ἐρέω rheō, ereō

Greek word for “to say” · Strong’s G4483 · used 46 times in 46 verses

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Meaning

λέγω; 1. in Hom., to pick out, gather, reckon, recount.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for rheō, ereō in context, with how often each is used:

• will say 28
• will we say? 5
• will speak 3
• will you say 2
• will he say 2
• will tell 2
• will we say 2
• will they say 1
• will be speaking 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Luke 17 (4), Romans 9 (4), Matthew 21 (3), Matthew 25 (3), Matthew 7 (2), Mark 11 (2), Luke 12 (2), Luke 13 (2), Luke 14 (2), 1 Corinthians 14 (2)

Forms

• ἐρεῖ 17
• ἐρῶ 8
• ἐροῦμεν 7
• ἐρεῖτε 4
• ἐροῦσιν 4
• ἐρεῖς 3
• ἐροῦσίν 1
• ἐρεῖτέ 1
• Ἐρεῖς 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with rheō, ereō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἐάν ean “if” 10
• ἤ ē “or” 7
• ἀδικία adikia “unrighteousness” 3
• πόθεν pothen “whence” 3
• ποῖος poios “what?” 3
• ἑτοιμάζω hetoimazō “to make ready” 3
• τότε tote “then” 4
• ἰδού idou “look!” 4
• ἰδιώτης idiōtēs “unlearned” 2
• ὧδε hōde “here” 3
• ἀποκρίνω apokrinō “to answer” 4
• οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 4

Key verses

The verses using rheō, ereō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 7:22 — Many 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…
• Matthew 25:34 — Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• Matthew 25:40 — And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it…
• Matthew 25:41 — Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
• Luke 12:19 — And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
• Luke 15:18 — I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
• Romans 3:5 — But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)
• Romans 7:7 — What shall we say then? Is the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not…
• Romans 8:31 — What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?
• Romans 9:20 — Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?
• Romans 9:30 — What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.
• Philippians 4:4 — Rejoice in the Lord alway: and again I say, Rejoice.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.