Meaning
"to speak," is rendered "to utter " in 2Co 12:4, Rev 1:10-4 (twice). See PREACH, SAY, SPEAK, TALK, TELL.
<2,,2044, ereugomai>
primarily, "to spit or spue out," or, of oxen, "to bellow, roar," hence, "to speak aloud, utter," occurs in Mat 13:35. This affords an example of the tendency for certain words to become softened in force in late Greek.
<3,,863, aphiemi>
"to send forth," is used of "uttering" a cry, Mar 15:37, of Christ's final "utterance" on the Cross, RV, "uttered" (AV, "cried"). See FORGIVE, LAY, Note (2), LEAVE, LET, OMITTED, PUT, REMIT, SUFFER, YIELD.
<4,,1325, didomi>
"to give," is translated "utter" in 1Co 14:9. See GIVE.
<5,,5350, phthengomai>
"to utter a sound or voice," is translated "uttering" in 2Pe 2:18, RV: see SPEAK, No. 4.
Notes: (1) In Rom 8:26, alaletos, "inexpressible" (a, negative, laleo, "to speak"), is rendered "which cannot be uttered." (2) In Heb 5:11, AV, dusermeneutos, followed by lego, "to speak," [translated "hard of interpretation" (RV), dus (whence "dys-" in Eng., "dyspeptic," etc.), a prefix like Eng., "un-," or "mis-," and hermeneuo, "to interpret"], is rendered "hard to be uttered."
