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λέγω

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greekNew TestamentVerb1,177 occurrences25 books1,098 verses

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. Acts 16:17λέγουσα
    This girl followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, “These men are servants of the Most High God, who are proclaiming to you the way of salvation!”
  2. Acts 16:28λέγων
    But Paul called out in a loud voice, “Do not harm yourself! We are all here!”
  3. Acts 16:35λέγοντες · with the order
    When daylight came, the magistrates sent their officers with the order: “Release those men.”
  4. Acts 17:7λέγοντες · saying that
    …and Jason has welcomed them into his home. They are all defying Caesar’s decrees, saying that there is another king, named Jesus!”
  5. Acts 17:18λέγειν · to say
    Some Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also began to debate with him. Some of them asked, “What is this babbler trying to say?” Others said, “He seems to be advocating foreign gods.” They said this because Paul was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.
  6. Acts 17:19λέγοντες · [where] they asked [him]
    So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?
  7. Acts 17:21λέγειν · articulating
    Now all the Athenians and foreigners who lived there spent their time doing nothing more than hearing and articulating new ideas.
  8. Acts 18:13λέγοντες · they said
    “This man is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law,” they said.
  9. Acts 19:4λέγων · He told
    Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”
  10. Acts 19:13λέγοντες · They would say
    Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I command you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”
  11. Acts 19:26λέγων · He says
    And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, this Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.
  12. Acts 19:28λέγοντες
    When the men heard this, they were enraged and began shouting, “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!”
  13. Acts 20:23λέγον
    I only know that in town after town the Holy Spirit warns me that chains and afflictions await me.
  14. Acts 21:11λέγει · says
    Coming over to us, he took Paul’s belt, bound his own feet and hands, and said, “The Holy Spirit says: ‘In this way the Jews of Jerusalem will bind the owner of this belt and hand him over to the Gentiles.’”
  15. Acts 21:21λέγων · telling
    But they are under the impression that you teach all the Jews who live among the Gentiles to forsake Moses, telling them not to circumcise their children or observe our customs.
  16. Acts 21:23λέγομεν · we advise
    Therefore do what we advise you. There are four men with us who have taken a vow.
  17. Acts 21:37λέγει · he asked
    As they were about to take Paul into the barracks, he asked the commander, “May I say something to you?” “Do you speak Greek?” he replied.
  18. Acts 21:40λέγων
    Having received permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. A great hush came over the crowd, and he addressed them in Hebrew:
  19. Acts 22:7λεγούσης · say
    I fell to the ground and heard a voice say to me, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me?’
  20. Acts 22:18λέγοντά · saying
    …and saw the Lord saying to me, ‘Hurry! Leave Jerusalem quickly, because the people here will not accept your testimony about Me.’
  21. Acts 22:22λέγοντες · [and] shouted
    The crowd listened to Paul until he made this statement. Then they lifted up their voices and shouted, “Rid the earth of him! He is not fit to live!”
  22. Acts 22:26λέγων · he said
    On hearing this, the centurion went and reported it to the commander. “What are you going to do?” he said. “This man is a Roman citizen.”
  23. Acts 22:27Λέγε · Tell
    The commander went to Paul and asked, “Tell me, are you a Roman citizen?” “Yes,” he answered.
  24. Acts 23:8λέγουσιν · say [that]
    For the Sadducees say that there is neither a resurrection nor angels nor spirits, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.
  25. Acts 23:9λέγοντες
    A great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”
  26. Acts 23:12λέγοντες
    When daylight came, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves with an oath not to eat or drink until they had killed Paul.
  27. Acts 23:30λέγειν · to present
    When I was informed that there was a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once. I also instructed his accusers to present their case against him before you.
  28. Acts 24:2λέγων
    When Paul had been called in, Tertullus opened the prosecution: “Because of you, we have enjoyed a lasting peace, and your foresight has brought improvements to this nation.
  29. Acts 24:10λέγειν · to speak
    When the governor motioned for Paul to speak, he began his response: “Knowing that you have been a judge over this nation for many years, I gladly make my defense.
  30. Acts 24:14λέγουσιν · they call
    I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,
  31. Acts 25:14λέγων
    Since they were staying several days, Festus laid out Paul’s case before the king: “There is a certain man whom Felix left in prison.
  32. Acts 26:1λέγειν · to speak
    Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to speak for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began his defense:
  33. Acts 26:14λέγουσαν · say
    We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
  34. Acts 26:22λέγων · I am saying
    But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
  35. Acts 26:31λέγοντες
    On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”
  36. Acts 27:10λέγων
    “Men, I can see that our voyage will be filled with disaster and great loss, not only to ship and cargo, but to our own lives as well.”
  37. Acts 27:11λεγομένοις · advice
    But contrary to Paul’s advice, the centurion was persuaded by the pilot and by the owner of the ship.
  38. Acts 27:24λέγων · [and] said
    …and said, ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar. And look, God has granted you the lives of all who sail with you.’
  39. Acts 27:33λέγων
    Right up to daybreak, Paul kept urging them all to eat: “Today is your fourteenth day in constant suspense, without taking any food.
  40. Acts 28:24λεγομένοις · he said
    Some of them were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe.
  41. Acts 28:26λέγων
    ‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.”
  42. Romans 2:22λέγων · forbid
    You who forbid adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
  43. Romans 3:5λέγω · I am speaking
    But if our unrighteousness highlights the righteousness of God, what shall we say? That God is unjust to inflict His wrath on us? I am speaking in human terms.
  44. Romans 3:8λέγειν · say
    Why not say, as some slanderously claim that we say, “Let us do evil that good may result”? Their condemnation is deserved!
  45. Romans 3:19λέγει · says
    Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
  46. Romans 4:3λέγει · say
    For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
  47. Romans 4:6λέγει · speaks
    And David speaks likewise of the blessedness of the man to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
  48. Romans 4:9λέγομεν · We have been saying
    Is this blessing only on the circumcised, or also on the uncircumcised? We have been saying that Abraham’s faith was credited to him as righteousness.
  49. Romans 6:19λέγω · I am speaking
    I am speaking in human terms because of the weakness of your flesh. Just as you used to offer the parts of your body in slavery to impurity and to escalating wickedness, so now offer them in slavery to righteousness leading to holiness.
  50. Romans 9:1λέγω · I speak
    I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.