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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. Mark 2:18λέγουσιν · asked
    Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were often fasting. So people came to Jesus and asked, “Why don’t Your disciples fast like John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees?”
  2. Mark 2:25λέγει · [Jesus] replied
    Jesus replied, “Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need?
  3. Mark 3:3λέγει · [Jesus] said
    Then Jesus said to the man with the withered hand, “Stand up among us.”
  4. Mark 3:4λέγει · He asked
    And He asked them, “Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good or to do evil, to save life or to destroy it?” But they were silent.
  5. Mark 3:5λέγει · He said
    Jesus looked around at them with anger and sorrow at their hardness of heart. Then He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored.
  6. Mark 3:11λέγοντα
    And when the unclean spirits saw Him, they fell down before Him and cried out, “You are the Son of God!”
  7. Mark 3:28λέγω · I tell
    Truly I tell you, the sons of men will be forgiven all sins and blasphemies, as many as they utter.
  8. Mark 3:32λέγουσιν · He was told
    …and a crowd was sitting around Him. “Look,” He was told, “Your mother and brothers are outside, asking for You.”
  9. Mark 3:33λέγει
    But Jesus replied, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”
  10. Mark 3:34λέγει · He said
    Looking at those seated in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!
  11. Mark 4:13λέγει · [Jesus] said
    Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?
  12. Mark 4:35λέγει · He said
    When that evening came, He said to His disciples, “Let us cross to the other side.”
  13. Mark 4:38λέγουσιν · said
    But Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him and said, “Teacher, don’t You care that we are perishing?”
  14. Mark 5:7λέγει
    And he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!”
  15. Mark 5:9λέγει
    “What is your name?” Jesus asked. “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.”
  16. Mark 5:12λέγοντες
    So the demons begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”
  17. Mark 5:19λέγει · He said
    But Jesus would not allow him. “Go home to your own people,” He said, “and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and what mercy He has shown you.”
  18. Mark 5:23λέγων
    …and pleaded with Him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Please come and place Your hands on her, so that she will be healed and live.”
  19. Mark 5:31λέγεις · You ask
    His disciples answered, “You can see the crowd pressing in on You, and yet You ask, ‘Who touched Me?’”
  20. Mark 5:35λέγοντες · [and] said
    While He was still speaking, messengers from the house of Jairus arrived and said, “Your daughter is dead; why bother the Teacher anymore?”
  21. Mark 5:36λέγει · and said
    But Jesus overheard their conversation and said to Jairus, “Do not be afraid; just believe.”
  22. Mark 5:39λέγει · [and] asked
    He went inside and asked, “Why all this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but asleep.”
  23. Mark 5:41λέγει · [Jesus] said; λέγω · I say
    Taking her by the hand, Jesus said, “Talitha koum!” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”
  24. Mark 6:2λέγοντες · they asked
    When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were astonished. “Where did this man get these ideas?” they asked. “What is this wisdom He has been given? And how can He perform such miracles?
  25. Mark 6:25λέγουσα
    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.”
  26. Mark 6:31λέγει · He said
    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.
  27. Mark 6:37λέγουσιν · They asked
    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?”
  28. Mark 6:38λέγει · He told; λέγουσιν · they said
    “Go and see how many loaves you have,” He told them. And after checking, they said, “Five—and two fish.”
  29. Mark 6:50λέγει
    …for they all saw Him and were terrified. But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”
  30. Mark 7:11λέγετε · say that
    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),
  31. Mark 7:18λέγει · He asked
    “Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,
  32. Mark 7:28λέγει
    “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
  33. Mark 7:34λέγει · said
    And looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”).
  34. Mark 7:36λέγωσιν · not to tell anyone
    Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more He ordered them, the more widely they proclaimed it.
  35. Mark 7:37λέγοντες · [and] said
    The people were utterly astonished and said, “He has done all things well! He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”
  36. Mark 8:1λέγει · [and] said
    In those days the crowd once again became very large, and they had nothing to eat. Jesus called the disciples to Him and said,
  37. Mark 8:12λέγει · [and] said; λέγω · I tell
    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.”
  38. Mark 8:15λέγων
    “Watch out!” He cautioned them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod.”
  39. Mark 8:17λέγει · [Jesus] asked
    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?
  40. Mark 8:19Λέγουσιν · they answered
    When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Twelve,” they answered.
  41. Mark 8:20λέγουσιν · said
    “And when I broke the seven loaves for the four thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Seven,” they said.
  42. Mark 8:26λέγων · [and] said
    Jesus sent him home and said, “Do not go back into the village.”
  43. Mark 8:27λέγων; λέγουσιν · say
    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?”
  44. Mark 8:28λέγοντες
    They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, one of the prophets.”
  45. Mark 8:29λέγετε · do you say; λέγει
    “But what about you?” Jesus asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “You are the Christ.”