A primary verb; properly to lay {forth} that {is} (figuratively) relate (in words [usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036 and G5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 is properly to break silence {merely} and G2980 means an extended or random harangue]); by implication to mean: - {ask} {bid} {boast} {call} {describe} give {out} {name} put {forth} say ({-ing} {on}) {shew} {speak} {tell} utter.