λέγω légō

Meaning

properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036 (ἔπω) and G5346 (φημί) generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 (ῥέω) is properly to break silence merely, and G2980 (λαλέω) means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean

In the King James Version: ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say(-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter

Derivation: a primary verb;

Where it is used

• Luke 10:2 And He told them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest.
• Luke 10:5 Whatever house you enter, begin by saying, ‘Peace to this house.’
• Luke 10:9 Heal the sick who are there and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God is near you.’
• Luke 10:12 I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.
• Luke 10:17 The seventy-two returned with joy and said, “Lord, even the demons submit to us in Your name.”
• Luke 10:24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.”
• Luke 10:25 One day an expert in the law stood up to test Him. “Teacher,” he asked, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
• Luke 11:2 So Jesus told them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.
• Luke 11:8 I tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.
• Luke 11:9 So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.
• Luke 11:18 If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? After all, you say that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.
• Luke 11:24 When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’
• Luke 11:27 As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!”
• Luke 11:29 As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.
• Luke 11:45 One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”
• Luke 11:51 from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.
• Luke 12:1 In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
• Luke 12:4 I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.
• Luke 12:5 But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!
• Luke 12:8 I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.
• Luke 12:16 Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.
• Luke 12:17 So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’
• Luke 12:22 Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.
• Luke 12:27 Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.
• Luke 12:37 Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them.
• Luke 12:41 “Lord,” said Peter, “are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone else as well?”
• Luke 12:44 Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
• Luke 12:51 Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.
• Luke 12:54 Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens.
• Luke 12:55 And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is.
• Luke 12:59 I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”
• Luke 13:3 No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.
• Luke 13:5 No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”
• Luke 13:6 Then Jesus told this parable: “A man had a fig tree that was planted in his vineyard. He went to look for fruit on it but did not find any.
• Luke 13:8 ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it.
• Luke 13:14 But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”
• Luke 13:17 When Jesus said this, all His adversaries were humiliated. And the whole crowd rejoiced at all the glorious things He was doing.
• Luke 13:18 Then Jesus asked, “What is the kingdom of God like? To what can I compare it?
• Luke 13:24 “Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
• Luke 13:25 After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
• Luke 13:26 Then you will say, ‘We ate and drank with you, and you taught in our streets.’
• Luke 13:27 And he will answer, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.’
• Luke 13:31 At that very hour, some Pharisees came to Jesus and told Him, “Leave this place and get away, because Herod wants to kill You.”
• Luke 13:35 Look, your house is left to you desolate. And I tell you that you will not see Me again until you say, ‘Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord.’”
• Luke 14:3 So Jesus asked the experts in the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”
• Luke 14:7 When Jesus noticed how the guests chose the places of honor, He told them a parable:
• Luke 14:12 Then Jesus said to the man who had invited Him, “When you host a dinner or a banquet, do not invite your friends or brothers or relatives or rich neighbors. Otherwise, they may invite you in return, and you will be repaid.
• Luke 14:24 For I tell you, not one of those men who were invited will taste my banquet.’”
• Luke 14:30 saying, ‘This man could not finish what he started to build.’
• Luke 15:2 So the Pharisees and scribes began to grumble: “This man welcomes sinners and eats with them.”
• Luke 15:3 Then Jesus told them this parable:
• Luke 15:6 comes home, and calls together his friends and neighbors to tell them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost sheep!’
• Luke 15:7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous ones who do not need to repent.
• Luke 15:9 And when she finds it, she calls together her friends and neighbors to say, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my lost coin.’
• Luke 15:10 In the same way, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of God’s angels over one sinner who repents.”
• Luke 16:1 Jesus also said to His disciples, “There was a rich man whose manager was accused of wasting his possessions.
• Luke 16:5 And he called in each one of his master’s debtors. ‘How much do you owe my master?’ he asked the first.
• Luke 16:7 Then he asked another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred measures of wheat,’ he replied. ‘Take your bill and write eighty,’ he told him.
• Luke 16:9 I tell you, use worldly wealth to make friends for yourselves so that when it is gone, they will welcome you into eternal dwellings.
• Luke 16:29 But Abraham replied, ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let your brothers listen to them.’