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 John 5:16: "unto death: I do not say that he shall pray for it."
2 John 1:10: "not into your house, neither bid him Godspeed:"
2 John 1:11: "For he that biddeth him Godspeed is partaker of his evil deeds."
Jude 1:14: "Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with"
Jude 1:18: "How that they told you there should be mockers in the last"
Revelation 1:11: " Saying, I am Alpha and Omega,"
Revelation 1:17: "hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I"
Revelation 2:1: "of Ephesus write; These things saith he that holdeth the seven stars"
Revelation 2:7: "what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh"
Revelation 2:8: "in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the"
Revelation 2:9: "and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and"
Revelation 2:11: "what the Spirit saith unto the churches; He that overcometh shall not"
Revelation 2:12: "Pergamos write; These things saith he which hath the sharp sword"
Revelation 2:17: "what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh"
Revelation 2:18: "Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath"
Revelation 2:20: "thou sufferest that woman Jezebel, which calleth herself a prophetess, to teach and"
Revelation 2:24: "But unto you I say, and unto the rest in Thyatira, as many as"
Revelation 2:24: "depths of Satan, as they speak; I will put upon you none"
Revelation 2:29: "what the Spirit saith unto the churches."
Revelation 3:1: "Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits"
Revelation 3:6: "what the Spirit saith unto the churches."
Revelation 3:7: "Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the"
Revelation 3:9: "the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and"
Revelation 3:13: "what the Spirit saith unto the churches."
Revelation 3:14: "of the Laodiceans write; These things saith the Amen, the faithful"
Revelation 3:17: "Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have"
Revelation 3:22: "what the Spirit saith unto the churches."
Revelation 4:1: "talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will show"
Revelation 4:8: "and they rest not day and night, saying,"
Revelation 4:10: "and cast their crowns before the throne, saying,"
Revelation 5:5: "of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold,"
Revelation 5:9: "they sung a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the"
Revelation 5:12: " Saying with a loud voice, Worthy is the Lamb that was slain"
Revelation 5:13: "are in them, heard I saying, Blessing, and honor, and"
Revelation 5:14: "the four beasts said, Amen. And the four and twenty"
Revelation 6:1: "the four beasts saying, Come and see."
Revelation 6:3: "the second beast say, Come and see."
Revelation 6:5: "the third beast say, Come and see. And"
Revelation 6:6: "of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and"
Revelation 6:7: "of the fourth beast say, Come and see."
Revelation 6:10: "they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy"
Revelation 6:16: "And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on"
Revelation 7:3: " Saying, Hurt not the earth, neither the sea,"
Revelation 7:10: "cried with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sitteth"
Revelation 7:12: " Saying, Amen: Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and"
Revelation 7:13: "the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these"
Revelation 8:11: "name of the star is called Wormwood: and the third part"
Revelation 8:13: "flying through the midst of heaven, saying with a loud voice, Woe, woe,"
Revelation 9:14: " Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet,"
Revelation 10:4: "a voice from heaven saying unto me, Seal up those things which the"
