λέγω
legō
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)
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)
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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- John 1:47 λέγει
When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, He said of him, “Here is a true Israelite, in whom there is no deceit.”
- John 1:48 Λέγει
“How do You know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”
- John 1:51 λέγειλέγω
Then He declared, “Truly, truly, I tell you, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
- John 2:3 λέγει
When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said to Him, “They have no more wine.”
- John 2:4 λέγει
“Woman, why does this concern us?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
- John 2:5 Λέγειλέγῃ
His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
- John 2:7 λέγει
Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim.
- John 2:8 λέγει
“Now draw some out,” He said, “and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so,
- John 2:10 λέγει
and said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”
- John 3:3 λέγω
Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
- John 3:4 Λέγει
“How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”
- John 3:5 λέγω
Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
- John 3:11 λέγω
Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.
- John 4:5 λεγομένην
So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
- John 4:7 λέγει
When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”
- John 4:9 Λέγει
“You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
- John 4:10 λέγων
Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
- John 4:11 Λέγει
“Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?
- John 4:15 Λέγει
The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water so that I will not get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”
- John 4:16 Λέγει
Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”
- John 4:17 Λέγει
“I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.
- John 4:19 Λέγει
“Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.
- John 4:20 λέγετε
Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”
- John 4:21 Λέγει
“Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
- John 4:25 Λέγειλεγόμενος
The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”
- John 4:26 Λέγει
Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”
- John 4:28 λέγει
Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,
- John 4:31 λέγοντες
Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”
- John 4:34 Λέγει
Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
- John 4:35 λέγετελέγω
Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.
- John 4:49 Λέγει
“Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”
- John 4:50 Λέγει
“Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.
- John 4:51 λέγοντες
And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.
- John 5:6 λέγει
When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
- John 5:8 Λέγει
Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”
- John 5:19 λέγω
So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
- John 5:24 λέγω
Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
- John 5:25 λέγω
Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
- John 5:34 λέγω
Even though I do not accept human testimony, I say these things so that you may be saved.
- John 6:5 λέγει
When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”
- John 6:8 Λέγει
One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him,
- John 6:12 λέγει
And when everyone was full, He said to His disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over, so that nothing will be wasted.”
- John 6:20 λέγει
But Jesus spoke up: “It is I; do not be afraid.”
- John 6:26 λέγω
Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not because you saw these signs that you are looking for Me, but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.
- John 6:32 λέγω
Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.
- John 6:42 λέγει
They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven?’”
- John 6:47 λέγω
Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.
- John 6:52 λέγοντες
At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”
- John 6:53 λέγω
So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.
- John 7:6 Λέγει
Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.