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Tell:

King James Dictionary

Tell: To Number; Count.

And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and TELL the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. (Genesis 15:4-5)

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

1Strong's Number: g3004Greek: lego

Tell:

and the 2nd aorist form eipon, used to supply this tense in lego, are frequently translated "to tell," e.g., Mat 2:13, RV, "I tell," AV, "I bring (thee) word;" Mat 10:27.
See SAY, No. 1.

2Strong's Number: g2980Greek: laleo

Tell:

for which see SAY, No. 2, is usually rendered "to speak," in the RV (for AV, "to tell"), e.g., Mat 26:13; Luk 1:45; 2:17, 18, 20; Act 11:14; 27:25; but RV and AV, "to tell" in Jhn 8:40; Act 9:6; 22:10.

3Strong's Number: g1583Greek: eklaleo

Tell:

"to speak out" (ek), is translated "tell" in Act 23:22.

4Strong's Number: g3004Greek: eiro

Tell:

for which see SAY, No. 4, is rendered "to tell" in Mat 21:24; Mar 11:29; Jhn 14:29; Rev 17:7.

5Strong's Number: g518Greek: apangello

Tell:

"to announce, declare, report" (usually as a messenger), is frequently rendered "to tell," e.g., Mat 8:33; 14:12.
See BRING, No. 36.

6Strong's Number: g312Greek: anangello

Tell:

"to bring back word, announce," is sometimes rendered "to tell," e.g., Jhn 5:15; 2Cr 7:7.
See DECLARE, No. 1.

7Strong's Number: g1334Greek: diegeomai

Tell:

for which see DECLARE, No. 6, is rendered "to tell," in the AV and RV, in Mar 9:9; Hbr 11:32.

8Strong's Number: g1834Greek: exegeomai

Tell:

for which see DECLARE, No. 8, is translated "told" in Luk 24:35, AV (RV, "rehearsed").

9Strong's Number: g1285Greek: diasapheo

Tell:

"to make clear" (dia, "throughout," saphes, "clear"), explain fully, is translated "told" in Mat 18:31.
See EXPLAIN.

10Strong's Number: g3377Greek: menuo

Tell:

is rendered "told" in Act 23:30, AV: see SHEW, No. 7.

11Strong's Number: g4280Greek: proeiro

Tell:

(prolego) "to tell before," is so rendered in Mat 24:25: see FORETELL, FOREWARN.

Note: In the following, oida, "to know," is translated "tell" in the AV (RV, "know"), Mat 21:27; Mar 11:33; Luk 20:7; Jhn 3:8; 8:14; 16:18; 2Cr 12:2.