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

Matthew 20:6 λέγει

About the eleventh hour he went out and found still others standing around. ‘Why have you been standing here all day long doing nothing?’ he asked.
Matthew 20:7 ΛέγουσινΛέγει

‘Because no one has hired us,’ they answered. So he told them, ‘You also go into my vineyard.’
Matthew 20:8 λέγει

When evening came, the owner of the vineyard said to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, starting with the last ones hired and moving on to the first.’
Matthew 20:12 λέγοντες

‘These men who were hired last worked only one hour,’ they said, ‘and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden and the scorching heat of the day.’
Matthew 20:21 Λέγει

“What do you want?” He inquired. She answered, “Declare that in Your kingdom one of these two sons of mine may sit at Your right hand, and the other at Your left.”
Matthew 20:22 Λέγουσιν

“You do not know what you are asking,” Jesus replied. “Can you drink the cup I am going to drink?” “We can,” the brothers answered.
Matthew 20:23 Λέγει

“You will indeed drink My cup,” Jesus said. “But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to grant. These seats belong to those for whom My Father has prepared them.”
Matthew 20:30 λέγοντες

And there were two blind men sitting beside the road. When they heard that Jesus was passing by, they cried out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
Matthew 20:31 λέγοντες

The crowd admonished them to be silent, but they cried out all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
Matthew 20:33 Λέγουσιν

“Lord,” they answered, “let our eyes be opened.”
Matthew 21:2 λέγων

saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to Me.
Matthew 21:4 λέγοντος

This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
Matthew 21:9 λέγοντες

The crowds that went ahead of Him and those that followed were shouting: “Hosanna to the Son of David!” “Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Hosanna in the highest!”
Matthew 21:10 λέγουσα

When Jesus had entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, “Who is this?”
Matthew 21:13 λέγει

And He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be called a house of prayer.’ But you are making it ‘a den of robbers.’”
Matthew 21:15 λέγοντας

But the chief priests and scribes were indignant when they saw the wonders He performed and the children shouting in the temple courts, “Hosanna to the Son of David!”
Matthew 21:16 λέγουσινλέγει

“Do you hear what these children are saying?” they asked. “Yes,” Jesus answered. “Have you never read: ‘From the mouths of children and infants You have ordained praise’?”
Matthew 21:19 λέγει

Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.
Matthew 21:20 λέγοντες

When the disciples saw this, they marveled and asked, “How did the fig tree wither so quickly?”
Matthew 21:21 λέγω

“Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “if you have faith and do not doubt, not only will you do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.
Matthew 21:23 λέγοντες

When Jesus returned to the temple courts and began to teach, the chief priests and elders of the people came up to Him. “By what authority are You doing these things?” they asked. “And who gave You this authority?”
Matthew 21:25 λέγοντες

What was the source of John’s baptism? Was it from heaven or from men?” They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
Matthew 21:27 λέγω

So they answered, “We do not know.” And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.
Matthew 21:31 ΛέγουσινΛέγειλέγω

Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.
Matthew 21:37 λέγων

Finally, he sent his son to them. ‘They will respect my son,’ he said.
Matthew 21:41 Λέγουσιν

“He will bring those wretches to a wretched end,” they replied, “and will rent out the vineyard to other tenants who will give him his share of the fruit at harvest time.”
Matthew 21:42 Λέγει

Jesus said to them, “Have you never read in the Scriptures: ‘The stone the builders rejected has become the cornerstone. This is from the Lord, and it is marvelous in our eyes’?
Matthew 21:43 λέγω

Therefore I tell you that the kingdom of God will be taken away from you and given to a people who will produce its fruit.
Matthew 21:45 λέγει

When the chief priests and Pharisees heard His parables, they knew that Jesus was speaking about them.
Matthew 22:1 λέγων

Once again, Jesus spoke to them in parables:
Matthew 22:4 λέγων

Again, he sent other servants and said, ‘Tell those who have been invited that I have prepared my dinner. My oxen and fattened cattle have been killed, and everything is ready. Come to the wedding banquet.’
Matthew 22:8 λέγει

Then he said to his servants, ‘The wedding banquet is ready, but those I invited were not worthy.
Matthew 22:12 λέγει

‘Friend,’ he asked, ‘how did you get in here without wedding clothes?’ But the man was speechless.
Matthew 22:16 λέγοντες

They sent their disciples to Him along with the Herodians. “Teacher,” they said, “we know that You are honest and that You teach the way of God in accordance with the truth. You seek favor from no one, because You pay no attention to external appearance.
Matthew 22:20 λέγει

“Whose image is this,” He asked, “and whose inscription?”
Matthew 22:21 Λέγουσινλέγει

“Caesar’s,” they answered. So Jesus told them, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”
Matthew 22:23 λέγοντες

That same day the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection, came to Jesus and questioned Him.
Matthew 22:24 λέγοντες

“Teacher,” they said, “Moses declared that if a man dies without having children, his brother is to marry the widow and raise up offspring for him.
Matthew 22:31 λέγοντος

But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:
Matthew 22:42 λέγωνΛέγουσιν

“What do you think about the Christ? Whose son is He?” “David’s,” they answered.
Matthew 22:43 Λέγειλέγων

Jesus said to them, “How then does David in the Spirit call Him ‘Lord’? For he says:
Matthew 23:2 λέγων

“The scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses’ seat.
Matthew 23:3 λέγουσιν

So practice and observe everything they tell you. But do not do what they do, for they do not practice what they preach.
Matthew 23:16 λέγοντες

Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’
Matthew 23:30 λέγετε

And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
Matthew 23:36 λέγω

Truly I tell you, all these things will come upon this generation.
Matthew 23:39 λέγω

For I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
Matthew 24:2 λέγω

“Do you see all these things?” He replied. “Truly I tell you, not one stone here will be left on another; every one will be thrown down.”
Matthew 24:3 λέγοντες

While Jesus was sitting on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately. “Tell us,” they said, “when will these things happen, and what will be the sign of Your coming and of the end of the age?”
Matthew 24:5 λέγοντες

For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many.