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Greek G3361 mḗ

Original: μή

Meaning:
a primary particle of qualified negation (whereas οὐ expresses an absolute denial); (adverb) not, (conjunction) lest; also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas οὐ expects an affirmative one)) whether:--any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also ἐὰν μή, ἵνα μή, οὐ μή, μῆκος, μηκύνω, μήν, μὴ οὐκ.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: also (as an interrogative implying a negative answer (whereas οὐ expects an affirmative one)) whether:--any but (that), X forbear, + God forbid, + lack, lest, neither, never, no (X wise in), none, nor, (can-)not, nothing, that not, un(-taken), without. Often used in compounds in substantially the same relations. See also ἐὰν μή, ἵνα μή, οὐ μή, μῆκος, μηκύνω, μήν, μὴ οὐκ.

Hebrew H559 ʼâmar

Original: אָמַר

Meaning:
a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.

Hebrew H561 ʼêmer

Original: אֵמֶר

Meaning:
from אָמַר; something said; answer, [idiom] appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: answer, [idiom] appointed unto him, saying, speech, word.

Hebrew H1696 dâbar

Original: דָבַר

Meaning:
a primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speak; rarely (in a destructive sense) to subdue; answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: answer, appoint, bid, command, commune, declare, destroy, give, name, promise, pronounce, rehearse, say, speak, be spokesman, subdue, talk, teach, tell, think, use (entreaties), utter, [idiom] well, [idiom] work.

Hebrew H1697 dâbâr

Original: דָּבָר

Meaning:
from דָבַר; a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause; act, advice, affair, answer, [idiom] any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, [phrase] chronicles, commandment, [idiom] commune(-ication), [phrase] concern(-ing), [phrase] confer, counsel, [phrase] dearth, decree, deed, [idiom] disease, due, duty, effect, [phrase] eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-) ness, [phrase] glory, [phrase] harm, hurt, [phrase] iniquity, [phrase] judgment, language, [phrase] lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, [idiom] ought, [idiom] parts, [phrase] pertaining, [phrase] please, portion, [phrase] power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, [idiom] (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, [phrase] sign, [phrase] so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, [phrase] song, speech, [idiom] spoken, talk, task, [phrase] that, [idiom] there done, thing (concerning), thought, [phrase] thus, tidings, what(-soever), [phrase] wherewith, which, word, work.

Notes:
KJV/AV rendering: act, advice, affair, answer, [idiom] any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, [phrase] chronicles, commandment, [idiom] commune(-ication), [phrase] concern(-ing), [phrase] confer, counsel, [phrase] dearth, decree, deed, [idiom] disease, due, duty, effect, [phrase] eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-) ness, [phrase] glory, [phrase] harm, hurt, [phrase] iniquity, [phrase] judgment, language, [phrase] lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, [idiom] ought, [idiom] parts, [phrase] pertaining, [phrase] please, portion, [phrase] power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, [idiom] (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, [phrase] sign, [phrase] so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, [phrase] song, speech, [idiom] spoken, talk, task, [phrase] that, [idiom] there done, thing (concerning), thought, [phrase] thus, tidings, what(-soever), [phrase] wherewith, which, word, work.

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Hebrew H3045 yâdaʻ

Original: יָדַע

Meaning:
a primitive root; to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.); acknowledge, acquaintance(-ted with), advise, answer, appoint, assuredly, be aware, (un-) awares, can(-not), certainly, comprehend, consider, [idiom] could they, cunning, declare, be diligent, (can, cause to) discern, discover, endued with, familiar friend, famous, feel, can have, be (ig-) norant, instruct, kinsfolk, kinsman, (cause to let, make) know, (come to give, have, take) knowledge, have (knowledge), (be, make, make to be, make self) known, [phrase] be learned, [phrase] lie by man, mark, perceive, privy to, [idiom] prognosticator, regard, have respect, skilful, shew, can (man of) skill, be sure, of a surety, teach, (can) tell, understand, have (understanding), [idiom] will be, wist, wit, wot.

Hebrew H4405 millâh

Original: מִלָּה

Meaning:
from מָלַל (plural masculine as if from מִלֶּה; a word; collectively, a discourse; figuratively, a topic; [phrase] answer, by-word, matter, any thing (what) to say, to speak(-ing), speak, talking, word.

Hebrew H4617 maʻăneh

Original: מַעֲנֶה

Meaning:
from עָנָה; a reply (favorable or contradictory); answer, [idiom] himself.

Hebrew H6030 ʻânâh

Original: עָנָה

Meaning:
a primitive root; properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce; give account, afflict (by mistake for עָנָה), (cause to, give) answer, bring low (by mistake for עָנָה), cry, hear, Leannoth, lift up, say, [idiom] scholar, (give a) shout, sing (together by course), speak, testify, utter, (bear) witness. See also בֵּית עֲנוֹת, בֵּית עֲנָת.

Hebrew H6031 ʻânâh

Original: עָנָה

Meaning:
a primitive root (possibly rather identical with עָנָה through the idea of looking down or browbeating); to depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows); abase self, afflict(-ion, self), answer (by mistake for עָנָה), chasten self, deal hardly with, defile, exercise, force, gentleness, humble (self), hurt, ravish, sing (by mistake for עָנָה), speak (by mistake for עָנָה), submit self, weaken, [idiom] in any wise.

Hebrew H6032 ʻănâh

Original: עֲנָה

Meaning:
(Aramaic) corresponding to עָנָה; {properly, to eye or (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attention; by implication, to respond; by extension to begin to speak; specifically to sing, shout, testify, announce}; answer, speak.

Hebrew H6600 pithgâm

Original: פִּתְגָּם

Meaning:
(Aramaic) corresponding to פִּתְגָּם; a word, answer, letter or decree; answer, letter, matter, word.

Hebrew H7725 shûwb

Original: שׁוּב

Meaning:
a primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again; ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, [idiom] certainly, come again (back), [idiom] consider, [phrase] continually, convert, deliver (again), [phrase] deny, draw back, fetch home again, [idiom] fro, get (oneself) (back) again, [idiom] give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, [idiom] needs, be past, [idiom] pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, [phrase] say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, [idiom] surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.

Hebrew H8421 tûwb

Original: תּוּב

Meaning:
(Aramaic) corresponding to שׁוּב, to come back; specifically (transitive and ellip.) to reply; answer, restore, return (an answer).

Hebrew H8666 tᵉshûwbâh

Original: תְּשׁוּבָה

Meaning:
or תְּשֻׁבָה; from שׁוּב; a recurrence (of time or place); a reply (as returned); answer, be expired, return.

Greek G687 âra

Original: ἆρα

Meaning:
a form of ἄρα, denoting an interrogation to which a negative answer is presumed:--therefore.

Verses containing this word showing 20 of 62

^{Genesis 30:33} So shall my righteousness answer for me in time to come, when it shall come for my hire before thy face: every one that is not speckled and spotted among the goats, and brown among the sheep, that shall be counted stolen with me. Open

^{Genesis 41:16} And Joseph answered Pharaoh, saying, It is not in me: God shall give Pharaoh an answer of peace. Open

^{Genesis 45:3} And Joseph said unto his brethren, I am Joseph; doth my father yet live? And his brethren could not answer him; for they were troubled at his presence. Open

^{Deuteronomy 20:11} And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that is found therein shall be tributaries unto thee, and they shall serve thee. Open

^{Deuteronomy 21:7} And they shall answer and say, Our hands have not shed this blood, neither have our eyes seen it. Open

^{Deuteronomy 25:9} Then shall his brother's wife come unto him in the presence of the elders, and loose his shoe from off his foot, and spit in his face, and shall answer and say, So shall it be done unto that man that will not build up his brother's house. Open

^{Deuteronomy 27:15} Cursed be the man that maketh any graven or molten image, an abomination unto the LORD, the work of the hands of the craftsman, and putteth it in a secret place. And all the people shall answer and say, Amen. Open

^{Joshua 4:7} Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off: and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the children of Israel for ever. Open

^{Judges 5:29} Her wise ladies answered her, yea, she returned answer to herself, Open

^{1 Samuel 2:16} And if any man said unto him, Let them not fail to burn the fat presently, and then take as much as thy soul desireth; then he would answer him, Nay; but thou shalt give it me now: and if not, I will take it by force. Open

^{1 Samuel 20:10} Then said David to Jonathan, Who shall tell me? or what if thy father answer thee roughly? Open

^{2 Samuel 3:11} And he could not answer Abner a word again, because he feared him. Open

^{2 Samuel 24:13} So Gad came to David, and told him, and said unto him, Shall seven years of famine come unto thee in thy land? or wilt thou flee three months before thine enemies, while they pursue thee? or that there be three days' pestilence in thy land? now advise, and see what answer I shall return to him that sent me. Open

^{1 Kings 9:9} And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil. Open

^{1 Kings 12:6} And king Rehoboam consulted with the old men, that stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, and said, How do ye advise that I may answer this people? Open

^{1 Kings 12:7} And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever. Open

^{1 Kings 12:9} And he said unto them, What counsel give ye that we may answer this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke which thy father did put upon us lighter? Open

^{1 Kings 18:29} And it came to pass, when midday was past, and they prophesied until the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that there was neither voice, nor any to answer, nor any that regarded. Open

^{2 Kings 4:29} Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and take my staff in thine hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man, salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and lay my staff upon the face of the child. Open

^{2 Kings 18:36} But the people held their peace, and answered him not a word: for the king's commandment was, saying, Answer him not. Open

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^{2 Chronicles 10:6} And king Rehoboam took counsel with the old men that had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give ye me to return answer to this people? Open

^{2 Chronicles 10:9} And he said unto them, What advice give ye that we may return answer to this people, which have spoken to me, saying, Ease somewhat the yoke that thy father did put upon us? Open

^{2 Chronicles 10:10} And the young men that were brought up with him spake unto him, saying, Thus shalt thou answer the people that spake unto thee, saying, Thy father made our yoke heavy, but make thou it somewhat lighter for us; thus shalt thou say unto them, My little finger shall be thicker than my father's loins. Open

^{Ezra 4:17} Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time. Open

^{Ezra 5:5} But the eye of their God was upon the elders of the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter. Open

^{Ezra 5:11} And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up. Open

^{Nehemiah 5:8} And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer. Open

^{Esther 4:13} Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews. Open

^{Esther 4:15} Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, Open

^{Job 5:1} Call now, if there be any that will answer thee; and to which of the saints wilt thou turn? Open

^{Job 9:3} If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand. Open

^{Job 9:14} How much less shall I answer him, and choose out my words to reason with him? Open

^{Job 9:15} Whom, though I were righteous, yet would I not answer, but I would make supplication to my judge. Open

^{Job 9:32} For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment. Open

^{Job 13:22} Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak, and answer thou me. Open

^{Job 14:15} Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands. Open

^{Job 19:16} I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth. Open

^{Job 20:2} Therefore do my thoughts cause me to answer, and for this I make haste. Open

^{Job 20:3} I have heard the check of my reproach, and the spirit of my understanding causeth me to answer. Open

^{Job 23:5} I would know the words which he would answer me, and understand what he would say unto me. Open

^{Job 31:14} What then shall I do when God riseth up? and when he visiteth, what shall I answer him? Open

^{Job 31:35} Oh that one would hear me! behold, my desire is, that the Almighty would answer me, and that mine adversary had written a book. Open

^{Job 32:1} So these three men ceased to answer Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. Open

^{Job 32:3} Also against his three friends was his wrath kindled, because they had found no answer, and yet had condemned Job. Open

^{Job 32:5} When Elihu saw that there was no answer in the mouth of these three men, then his wrath was kindled. Open

^{Job 32:14} Now he hath not directed his words against me: neither will I answer him with your speeches. Open

^{Job 32:17} I said, I will answer also my part, I also will shew mine opinion. Open

^{Job 32:20} I will speak, that I may be refreshed: I will open my lips and answer. Open

^{Job 33:5} If thou canst answer me, set thy words in order before me, stand up. Open

^{Job 33:12} Behold, in this thou art not just: I will answer thee, that God is greater than man. Open

^{Job 33:32} If thou hast anything to say, answer me: speak, for I desire to justify thee. Open

^{Job 35:4} I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. Open

^{Job 35:12} There they cry, but none giveth answer, because of the pride of evil men. Open

^{Job 38:3} Gird up now thy loins like a man; for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me. Open

^{Job 40:2} Shall he that contendeth with the Almighty instruct him? he that reproveth God, let him answer it. Open

^{Job 40:4} Behold, I am vile; what shall I answer thee? I will lay mine hand upon my mouth. Open

^{Job 40:5} Once have I spoken; but I will not answer: yea, twice; but I will proceed no further. Open

^{Psalm 27:7} Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice: have mercy also upon me, and answer me. Open

^{Psalm 65:5} By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea: Open

^{Psalm 86:7} In the day of my trouble I will call upon thee: for thou wilt answer me. Open

^{Psalm 91:15} He shall call upon me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him, and honour him. Open

^{Psalm 102:2} Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble; incline thine ear unto me: in the day when I call answer me speedily. Open

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