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:
John 6:47: "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath"
John 6:52: "strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give"
John 6:53: "unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the"
John 6:65: "And he said, Therefore said I unto you, that no man"
John 6:71: " He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon: for he it was that should"
John 7:6: "Then Jesus said unto them, My time is not yet come:"
John 7:11: "the feast, and said, Where is he?"
John 7:12: "him: for some said, He is a good man:"
John 7:12: "He is a good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth"
John 7:15: "the Jews marveled, saying, How knoweth this man letters,"
John 7:25: "Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this"
John 7:26: "he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the"
John 7:28: "temple as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know"
John 7:31: "on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he"
John 7:37: "stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come"
John 7:40: "therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a truth this is the"
John 7:41: "Others said, This is the Christ. But some"
John 7:41: "Christ. But some said, Shall Christ come"
John 7:50: "Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night,"
John 8:4: " They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act."
John 8:5: "should be stoned: but what sayest thou?"
John 8:6: "This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse"
John 8:12: "Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light"
John 8:19: "Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus"
John 8:22: "Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because"
John 8:22: "he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye"
John 8:25: "Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus"
John 8:26: "is true; and I speak to the world those things"
John 8:27: "They understood not that he spake to them of the Father."
John 8:31: "Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, If"
John 8:33: "were never in bondage to any man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free?"
John 8:34: "them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin"
John 8:39: "our father. Jesus saith unto them, If ye were Abraham's"
John 8:45: "And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me"
John 8:46: "sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not"
John 8:48: "and said unto him, Say we not well that"
John 8:51: "Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my"
John 8:52: "prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my"
John 8:54: "me; of whom ye say, that he is your God:"
John 8:58: "unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was,"
John 9:2: "disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man,"
John 9:8: "that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat"
John 9:9: "Some said, This is he: others said, He is like"
John 9:9: "like him: but he said, I am"
John 9:10: "Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?"
John 9:11: "and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and"
John 9:12: "Where is he? He said, I know not."
John 9:16: "Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man"
John 9:16: "the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner"
John 9:17: " They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of"
