λέγω legō · G3004H

to say: call

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 47 times

Matthew 1:16 · Matthew 2:23 · Matthew 4:18 · Matthew 9:9 · Matthew 10:2 · Matthew 13:55 · Matthew 26:3 · Matthew 26:14 · Matthew 26:36 · Matthew 27:16 · Matthew 27:17 · Matthew 27:33 · Mark 10:18 · Mark 12:37 · Mark 15:7 · Mark 15:12 · Luke 18:19 · Luke 20:37 · Luke 22:1 · Luke 22:47 · John 4:5 · John 5:18 · John 9:11 · John 11:16 · John 11:54 · John 15:15 · John 19:13 · John 19:17 · John 20:24 · John 21:2 · Acts 3:2 · Acts 6:9 · Acts 10:28 · Acts 24:14 · 1 Corinthians 8:5 · Ephesians 2:11 · Colossians 4:11 · 2 Thessalonians 2:4 · Hebrews 7:11 · Hebrews 9:2 · Hebrews 9:3 · Hebrews 11:24 · Revelation 2:20 · Revelation 8:11 … and 3 more

Source: TBESG G3004H; TFLSJ G3004H

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).

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