testimony about Me!’

Verse ConceptsAcceptance, Of The GospelVisions And Dreams In ScriptureNot Believing PeopleHurrying Others OnSubsequent Witness To Christheartbeat

While they were spending many days there, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying, “There is a man here who was left as a prisoner by Felix.

Bible Theasaurus

Assure (83 instances)
Differentiate (6 instances)
Distinguish (23 instances)
Enjoin (13 instances)
Evidence (93 instances)
Recite (11 instances)
Recount (43 instances)
Recounting (6 instances)
Relation (121 instances)
Revealing (14 instances)
Separate (157 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἀληθεύω 
Aletheuo 
tell the truth , speak the truth
Usage: 2

ἀναγγέλλω 
Anaggello 
Usage: 13

ἀπαγγέλλω 
Apaggello 
Usage: 40

διασαφέω 
Diasapheo 
Usage: 0

διηγέομαι 
Diegeomai 
Usage: 7

εἴδω 
Eido 
know , cannot tell , know how , wist , , see , behold , look , perceive , vr see , vr know
Usage: 519

ἐκλαλέω 
Eklaleo 
Usage: 1

ἐλέγχω 
Elegcho 
Usage: 12

ἐξηγέομαι 
Exegeomai 
Usage: 6

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

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

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

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

μηνύω 
menuo 
Usage: 3

προέπω 
Proepo 
Usage: 3

προερέω 
Proereo 
Usage: 7

προλέγω 
Prolego 
Usage: 3

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