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:
Luke 18:14: " I tell you, this man went down to his house justified"
Luke 18:17: "Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the"
Luke 18:18: "ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I do"
Luke 18:19: "said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none is good,"
Luke 18:29: "said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that"
Luke 18:34: "them, neither knew they the things which were spoken."
Luke 18:38: "And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou son of David, have mercy on me."
Luke 18:41: " Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said,"
Luke 19:7: "when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with"
Luke 19:14: "a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign"
Luke 19:16: "came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained"
Luke 19:18: "the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained"
Luke 19:20: "And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound,"
Luke 19:22: "And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee,"
Luke 19:26: "For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given; and"
Luke 19:38: " Saying, Blessed be the King that cometh in the name of the Lord:"
Luke 19:40: "he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these"
Luke 19:42: " Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in"
Luke 19:46: " Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer:"
Luke 20:2: "spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what"
Luke 20:5: "reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven;"
Luke 20:8: "said unto them, Neither tell I you by what"
Luke 20:9: "Then began he to speak to the people this parable;"
Luke 20:14: "they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir:"
Luke 20:21: "And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest"
Luke 20:21: "Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither"
Luke 20:28: " Saying, Master, Moses wrote unto us, If any man's brother"
Luke 20:37: "the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham,"
Luke 20:41: "unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son?"
Luke 20:42: "And David himself saith in the book of Psalms, The"
Luke 21:3: "And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor"
Luke 21:5: "And as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned"
Luke 21:7: "And they asked him, saying, Master, but when shall these things"
Luke 21:8: "in my name, saying, I am Christ; and the"
Luke 21:10: "Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and"
Luke 21:32: "Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away,"
Luke 22:1: "feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover."
Luke 22:11: "house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the"
Luke 22:16: "For I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof,"
Luke 22:18: "For I say unto you, I will not drink of the"
Luke 22:19: "it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body"
Luke 22:20: "the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new"
Luke 22:34: "And he said, I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not"
Luke 22:37: "For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet"
Luke 22:42: " Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from"
Luke 22:47: "behold a multitude, and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve,"
Luke 22:57: "he denied him, saying, Woman, I know him not."
Luke 22:59: "the space of one hour after another confidently affirmed, saying, Of a truth"
Luke 22:60: "I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, while he yet"
Luke 22:64: "and asked him, saying, Prophesy, who is it that smote"
