Legō λέγω
| λέγω | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | legō |
| Strong's number | G3004 (G3004G, G3004H) |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to say |
| Occurrences | 1357 in 1255 verses |
| Most frequent in | Matthew (271) |
Legō (Greek λέγω, Strong's G3004) is a Greek verb meaning “to say”. It occurs 1357 times in 1255 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
G3004G: to say
[in LXX very freq., chiefly for אמר; λέγει for נְאֻם, Gen.22:16, al. ;]
1. in Hom., to pick out, gather, reckon, recount.
2. In Hdt. and Att., to say, speak, affirm, declare: absol., Act.13:15, 24:10; before orat. dir., Mat.9:34, Mrk.3:11, Jhn.1:29, al.; before ὅτι recit., Mrk.3:21, Luk.1:24, Jhn.6:14, al.; accusative and inf., Luk.11:18, Jhn.12:29, al.; after another verb of speaking, προσφωνεῖν κ. λέγειν, Mat.11:17, al.; ἀπεκρίθη (ἐλάλησεν) λέγων (καὶ λέγει; Dalman, Words, 24 ff.), Mat.25:9, Mrk.3:33, 7:28, Luk.24:6, 7, al.; of unspoken thought, λ. ἐν ἑαυτῷ, Mat.3:9, Luk.3:8, al.; of writing, 2Co.8:8, Php.4:11, al.; λέγει ἡ γραφή, Rom.4:3, Jas.2:23, al.; with accusative of thing(s), Luk.8:8, 9:33, Jhn.5:34, al.; σὺ λέγεις (a non-committal phrase; Swete, Mk., 359, 369f.), Mat.27:11, Mrk.15:2, Luk.23:3, Jhn.18:37; with dative of person(s), before orat. dir., Mat.8:20, Mrk.2:17, al. mult.; id. before ὅτι, Mat.3:9, al.; with prep., πρός, μετά, περί, etc., Mrk.4:41, Jhn.11:56, Heb.9:5, al.; to mean (cl.), Mrk.14:71, Jhn.6:71, 1Co.10:29, al.; to call, name, Mrk.10:18; pass., Mat.9:9, Mrk.15:7, al (cf. ἀντι-, δια- (-μαι), προ-, συλ-λέγω).
SYN.: λαλέω, which refers to the utterance, as λέγω to the meaning of what is said, its correspondence with thought (Tr., Syn., Ixxvi; Thayer, see word λαλέω). (AS)
G3004H: to say: call
[in LXX very freq., chiefly for אמר; λέγει for נְאֻם, Gen.22:16, al. ;]
1. in Hom., to pick out, gather, reckon, recount.
2. In Hdt. and Att., to say, speak, affirm, declare: absol., Act.13:15, 24:10; before orat. dir., Mat.9:34, Mrk.3:11, Jhn.1:29, al.; before ὅτι recit., Mrk.3:21, Luk.1:24, Jhn.6:14, al.; accusative and inf., Luk.11:18, Jhn.12:29, al.; after another verb of speaking, προσφωνεῖν κ. λέγειν, Mat.11:17, al.; ἀπεκρίθη (ἐλάλησεν) λέγων (καὶ λέγει; Dalman, Words, 24 ff.), Mat.25:9, Mrk.3:33, 7:28, Luk.24:6, 7, al.; of unspoken thought, λ. ἐν ἑαυτῷ, Mat.3:9, Luk.3:8, al.; of writing, 2Co.8:8, Php.4:11, al.; λέγει ἡ γραφή, Rom.4:3, Jas.2:23, al.; with accusative of thing(s), Luk.8:8, 9:33, Jhn.5:34, al.; σὺ λέγεις (a non-committal phrase; Swete, Mk., 359, 369f.), Mat.27:11, Mrk.15:2, Luk.23:3, Jhn.18:37; with dative of person(s), before orat. dir., Mat.8:20, Mrk.2:17, al. mult.; id. before ὅτι, Mat.3:9, al.; with prep., πρός, μετά, περί, etc., Mrk.4:41, Jhn.11:56, Heb.9:5, al.; to mean (cl.), Mrk.14:71, Jhn.6:71, 1Co.10:29, al.; to call, name, Mrk.10:18; pass., Mat.9:9, Mrk.15:7, al (cf. ἀντι-, δια- (-μαι), προ-, συλ-λέγω).
SYN.: λαλέω, which refers to the utterance, as λέγω to the meaning of what is said, its correspondence with thought (Tr., Syn., Ixxvi; Thayer, see word λαλέω). (AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | saying (380), saith (275), said (183), say (133), i say (132), called (37), speak (28), spake (17), sayest (17), he (15), i tell (15), tell (12), and 52 other renderings |
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| BSB | i tell (142), said (125), saying (62), he said (61), say (60), says (45), asked (38), told (25), called (22), tell (22), replied (21), they said (17), and 157 other renderings |
Verses
Legō occurs in 1255 verses, listed here by reference.
Matthew (271): 1:16, 1:20, 1:22, 2:2, 2:13, 2:15, 2:17, 2:20, 2:23, 3:2, 3:3, 3:9, 3:14, 3:17, 4:6, 4:10, 4:14, 4:17, 4:18, 4:19, 5:2, 5:18, 5:20, 5:22, 5:26, 5:28, 5:32, 5:34, 5:39, 5:44, 6:2, 6:5, 6:16, 6:25, 6:29, 6:31, 7:21, 8:2, 8:3, 8:4, 8:6, 8:7, 8:9, 8:10, 8:11, 8:17, 8:20, 8:22, 8:25, 8:26, 8:27, 8:29, 8:31, 9:6, 9:9, 9:11, 9:14, 9:18, 9:21, 9:24, 9:27, 9:28, 9:29, 9:30, 9:33, 9:34, 9:37, 10:2, 10:5, 10:7, 10:15, 10:23, 10:27, 10:42, 11:7, 11:9, 11:11, 11:17, 11:18, 11:19, 11:22, 11:24, 12:6, 12:10, 12:13, 12:17, 12:23, 12:31, 12:36, 12:38, 12:44, 12:48, 13:3, 13:14, 13:17, 13:24, 13:28, 13:31, 13:35, 13:36, 13:51, 13:54, 13:55, 14:4, 14:15, 14:17, 14:26, 14:27, 14:30, 14:31, 14:33, 15:1, 15:4, 15:5, 15:7, 15:12, 15:22, 15:23, 15:25, 15:33, 15:34, 16:2, 16:7, 16:13, 16:15, 16:18, 16:22, 16:28, 17:5, 17:9, 17:10, 17:12, 17:15, 17:20, 17:25, 18:1, 18:3, 18:10, 18:13, 18:18, 18:19, 18:22, 18:26, 18:28, 18:29, 18:32, 19:3, 19:7, 19:8, 19:9, 19:10, 19:18, 19:20, 19:23, 19:24, 19:25, 19:28, 20:6, 20:7, 20:8, 20:12, 20:21, 20:22, 20:23, 20:30, 20:31, 20:33, 21:2, 21:4, 21:9, 21:10, 21:11, 21:13, 21:15, 21:16, 21:19, 21:20, 21:21, 21:23, 21:25, 21:27, 21:31, 21:37, 21:41, 21:42, 21:43, 21:45, 22:1, 22:4, 22:8, 22:12, 22:16, 22:20, 22:21, 22:23, 22:24, 22:31, 22:35, 22:42, 22:43, 23:2, 23:3, 23:16, 23:30, 23:36, 23:39, 24:2, 24:3, 24:5, 24:34, 24:47, 25:9, 25:11, 25:12, 25:20, 25:37, 25:40, 25:44, 25:45, 26:3, 26:5, 26:8, 26:13, 26:14, 26:17, 26:18, 26:21, 26:22, 26:25, 26:27, 26:29, 26:31, 26:34, 26:35, 26:36, 26:38, 26:39, 26:40, 26:42, 26:45, 26:48, 26:52, 26:64, 26:65, 26:68, 26:69, 26:70, 26:71, 27:4, 27:9, 27:11, 27:13, 27:16, 27:17, 27:19, 27:22, 27:23, 27:24, 27:29, 27:33, 27:40, 27:41, 27:46, 27:47, 27:49, 27:54, 27:63, 28:9, 28:10, 28:13, 28:18
Mark (194): 1:7, 1:15, 1:24, 1:25, 1:27, 1:30, 1:37, 1:38, 1:40, 1:41, 1:44, 2:5, 2:8, 2:10, 2:11, 2:12, 2:14, 2:16, 2:17, 2:18, 2:24, 2:25, 2:27, 3:3, 3:4, 3:5, 3:11, 3:21, 3:22, 3:23, 3:28, 3:30, 3:32, 3:33, 3:34, 4:2, 4:9, 4:11, 4:13, 4:21, 4:24, 4:26, 4:30, 4:35, 4:38, 4:41, 5:7, 5:8, 5:9, 5:12, 5:19, 5:23, 5:28, 5:30, 5:31, 5:35, 5:36, 5:39, 5:41, 6:2, 6:4, 6:10, 6:11, 6:14, 6:15, 6:16, 6:18, 6:25, 6:31, 6:35, 6:37, 6:38, 6:50, 7:9, 7:11, 7:14, 7:18, 7:20, 7:27, 7:28, 7:34, 7:36, 7:37, 8:1, 8:12, 8:15, 8:16, 8:17, 8:19, 8:20, 8:21, 8:24, 8:26, 8:27, 8:28, 8:29, 8:30, 8:33, 9:1, 9:5, 9:7, 9:11, 9:13, 9:19, 9:24, 9:25, 9:26, 9:31, 9:35, 9:38, 9:41, 10:11, 10:15, 10:18, 10:23, 10:24, 10:26, 10:27, 10:28, 10:29, 10:32, 10:35, 10:42, 10:47, 10:49, 11:2, 11:5, 11:9, 11:17, 11:21, 11:22, 11:23, 11:24, 11:28, 11:31, 11:33, 12:6, 12:14, 12:16, 12:18, 12:26, 12:35, 12:37, 12:38, 12:43, 13:1, 13:5, 13:6, 13:30, 13:37, 14:2, 14:4, 14:9, 14:12, 14:13, 14:14, 14:18, 14:19, 14:25, 14:27, 14:30, 14:31, 14:32, 14:34, 14:36, 14:37, 14:41, 14:44, 14:45, 14:57, 14:58, 14:60, 14:61, 14:63, 14:65, 14:67, 14:68, 14:69, 14:70, 14:71, 15:2, 15:4, 15:7, 15:9, 15:12, 15:14, 15:28, 15:29, 15:31, 15:34, 15:35, 15:36, 16:3, 16:6
Luke (220): 1:24, 1:63, 1:66, 1:67, 2:13, 3:4, 3:7, 3:8, 3:10, 3:11, 3:14, 3:16, 3:22, 4:4, 4:21, 4:22, 4:24, 4:25, 4:34, 4:35, 4:36, 4:41, 5:8, 5:12, 5:13, 5:21, 5:24, 5:26, 5:30, 5:36, 5:39, 6:5, 6:20, 6:27, 6:42, 6:46, 7:4, 7:6, 7:8, 7:9, 7:14, 7:16, 7:19, 7:20, 7:24, 7:26, 7:28, 7:32, 7:33, 7:34, 7:39, 7:47, 7:49, 8:8, 8:9, 8:20, 8:24, 8:25, 8:30, 8:38, 8:45, 8:49, 8:50, 8:54, 9:7, 9:18, 9:20, 9:21, 9:23, 9:27, 9:31, 9:33, 9:34, 9:35, 9:38, 10:2, 10:5, 10:9, 10:12, 10:17, 10:24, 10:25, 11:2, 11:8, 11:9, 11:18, 11:24, 11:27, 11:29, 11:45, 11:51, 12:1, 12:4, 12:5, 12:8, 12:16, 12:17, 12:22, 12:27, 12:37, 12:41, 12:44, 12:51, 12:54, 12:55, 12:59, 13:3, 13:5, 13:6, 13:8, 13:14, 13:17, 13:18, 13:24, 13:25, 13:26, 13:27, 13:31, 13:35, 14:3, 14:7, 14:12, 14:24, 14:30, 15:2, 15:3, 15:6, 15:7, 15:9, 15:10, 16:1, 16:5, 16:7, 16:9, 16:29, 17:4, 17:6, 17:10, 17:13, 17:34, 17:37, 18:1, 18:2, 18:3, 18:6, 18:8, 18:13, 18:14, 18:16, 18:17, 18:18, 18:19, 18:29, 18:34, 18:38, 18:41, 19:7, 19:14, 19:16, 19:18, 19:20, 19:22, 19:26, 19:30, 19:38, 19:40, 19:42, 19:46, 20:2, 20:5, 20:8, 20:9, 20:14, 20:21, 20:28, 20:37, 20:41, 20:42, 21:3, 21:5, 21:7, 21:8, 21:10, 21:32, 22:1, 22:11, 22:16, 22:18, 22:19, 22:20, 22:34, 22:37, 22:42, 22:47, 22:57, 22:59, 22:60, 22:64, 22:65, 22:67, 22:70, 23:2, 23:3, 23:5, 23:18, 23:21, 23:30, 23:34, 23:35, 23:37, 23:39, 23:42, 23:43, 23:47, 24:7, 24:10, 24:23, 24:29, 24:34, 24:36
John (235): 1:15, 1:21, 1:22, 1:26, 1:29, 1:32, 1:36, 1:38, 1:39, 1:41, 1:43, 1:45, 1:46, 1:47, 1:48, 1:49, 1:51, 2:3, 2:4, 2:5, 2:7, 2:8, 2:10, 2:21, 2:22, 3:3, 3:4, 3:5, 3:11, 4:5, 4:7, 4:9, 4:10, 4:11, 4:15, 4:16, 4:17, 4:19, 4:20, 4:21, 4:25, 4:26, 4:28, 4:31, 4:33, 4:34, 4:35, 4:42, 4:49, 4:50, 4:51, 5:6, 5:8, 5:10, 5:18, 5:19, 5:24, 5:25, 5:34, 6:5, 6:6, 6:8, 6:12, 6:14, 6:20, 6:26, 6:32, 6:42, 6:47, 6:52, 6:53, 6:65, 6:71, 7:6, 7:11, 7:12, 7:15, 7:25, 7:26, 7:28, 7:31, 7:37, 7:40, 7:41, 7:50, 8:4, 8:5, 8:6, 8:12, 8:19, 8:22, 8:23, 8:25, 8:27, 8:31, 8:33, 8:34, 8:39, 8:45, 8:46, 8:48, 8:51, 8:52, 8:54, 8:58, 9:2, 9:8, 9:9, 9:10, 9:11, 9:12, 9:16, 9:17, 9:19, 9:41, 10:1, 10:7, 10:20, 10:21, 10:24, 10:33, 10:36, 10:41, 11:3, 11:7, 11:8, 11:11, 11:13, 11:16, 11:23, 11:24, 11:27, 11:32, 11:34, 11:36, 11:39, 11:40, 11:44, 11:47, 11:54, 11:56, 12:4, 12:21, 12:22, 12:23, 12:24, 12:29, 12:33, 12:34, 13:6, 13:8, 13:9, 13:10, 13:13, 13:16, 13:18, 13:19, 13:20, 13:21, 13:22, 13:24, 13:25, 13:27, 13:29, 13:31, 13:33, 13:36, 13:37, 13:38, 14:5, 14:6, 14:8, 14:9, 14:10, 14:12, 14:22, 15:15, 16:7, 16:12, 16:17, 16:18, 16:20, 16:23, 16:26, 16:29, 18:4, 18:5, 18:17, 18:26, 18:34, 18:37, 18:38, 18:40, 19:3, 19:4, 19:5, 19:6, 19:9, 19:10, 19:12, 19:13, 19:14, 19:15, 19:17, 19:21, 19:24, 19:26, 19:27, 19:28, 19:35, 19:37, 20:2, 20:13, 20:15, 20:16, 20:17, 20:19, 20:22, 20:24, 20:25, 20:27, 20:29, 21:2, 21:3, 21:5, 21:7, 21:10, 21:12, 21:15, 21:16, 21:17, 21:18, 21:19, 21:21, 21:22
Acts (102): 1:3, 1:6, 2:7, 2:12, 2:13, 2:17, 2:25, 2:34, 2:40, 3:2, 3:25, 4:16, 4:32, 5:23, 5:25, 5:28, 5:36, 5:38, 6:9, 6:11, 6:13, 6:14, 7:48, 7:49, 7:59, 8:6, 8:9, 8:10, 8:19, 8:26, 8:34, 9:4, 9:21, 9:36, 10:26, 10:28, 11:3, 11:4, 11:7, 11:16, 11:18, 12:7, 12:8, 12:15, 13:15, 13:25, 13:35, 14:11, 14:15, 14:18, 15:5, 15:13, 15:17, 15:24, 16:9, 16:15, 16:17, 16:28, 16:35, 17:7, 17:18, 17:19, 17:21, 18:13, 19:4, 19:13, 19:26, 19:28, 20:23, 21:4, 21:11, 21:21, 21:23, 21:37, 21:40, 22:7, 22:18, 22:22, 22:26, 22:27, 23:8, 23:9, 23:12, 23:30, 24:2, 24:10, 24:14, 25:14, 25:20, 26:1, 26:14, 26:22, 26:31, 27:10, 27:11, 27:24, 27:33, 28:4, 28:6, 28:17, 28:24, 28:26
Romans (33): 2:22, 3:5, 3:8, 3:19, 4:3, 4:6, 4:9, 6:19, 7:7, 9:1, 9:15, 9:17, 9:25, 10:6, 10:8, 10:11, 10:16, 10:18, 10:19, 10:20, 10:21, 11:1, 11:2, 11:4, 11:9, 11:11, 11:13, 12:3, 12:19, 14:11, 15:8, 15:10, 15:12
1 Corinthians (20): 1:10, 1:12, 3:4, 6:5, 7:6, 7:8, 7:12, 7:35, 8:5, 9:8, 9:10, 10:15, 10:29, 11:25, 12:3, 14:16, 14:21, 14:34, 15:12, 15:51
2 Corinthians (10): 6:2, 6:13, 6:17, 6:18, 7:3, 8:8, 9:3, 9:4, 11:16, 11:21
Galatians (9): 1:9, 3:15, 3:16, 3:17, 4:1, 4:21, 4:30, 5:2, 5:16
Ephesians (6): 2:11, 4:8, 4:17, 5:12, 5:14, 5:32
1 Thessalonians (2): 4:15, 5:3
1 Timothy (4): 1:7, 2:7, 4:1, 5:18
Titus (1): 2:8
Hebrews (32): 1:6, 1:7, 2:6, 2:12, 3:7, 3:15, 4:7, 5:6, 5:11, 6:14, 7:11, 7:13, 7:21, 8:1, 8:8, 8:9, 8:10, 8:11, 8:13, 9:2, 9:3, 9:5, 9:20, 10:5, 10:8, 10:16, 10:30, 11:14, 11:24, 11:32, 12:26, 13:6
James (7): 1:13, 2:14, 2:23, 4:5, 4:6, 4:13, 4:15
2 Peter (1): 3:4
1 John (4): 2:4, 2:6, 2:9, 5:16
Revelation (90): 1:8, 1:11, 1:17, 2:1, 2:2, 2:7, 2:8, 2:9, 2:11, 2:12, 2:17, 2:18, 2:20, 2:24, 2:29, 3:1, 3:6, 3:7, 3:9, 3:13, 3:14, 3:17, 3:22, 4:1, 4:8, 4:10, 5:5, 5:9, 5:12, 5:13, 5:14, 6:1, 6:3, 6:5, 6:6, 6:7, 6:10, 6:16, 7:3, 7:10, 7:12, 7:13, 8:11, 8:13, 9:14, 10:4, 10:8, 10:9, 10:11, 11:1, 11:12, 11:15, 11:17, 12:10, 13:4, 13:14, 14:7, 14:8, 14:9, 14:13, 14:18, 15:3, 16:1, 16:5, 16:7, 16:17, 17:1, 17:15, 18:2, 18:4, 18:7, 18:10, 18:16, 18:18, 18:19, 18:21, 19:1, 19:4, 19:5, 19:6, 19:9, 19:10, 19:17, 21:3, 21:5, 21:9, 22:9, 22:10, 22:17, 22:20
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