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 7 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.

Mark 3:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and a crowd was sitting around Him. “Look,” He was told, “Your mother and brothers are outside, asking for You.”
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Mark 3:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Jesus replied, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”
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Mark 3:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Looking at those seated in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!
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Mark 4:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,
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Mark 4:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jesus said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
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Mark 4:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He replied, “The mystery of the kingdom of God has been given to you, but to those on the outside everything is expressed in parables,
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Mark 4:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?
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Mark 4:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus also said to them, “Does anyone bring in a lamp to put it under a basket or under a bed? Doesn’t he set it on a stand?
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Mark 4:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He went on to say, “Pay attention to what you hear. With the measure you use, it will be measured to you, and even more will be added to you.
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Mark 4:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.
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Mark 4:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?
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Mark 4:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When that evening came, He said to His disciples, “Let us cross to the other side.”
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Mark 4:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on the cushion. So they woke Him and said, “Teacher, don’t You care that we are perishing?”
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Mark 4:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Overwhelmed with fear, they asked one another, “Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”
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Mark 5:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!”
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Mark 5:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For Jesus had already declared, “Come out of this man, you unclean spirit!”
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Mark 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“What is your name?” Jesus asked. “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.”
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Mark 5:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the demons begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”
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Mark 5:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Jesus would not allow him. “Go home to your own people,” He said, “and tell them how much the Lord has done for you, and what mercy He has shown you.”
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Mark 5:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and pleaded with Him urgently, “My little daughter is near death. Please come and place Your hands on her, so that she will be healed and live.”
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Mark 5:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For she kept saying, “If only I touch His garments, I will be healed.”
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Mark 5:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At once Jesus was aware that power had gone out from Him. Turning to the crowd, He asked, “Who touched My garments?”
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Mark 5:31 · BSB · 2 occurrences
His disciples answered, “You can see the crowd pressing in on You, and yet You ask, ‘Who touched Me?’”
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Mark 5:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While He was still speaking, messengers from the house of Jairus arrived and said, “Your daughter is dead; why bother the Teacher anymore?”
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Mark 5:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Jesus overheard their conversation and said to Jairus, “Do not be afraid; just believe.”
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Mark 5:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He went inside and asked, “Why all this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but asleep.”
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Mark 5:41 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Taking her by the hand, Jesus said, “Talitha koum!” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”
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Mark 6:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the Sabbath came, He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were astonished. “Where did this man get these ideas?” they asked. “What is this wisdom He has been given? And how can He perform such miracles?
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Mark 6:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”
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Mark 6:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And He told them, “When you enter a house, stay there until you leave that area.
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Mark 6:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known, and people were saying, “John the Baptist has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”
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Mark 6:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Others were saying, “He is Elijah,” and still others, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”
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Mark 6:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead!”
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Mark 6:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife!”
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Mark 6:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At once the girl hurried back to the king with her request: “I want you to give me the head of John the Baptist on a platter immediately.”
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Mark 6:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And He said to them, “Come with Me privately to a solitary place, and let us rest for a while.” For many people were coming and going, and they did not even have time to eat.
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Mark 6:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
By now the hour was already late. So the disciples came to Jesus and said, “This is a desolate place, and the hour is already late.
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Mark 6:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Jesus told them, “You give them something to eat.” They asked Him, “Should we go out and spend two hundred denarii to give all of them bread to eat?”
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Mark 6:38 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“Go and see how many loaves you have,” He told them. And after checking, they said, “Five—and two fish.”
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Mark 6:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence
for they all saw Him and were terrified. But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”
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Mark 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition.
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Mark 7:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But you say that if a man says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is Corban’ (that is, a gift devoted to God),
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Mark 7:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Once again Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “All of you, listen to Me and understand:
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Mark 7:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,
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Mark 7:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him.
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Mark 7:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“First let the children have their fill,” He said. “For it is not right to take the children’s bread and toss it to the dogs.”
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Mark 7:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Yes, Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
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Mark 7:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”).
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Mark 7:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more He ordered them, the more widely they proclaimed it.
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Mark 7:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The people were utterly astonished and said, “He has done all things well! He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”
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