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

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Matthew 8:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The men were amazed and asked, “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the sea obey Him!”
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Matthew 8:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“What do You want with us, Son of God?” they shouted. “Have You come here to torture us before the appointed time?”
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Matthew 8:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the demons begged Jesus, “If You drive us out, send us into the herd of pigs.”
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Matthew 9:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But so that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins...” Then He said to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your mat, and go home.”
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Matthew 9:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
As Jesus went on from there, He saw a man named Matthew sitting at the tax booth. “Follow Me,” He told him, and Matthew got up and followed Him.
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Matthew 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the Pharisees saw this, they asked His disciples, “Why does your Teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
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Matthew 9:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why is it that we and the Pharisees fast so often, but Your disciples do not fast?”
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Matthew 9:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”
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Matthew 9:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
She said to herself, “If only I touch His cloak, I will be healed.”
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Matthew 9:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Go away,” He told them. “The girl is not dead, but asleep.” And they laughed at Him.
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Matthew 9:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, crying out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”
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Matthew 9:28 · BSB · 2 occurrences
After Jesus had entered the house, the blind men came to Him. “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” He asked. “Yes, Lord,” they answered.
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Matthew 9:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then He touched their eyes and said, “According to your faith will it be done to you.”
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Matthew 9:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And their eyes were opened. Jesus warned them sternly, “See that no one finds out about this!”
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Matthew 9:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when the demon had been driven out, the man began to speak. The crowds were amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”
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Matthew 9:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the Pharisees said, “It is by the prince of demons that He drives out demons.”
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Matthew 9:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few.
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Matthew 10:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These are the names of the twelve apostles: first Simon, called Peter, and his brother Andrew; James son of Zebedee, and his brother John;
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Matthew 10:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These twelve Jesus sent out with the following instructions: “Do not go onto the road of the Gentiles or enter any town of the Samaritans.
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Matthew 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As you go, preach this message: ‘The kingdom of heaven is near.’
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Matthew 10:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Truly I tell you, it will be more bearable for Sodom and Gomorrah on the day of judgment than for that town.
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Matthew 10:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next. Truly I tell you, you will not reach all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.
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Matthew 10:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
What I tell you in the dark, speak in the daylight; what is whispered in your ear, proclaim from the housetops.
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Matthew 10:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And if anyone gives even a cup of cold water to one of these little ones because he is My disciple, truly I tell you, he will never lose his reward.”
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Matthew 11:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
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Matthew 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet.
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Matthew 11:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
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Matthew 11:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
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Matthew 11:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, ‘He has a demon!’
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Matthew 11:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look at this glutton and drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her actions.”
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Matthew 11:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But I tell you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.
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Matthew 11:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”
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Matthew 12:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But I tell you that One greater than the temple is here.
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Matthew 12:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and a man with a withered hand was there. In order to accuse Jesus, they asked Him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?”
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Matthew 12:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jesus said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” So he stretched it out, and it was restored to full use, just like the other.
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Matthew 12:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:
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Matthew 12:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The crowds were astounded and asked, “Could this be the Son of David?”
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Matthew 12:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
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Matthew 12:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
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Matthew 12:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”
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Matthew 12:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’ On its return, it finds the house vacant, swept clean, and put in order.
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Matthew 12:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Jesus replied, “Who is My mother, and who are My brothers?”
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Matthew 13:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.
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Matthew 13:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In them the prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled: ‘You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.
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Matthew 13:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
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Matthew 13:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field.
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Matthew 13:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
‘An enemy did this,’ he replied. So the servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’
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Matthew 13:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He put before them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field.
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Matthew 13:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”
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Matthew 13:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jesus dismissed the crowds and went into the house. His disciples came to Him and said, “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
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