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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  1. Matthew 27:40 λέγοντες

    and saying, “You who are going to destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross!”

  2. Matthew 27:46 λέγων

    About the ninth hour Jesus cried out in a loud voice, “Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?” which means, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?”

  3. Matthew 27:54 λέγοντες

    When the centurion and those with him who were guarding Jesus saw the earthquake and all that had happened, they were terrified and said, “Truly this was the Son of God.”

  4. Matthew 27:63 λέγοντες

    “Sir,” they said, “we remember that while He was alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’

  5. Matthew 28:9 λέγων

    Suddenly Jesus met them and said, “Greetings!” They came to Him, grasped His feet, and worshiped Him.

  6. Matthew 28:10 λέγει

    “Do not be afraid,” said Jesus. “Go and tell My brothers to go to Galilee. There they will see Me.”

  7. Matthew 28:13 λέγοντες

    and instructed them: “You are to say, ‘His disciples came by night and stole Him away while we were asleep.’

  8. Matthew 28:18 λέγων

    Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.

  9. Mark 1:7 λέγων

    And he began to proclaim: “After me will come One more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.

  10. Mark 1:15 λέγων

    “The time is fulfilled,” He said, “and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe in the gospel!”

  11. Mark 1:24 λέγων

    “What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”

  12. Mark 1:25 λέγων

    But Jesus rebuked the spirit. “Be silent!” He said. “Come out of him!”

  13. Mark 1:27 λέγοντας

    All the people were amazed and began to ask one another, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him!”

  14. Mark 1:30 λέγουσιν

    Simon’s mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever, and they promptly told Jesus about her.

  15. Mark 1:37 λέγουσιν

    and when they found Him, they said, “Everyone is looking for You!”

  16. Mark 1:38 λέγει

    But Jesus answered, “Let us go on to the neighboring towns so I can preach there as well, for that is why I have come.”

  17. Mark 1:40 λέγων

    Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”

  18. Mark 1:41 λέγει

    Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!”

  19. Mark 1:44 λέγει

    “See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”

  20. Mark 2:5 λέγει

    When Jesus saw their faith, He said to the paralytic, “Son, your sins are forgiven.”

  21. Mark 2:8 λέγει

    At once Jesus knew in His spirit that they were thinking this way within themselves. “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?” He asked.

  22. Mark 2:10 λέγει

    But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” He said to the paralytic,

  23. Mark 2:11 λέγω

    “I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

  24. Mark 2:12 λέγοντας

    And immediately the man got up, picked up his mat, and walked out in front of them all. As a result, they were all astounded and glorified God, saying, “We have never seen anything like this!”

  25. Mark 2:14 λέγει

    As He was walking along, He saw Levi son of Alphaeus sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Levi got up and followed Him.

  26. Mark 2:17 λέγει

    On hearing this, Jesus told them, “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners.”

  27. Mark 2:18 λέγουσιν

    Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were often fasting. So people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t Your disciples fast like John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees?”

  28. Mark 2:25 λέγει

    Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?

  29. Mark 3:3 λέγει

    Then Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, “Stand up among us.”

  30. Mark 3:4 λέγει

    And He asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” But they were silent.

  31. Mark 3:5 λέγει

    Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.

  32. Mark 3:11 λέγοντα

    And when the unclean spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God!”

  33. Mark 3:28 λέγω

    Truly I tell you, the sons of men will be forgiven all sins and blasphemies, as many as they utter.

  34. Mark 3:32 λέγουσιν

    and a crowd was sitting around Him. “Look,” He was told, “Your mother and brothers are outside, asking for You.”

  35. Mark 3:33 λέγει

    But Jesus replied, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”

  36. Mark 3:34 λέγει

    Looking at those seated in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!

  37. Mark 4:13 λέγει

    Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?

  38. Mark 4:35 λέγει

    When that evening came, He said to His disciples, “Let us cross to the other side.”

  39. Mark 4:38 λέγουσιν

    But Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him and said, “Teacher, don’t You care that we are perishing?”

  40. Mark 5:7 λέγει

    And he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!”

  41. Mark 5:9 λέγει

    “What is your name?” Jesus asked. “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.”

  42. Mark 5:12 λέγοντες

    So the demons begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”

  43. Mark 5:19 λέγει

    But Jesus would not allow him. “Go home to your own people,” He said, “and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and what mercy He has shown you.”

  44. Mark 5:23 λέγων

    and pleaded with Him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Please come and place Your hands on her, so that she will be healed and live.”

  45. Mark 5:31 λέγεις

    His disciples answered, “You can see the crowd pressing in on You, and yet You ask, ‘Who touched Me?’”

  46. Mark 5:35 λέγοντες

    While He was still speaking, messengers from the house of Jairus arrived and said, “Your daughter is dead; why bother the Teacher anymore?”

  47. Mark 5:36 λέγει

    But Jesus overheard their conversation and said to Jairus, “Do not be afraid; just believe.”

  48. Mark 5:39 λέγει

    He went inside and asked, “Why all this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but asleep.”

  49. Mark 5:41 λέγειλέγω

    Taking her by the hand, Jesus said, “Talitha koum!” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”

  50. Mark 6:2 λέγοντες

    When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were astonished. “Where did this man get these ideas?” they asked. “What is this wisdom He has been given? And how can He perform such miracles?

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