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3.
(
&
, 5346), “to declare, say,” (a) is frequently used in quoting the words
of another, e.g., Matt. 13:29; 26:61; (b) is interjected into the recorded words, e.g., Acts
23:35; (c) is used impersonally, 2 Cor. 10:10.
4.
(Fut. of
!
, 3004), an obsolete verb, has the future tense
, used, e.g., in
Matt. 7:4; Luke 4:23 (2nd part); 13:25 (last part); Rom. 3:5; 4:1; 6:1; 7:7 (1st part); 8:31;
9:14, 19, 20, 30; 11:19; 1 Cor. 15:35; 2 Cor. 12:6; Jas. 2:18. The perfect is used, e.g., in
John 12:50; see No. 1, Note. The 1st aorist passive, “it was said,” is used in Rom. 9:12,
26; Rev. 6:11. See
SPEAK
, No. 13.
5.
(
$ !
, 4302) and
, “to say before,” used as aorist and future
respectively of
( , “before,” and No. 1), is used (a) of prophecy, e.g., Rom.
9:29; “to tell before,” Matt. 24:25; Mark 13:23; “were spoken before,” 2 Pet. 3:2; Jude
17; (b) of “saying” before, 2 Cor. 7:3; 13:2,
RV
(
KJV
, “to tell before” and “foretell”); Gal.
1:9; 5:21; in 1 Thess. 4:6, “we forewarned,”
RV
. See
FORETELL
,
FOREWARN
,
TELL
.
6.
(
&
, 473 and Aor. of
&
, 3004), “to say against” ( , “against,” and
No. 1), is so rendered in Acts 4:14. See
GAINSAY
.
Notes:
(1)
8
, “to affirm, assert,” is translated “saying” in Acts 24:9,
KJV
(
RV
,
“affirming”), and Rev. 2:2 in some mss. (
KJV
). See
AFFIRM
, No. 3. (2) In Acts 2:14,
KJV
,
, “to speak forth” (
RV
), is rendered “said.” (3) The phrase
$
(i.e.,
$
), “that is,” is so translated in Matt. 27:46,
RV
(
KJV
, “that is to say”); so Acts
1:19; in Heb. 9:11 and 10:20,
KJV
and
RV
, “that is to say”; in Mark 7:11 the phrase is
, lit., “which is”; the phrase
, lit., “which is said,” John 1:38 and 20:16, is
rendered “which is to say.” (4) In Luke 7:40 and Acts 13:15, the imperative mood of
and
, respectively, is rendered “say on.” (5) In Mark 6:22,
KJV
,
$
, “herself,”
RV
, is rendered “the said.” (6) In Heb. 5:11, “we have many things to say” is, lit., “much
(
$
) is the word (or discourse,
) for us.”
SAYING
1.
(
, 3056), “a word,” as embodying a conception or idea, denotes among
its various meanings, “a saying, statement or declaration,” uttered (a) by God;
RV
, “word”
or “words” (
KJV
, “saying”), e.g., in John 8:55; Rom. 3:4; Rev. 19:9; 22:6, 7, 9, 10; (b) by
Christ, e.g., Mark 8:32; 9:10; 10:22; Luke 9:28; John 6:60; 21:23; the
RV
appropriately
substitutes “word” or “words” for
KJV
, “saying” or “sayings,” especially in John’s gospel
e.g. 7:36, 40; 8:51, 52; 10:19; 14:24; 15:20; 18:9, 32; 19:13; (c) by an angel, Luke 1:29;
(d) by OT prophets, John 12:38 (
RV
, “word”) Rom. 13:9 (ditto); 1 Cor. 15:54; (e) by the
apostle Paul in the Pastoral Epp., 1 Tim. 1:15; 3:1; 4:9; 2 Tim. 2:11; Titus 3:8; (f) by
other men, Mark 7:29; Acts 7:29; John 4:37 (in general). See
ACCOUNT
, and especially
WORD
.
2.
(
:
, 4487), “that which is said, a word,” is rendered “saying” or
“sayings” in Mark 9:32; Luke 1:65; 2:17, 50, 51; 7:1; 9:45 (twice); 18:34. See
WORD
.
Note:
In Acts 14:18, “with these sayings” is lit., “saying ( ) these things.” For
, “saying,” John 4:42,
KJV
, see
SPEECH
, No. 2.