λέγω

legō

Greek G3004 Verb 1,177 occurrences in 1,098 verses

λέγω to say

λέγω,

[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)

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Concordance 1,098 verses

Luke 14:30 λέγοντες

saying, ‘This man could not finish what he started to build.’
Luke 15:2 λέγοντες

So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
Luke 15:3 λέγων

Then Jesus told them this parable:
Luke 15:6 λέγων

comes home, and calls together his friends and neighbors to tell them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!’
Luke 15:7 λέγω

In the same way, I tell you that there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.
Luke 15:9 λέγουσα

And when she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors to say, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost coin.’
Luke 15:10 λέγω

In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
Luke 16:7 Λέγει

Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Take your bill and write eighty,’ he told him.
Luke 16:9 λέγω

I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves, so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.
Luke 16:29 Λέγει

But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’
Luke 17:4 λέγων

Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
Luke 17:10 λέγετε

So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”
Luke 17:13 λέγοντες

and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
Luke 17:34 λέγω

I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed: One will be taken and the other left.
Luke 17:37 λέγουσιν

“Where, Lord?” they asked. Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.”
Luke 18:2 λέγων

“In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.
Luke 18:3 λέγουσα

And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
Luke 18:6 λέγει

And the Lord said, “Listen to the words of the unjust judge.
Luke 18:8 λέγω

I tell you, He will promptly carry out justice on their behalf. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?”
Luke 18:13 λέγων

But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’
Luke 18:14 λέγω

I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
Luke 18:16 λέγων

But Jesus called the children to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
Luke 18:17 λέγω

Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
Luke 18:18 λέγων

Then a certain ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
Luke 18:19 λέγεις

“Why do you call Me good?” Jesus replied. “No one is good except God alone.
Luke 18:29 λέγω

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God
Luke 18:34 λεγόμενα

But the disciples did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was saying.
Luke 18:38 λέγων

So he called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
Luke 19:7 λέγοντες

And all who saw this began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!”
Luke 19:14 λέγοντες

But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
Luke 19:16 λέγων

The first servant came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has produced ten more minas.’
Luke 19:18 λέγων

The second servant came and said, ‘Master, your mina has made five minas.’
Luke 19:20 λέγων

Then another servant came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth.
Luke 19:22 Λέγει

His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
Luke 19:26 Λέγω

He replied, ‘I tell you that everyone who has will be given more; but the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
Luke 19:30 λέγων

saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.
Luke 19:38 λέγοντες

“Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
Luke 19:40 Λέγω

“I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”
Luke 19:42 λέγων

and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
Luke 19:46 λέγων

He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
Luke 20:2 λέγοντες

“Tell us,” they said, “by what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?”
Luke 20:5 λέγοντες

They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why did you not believe him?’
Luke 20:8 λέγω

And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
Luke 20:9 λέγειν

Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time.
Luke 20:14 λέγοντες

But when the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
Luke 20:21 λέγοντεςλέγεις

“Teacher,” they inquired, “we know that You speak and teach correctly. You show no partiality, but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.
Luke 20:28 λέγοντες

“Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.
Luke 20:37 λέγει

Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
Luke 20:41 λέγουσιν

Then Jesus declared, “How can it be said that the Christ is the Son of David?
Luke 20:42 λέγει

For David himself says in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand