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λέγω

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Definition

λέγω,

[in LXX very freq., chiefly for אמר; λέγει for נְאֻם, Genesis 22:16, al. ;]

1. in Hom., to pick out, gather, reckon, recount.

2. In Hdt. and Att., to say, speak, affirm, declare: absol., Acts 13:15; 24:10; before orat. dir., Matthew 9:34, Mark 3:11, John 1:29, al.; before ὅτι recit., Mark 3:21, Luke 1:24, John 6:14, al.; accusative and inf., Luke 11:18, John 12:29, al.; after another verb of speaking, προσφωνεῖν κ. λέγειν, Matthew 11:17, al.; ἀπεκρίθη (ἐλάλησεν) λέγων (καὶ λέγει; Dalman, Words, 24 ff.), Matthew 25:9, Mark 3:33; 7:28, Luke 24:6, 7, al.; of unspoken thought, λ. ἐν ἑαυτῷ, Matthew 3:9, Luke 3:8, al.; of writing, 2 Corinthians 8:8, Philippians 4:11, al.; λέγει ἡ γραφή, Romans 4:3, James 2:23, al.; with accusative of thing(s), Luke 8:8; 9:33, John 5:34, al.; σὺ λέγεις (a non-committal phrase; Swete, Mk., 359, 369f.), Matthew 27:11, Mark 15:2, Luke 23:3, John 18:37; with dative of person(s), before orat. dir., Matthew 8:20, Mark 2:17, al. mult.; id. before ὅτι, Matthew 3:9, al.; with prep., πρός, μετά, περί, etc., Mark 4:41, John 11:56, Hebrews 9:5, al.; to mean (cl.), Mark 14:71, John 6:71, 1 Corinthians 10:29, al.; to call, name, Mark 10:18; pass., Matthew 9:9, Mark 15:7, al (cf. ἀντι-, δια- (-μαι), προ-, συλ-λέγω).

Synonyms: 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).

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as λέγω:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

1,177 total
  1. John 2:4λέγει · replied
    “Woman, what is that to you and to Me?” Jesus replied. “My hour has not yet come.”
  2. John 2:5Λέγει · said to; λέγῃ · He tells
    His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
  3. John 2:7λέγει · told
    Jesus told the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them to the brim.
  4. John 2:8λέγει · He said
    “Now draw some out,” He said, “and take it to the master of the banquet.” They did so,
  5. John 2:10λέγει · said
    …and said, “Everyone serves the fine wine first, and then the cheap wine after the guests are drunk. But you have saved the fine wine until now!”
  6. John 3:3λέγω · I tell
    Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
  7. John 3:4Λέγει · asked
    “How can a man be born when he is old?” Nicodemus asked. “Can he enter his mother’s womb a second time to be born?”
  8. John 3:5λέγω · I tell
    Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
  9. John 3:11λέγω · I tell
    Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.
  10. John 4:5λεγομένην · called
    So He came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
  11. John 4:7λέγει · said
    When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Give Me a drink.”
  12. John 4:9Λέγει · said
    “You are a Jew,” said the woman. “How can You ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?” (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)
  13. John 4:10λέγων · asking
    Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
  14. John 4:11Λέγει · replied
    “Sir,” the woman replied, “You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?
  15. John 4:15Λέγει · said
    The woman said to Him, “Sir, give me this water so that I will not get thirsty and have to keep coming here to draw water.”
  16. John 4:16Λέγει · [Jesus] told
    Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”
  17. John 4:17Λέγει · said
    “I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.
  18. John 4:19Λέγει · said
    “Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.
  19. John 4:20λέγετε · say
    Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”
  20. John 4:21Λέγει · replied
    “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
  21. John 4:25Λέγει · said; λεγόμενος · called
    The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”
  22. John 4:26Λέγει · answered
    Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”
  23. John 4:28λέγει · said to
    Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,
  24. John 4:31λέγοντες
    Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”
  25. John 4:34Λέγει · explained
    Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
  26. John 4:35λέγετε · say; λέγω · I tell
    Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.
  27. John 4:49Λέγει · said
    “Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”
  28. John 4:50Λέγει · said
    “Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.
  29. John 4:51λέγοντες · with the news
    And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.
  30. John 5:6λέγει · He asked
    When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
  31. John 5:8Λέγει · told
    Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”
  32. John 5:19λέγω · I tell
    So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
  33. John 5:24λέγω · I tell
    Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
  34. John 5:25λέγω · I tell
    Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
  35. John 5:34λέγω · I say
    Even though I do not accept human testimony, I say these things so that you may be saved.
  36. John 6:5λέγει · He said
    When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”
  37. John 6:8Λέγει · said
    One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him,
  38. John 6:12λέγει · He said
    And when everyone was full, He said to His disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over, so that nothing will be wasted.”
  39. John 6:20λέγει · [Jesus] spoke up
    But Jesus spoke up: “It is I; do not be afraid.”
  40. John 6:26λέγω · I tell
    Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not because you saw these signs that you are looking for Me, but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.
  41. John 6:32λέγω · I tell
    Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.
  42. John 6:42λέγει · can He say
    They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”
  43. John 6:47λέγω · I tell
    Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.
  44. John 6:52λέγοντες
    At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”
  45. John 6:53λέγω · I tell
    So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.
  46. John 7:6Λέγει · told
    Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.
  47. John 7:15λέγοντες · [and] asked
    The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”