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

• Mark 3:23 So Jesus called them together and began to speak to them in parables: “How can Satan drive out Satan?
• Mark 3:28 Truly I tell you, the sons of men will be forgiven all sins and blasphemies, as many as they utter.
• Mark 3:30 Jesus made this statement because they were saying, “He has an unclean spirit.”
• Mark 3:32 and a crowd was sitting around Him. “Look,” He was told, “Your mother and brothers are outside, asking for You.”
• Mark 3:33 But Jesus replied, “Who are My mother and My brothers?”
• Mark 3:34 Looking at those seated in a circle around Him, He said, “Here are My mother and My brothers!
• Mark 4:2 And He taught them many things in parables, and in His teaching He said,
• Mark 4:9 Then Jesus said, “He who has ears to hear, let him hear.”
• Mark 4:11 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,
• Mark 4:13 Then Jesus said to them, “Do you not understand this parable? Then how will you understand any of the parables?
• Mark 4:21 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?
• Mark 4:24 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.
• Mark 4:26 Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.
• Mark 4:30 Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God? With what parable shall we present it?
• Mark 4:35 When that evening came, He said to His disciples, “Let us cross to the other side.”
• Mark 4:38 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?”
• Mark 4:41 Overwhelmed with fear, they asked one another, “Who is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?”
• Mark 5:7 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!”
• Mark 5:8 For Jesus had already declared, “Come out of this man, you unclean spirit!”
• Mark 5:9 “What is your name?” Jesus asked. “My name is Legion,” he replied, “for we are many.”
• Mark 5:12 So the demons begged Jesus, “Send us to the pigs, so that we may enter them.”
• Mark 5:19 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.”
• Mark 5:23 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.”
• Mark 5:28 For she kept saying, “If only I touch His garments, I will be healed.”
• Mark 5:30 At once Jesus was aware that power had gone out from Him. Turning to the crowd, He asked, “Who touched My garments?”
• Mark 5:31 His disciples answered, “You can see the crowd pressing in on You, and yet You ask, ‘Who touched Me?’”
• Mark 5:35 While He was still speaking, messengers from the house of Jairus arrived and said, “Your daughter is dead; why bother the Teacher anymore?”
• Mark 5:36 But Jesus overheard their conversation and said to Jairus, “Do not be afraid; just believe.”
• Mark 5:39 He went inside and asked, “Why all this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but asleep.”
• Mark 5:41 Taking her by the hand, Jesus said, “Talitha koum!” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”
• Mark 6:2 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?
• Mark 6:4 Then Jesus said to them, “Only in his hometown, among his relatives, and in his own household is a prophet without honor.”
• Mark 6:10 And He told them, “When you enter a house, stay there until you leave that area.
• Mark 6:11 If anyone will not welcome you or listen to you, shake the dust off your feet when you leave that place, as a testimony against them.”
• Mark 6:14 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.”
• Mark 6:15 Others were saying, “He is Elijah,” and still others, “He is a prophet, like one of the prophets of old.”
• Mark 6:16 But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead!”
• Mark 6:18 For John had been telling Herod, “It is not lawful for you to have your brother’s wife!”
• Mark 6:25 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.”
• Mark 6:31 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.
• Mark 6:35 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.
• Mark 6:37 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?”
• Mark 6:38 “Go and see how many loaves you have,” He told them. And after checking, they said, “Five—and two fish.”
• Mark 6:50 for they all saw Him and were terrified. But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”
• Mark 7:9 He went on to say, “You neatly set aside the command of God to maintain your own tradition.
• Mark 7:11 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),
• Mark 7:14 Once again Jesus called the crowd to Him and said, “All of you, listen to Me and understand:
• Mark 7:18 “Are you still so dull?” He asked. “Do you not understand? Nothing that enters a man from the outside can defile him,
• Mark 7:20 He continued: “What comes out of a man, that is what defiles him.
• Mark 7:27 “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.”
• Mark 7:28 “Yes, Lord,” she replied, “even the dogs under the table eat the children’s crumbs.”
• Mark 7:34 And looking up to heaven, He sighed deeply and said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means, “Be opened!”).
• Mark 7:36 Jesus ordered them not to tell anyone. But the more He ordered them, the more widely they proclaimed it.
• Mark 7:37 The people were utterly astonished and said, “He has done all things well! He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”
• Mark 8:1 In those days the crowd once again became very large, and they had nothing to eat. Jesus called the disciples to Him and said,
• Mark 8:12 Jesus sighed deeply in His spirit and said, “Why does this generation demand a sign? Truly I tell you, no sign will be given to this generation.”
• Mark 8:15 “Watch out!” He cautioned them. “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of Herod.”
• Mark 8:16 So they began to discuss with one another the fact that they had no bread.
• Mark 8:17 Aware of their conversation, Jesus asked them, “Why are you debating about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Do you have such hard hearts?
• Mark 8:19 When I broke the five loaves for the five thousand, how many basketfuls of broken pieces did you collect?” “Twelve,” they answered.