KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: To utter words or articulate sounds, or to use a language. Sense 2: To address or converse with someone. Sense 3: To state, declare, make mention of, or otherwise make a matter known.
Definition sources
Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 18:27
Complete exact-word concordance
And to speak unto the priests which were in the house of the Lord of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weep in the fifth month, separating myself, as I have done these so many years?
And to speake vnto the priestes, which were in the house of the LORD of hosts, and to the prophets, saying, Should I weepe in the fift moneth, separating my selfe, as I haue done these so many yeeres?
Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?
Speake vnto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fift and seuenth moneth, euen those seuenty yeeres; did ye at all fast vnto me, euen to me?
1611 marginal noteIsa.58.5.
¶ These are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
¶ These are the things that yee shall doe; Speake yee euery man the truth to his neighbor: execute the iudgment of trueth and peace in your gates.
1611 marginal noteHeb. iudge trueth, and the iudgement of peace.
1611 marginal noteEphes.4.25.
And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim, and the horse from Jerusalem, and the battle bow shall be cut off: and he shall speak peace unto the heathen: and his dominion shall be from sea even to sea, and from the river even to the ends of the earth.
And I wil cut off the charet from Ephraim, and the horse from Ierusalem: and the battell bow shalbe cut off, and he shall speake peace vnto the heathen, and his dominion shalbe from sea euen to sea, and from the Riuer, euen to the ends of the earth.
1611 marginal notePsal.72.8.
The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
The Centurion answered, and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come vnder my roofe: but speake the word onely, and my seruant shalbe healed.
But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
But when they deliuer you vp, take no thought, how or what ye shall speake, for it shall bee giuen you in that same houre what ye shall speake.
1611 marginal noteMarke 13.11. luke 12.11.
For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
For it is not yee that speake, but the Spirit of your Father, which speaketh in you.
What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
What I tell you in darkenesse, that speake yee in light: and what yee heare in the eare, that preach yee vpon the house tops.
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being euil, speake good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
1611 marginal noteLuke 6.45.
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
But I say vnto you, That euery idle word that men shall speake, they shall giue accompt thereof in the day of Iudgement.
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1 · Direct Scripture definition
And thou shalt speak unto him, and put words in his mouth: and I will be with thy mouth, and with his mouth, and will teach you what ye shall do.
So likewise ye, except ye utter by the tongue words easy to be understood, how shall it be known what is spoken? for ye shall speak into the air.
2 · KJV context and cross-references
Historical English dictionary sources
To utter words or articulate sounds; to express thoughts by words. To utter a speech or discourse. To talk; to express opinions. To discourse; to make mention of. To speak with, to converse with.
To utter with the mouth; to pronounce; to utter articulately. To declare; to proclaim. To talk or converse in; to utter or pronounce, as in conversation. To address; to accost. To exhibit; to make known. To communicate.
