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. Luke 1:63 λέγων

    Zechariah asked for a tablet and wrote, “His name is John.” And they were all amazed.

  2. Luke 1:66 λέγοντες

    And all who heard this wondered in their hearts and asked, “What then will this child become?” For the Lord’s hand was with him.

  3. Luke 1:67 λέγων

    Then his father Zechariah was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied:

  4. Luke 2:13 λεγόντων

    And suddenly there appeared with the angel a great multitude of the heavenly host, praising God and saying:

  5. Luke 3:8 λέγεινλέγω

    Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance. And do not begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.

  6. Luke 3:10 λέγοντες

    The crowds asked him, “What then should we do?”

  7. Luke 3:14 λέγοντες

    Then some soldiers asked him, “And what should we do?” “Do not take money by force or false accusation,” he said. “Be content with your wages.”

  8. Luke 3:16 λέγων

    John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

  9. Luke 4:21 λέγειν

    and He began by saying, “Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”

  10. Luke 4:24 λέγω

    Then He added, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.

  11. Luke 4:25 λέγω

    But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.

  12. Luke 4:35 λέγων

    But Jesus rebuked the demon. “Be silent!” He said. “Come out of him!” At this, the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without harming him.

  13. Luke 4:36 λέγοντες

    All the people were overcome with amazement and asked one another, “What is this message? With authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”

  14. Luke 4:41 λέγοντα

    Demons also came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But He rebuked the demons and would not allow them to speak, because they knew He was the Christ.

  15. Luke 5:8 λέγων

    When Simon Peter saw this, he fell at Jesus’ knees. “Go away from me, Lord,” he said, “for I am a sinful man.”

  16. Luke 5:12 λέγων

    While Jesus was in one of the towns, a man came along who was covered with leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell facedown and begged Him, “Lord, if You are willing, You can make me clean.”

  17. Luke 5:13 λέγων

    Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!” And immediately the leprosy left him.

  18. Luke 5:21 λέγοντες

    But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

  19. Luke 5:24 λέγω

    But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins...” He said to the paralytic, “I tell you, get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”

  20. Luke 5:26 λέγοντες

    Everyone was taken with amazement and glorified God. They were filled with awe and said, “We have seen remarkable things today.”

  21. Luke 5:30 λέγοντες

    But the Pharisees and their scribes complained to Jesus’ disciples, “Why do you eat and drink with tax collectors and sinners?”

  22. Luke 5:39 λέγει

    And no one after drinking old wine wants new, for he says, ‘The old is better.’”

  23. Luke 6:27 λέγω

    But to those of you who will listen, I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,

  24. Luke 6:42 λέγειν

    How can you say, ‘Brother, let me take the speck out of your eye,’ while you yourself fail to see the beam in your own eye? You hypocrite! First take the beam out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to remove the speck from your brother’s eye.

  25. Luke 6:46 λέγω

    Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but not do what I say?

  26. Luke 7:4 λέγοντες

    They came to Jesus and pleaded with Him earnestly, “This man is worthy to have You grant this,

  27. Luke 7:6 λέγων

    So Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends with the message: “Lord, do not trouble Yourself, for I am not worthy to have You come under my roof.

  28. Luke 7:8 λέγω

    For I myself am a man under authority, with soldiers under me. I tell one to go, and he goes; and another to come, and he comes. I tell my servant to do something, and he does it.”

  29. Luke 7:9 Λέγω

    When Jesus heard this, He marveled at the centurion. Turning to the crowd following Him, He said, “I tell you, not even in Israel have I found such great faith.”

  30. Luke 7:14 λέγω

    Then He went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. “Young man,” He said, “I tell you, get up!”

  31. Luke 7:16 λέγοντες

    A sense of awe swept over all of them, and they glorified God. “A great prophet has appeared among us!” they said. “God has visited His people!”

  32. Luke 7:19 λέγων

    So John called two of his disciples and sent them to ask the Lord, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”

  33. Luke 7:20 λέγων

    When the men came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to ask, ‘Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?’”

  34. Luke 7:24 λέγειν

    After John’s messengers had left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?

  35. Luke 7:26 λέγω

    What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.

  36. Luke 7:28 Λέγω

    I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John, yet even the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”

  37. Luke 7:32 λέγει

    They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to one another: ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not weep.’

  38. Luke 7:33 λέγετε

    For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, ‘He has a demon!’

  39. Luke 7:34 λέγετε

    The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’

  40. Luke 7:39 λέγων

    When the Pharisee who had invited Jesus saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet, He would know who this is and what kind of woman is touching Him—for she is a sinner!”

  41. Luke 7:47 λέγω

    Therefore I tell you, because her many sins have been forgiven, she has loved much. But he who has been forgiven little loves little.”

  42. Luke 7:49 λέγειν

    But those at the table began to say to themselves, “Who is this who even forgives sins?”

  43. Luke 8:8 λέγων

    Still other seed fell on good soil, where it sprang up and produced a crop—a hundredfold.” As Jesus said this, He called out, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”

  44. Luke 8:24 λέγοντες

    The disciples went and woke Him, saying, “Master, Master, we are perishing!” Then Jesus got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters, and they subsided, and all was calm.

  45. Luke 8:25 λέγοντες

    “Where is your faith?” He asked. Frightened and amazed, they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey Him!”

  46. Luke 8:38 λέγων

    The man whom the demons had left begged to go with Jesus. But He sent him away, saying,

  47. Luke 8:49 λέγων

    While He was still speaking, someone arrived from the house of the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” he told Jairus. “Do not bother the Teacher anymore.”

  48. Luke 8:54 λέγων

    But Jesus took her by the hand and called out, “Child, get up!”

  49. Luke 9:7 λέγεσθαι

    When Herod the tetrarch heard about all that was happening, he was perplexed. For some were saying that John had risen from the dead,

  50. Luke 9:18 λέγωνλέγουσιν

    One day as Jesus was praying in private and the disciples were with Him, He questioned them: “Who do the crowds say I am?”

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