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

• John 4:16 Jesus told her, “Go, call your husband and come back.”
• John 4:17 “I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.
• John 4:19 “Sir,” the woman said, “I see that You are a prophet.
• John 4:20 Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where one must worship is in Jerusalem.”
• John 4:21 “Believe Me, woman,” Jesus replied, “a time is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
• John 4:25 The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”
• John 4:26 Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”
• John 4:28 Then the woman left her water jar, went back into the town, and said to the people,
• John 4:31 Meanwhile the disciples urged Him, “Rabbi, eat something.”
• John 4:33 So the disciples asked one another, “Could someone have brought Him food?”
• John 4:34 Jesus explained, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me and to finish His work.
• John 4:35 Do you not say, ‘There are still four months until the harvest’? I tell you, lift up your eyes and look at the fields, for they are ripe for harvest.
• John 4:42 They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”
• John 4:49 “Sir,” the official said, “come down before my child dies.”
• John 4:50 “Go,” said Jesus. “Your son will live.” The man took Jesus at His word and departed.
• John 4:51 And while he was still on the way, his servants met him with the news that his boy was alive.
• John 5:6 When Jesus saw him lying there and realized that he had spent a long time in this condition, He asked him, “Do you want to get well?”
• John 5:8 Then Jesus told him, “Get up, pick up your mat, and walk.”
• John 5:10 so the Jews said to the man who had been healed, “This is the Sabbath! It is unlawful for you to carry your mat.”
• John 5:18 Because of this, the Jews tried all the harder to kill Him. Not only was He breaking the Sabbath, but He was even calling God His own Father, making Himself equal with God.
• John 5:19 So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
• John 5:24 Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment. Indeed, he has crossed over from death to life.
• John 5:25 Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
• John 5:34 Even though I do not accept human testimony, I say these things so that you may be saved.
• John 6:5 When Jesus looked up and saw a large crowd coming toward Him, He said to Philip, “Where can we buy bread for these people to eat?”
• John 6:6 But He was asking this to test him, for He knew what He was about to do.
• John 6:8 One of His disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to Him,
• John 6:12 And when everyone was full, He said to His disciples, “Gather the pieces that are left over, so that nothing will be wasted.”
• John 6:14 When the people saw the sign that Jesus had performed, they began to say, “Truly this is the Prophet who is to come into the world.”
• John 6:20 But Jesus spoke up: “It is I; do not be afraid.”
• John 6:26 Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it is not because you saw these signs that you are looking for Me, but because you ate the loaves and had your fill.
• John 6:32 Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is My Father who gives you the true bread from heaven.
• John 6:42 They were asking, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then can He say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”
• John 6:47 Truly, truly, I tell you, he who believes has eternal life.
• John 6:52 At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”
• John 6:53 So Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I tell you, unless you eat the flesh and drink the blood of the Son of Man, you have no life in you.
• John 6:65 Then Jesus said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless the Father has granted it to him.”
• John 6:71 He was speaking about Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. For although Judas was one of the Twelve, he was later to betray Jesus.
• John 7:6 Therefore Jesus told them, “Although your time is always at hand, My time has not yet come.
• John 7:11 So the Jews were looking for Him at the feast and asking, “Where is He?”
• John 7:12 Many in the crowds were whispering about Him. Some said, “He is a good man.” But others replied, “No, He deceives the people.”
• John 7:15 The Jews were amazed and asked, “How did this man attain such learning without having studied?”
• John 7:25 Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill?
• John 7:26 Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ?
• John 7:28 Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple courts, cried out, “You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come of My own accord, but He who sent Me is true. You do not know Him,
• John 7:31 Many in the crowd, however, believed in Him and said, “When the Christ comes, will He perform more signs than this man?”
• John 7:37 On the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood up and called out in a loud voice, “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to Me and drink.
• John 7:40 On hearing these words, some of the people said, “This is truly the Prophet.”
• John 7:41 Others declared, “This is the Christ.” But still others asked, “How can the Christ come from Galilee?
• John 7:50 Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus earlier and who himself was one of them, asked,
• John 8:4 and said, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the act of adultery.
• John 8:5 In the Law Moses commanded us to stone such a woman. So what do You say?”
• John 8:6 They said this to test Him, in order to have a basis for accusing Him. But Jesus bent down and began to write on the ground with His finger.
• John 8:12 Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
• John 8:19 “Where is Your Father?” they asked Him. “You do not know Me or My Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew Me, you would know My Father as well.”
• John 8:22 So the Jews began to ask, “Will He kill Himself, since He says, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?”
• John 8:23 Then He told them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world.
• John 8:25 “Who are You?” they asked. “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,” Jesus replied.
• John 8:27 They did not understand that He was telling them about the Father.
• John 8:31 So He said to the Jews who had believed Him, “If you continue in My word, you are truly My disciples.