legō G3004

λέγω (legō) means “to say” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

λέγω Greek · G3004 1,319 tagged occurrences in 1,223 verses

Pronunciation guide: leg'-o Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G3004G

λέγω · legō · to say

λέγω, [in LXX very freq., chiefly for אמר; λέγει for נְאֻם, Gen.22:16, al. ;] 1. in Hom., to pick out, gather, reckon, recount. 2. In Hdt. and Att., to say, speak, affirm, declare: absol., Act.13:15, 24:10; before orat. dir., Mat.9:34, Mrk.3:11, Jhn.1:29, al.; before ὅτι recit., Mrk.3:21, Luk.1:24, Jhn.6:14, al.; accusative and inf., Luk.11:18, Jhn.12:29, al.; after another verb of speaking, προσφωνεῖν κ. λέγειν, Mat.11:17, al.; ἀπεκρίθη (ἐλάλησεν) λέγων (καὶ λέγει; Dalman, Words, 24 ff.), Mat.25:9, Mrk.3:33, 7:28, Luk.24:6, 7, al.; of unspoken thought, λ. ἐν ἑαυτῷ, Mat.3:9, Luk.3:8, al.; of writing, 2Co.8:8, Php.4:11, al.; λέγει ἡ γραφή, Rom.4:3, Jas.2:23, al.; with accusative of thing(s), Luk.8:8, 9:33, Jhn.5:34, al.; σὺ λέγεις (a non-committal phrase; Swete, Mk., 359, 369f.), Mat.27:11, Mrk.15:2, Luk.23:3, Jhn.18:37; with dative of person(s), before orat. dir., Mat.8:20, Mrk.2:17, al. mult.; id. before ὅτι, Mat.3:9, al.; with prep., πρός, μετά, περί, etc., Mrk.4:41, Jhn.11:56, Heb.9:5, al.; to mean (cl.), Mrk.14:71, Jhn.6:71, 1Co.10:29, al.; to call, name, Mrk.10:18; pass., Mat.9:9, Mrk.15:7, al (cf. ἀντι-, δια- (-μαι), προ-, συλ-λέγω). SYN.: λαλέω, which refers to the utterance, as λέγω to the meaning of what is said, its correspondence with thought (Tr., Syn., Ixxvi; Thayer, see word λαλέω). (AS)

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TBESG · G3004H

λέγω · legō · to say: call

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

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How translators render G3004

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
i tell	139
said	64
he said	59
saying	59
and said	44
says	44
say	43
asked	21
told	18
called	17
he asked	17
tell	17
they said	17
i say	15
replied	15
and asked	12
he says	12
to say	12
he told	11
jesus said	10
they answered	10
they asked	10
the words	8
answered	7
you say	7
do you say	5
he answered	5
i ask	5
it says	5
jesus replied	5
to speak	5
vvv	5
and declared	4
claiming	4
declares	4
i speak	4
is called	4
jesus asked	4
jesus told	4
say that	4
she said	4
so-called	4
to tell	4
claim	3
claims	3
have said so	3
he declared	3
i am saying	3
i am speaking	3
named	3
said to	3
and saying	2
are saying	2
ask	2
asking	2
asks	2
by saying	2
called out	2
calls	2
do you call	2
he was saying	2
i am not saying	2
i am telling	2
i say this	2
jesus answered	2
not to tell anyone	2
pilate said	2
she answered	2
should say	2
shouting	2
telling	2
the angel told	2
they call	2
they say	2
this message	2
to ask	2
was called	2
was saying	2
what i mean	2
you are talking about	2
you speak	2
accuse me	1
advice	1
am speaking	1
and called	1
and concluded	1
and cry out	1
and he said	1
and instructed them	1
and said to	1
and shouted	1
and told	1
and told us	1
and was told	1
are said	1
are talking about	1
are you addressing	1
articulating	1
as	1
as jesus said	1
but we cannot discuss	1
by asking	1
by telling	1
calling	1
calling out	1
can he say	1
can it be said that	1
crying out	1
do i call	1
does it say	1
explained	1
for he says	1
forbid	1
god says	1
greet	1
greets	1
he actually speaking	1
he begged	1
he calls	1
he claimed	1
he is telling	1
he meant	1
he replied	1
he replied i tell	1
he saying	1
he spoke	1
he telling	1
he tells	1
he told jairus	1
he was talking	1
he was told	1
his master replied	1
i advise	1
i am not giving	1
i am not saying this	1
i am not speaking	1
i am saying is that	1
i concede	1
i do not say this	1
i mean	1
i repeat	1
i should not call	1
i tell you	1
i tell you that	1
in these words	1
instructed	1
is	1
it has been said	1
it is said	1
jesus	1
jesus spoke up	1
jesus was speaking	1
jesus was talking	1
let me put this	1
means	1
mention	1
message	1
name	1
name was	1
not to tell	1
one	1
people are saying	1
please speak	1
proclaiming	1
relayed this appeal	1
reply	1
said that	1
say again	1
say this	1
saying that	1
shall i say	1
she declared	1
she says	1
so	1
so he told	1
speak	1
speaking	1
speaking of	1
speaks	1
spoke	1
states	1
talking	1
telling me	1
the angel said	1
the brothers answered	1
the man asked	1
the man replied	1
the scripture does not say	1
they all answered	1
they are not saying	1
they are saying	1
they preach	1
they promptly told	1
they replied	1
they say that	1
they told	1
they were saying	1
they will ask	1
they will exclaim	1
they will say	1
they would say	1
to be called	1
to mention	1
to present	1
told her	1
was speaking	1
was telling	1
we advise	1
we are saying is this	1
we declare	1
we have been saying	1
were remarking	1
were saying	1
when he said	1
when you say	1
where they asked him	1
who asked	1
who is called	1
who said	1
who say	1
with the following	1
with the message	1
with the news	1
with the order	1
word	1
words	1
you agree together	1
you are saying	1
you ask	1
you call	1
you claim	1
you say that	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
said	462
saying	383
he said	195
saith	184
i say	149
and said	144
say	79
he saith	71
they said	55
to say	31
tell	23
he spake	21
they say	20
i said	16
i speak	15
i tell	14
spake	14
called	13
said he	13
said they	13
sayest	12
saith he	11
and saith	9
speak	9
had said	8
spoken	8
we say	8
which said	8
is called	7
shall say	7
which is called	7
ye say	7
speaketh	6
to speak	6
had spoken	5
he had said	5
i have told	5
she said	5
thou sayest	5
told	5
we shall say	5
and spake	4
he had spoken	4
said unto	4
she saith	4
when he had	4
ye shall say	4
callest thou	3
had	3
hast said	3
he that saith	3
i spake	3
say ye	3
sayest thou	3
saying that	3
spake he	3
that	3
that is called	3
they should tell	3
to tell	3
when he had said	3
and commanded	2
and say	2
and tell	2
bid	2
calleth	2
command	2
commanded	2
do	2
hath said	2
he	2
he had	2
i do	2
i should say	2
i told	2
is to say	2
named	2
said i	2
say on	2
shall i say	2
they shall say	2
thou hast	2
thou say	2
thou tell	2
when he had spoken	2
when she had	2
which saith	2
which say	2
which were spoken	2
who is called	2
and bade that	1
and said that	1
and told	1
and when he had said	1
answer	1
are spoken	1
as	1
as he had said	1
as soon as	1
bade	1
be called	1
boasting	1
call	1
describeth	1
giving out that	1
grant	1
hath	1
having said	1
he bade	1
he called	1
he calleth	1
he commanded	1
he may say	1
he put forth	1
he that biddeth	1
he that said	1
henceforth i call	1
him that hath said	1
him that said	1
i asked	1
i have said	1
i may so say	1
i say that	1
i shew	1
i should	1
i would have told	1
is	1
it is said	1
it was said	1
let	1
may	1
me	1
of	1
of them which say	1
one that saith	1
said that	1
said unto them	1
saith it	1
say i	1
say that	1
say they	1
say unto	1
sayings	1
shall i	1
shall speak	1
should say	1
spake they	1
speak ye	1
speakest	1
speakest thou	1
speaking	1
tell it	1
tell me	1
tell ye	1
tell you	1
telleth	1
that are called	1
that he saith	1
that saith	1
that say	1
that they should tell	1
that we command	1
that which said	1
the things which we have spoken	1
them	1
they call	1
they speak	1
they tell	1
they that say	1
they told	1
those things which were spoken	1
thou hast said	1
to	1
to be called	1
was called	1
were spoken	1
when he	1
which	1
which calleth	1
which say that	1
who	1
who was called	1
word	1
ye	1
ye call	1
ye have spoken	1
ye might say	1
ye say that	1
ye speak	1
ye tell	1

Verses containing G3004

Page 13 of 25. 1223 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

Luke 19:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
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Luke 19:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The first servant came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has produced ten more minas.’
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Luke 19:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The second servant came and said, ‘Master, your mina has made five minas.’
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Luke 19:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then another servant came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth.
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Luke 19:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
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Luke 19:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He replied, ‘I tell you that everyone who has will be given more; but the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
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Luke 19:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.
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Luke 19:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
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Luke 19:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”
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Luke 19:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
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Luke 19:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
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Luke 20:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Tell us,” they said, “by what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?”
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Luke 20:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why did you not believe him?’
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Luke 20:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
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Luke 20:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time.
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Luke 20:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
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Luke 20:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“Teacher,” they inquired, “we know that You speak and teach correctly. You show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.
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Luke 20:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.
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Luke 20:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
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Luke 20:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jesus declared, “How can it be said that the Christ is the Son of David?
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Luke 20:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For David himself says in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand
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Luke 21:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Truly I tell you,” He said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others.
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Luke 21:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As some of the disciples were remarking how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and consecrated gifts, Jesus said,
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Luke 21:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Teacher,” they asked, “when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to take place?”
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Luke 21:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus answered, “See to it that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.
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Luke 21:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then He told them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
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Luke 21:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.
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Luke 22:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,
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Luke 22:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and say to the owner of that house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’
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Luke 22:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I tell you that I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”
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Luke 22:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I tell you that I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes.”
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Luke 22:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
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Luke 22:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out for you.
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Luke 22:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Jesus replied, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me.”
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Luke 22:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For what is written about Me is reaching its fulfillment.”
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Luke 22:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.”
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Luke 22:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While He was still speaking, a crowd arrived, led by the man called Judas, one of the Twelve. He approached Jesus to kiss Him.
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Luke 22:57 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Peter denied it. “Woman, I do not know Him,” he said.
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Luke 22:59 · BSB · 1 occurrence
About an hour later, another man insisted, “Certainly this man was with Him, for he too is a Galilean.”
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Luke 22:60 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Man, I do not know what you are talking about,” Peter replied. And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed.
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Luke 22:64 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They blindfolded Him and kept demanding, “Prophesy! Who hit You?”
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Luke 22:65 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And they said many other blasphemous things against Him.
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Luke 22:67 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“If You are the Christ, tell us.” Jesus answered, “If I tell you, you will not believe.
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Luke 22:70 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they all asked, “Are You then the Son of God?” He replied, “You say that I am.”
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Luke 23:2 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And they began to accuse Him, saying, “We found this man subverting our nation, forbidding payment of taxes to Caesar, and proclaiming Himself to be Christ, a King.”
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Luke 23:3 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So Pilate asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.
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Luke 23:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But they kept insisting, “He stirs up the people all over Judea with His teaching. He began in Galilee and has come all the way here.”
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Luke 23:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But they all cried out in unison: “Away with this man! Release Barabbas to us!”
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Luke 23:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but they kept shouting, “Crucify Him! Crucify Him!”
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Luke 23:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At that time ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’
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