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

Acts 6:14 λέγοντος

For we have heard him say that Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs that Moses handed down to us.”
Acts 7:48 λέγει

However, the Most High does not dwell in houses made by human hands. As the prophet says:
Acts 7:49 λέγει

‘Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me, says the Lord, or where will My place of repose be?
Acts 7:59 λέγοντα

While they were stoning him, Stephen appealed, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”
Acts 8:6 λεγομένοις

The crowds gave their undivided attention to Philip’s message and to the signs they saw him perform.
Acts 8:9 λέγων

Prior to that time, a man named Simon had practiced sorcery in the city and astounded the people of Samaria. He claimed to be someone great,
Acts 8:10 λέγοντες

and all the people, from the least to the greatest, heeded his words and said, “This man is the divine power called the Great Power.”
Acts 8:19 λέγων

“Give me this power as well,” he said, “so that everyone on whom I lay my hands may receive the Holy Spirit.”
Acts 8:26 λέγων

Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”
Acts 8:34 λέγει

“Tell me,” said the eunuch, “who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”
Acts 9:4 λέγουσαν

He fell to the ground and heard a voice say to him, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?”
Acts 9:36 λέγεται

In Joppa there was a disciple named Tabitha (which is translated as Dorcas), who was always occupied with works of kindness and charity.
Acts 10:26 λέγων

But Peter helped him up. “Stand up,” he said, “I am only a man myself.”
Acts 10:28 λέγειν

He said to them, “You know how unlawful it is for a Jew to associate with a foreigner or visit him. But God has shown me that I should not call any man impure or unclean.
Acts 11:3 λέγοντες

and said, “You visited uncircumcised men and ate with them.”
Acts 11:4 λέγων

But Peter began and explained to them the whole sequence of events:
Acts 11:7 λεγούσης

Then I heard a voice saying to me, ‘Get up, Peter, kill and eat.’
Acts 11:18 λέγοντες

When they heard this, their objections were put to rest, and they glorified God, saying, “So then, God has granted even the Gentiles repentance unto life.”
Acts 12:7 λέγων

Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He tapped Peter on the side and woke him up, saying, “Get up quickly.” And the chains fell off his wrists.
Acts 12:8 λέγει

“Get dressed and put on your sandals,” said the angel. Peter did so, and the angel told him, “Wrap your cloak around you and follow me.”
Acts 13:15 λέγοντεςλέγετε

After the reading from the Law and the Prophets, the synagogue leaders sent word to them: “Brothers, if you have a word of encouragement for the people, please speak.”
Acts 13:35 λέγει

So also, He says in another Psalm: ‘You will not let Your Holy One see decay.’
Acts 14:11 λέγοντες

When the crowds saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voices in the Lycaonian language: “The gods have come down to us in human form!”
Acts 14:15 λέγοντες

“Men, why are you doing this? We too are only men, human like you. We are bringing you good news that you should turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and everything in them.
Acts 14:18 λέγοντες

Even with these words, Paul and Barnabas could hardly stop the crowds from sacrificing to them.
Acts 15:5 λέγοντες

But some believers from the party of the Pharisees stood up and declared, “The Gentiles must be circumcised and required to obey the law of Moses.”
Acts 15:13 λέγων

When they had finished speaking, James declared, “Brothers, listen to me!
Acts 15:17 λέγει

so that the remnant of men may seek the Lord, and all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord who does these things
Acts 16:9 λέγων

During the night, Paul had a vision of a man of Macedonia standing and pleading with him, “Come over to Macedonia and help us.”
Acts 16:15 λέγουσα

And when she and her household had been baptized, she urged us, “If you consider me a believer in the Lord, come and stay at my house.” And she persuaded us.
Acts 16:17 λέγουσα

This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”
Acts 16:28 λέγων

But Paul called out in a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself! We are all here!”
Acts 16:35 λέγοντες

When daylight came, the magistrates sent their officers with the order: “Release those men.”
Acts 17:7 λέγοντες

and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”
Acts 17:18 λέγειν

Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.
Acts 17:19 λέγοντες

So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?
Acts 17:21 λέγειν

Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.
Acts 18:13 λέγοντες

“This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said.
Acts 19:4 λέγων

Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”
Acts 19:13 λέγοντες

Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I bind you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”
Acts 19:26 λέγων

And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.
Acts 19:28 λέγοντες

When the men heard this, they were enraged and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
Acts 20:23 λέγον

I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.
Acts 21:11 λέγει

Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”
Acts 21:21 λέγων

But they are under the impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe our customs.
Acts 21:23 λέγομεν

Therefore do what we advise you. There are four men with us who have taken a vow.
Acts 21:37 λέγει

As they were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied.
Acts 21:40 λέγων

Having received permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. A great hush came over the crowd, and he addressed them in Hebrew:
Acts 22:7 λεγούσης

I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’
Acts 22:18 λέγοντά

and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.’