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 22 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.

2 Corinthians 8:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I am not giving a command, but I am testing the sincerity of your love through the earnestness of others.
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2 Corinthians 9:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But I am sending the brothers in order that our boasting about you in this matter should not prove empty, but that you will be prepared, just as I said.
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2 Corinthians 11:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I repeat: Let no one take me for a fool. But if you do, then receive me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.
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2 Corinthians 11:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences
To my shame I concede that we were too weak for that! Speaking as a fool, however, I can match what anyone else dares to boast about.
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Galatians 1:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As we have said before, so now I say again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel contrary to the one you received, let him be under a curse!
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Galatians 3:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Brothers, let me put this in human terms. Even a human covenant, once it is ratified, cannot be canceled or amended.
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Galatians 3:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.
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Galatians 3:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.
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Galatians 4:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
What I am saying is that as long as the heir is a child, he is no different from a slave, although he is the owner of everything.
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Galatians 4:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Tell me, you who want to be under the law, do you not understand what the law says?
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Galatians 4:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But what does the Scripture say? “Expel the slave woman and her son, for the slave woman’s son will never share in the inheritance with the free woman’s son.”
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Galatians 5:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Take notice: I, Paul, tell you that if you let yourselves be circumcised, Christ will be of no value to you at all.
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Galatians 5:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So I say, walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
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Ephesians 2:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Therefore remember that formerly you who are Gentiles in the flesh and called uncircumcised by the so-called circumcision (that done in the body by human hands)—
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Ephesians 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is why it says: “When He ascended on high, He led captives away, and gave gifts to men.”
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Ephesians 4:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
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Ephesians 5:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For it is shameful even to mention what the disobedient do in secret.
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Ephesians 5:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But everything exposed by the light becomes visible, for everything that is illuminated becomes a light itself.
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Source alternate reference: 5.13
Ephesians 5:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.
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Philippians 3:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For as I have often told you before, and now say again even with tears: Many live as enemies of the cross of Christ.
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Philippians 4:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I am not saying this out of need, for I have learned to be content regardless of my circumstances.
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Colossians 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I say this so that no one will deceive you by smooth rhetoric.
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Colossians 4:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus, who is called Justus, also sends greetings. These are the only Jews among my fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.
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1 Thessalonians 4:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
By the word of the Lord, we declare to you that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who have fallen asleep.
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1 Thessalonians 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape.
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2 Thessalonians 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He will oppose and exalt himself above every so-called god or object of worship. So he will seat himself in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God.
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2 Thessalonians 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do you not remember that I told you these things while I was still with you?
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1 Timothy 1:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They want to be teachers of the law, but they do not understand what they are saying or that which they so confidently assert.
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1 Timothy 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.
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1 Timothy 4:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,
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1 Timothy 5:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the Scripture says, “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain,” and, “The worker is worthy of his wages.”
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2 Timothy 2:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Consider what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all things.
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2 Timothy 2:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
who have deviated from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already occurred, and they undermine the faith of some.
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Titus 2:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and wholesome speech that is above reproach, so that anyone who opposes us will be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.
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Philemon 1:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I, Paul, write this with my own hand. I will repay it—not to mention that you owe me your very self.
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Philemon 1:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Confident of your obedience, I write to you, knowing that you will do even more than I ask.
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Hebrews 1:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: “Let all God’s angels worship Him.”
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Hebrews 1:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now about the angels He says: “He makes His angels winds, His servants flames of fire.”
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Hebrews 2:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But somewhere it is testified in these words: “What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?
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Hebrews 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He says: “I will proclaim Your name to My brothers; I will sing Your praises in the assembly.”
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Hebrews 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,
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Hebrews 3:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As it has been said: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion.”
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Hebrews 4:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
God again designated a certain day as “Today,” when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.”
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Hebrews 5:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And in another passage God says: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”
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Hebrews 5:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.
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Hebrews 6:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
saying, “I will surely bless you and multiply your descendants.”
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Hebrews 7:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?
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Hebrews 7:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar.
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Hebrews 7:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”
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Hebrews 8:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
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