Strong's #3004: lego (pronounced leg'-o)
a primary verb; properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas 2036 and 5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while 4483 is properly to break silence merely, and 2980 means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean:--ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say(-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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legō
1) to say, to speak
1a) affirm over, maintain
1b) to teach
1c) to exhort, advise, to command, direct
1d) to point out with words, intend, mean, mean to say
1e) to call by name, to call, name
1f) to speak out, speak of, mention
Part of Speech: verb
Relation: a root word
Citing in TDNT: 4:69, 505
Usage:
This word is used 1347 times:
Mark 13:37: "And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch."
Mark 13:37: "what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch."
Mark 14:2: "But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be"
Mark 14:4: "within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the"
Mark 14:9: "Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached"
Mark 14:12: "passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go"
Mark 14:13: "of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the"
Mark 14:14: "ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the"
Mark 14:18: "Jesus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you"
Mark 14:19: "began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by one, Is it I?"
Mark 14:25: "Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the"
Mark 14:27: "And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me"
Mark 14:30: "And Jesus saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That"
Mark 14:30: "saith unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this day, even in"
Mark 14:31: "But he spake the more vehemently, If I"
Mark 14:31: "I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also said they all."
Mark 14:32: "was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit ye here,"
Mark 14:34: "And saith unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful unto"
Mark 14:36: "And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away"
Mark 14:37: "them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? couldest"
Mark 14:41: "the third time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and"
Mark 14:44: "had given them a token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same"
Mark 14:45: "he goeth straightway to him, and saith, Master, master; and kissed"
Mark 14:57: "and bare false witness against him, saying,"
Mark 14:58: "We heard him say, I will destroy this temple"
Mark 14:60: "midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what"
Mark 14:61: "asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the"
Mark 14:63: "rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further"
Mark 14:65: "to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the"
Mark 14:67: "warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with"
Mark 14:68: "But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand"
Mark 14:68: "understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into"
Mark 14:69: "him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of"
Mark 14:70: "a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art"
Mark 14:71: "this man of whom ye speak."
Mark 15:2: "said unto him, Thou sayest"
Mark 15:4: "asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? behold"
Mark 15:7: "And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who"
Mark 15:9: "Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that I release unto you the"
Mark 15:12: "ye then that I shall do unto him whom ye call the King of the Jews?"
Mark 15:14: "Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil hath he done?"
Mark 15:28: "the Scripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the transgressors."
Mark 15:29: "their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple,"
Mark 15:31: "the chief priests mocking said among themselves with the"
Mark 15:34: "cried with a loud voice, saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?"
Mark 15:35: "some of them that stood by, when they heard it, said, Behold, he calleth Elijah."
Mark 15:36: "put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see"
Mark 16:3: "And they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the"
Mark 16:6: "And he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus"
Luke 1:24: "herself five months, saying,"
