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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

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Occurrences

1,177 total
  1. John 7:26λέγουσιν · they are not saying
    Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ?
  2. John 7:28λέγων
    Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him,
  3. John 7:37λέγων
    On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
  4. John 7:50Λέγει · asked
    Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked,
  5. John 8:4λέγουσιν · [and] said
    …and said, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.
  6. John 8:5λέγεις · do You say
    In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such a woman. So what do You say?”
  7. John 8:12λέγων · [and] said
    Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
  8. John 8:22λέγει · He says
    So the Jews began to ask, “Will He kill Himself, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”
  9. John 8:33λέγεις · say
    “We are Abraham’s descendants,” they answered. “We have never been slaves to anyone. How can You say we will be set free?”
  10. John 8:34λέγω · I tell
    Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, everyone who sins is a slave to sin.
  11. John 8:39Λέγει · said
    “Abraham is our father,” they replied. “If you were children of Abraham,” said Jesus, “you would do the works of Abraham.
  12. John 8:45λέγω · speak
    But because I speak the truth, you do not believe Me!
  13. John 8:46λέγω · I speak
    Which of you can prove Me guilty of sin? If I speak the truth, why do you not believe Me?
  14. John 8:48λέγομεν · to say
    The Jews answered Him, “Are we not right to say that You are a Samaritan and You have a demon?”
  15. John 8:51λέγω · I tell
    Truly, truly, I tell you, if anyone keeps My word, he will never see death.”
  16. John 8:52λέγεις · say that
    “Now we know that You have a demon!” declared the Jews. “Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet You say that anyone who keeps Your word will never taste death.
  17. John 8:54λέγετε · say
    Jesus answered, “If I glorify Myself, My glory means nothing. The One who glorifies Me is My Father, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’
  18. John 8:58λέγω · I tell
    “Truly, truly, I tell you,” Jesus declared, “before Abraham was born, I am!”
  19. John 9:2λέγοντες
    …and His disciples asked Him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
  20. John 9:11λεγόμενος · they call
    He answered, “The man they call Jesus made some mud and anointed my eyes, and He told me to go to Siloam and wash. So I went and washed and received my sight.”
  21. John 9:12Λέγει · he answered
    “Where is He?” they asked. “I do not know,” he answered.
  22. John 9:17λέγουσιν · they asked; λέγεις · say
    So once again they asked the man who had been blind, “What do you say about Him, since it was your eyes He opened?” “He is a prophet,” the man replied.
  23. John 9:19λέγοντες; λέγετε · say
    …and asked, “Is this your son, the one you say was born blind? So how is it that he can now see?”
  24. John 9:41λέγετε · you claim
    “If you were blind,” Jesus replied, “you would not be guilty of sin. But since you claim you can see, your guilt remains.”
  25. John 10:1λέγω · I tell
    “Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever does not enter the sheepfold by the gate, but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
  26. John 10:7λέγω · I tell
    So He said to them again, “Truly, truly, I tell you, I am the gate for the sheep.
  27. John 10:36λέγετε · accuse [Me]
    …then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God?
  28. John 11:3λέγουσαι · word
    So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one You love is sick.”
  29. John 11:7λέγει · He said
    …and then He said to the disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”
  30. John 11:8Λέγουσιν · replied
    “Rabbi,” they replied, “the Jews just tried to stone You, and You are going back there?”
  31. John 11:11λέγει · He told
    After He had said this, He told them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.”
  32. John 11:13λέγει · [Jesus] was talking
    They thought that Jesus was talking about actual sleep, but He was speaking about the death of Lazarus.
  33. John 11:16λεγόμενος · called
    Then Thomas called Didymus said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”
  34. John 11:23Λέγει · told her
    “Your brother will rise again,” Jesus told her.
  35. John 11:24Λέγει · replied
    Martha replied, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
  36. John 11:27Λέγει · she answered
    “Yes, Lord,” she answered, “I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.”
  37. John 11:32λέγουσα · [and] said
    When Mary came to Jesus and saw Him, she fell at His feet and said, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”
  38. John 11:34Λέγουσιν · they answered
    “Where have you put him?” He asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they answered.
  39. John 11:39λέγει · said; Λέγει · said
    “Take away the stone,” Jesus said. “Lord, by now he stinks,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man. “It has already been four days.”
  40. John 11:40Λέγει · replied
    Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
  41. John 11:44Λέγει · told
    The man who had been dead came out with his hands and feet bound in strips of linen, and his face wrapped in a cloth. “Unwrap him and let him go,” Jesus told them.
  42. John 11:54λεγομένην · called
    As a result, Jesus no longer went about publicly among the Jews, but He withdrew to a town called Ephraim in an area near the wilderness. And He stayed there with the disciples.
  43. John 12:4Λέγει · asked
    But one of His disciples, Judas Iscariot, who was going to betray Him, asked,
  44. John 12:21λέγοντες
    They came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and requested of him, “Sir, we want to see Jesus.”
  45. John 12:22λέγει · relayed [this appeal]; λέγουσιν · told
    Philip relayed this appeal to Andrew, and both of them went and told Jesus.
  46. John 12:23λέγων
    But Jesus replied, “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.