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:
1 Corinthians 9:10: "Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt,"
1 Corinthians 10:15: " I speak as to wise men; judge ye what I say."
1 Corinthians 10:29: "Conscience, I say, not thine own, but of the"
1 Corinthians 11:25: "he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the"
1 Corinthians 12:3: "speaking by the Spirit of God calleth Jesus accursed: and"
1 Corinthians 14:16: "he understandeth not what thou sayest?"
1 Corinthians 14:21: "yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord."
1 Corinthians 14:34: "they are commanded to be under obedience, as also saith the law."
1 Corinthians 15:12: "from the dead, how say some among you that"
1 Corinthians 15:34: "some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame."
1 Corinthians 15:51: "Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but"
2 Corinthians 6:2: "(For he saith, I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in"
2 Corinthians 6:13: "for a recompense in the same, I (speak as unto my children,) be ye also"
2 Corinthians 6:17: "them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not"
2 Corinthians 6:18: "my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."
2 Corinthians 7:3: " I speak not this to condemn you: for I have said before, that ye are"
2 Corinthians 8:8: " I speak not by commandment, but by occasion of the forwardness"
2 Corinthians 9:3: "behalf; that, as I said, ye may be ready:"
2 Corinthians 9:4: "unprepared, we (that we say not, ye) should be ashamed in"
2 Corinthians 11:16: " I say again, Let no man think me a fool;"
2 Corinthians 11:21: " I speak as concerning reproach, as though we had been weak. Howbeit"
2 Corinthians 11:21: "whereinsoever any is bold, I (speak foolishly,)"
Galatians 1:9: "As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel"
Galatians 3:15: "Brethren, I speak after the manner of men; Though it be but a man's covenant, yet if it be confirmed,"
Galatians 3:16: "were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as"
Galatians 3:17: "And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in"
Galatians 4:1: "Now I say, That the heir, as long as he is a child,"
Galatians 4:21: " Tell me, ye that desire to be under the law, do ye not hear"
Galatians 4:30: "Nevertheless what saith the Scripture? Cast out the bondwoman"
Galatians 5:2: "Behold, I Paul say unto you, that if ye be circumcised,"
Galatians 5:16: " This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and ye shall not fulfill the lust"
Ephesians 2:11: "in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision"
Ephesians 2:11: "are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands;"
Ephesians 4:8: "Wherefore he saith, When he ascended up on high, he led captivity captive, and"
Ephesians 4:17: "This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye"
Ephesians 5:12: "it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret."
Ephesians 5:14: "Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the"
Ephesians 5:32: "mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the"
Philippians 3:18: "many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now"
Philippians 3:18: "often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies"
Philippians 4:11: "Not that I speak in respect of want: for I have learned,"
Colossians 2:4: "And this I say, lest any man should beguile you with"
Colossians 4:11: "And Jesus, which is called Justus, who are of the circumcision. These"
1 Thessalonians 4:15: "For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that"
1 Thessalonians 5:3: "For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden"
2 Thessalonians 2:4: "exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshiped; so that"
2 Thessalonians 2:5: "yet with you, I told you these things?"
1 Timothy 1:7: "understanding neither what they say, nor whereof they affirm."
1 Timothy 2:7: "am ordained a preacher, and an apostle, (I speak the truth in Christ,"
1 Timothy 4:1: "Now the Spirit speaketh expressly, that in the latter"
