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:
Acts 15:5: "of the Pharisees which believed, saying, That it was needful to circumcise them,"
Acts 15:13: "had held their peace, James answered, saying, Men and brethren, hearken unto me:"
Acts 15:17: "whom my name is called, saith"
Acts 15:17: "whom my name is called, saith"
Acts 15:24: "subverting your souls, saying, Ye must be circumcised, and keep the"
Acts 16:9: "of Macedonia, and prayed him, saying, Come over into Macedonia,"
Acts 16:15: "her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be"
Acts 16:17: "and us, and cried, saying, These men are the servants"
Acts 16:28: "cried with a loud voice, saying, Do thyself no harm:"
Acts 16:35: "sent the sergeants, saying, Let those men go."
Acts 17:7: "to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, one Jesus."
Acts 17:18: "him. And some said, What will this"
Acts 17:18: "will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth"
Acts 17:19: "and brought him unto Areopagus, saying, May we know what this"
Acts 17:21: "nothing else, but either to tell, or to hear some new thing.)"
Acts 18:13: " Saying, This fellow persuadeth men to worship God contrary to the"
Acts 19:4: "baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe"
Acts 19:13: "of the Lord Jesus, saying, We adjure you by Jesus whom"
Acts 19:26: "and turned away much people, saying that they be no gods,"
Acts 19:28: "of wrath, and cried out, saying, Great is Diana of the Ephesians."
Acts 20:23: "Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and"
Acts 21:4: "seven days: who said to Paul through the Spirit,"
Acts 21:11: "feet, and said, Thus saith the Holy Ghost, So"
Acts 21:21: "Gentiles to forsake Moses, saying that they ought not to circumcise their children,"
Acts 21:23: "therefore this that we say to thee: We have four"
Acts 21:37: "into the castle, he said unto the chief captain, May"
Acts 21:40: "them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,"
Acts 22:7: "and heard a voice saying unto me, Saul, Saul, why"
Acts 22:18: "And saw him saying unto me, Make haste, and get"
Acts 22:22: "and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from"
Acts 22:26: "and told the chief captain, saying, Take heed what thou doest:"
Acts 22:27: "came, and said unto him, Tell me, art thou"
Acts 23:8: "For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither"
Acts 23:9: "part arose, and strove, saying, We find no evil in"
Acts 23:12: "Jews banded together, and bound themselves under a curse, saying that they would neither eat"
Acts 23:30: "to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee"
Acts 24:2: "Tertullus began to accuse him, saying, Seeing that by thee we enjoy great"
Acts 24:10: "governor had beckoned unto him to speak, answered, Forasmuch as I know that thou hast been"
Acts 24:14: "the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God"
Acts 25:14: "cause unto the king, saying, There is a certain man left in bonds"
Acts 25:20: "doubted of such manner of questions, I asked him whether he would"
Acts 26:1: "Paul, Thou art permitted to speak for thyself. Then Paul"
Acts 26:14: "unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul,"
Acts 26:22: "to small and great, saying none other things than those which"
Acts 26:31: "when they were gone aside, they talked between themselves, saying, This man doeth"
Acts 27:10: " And said unto them, Sirs, I perceive that this voyage will be"
Acts 27:11: "owner of the ship, more than those things which were spoken by Paul."
Acts 27:24: " Saying, Fear not, Paul; thou must be brought before Caesar:"
Acts 27:33: "besought them all to take meat, saying, This day is the fourteenth day"
Acts 28:4: "on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this"
