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
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said unto them	1
saith it	1
say i	1
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say unto	1
sayings	1
shall i	1
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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 21 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.

Romans 7:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
What then shall we say? Is the law sin? Certainly not! Indeed, I would not have been mindful of sin if not for the law. For I would not have been aware of coveting if the law had not said, “Do not covet.”
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Romans 9:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I speak the truth in Christ; I am not lying, as confirmed by my conscience in the Holy Spirit.
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Romans 9:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
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Romans 9:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the Scripture says to Pharaoh: “I raised you up for this very purpose, that I might display My power in you, and that My name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
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Romans 9:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My beloved,”
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Romans 10:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down)
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Romans 10:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming:
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Romans 10:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It is just as the Scripture says: “Anyone who believes in Him will never be put to shame.”
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Romans 10:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But not all of them welcomed the good news. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has believed our message?”
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Romans 10:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But I ask, did they not hear? Indeed they did: “Their voice has gone out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world.”
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Romans 10:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
I ask instead, did Israel not understand? First, Moses says: “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; I will make you angry by a nation without understanding.”
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Romans 10:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Isaiah boldly says: “I was found by those who did not seek Me; I revealed Myself to those who did not ask for Me.”
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Romans 10:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But as for Israel he says: “All day long I have held out My hands to a disobedient and obstinate people.”
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Romans 11:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
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Romans 11:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
God did not reject His people, whom He foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says about Elijah, how he appealed to God against Israel:
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Romans 11:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
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Romans 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them.
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Romans 11:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I ask then, did they stumble so as to fall beyond recovery? Certainly not! However, because of their trespass, salvation has come to the Gentiles to make Israel jealous.
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Romans 11:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch as I am the apostle to the Gentiles, I magnify my ministry
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Romans 12:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but think of yourself with sober judgment, according to the measure of faith God has given you.
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Romans 12:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
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Romans 14:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It is written: “As surely as I live, says the Lord, every knee will bow before Me; every tongue will confess to God.”
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Romans 15:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,
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Romans 15:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Again, it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.”
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Romans 15:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And once more, Isaiah says: “The Root of Jesse will appear, One who will arise to rule over the Gentiles; in Him the Gentiles will put their hope.”
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1 Corinthians 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I appeal to you, brothers, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree together, so that there may be no divisions among you and that you may be united in mind and conviction.
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1 Corinthians 1:12 · BSB · 2 occurrences
What I mean is this: Individuals among you are saying, “I follow Paul,” “I follow Apollos,” “I follow Cephas,” or “I follow Christ.”
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1 Corinthians 3:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For when one of you says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not mere men?
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1 Corinthians 6:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I say this to your shame. Is there really no one among you wise enough to arbitrate between his brothers?
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1 Corinthians 7:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I say this as a concession, not as a command.
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1 Corinthians 7:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now to the unmarried and widows I say this: It is good for them to remain unmarried, as I am.
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1 Corinthians 7:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
To the rest I say this (I, not the Lord): If a brother has an unbelieving wife and she is willing to live with him, he must not divorce her.
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1 Corinthians 7:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I am saying this for your own good, not to restrict you, but in order to promote proper decorum and undivided devotion to the Lord.
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1 Corinthians 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For even if there are so-called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many so-called gods and lords),
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1 Corinthians 9:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?
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1 Corinthians 9:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Isn’t He actually speaking on our behalf? Indeed, this was written for us, because when the plowman plows and the thresher threshes, they should also expect to share in the harvest.
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1 Corinthians 10:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I speak to reasonable people; judge for yourselves what I say.
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1 Corinthians 10:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the other one’s conscience, I mean, not your own. For why should my freedom be determined by someone else’s conscience?
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1 Corinthians 11:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.”
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1 Corinthians 12:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore I inform you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
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1 Corinthians 14:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Otherwise, if you speak a blessing in spirit, how can someone who is uninstructed say “Amen” to your thanksgiving, since he does not know what you are saying?
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1 Corinthians 14:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It is written in the Law: “By strange tongues and foreign lips I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.”
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1 Corinthians 14:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.
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1 Corinthians 15:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
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1 Corinthians 15:51 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—
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2 Corinthians 6:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For He says: “In the time of favor I heard you, and in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the time of favor; now is the day of salvation!
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2 Corinthians 6:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As a fair exchange—I speak as to my children—open wide your hearts also.
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2 Corinthians 6:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Therefore come out from among them and be separate, says the Lord. Touch no unclean thing, and I will receive you.”
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2 Corinthians 6:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
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2 Corinthians 7:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I do not say this to condemn you. I have said before that you so occupy our hearts that we live and die together with you.
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