Dictionaries :: Bid, Bidden, Bade, Bid Again

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Bid, Bidden, Bade, Bid Again:

"to call," often means "to bid," in the sense of "invite," e.g., Mat 22:3, 4, 8, 9; Luk 14:7-10, 13, RV; Rev 19:9, RV.
See CALL, NAME, SURNAME.

Bid, Bidden, Bade, Bid Again:

"to command," is translated "bid" in Mat 14:28, only.
See COMMAND, No. 5. Compare the synonym entello, "to command."

Bid, Bidden, Bade, Bid Again:

used as the aorist tense of lego, "to speak, to say," sometimes has the meaning of "commanding, or bidding," and is translated "bid," or "bade," e.g., in Mat 16:22; 23:3; Luk 10:40; 9:54, AV, "command," RV, "bid;" Act 11:12; "bidding," Act 22:24, RV.
See SAY, SPEAK.

Bid, Bidden, Bade, Bid Again:

"to bid again, invite in turn," is found in Luk 14:12.

Notes:

(1) Lego, "to say," is translated "bid" and "biddeth" in the AV of 2Jo 1:10, 11; RV, "give (him no greeting)," "giveth (him greeting)".
See GREETING.

(2) In Mat 1:24, prostasso, "to command," is translated "had bidden," AV; RV, "commanded."
See COMMAND.