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:
Mark 6:2: "many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? and"
Mark 6:4: "But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor,"
Mark 6:10: "And he said unto them, In what place soever ye enter into a house,"
Mark 6:11: "for a testimony against them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable"
Mark 6:14: "name was spread abroad:) and he said, That John the"
Mark 6:15: "Others said, That it is Elijah. And others said,"
Mark 6:15: "Elijah. And others said, That it is a prophet, or"
Mark 6:18: "For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have"
Mark 6:25: "the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me"
Mark 6:35: "when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is"
Mark 6:37: "them to eat. And they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred"
Mark 6:38: "He saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? go"
Mark 6:38: "see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes."
Mark 6:50: "with them, and saith unto them, Be of good cheer: it is I;"
Mark 7:9: "And he said unto them, Full well ye reject the commandment of God,"
Mark 7:11: "But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or"
Mark 7:14: "all the people unto him, he said unto them, Hearken unto me every one"
Mark 7:18: "And he saith unto them, Are ye so without understanding also?"
Mark 7:20: "And he said, That which cometh out of the man, that"
Mark 7:28: "she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet"
Mark 7:34: "heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened."
Mark 7:37: "And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well: he maketh"
Mark 8:1: "called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them,"
Mark 8:12: "in his spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek after"
Mark 8:12: "seek after a sign? verily I say unto you, There shall no sign be given"
Mark 8:15: "And he charged them, saying, Take heed, beware of the"
Mark 8:16: "And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no"
Mark 8:17: "And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because"
Mark 8:19: "full of fragments took ye up? They say unto him, Twelve."
Mark 8:21: "And he said unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?"
Mark 8:24: "And he looked up, and said, I see men as trees, walking."
Mark 8:26: "he sent him away to his house, saying, Neither go into"
Mark 8:27: "he asked his disciples, saying unto them, Whom do men say"
Mark 8:27: "unto them, Whom do men say that I am?"
Mark 8:29: "And he saith unto them, But whom say ye"
Mark 8:29: "unto them, But whom say ye that I am? And"
Mark 8:29: "Peter answereth and saith unto him, Thou art the"
Mark 8:30: "he charged them that they should tell no man of him."
Mark 8:33: "disciples, he rebuked Peter, saying, Get thee behind me, Satan:"
Mark 9:1: "And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be"
Mark 9:1: "he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some"
Mark 9:5: "And Peter answered and said to Jesus, Master, it is good"
Mark 9:7: "out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved"
Mark 9:11: "And they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that"
Mark 9:11: "they asked him, saying, Why say the scribes that Elijah"
Mark 9:13: "But I say unto you, That Elijah is indeed come, and"
Mark 9:19: "He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long"
Mark 9:24: "of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe;"
Mark 9:25: "the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf"
Mark 9:26: "one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead."
