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 17:4 Even if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to say, ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.”
• Luke 17:6 And the Lord answered, “If you have faith the size of a mustard seed, you can say to this mulberry tree, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it will obey you.
• Luke 17:10 So you also, when you have done everything commanded of you, should say, ‘We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty.’”
• Luke 17:13 and raised their voices, shouting, “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”
• Luke 17:34 I tell you, on that night two people will be in one bed: one will be taken and the other left.
• Luke 17:37 “Where, Lord?” they asked. Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.”
• Luke 18:1 Then Jesus told them a parable about their need to pray at all times and not lose heart:
• Luke 18:2 “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor respected men.
• Luke 18:3 And there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’
• Luke 18:6 And the Lord said, “Listen to the words of the unjust judge.
• Luke 18:8 I tell you, He will promptly carry out justice on their behalf. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on earth?”
• Luke 18:13 But the tax collector stood at a distance, unwilling even to lift up his eyes to heaven. Instead, he beat his breast and said, ‘God, have mercy on me, a sinner!’
• Luke 18:14 I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
• Luke 18:16 But Jesus called the children to Him and said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
• Luke 18:17 Truly I tell you, anyone who does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.”
• Luke 18:18 Then a certain ruler asked Him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”
• Luke 18:19 “Why do you call Me good?” Jesus replied. “No one is good except God alone.
• Luke 18:29 “Truly I tell you,” Jesus replied, “no one who has left home or wife or brothers or parents or children for the sake of the kingdom of God
• Luke 18:34 But the disciples did not understand any of these things. The meaning was hidden from them, and they did not comprehend what He was saying.
• Luke 18:38 So he called out, “Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me!”
• Luke 18:41 “What do you want Me to do for you?” “Lord,” he said, “let me see again.”
• Luke 19:7 And all who saw this began to grumble, saying, “He has gone to be the guest of a sinful man!”
• Luke 19:14 But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him to say, ‘We do not want this man to rule over us.’
• Luke 19:16 The first servant came forward and said, ‘Master, your mina has produced ten more minas.’
• Luke 19:18 The second servant came and said, ‘Master, your mina has made five minas.’
• Luke 19:20 Then another servant came and said, ‘Master, here is your mina, which I have laid away in a piece of cloth.
• Luke 19:22 His master replied, ‘You wicked servant, I will judge you by your own words. So you knew that I am a harsh man, withdrawing what I did not deposit and reaping what I did not sow?
• Luke 19:26 He replied, ‘I tell you that everyone who has will be given more; but the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away from him.
• Luke 19:30 saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.
• Luke 19:38 “Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord!” “Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
• Luke 19:40 “I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”
• Luke 19:42 and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
• Luke 19:46 He declared to them, “It is written: ‘My house will be a house of prayer.’ But you have made it ‘a den of robbers.’”
• Luke 20:2 “Tell us,” they said, “by what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?”
• Luke 20:5 They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why did you not believe him?’
• Luke 20:8 And Jesus replied, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I am doing these things.”
• Luke 20:9 Then He proceeded to tell the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard, rented it out to some tenants, and went away for a long time.
• Luke 20:14 But when the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.’
• Luke 20:21 “Teacher,” they inquired, “we know that You speak and teach correctly. You show no partiality but teach the way of God in accordance with the truth.
• Luke 20:28 “Teacher,” they said, “Moses wrote for us that if a man’s brother dies and leaves a wife but no children, the man is to marry his brother’s widow and raise up offspring for him.
• Luke 20:37 Even Moses demonstrates that the dead are raised, in the passage about the burning bush. For he calls the Lord ‘the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.’
• Luke 20:41 Then Jesus declared, “How can it be said that the Christ is the Son of David?
• Luke 20:42 For David himself says in the book of Psalms: ‘The Lord said to my Lord, “Sit at My right hand
• Luke 21:3 “Truly I tell you,” He said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others.
• Luke 21:5 As some of the disciples were remarking how the temple was adorned with beautiful stones and consecrated gifts, Jesus said,
• Luke 21:7 “Teacher,” they asked, “when will these things happen? And what will be the sign that they are about to take place?”
• Luke 21:8 Jesus answered, “See to it that you are not deceived. For many will come in My name, claiming, ‘I am He,’ and, ‘The time is near.’ Do not follow them.
• Luke 21:10 Then He told them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
• Luke 21:32 Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.
• Luke 22:1 Now the Feast of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching,
• Luke 22:11 and say to the owner of that house, ‘The Teacher asks: Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with My disciples?’
• Luke 22:16 For I tell you that I will not eat it again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”
• Luke 22:18 For I tell you that I will not drink of the fruit of the vine from now on until the kingdom of God comes.”
• Luke 22:19 And He took the bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, “This is My body, given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.”
• Luke 22:20 In the same way, after supper He took the cup, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in My blood, which is poured out for you.
• Luke 22:34 But Jesus replied, “I tell you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me.”
• Luke 22:37 For I tell you that this Scripture must be fulfilled in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For what is written about Me is reaching its fulfillment.”
• Luke 22:42 “Father, if You are willing, take this cup from Me. Yet not My will, but Yours be done.”
• Luke 22:47 While He was still speaking, a crowd arrived, led by the man called Judas, one of the Twelve. He approached Jesus to kiss Him.
• Luke 22:57 But Peter denied it. “Woman, I do not know Him,” he said.