λέγω legō · G3004G

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 …

Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)

Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt

λέγω, ; B pick up, etc.: tenses for signification 1 and 11, future λέξω []: aorist ἔλεξα []:—middle, future in passive sense λέξομαι []: aorist ἐλεξάμην []; Epic dialect ἐλέγμην []:—passive, aorist ἐλέχθην []-; post-[]perfect εἴλοχα (κατ-, συν-), passive εἴλεγμαι, in these senses rarely λέλεγμαι (see. the compounds); also future λεγήσομαι (συλ-): aorist 2 ἐλέγην (κατ-, συν-):—gather, pick up, ὀστέα.. λέγωμεν []; αἱμασιάς τε λέγων picking out stones for building walls, []:—middle, gather for …

Where it's used 1305 times

Matthew 1:20 · Matthew 1:22 · Matthew 2:2 · Matthew 2:13 · Matthew 2:15 · Matthew 2:17 · Matthew 2:20 · Matthew 3:2 · Matthew 3:3 · Matthew 3:9 · Matthew 3:14 · Matthew 3:17 · Matthew 4:6 · Matthew 4:10 · Matthew 4:14 · Matthew 4:17 · Matthew 4:19 · Matthew 5:2 · Matthew 5:18 · Matthew 5:20 · Matthew 5:22 · Matthew 5:26 · Matthew 5:28 · Matthew 5:32 · Matthew 5:34 · Matthew 5:39 · Matthew 5:44 · Matthew 6:2 · Matthew 6:5 · Matthew 6:16 · Matthew 6:25 · Matthew 6:29 · Matthew 6:31 · Matthew 7:21 · Matthew 8:2 · Matthew 8:3 · Matthew 8:4 · Matthew 8:6 · Matthew 8:7 · Matthew 8:9 · Matthew 8:10 · Matthew 8:11 · Matthew 8:17 · Matthew 8:20 · Matthew 8:22 · Matthew 8:25 · Matthew 8:26 · Matthew 8:27 · Matthew 8:29 · Matthew 8:31 · Matthew 9:6 · Matthew 9:9 · Matthew 9:11 · Matthew 9:14 · Matthew 9:18 · Matthew 9:21 · Matthew 9:24 · Matthew 9:27 · Matthew 9:28 · Matthew 9:29 … and 1245 more

Source: TBESG G3004G; TFLSJ G3004G

Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

All attributions and changes