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Greek verb · G2046

ἐρέω

ereoer-eh'-o

in Hom.; In Hdt. and Att.

47 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: eréō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2046is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 9 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 15
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G2046

an alternate for in certain tenses

The King James renders it: call, say, speak (of), tell.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

ereo is rendered "in Hom.; In Hdt. and Att.". It stands 47 times in the Greek text, across nine books.

  • Twenty of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "in Hom.".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 1:22All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
  • The Greek text spells it fifteen different ways.

The first use

All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:

Matthew 1:22ῥηθὲν

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Twenty of the word's forty-seven uses are in Matthew.

The other 18 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: in Hom., and In Hdt. and Att..

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
in Hom.to pick out, gather, reckon, recount.Tagged as
  • having been spoken10
  • it was said10
  • He has said3
  • has said2
  • having been spoken of2
  • He has spoken2
  • said2
  • spoken2

and 13 more, 47 uses in all

WhereMatthew 1:22All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:
In Hdt. and Att.to say, speak, affirm, declareTagged aslisted under the tableWhereMatthew 9:34But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that He drives out demons.”

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

All 47, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

15 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • ῥηθὲν12
  • ἐρρέθη10
  • εἴρηκεν5
  • εἴρηκα4
  • εἰρημένον4
  • εἴρηκέν3
  • εἴρηκαν1
  • εἴρηκας.¶1
  • εἰρήκασιν1
  • εἰρήκατε1
  • εἰρηκέναι1
  • εἰρηκότος1

and 3 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular10V-API-3S
  • verb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singular10V-APP-NSN
  • verb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular8V-RAI-3S
  • verb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singular4V-RAI-1S
  • verb · aorist passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singular2V-APP-ASN
  • verb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-RAI-3P
  • verb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singular2V-RPP-ASN
  • verb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singular2V-RPP-NSN
  • verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-API-3P
  • verb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1V-APP-NSM
  • verb · perfect active, indicative · 2nd person plural1V-RAI-2P
  • verb · perfect active, indicative · 2nd person singular1V-RAI-2S

Matthew

twenty uses
  • All this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:

    Matthew 1:22

    • ῥηθὲνrhethenverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: having been spoken
  • where he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”

    Matthew 2:15

    • ῥηθὲνrhethenverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: having been spoken
  • Then what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:

    Matthew 2:17

    • ῥηθὲνrhethenverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: having been spoken
  • and he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”

    Matthew 2:23

    • ῥηθὲνrhethenverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: having been spoken
  • This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”

    Matthew 3:3

    • ῥηθεὶςrhetheisverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having been spoken of
  • to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

    Matthew 4:14

    • ῥηθὲνrhethenverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: having been spoken
  • You have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’

    Matthew 5:21

    • ἐρρέθηerretheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it was said
  • You have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’

    Matthew 5:27

    • ἐρρέθηerretheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it was said
  • It has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’

    Matthew 5:31

    • Ἐρρέθηerretheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: It was said
  • Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’

    Matthew 5:33

    • ἐρρέθηerretheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it was said
  • You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’

    Matthew 5:38

    • ἐρρέθηerretheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it was said
  • You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’

    Matthew 5:43

    • ἐρρέθηerretheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it was said
  • This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took on our infirmities and carried our diseases.”

    Matthew 8:17

    • ῥηθὲνrhethenverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: having been spoken
  • This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:

    Matthew 12:17

    • ῥηθὲνrhethenverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: having been spoken
  • So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”

    Matthew 13:35

    • ῥηθὲνrhethenverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: having been spoken
  • This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:

    Matthew 21:4

    • ῥηθὲνrhethenverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: having been spoken
  • But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:

    Matthew 22:31

    • ῥηθὲνrhethenverb · aorist passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: has been spoken
  • So when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ described by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),

    Matthew 24:15

    • ῥηθὲνrhethenverb · aorist passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: having been spoken of
  • Then Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.

    Matthew 26:75

    • εἰρηκότοςeirekotosverb · perfect active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: having said
  • Then what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on Him by the people of Israel,

    Matthew 27:9

    • ῥηθὲνrhethenverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: having been spoken

Luke

two uses
  • and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”

    Luke 2:24

    • εἰρημένονeiremenonverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: said
  • But Jesus answered, “It also says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”

    Luke 4:12

    • εἴρηταιeiretaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: It has been said

John

five uses
  • In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”

    John 4:18

    • εἴρηκας.¶eirekasverb · perfect active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: you have spoken
  • Then Jesus said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless the Father has granted it to him.”

    John 6:65

    • εἴρηκαeirekaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: have I said
  • And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”

    John 12:50

    • εἴρηκένeirekenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has said
  • And now I have told you before it happens, so that when it does happen, you will believe.

    John 14:29

    • εἴρηκαeirekaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have told
  • No longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.

    John 15:15

    • εἴρηκαeirekaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have called

Acts

five uses
  • No, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:

    Acts 2:16

    • εἰρημένονeiremenonverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: spoken
  • Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”

    Acts 8:24

    • εἰρήκατεeirekateverb · perfect active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you have spoken
  • In fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’

    Acts 13:34

    • εἴρηκενeirekenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He has spoken
  • Watch out, then, that what was spoken by the prophets does not happen to you:

    Acts 13:40

    • εἰρημένονeiremenonverb · perfect passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: said
  • ‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’

    Acts 17:28

    • εἰρήκασινeirekasinverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: have said

Romans

three uses
  • Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”

    Romans 4:18

    • εἰρημένονeiremenonverb · perfect passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter singulartagged: spoken
  • not by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”

    Romans 9:12

    • ἐρρέθηerretheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it was said
  • and, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”

    Romans 9:26

    • ἐρρέθηerretheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it was said

2 Corinthians

one use
  • But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.

    2 Corinthians 12:9

    • εἴρηκένeirekenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He has said

Galatians

one use
  • The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.

    Galatians 3:16

    • ἐρρέθησανerrethesanverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were spoken

Hebrews

six uses
  • Yet to which of the angels did God ever say: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet”?

    Hebrews 1:13

    • εἴρηκένeirekenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has He said
  • Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.

    Hebrews 4:3

    • εἴρηκενeirekenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He has said
  • For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”

    Hebrews 4:4

    • εἴρηκενeirekenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He has spoken
  • Then He adds, “Here I am, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first to establish the second.

    Hebrews 10:9

    • εἴρηκενeirekenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He has said
  • The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First He says:

    Hebrews 10:15

    • εἰρηκέναιeirekenaiverb · perfect active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to have said
  • Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”

    Hebrews 13:5

    • εἴρηκενeirekenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has said

Revelation

four uses
  • Then each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer, until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been killed.

    Revelation 6:11

    • ἐρρέθηerretheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it was said
  • “Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

    Revelation 7:14

    • εἴρηκαeirekaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have said
  • They were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.

    Revelation 9:4

    • ἐρρέθηerretheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it was said
  • And a second time they called out: “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises forever and ever.”

    Revelation 19:3

    • εἴρηκανeirekanverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they have said

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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