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

  1. Mark 6:25 λέγουσα

    At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”

  2. Mark 6:31 λέγει

    And He said to them, “Come with Me privately to a solitary place, and let us rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.

  3. Mark 6:37 λέγουσιν

    But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked Him, “Should we go out and spend two hundred denarii to give all of them bread to eat?”

  4. Mark 6:38 λέγειλέγουσιν

    “Go and see how many loaves you have,” He told them. And after checking, they said, “Five—and two fish.”

  5. Mark 6:50 λέγει

    for they all saw Him and were terrified. But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

  6. Mark 7:11 λέγετε

    But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is Corban’ (that is, a gift devoted to God),

  7. Mark 7:18 λέγει

    “Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,

  8. Mark 7:28 λέγει

    “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”

  9. Mark 7:34 λέγει

    And looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”).

  10. Mark 7:36 λέγωσιν

    Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more He ordered them, the more widely they proclaimed it.

  11. Mark 7:37 λέγοντες

    The people were utterly astonished and said, “He has done all things well! He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”

  12. Mark 8:1 λέγει

    In those days the crowd once again became very large, and they had nothing to eat. Jesus called the disciples to Him and said,

  13. Mark 8:12 λέγειλέγω

    Jesus sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”

  14. Mark 8:15 λέγων

    “Watch out!” He cautioned them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod.”

  15. Mark 8:17 λέγει

    Aware of their conversation, Jesus asked them, “Why are you debating about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Do you have such hard hearts?

  16. Mark 8:19 Λέγουσιν

    When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Twelve,” they answered.

  17. Mark 8:20 λέγουσιν

    “And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Seven,” they said.

  18. Mark 8:26 λέγων

    Jesus sent him home and said, “Do not go back into the village.”

  19. Mark 8:27 λέγωνλέγουσιν

    Then Jesus and His disciples went on to the villages around Caesarea Philippi. On the way, He questioned His disciples: “Who do people say I am?”

  20. Mark 8:28 λέγοντες

    They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”

  21. Mark 8:29 λέγετελέγει

    “But what about you?” Jesus asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “You are the Christ.”

  22. Mark 8:30 λέγωσιν

    And Jesus warned them not to tell anyone about Him.

  23. Mark 8:33 λέγει

    But Jesus, turning and looking at His disciples, rebuked Peter and said, “Get behind Me, Satan! For you do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men.”

  24. Mark 9:1 λέγω

    Then Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, there are some standing here who will not taste death before they see the kingdom of God arrive with power.”

  25. Mark 9:5 λέγει

    Peter said to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good for us to be here. Let us put up three shelters —one for You, one for Moses, and one for Elijah.”

  26. Mark 9:11 λέγοντεςΛέγουσιν

    And they asked Jesus, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

  27. Mark 9:13 λέγω

    But I tell you that Elijah has indeed come, and they have done to him whatever they wished, just as it is written about him.”

  28. Mark 9:19 λέγει

    “O unbelieving generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy to Me.”

  29. Mark 9:25 λέγων

    When Jesus saw that a crowd had come running, He rebuked the unclean spirit. “You deaf and mute spirit,” He said, “I command you to come out and never enter him again.”

  30. Mark 9:26 λέγειν

    After shrieking and convulsing him violently, the spirit came out. The boy became like a corpse, so that many said, “He is dead.”

  31. Mark 9:35 λέγει

    Sitting down, Jesus called the Twelve and said, “If anyone wants to be first, he must be the last of all and the servant of all.”

  32. Mark 9:41 λέγω

    Indeed, if anyone gives you even a cup of water because you bear the name of Christ, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.

  33. Mark 10:11 λέγει

    So He told them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.

  34. Mark 10:15 λέγω

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

  35. Mark 10:18 λέγεις

    “Why do you call Me good?” Jesus replied. “No one is good except God alone.

  36. Mark 10:23 λέγει

    Then Jesus looked around and said to His disciples, “How hard it is for the rich to enter the kingdom of God!”

  37. Mark 10:24 λέγει

    And the disciples were amazed at His words. But Jesus said to them again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God!

  38. Mark 10:26 λέγοντες

    They were even more astonished and said to one another, “Who then can be saved?”

  39. Mark 10:27 λέγει

    Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God. For all things are possible with God.”

  40. Mark 10:28 λέγειν

    Peter began to say to Him, “Look, we have left everything and followed You.”

  41. Mark 10:29 λέγω

    “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for My sake and for the gospel

  42. Mark 10:32 λέγειν

    As they were going up the road to Jerusalem, Jesus was walking ahead of them. The disciples were amazed, but those who followed were afraid. Again Jesus took the Twelve aside and began to tell them what was going to happen to Him:

  43. Mark 10:35 λέγοντες

    Then James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus and declared, “Teacher, we want You to do for us whatever we ask.”

  44. Mark 10:42 λέγει

    So Jesus called them together and said, “You know that those regarded as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their superiors exercise authority over them.

  45. Mark 10:47 λέγειν

    When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”

  46. Mark 10:49 λέγοντες

    Jesus stopped and said, “Call him.” So they called the blind man. “Take courage!” they said. “Get up! He is calling for you.”

  47. Mark 11:2 λέγει

    and said to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as soon as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

  48. Mark 11:21 λέγει

    Peter remembered it and said, “Look, Rabbi! The fig tree You cursed has withered.”

  49. Mark 11:22 λέγει

    “Have faith in God,” Jesus said to them.

  50. Mark 11:23 λέγω

    “Truly I tell you that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and has no doubt in his heart but believes that it will happen, it will be done for him.

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