λέγω
to say
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G3004
Strong's Greek
légō
Transliteration
/leg'-o/
Pronunciation
Usage in the GNT
2,252
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Thayer Definition
1. to say, to speak
a. affirm over, maintain
b. to teach
c. to exhort, advise, to command, direct
d. to point out with words, intend, mean, mean to say
e. to call by name, to call, name
f. to speak out, speak of, mention
Strong's concordance entry
A primary verb; properly to lay forth that is (figuratively) relate (in words [usually of systematic or set discourse ; whereas G2036 and G5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 is properly to break silence merely and G2980 means an extended or random harangue]); by implication to mean : - ask bid boast call describe give out name put forth say (-ing on) shew speak tell utter.
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Tense
- Aorist
- Action viewed as a simple whole, without regard to duration — often past (perfective aspect).
- Present
- Ongoing or general action in present time (imperfective aspect).
- Imperfect
- Continuous or repeated action in past time (“was writing”).
Voice
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Passive
- The subject receives the action.
Mood
- Indicative
- States a fact or asks a factual question (the mood of reality).
- Participle
- A verbal adjective (“writing,” “having written”).
- Infinitive
- A verbal noun (“to write”), unmarked for person or number.
- Subjunctive
- Expresses probability, purpose, or possibility (the mood of contingency).
- Imperative
- Expresses a command or request.
Case
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
Person
- 3rd person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 1st person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
- 2nd person
- The one addressed (“you”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
- Neuter
- Grammatically neuter.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one.
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Luke
- Luke 1:13 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But the angel said to him, "Don't be afraid, Zacharias, because your request has been heard, and your wife, Elizabeth, will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
- Luke 1:18 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Zacharias said to the angel, "How can I be sure of this? For I am an old man, and my wife is well advanced in years."
- Luke 1:19 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg The angel answered him, "I am Gabriel, who stands in the presence of God. I was sent to speak to you, and to bring you this good news.
- Luke 1:28 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Having come in, the angel said to her, "Rejoice, you highly favored one! The Lord is with you. Blessed are you among women!"
- Luke 1:30 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg The angel said to her, "Don't be afraid, Mary, for you have found favor with God.
- Luke 1:34 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Mary said to the angel, "How can this be, seeing I am a virgin?"
- Luke 1:35 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.
- Luke 1:38 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Mary said, "Behold, the handmaid of the Lord; be it to me according to your word." The angel departed from her.
- Luke 1:42 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg She called out with a loud voice, and said, "Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb!
- Luke 1:46 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Mary said, "My soul magnifies the Lord.
- Luke 1:60 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg His mother answered, "Not so; but he will be called John."
- Luke 1:61 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl They said to her, "There is no one among your relatives who is called by this name."
- Luke 2:10 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg The angel said to them, "Don't be afraid, for behold, I bring you good news of great joy which will be to all the people.
- Luke 2:28 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg then he received him into his arms, and blessed God, and said,
- Luke 2:34 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg and Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary, his mother, "Behold, this child is set for the falling and the rising of many in Israel, and for a sign which is spoken against.
- Luke 2:48 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg When they saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, "Son, why have you treated us this way? Behold, your father and I were anxiously looking for you."
- Luke 2:49 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to them, "Why were you looking for me? Didn't you know that I must be in my Father's house?"
- Luke 3:12 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what must we do?"
- Luke 3:13 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to them, "Collect no more than that which is appointed to you."
- Luke 3:14 λέγοντες εἶπεν pres act ptcp nom pl masc aor act ind 3sg Soldiers also asked him, saying, "What about us? What must we do?" He said to them, "Extort from no one by violence, neither accuse anyone wrongfully. Be content with your wages."
- Luke 4:3 εἶπεν εἰπὲ aor act ind 3sg aor act impv 2sg The devil said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command this stone to become bread."
- Luke 4:6 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg The devil said to him, "I will give you all this authority, and their glory, for it has been delivered to me; and I give it to whomever I want.
- Luke 4:8 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus answered him, "Get behind me Satan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve.'"
- Luke 4:9 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here,
- Luke 4:12 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus answering, said to him, "It has been said, 'You shall not tempt the Lord your God.'"
- Luke 4:23 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to them, "Doubtless you will tell me this parable, 'Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.'"
- Luke 4:24 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg He said, "Most assuredly I tell you, no prophet is acceptable in his hometown.
- Luke 4:43 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But he said to them, "I must preach the good news of the Kingdom of God to the other cities also. For this reason I have been sent."
- Luke 5:4 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a catch."
- Luke 5:5 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Simon answered him, "Master, we worked all night, and took nothing; but at your word I will let down the net."
- Luke 5:10 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg and so also were James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. Jesus said to Simon, "Don't be afraid. From now on you will be catching people alive."
- Luke 5:13 εἰπών aor act ptcp nom sg masc He stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying, "I want to. Be made clean." Immediately the leprosy left him.
- Luke 5:14 εἰπεῖν aor act inf He charged him to tell no one, "But go your way, and show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing according to what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them."
- Luke 5:20 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Seeing their faith, he said to him, "Man, your sins are forgiven you."
- Luke 5:22 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered them, "Why are you reasoning so in your hearts?
- Luke 5:23 εἰπεῖν εἰπεῖν aor act inf aor act inf Which is easier to say, 'Your sins are forgiven you;' or to say, 'Arise and walk?'
- Luke 5:24 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on earth to forgive sins" (he said to the paralyzed man), "I tell you, arise, and take up your cot, and go to your house."
- Luke 5:27 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg After these things he went out, and saw a tax collector named Levi sitting at the tax office, and said to him, "Follow me!"
- Luke 5:31 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus answered them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
- Luke 5:33 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl They said to him, "Why do John's disciples often fast and pray, likewise also the disciples of the Pharisees, but yours eat and drink?"
- Luke 5:34 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to them, "Can you make the friends of the bridegroom fast, while the bridegroom is with them?
- Luke 6:2 εἶπον aor act ind 3pl But some of the Pharisees said to them, "Why do you do that which is not lawful to do on the Sabbath day?"
- Luke 6:3 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus, answering them, said, "Haven't you read what David did when he was hungry, he, and those who were with him;
- Luke 6:8 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But he knew their thoughts; and he said to the man who had the withered hand, "Rise up, and stand in the middle." He arose and stood.
- Luke 6:9 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Then Jesus said to them, "I will ask you something: Is it lawful on the Sabbath to do good, or to do harm? To save a life, or to kill?"
- Luke 6:10 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He looked around at them all, and said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He did, and his hand was restored as sound as the other.
- Luke 6:26 εἴπωσιν aor act subj 3pl Woe, when men speak well of you! For their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.
- Luke 6:39 Εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He spoke a parable to them. "Can the blind guide the blind? Won't they both fall into a pit?
- Luke 7:7 εἰπὲ aor act impv 2sg Therefore I didn't even think myself worthy to come to you; but say the word, and my servant will be healed.
- Luke 7:9 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turned and said to the multitude who followed him, "I tell you, I have not found such great faith, no, not in Israel."
- Luke 7:13 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, "Don't cry."
- Luke 7:14 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg He came near and touched the coffin, and the bearers stood still. He said, "Young man, I tell you, arise!"
- Luke 7:20 εἶπαν λέγων aor act ind 3pl pres act ptcp nom sg masc When the men had come to him, they said, "John the Baptizer has sent us to you, saying, 'Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?'"
- Luke 7:22 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John the things which you have seen and heard: that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.
- Luke 7:39 εἶπεν λέγων aor act ind 3sg pres act ptcp nom sg masc Now when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he said to himself, "This man, if he were a prophet, would have perceived who and what kind of woman this is who touches him, that she is a sinner."
- Luke 7:40 εἶπεν εἰπεῖν εἰπέ aor act ind 3sg aor act inf aor act impv 2sg Jesus answered him, "Simon, I have something to tell you." He said, "Teacher, say on."
- Luke 7:43 εἶπεν εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg aor act ind 3sg Simon answered, "He, I suppose, to whom he forgave the most." He said to him, "You have judged correctly."
- Luke 7:48 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to her, "Your sins are forgiven."
- Luke 7:50 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to the woman, "Your faith has saved you. Go in peace."
- Luke 8:4 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg When a great multitude came together, and people from every city were coming to him, he spoke by a parable.
- Luke 8:10 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of God, but to the rest in parables; that 'seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.'
- Luke 8:21 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But he answered them, "My mother and my brothers are these who hear the word of God, and do it."
- Luke 8:22 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Now it happened on one of those days, that he entered into a boat, himself and his disciples, and he said to them, "Let's go over to the other side of the lake." So they launched out.
- Luke 8:25 εἶπεν λέγοντες aor act ind 3sg pres act ptcp nom pl masc He said to them, "Where is your faith?" Being afraid they marveled, saying one to another, "Who is this, then, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him?"
- Luke 8:28 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, "What do I have to do with you, Jesus, you Son of the Most High God? I beg you, don't torment me!"
- Luke 8:30 λέγων εἶπεν pres act ptcp nom sg masc aor act ind 3sg Jesus asked him, "What is your name?" He said, "Legion," for many demons had entered into him.
- Luke 8:45 εἶπεν εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg aor act ind 3sg Jesus said, "Who touched me?" When all denied it, Peter and those with him said, "Master, the multitudes press and jostle you, and you say, 'Who touched me?'"
- Luke 8:46 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But Jesus said, "Someone did touch me, for I perceived that power has gone out of me."
- Luke 8:48 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to her, "Daughter, cheer up. Your faith has made you well. Go in peace."
- Luke 8:52 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg All were weeping and mourning her, but he said, "Don't weep. She isn't dead, but sleeping."
- Luke 8:56 εἰπεῖν aor act inf Her parents were amazed, but he charged them to tell no one what had been done.
- Luke 9:3 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to them, "Take nothing for your journey--neither staffs, nor wallet, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats apiece.
- Luke 9:9 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Herod said, "John I beheaded, but who is this, about whom I hear such things?" He sought to see him.
- Luke 9:12 εἶπον aor act ind 3pl The day began to wear away; and the twelve came, and said to him, "Send the multitude away, that they may go into the surrounding villages and farms, and lodge, and get food, for we are here in a deserted place."
- Luke 9:13 εἶπεν εἶπαν aor act ind 3sg aor act ind 3pl But he said to them, "You give them something to eat." They said, "We have no more than five loaves and two fish, unless we should go and buy food for all these people."
- Luke 9:14 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg For they were about five thousand men. He said to his disciples, "Make them sit down in groups of about fifty each."
- Luke 9:19 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl They answered, "'John the Baptizer,' but others say, 'Elijah,' and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again."
- Luke 9:20 εἶπεν λέγετε εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 2pl aor act ind 3sg He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Peter answered, "The Christ of God."
- Luke 9:22 εἰπὼν aor act ptcp nom sg masc saying, "The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and the third day be raised up."
- Luke 9:33 εἶπεν λέγει aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg It happened, as they were parting from him, that Peter said to Jesus, "Master, it is good for us to be here. Let's make three tents: one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah," not knowing what he said.
- Luke 9:41 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here."
- Luke 9:43 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg They were all astonished at the majesty of God. But while all were marveling at all the things which Jesus did, he said to his disciples,
- Luke 9:48 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg and said to them, "Whoever receives this little child in my name receives me. Whoever receives me receives him who sent me. For whoever is least among you all, this one will be great."
- Luke 9:49 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg John answered, "Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we forbade him, because he doesn't follow with us."
- Luke 9:50 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus said to him, "Don't forbid him, for he who is not against us is for us."
- Luke 9:54 εἶπαν εἴπωμεν aor act ind 3pl aor act subj 1pl When his disciples, James and John, saw this, they said, "Lord, do you want us to command fire to come down from the sky, and destroy them, just as Elijah did?"
- Luke 9:57 εἶπέν aor act ind 3sg As they went on the way, a certain man said to him, "I want to follow you wherever you go, Lord."
- Luke 9:58 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus said to him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has no place to lay his head."
- Luke 9:59 εἶπεν εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg aor act ind 3sg He said to another, "Follow me!" But he said, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father."
- Luke 9:60 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But Jesus said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead, but you go and announce the Kingdom of God."
- Luke 9:61 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Another also said, "I want to follow you, Lord, but first allow me to bid farewell to those who are at my house."
- Luke 9:62 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But Jesus said to him, "No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the Kingdom of God."
- Luke 10:10 εἴπατε aor act impv 2pl But into whatever city you enter, and they don't receive you, go out into the streets of it and say,
- Luke 10:18 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to them, "I saw Satan having fallen like lightning from heaven.
- Luke 10:21 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, "I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight."
- Luke 10:22 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Turning to the disciples, he said, "All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him."
- Luke 10:23 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Turning to the disciples, he said privately, "Blessed are the eyes which see the things that you see,
- Luke 10:26 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to him, "What is written in the law? How do you read it?"
- Luke 10:27 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He answered, "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, and with all your mind; and your neighbor as yourself."
- Luke 10:28 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to him, "You have answered correctly. Do this, and you will live."
- Luke 10:29 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But he, desiring to justify himself, asked Jesus, "Who is my neighbor?"
- Luke 10:30 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus answered, "A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and he fell among robbers, who both stripped him and beat him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
- Luke 10:35 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg On the next day, when he departed, he took out two denarii, and gave them to the host, and said to him, 'Take care of him. Whatever you spend beyond that, I will repay you when I return.'
- Luke 10:37 εἶπεν εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg aor act ind 3sg He said, "He who showed mercy on him." Then Jesus said to him, "Go and do likewise."
- Luke 10:40 εἶπεν εἰπὸν aor act ind 3sg aor act impv 2sg But Martha was distracted with much serving, and she came up to him, and said, "Lord, don't you care that my sister left me to serve alone? Ask her therefore to help me."
- Luke 10:41 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus answered her, "Martha, Martha, you are anxious and troubled about many things,
- Luke 11:1 εἶπέν aor act ind 3sg It happened, that when he finished praying in a certain place, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, just as John also taught his disciples."
- Luke 11:2 εἶπεν λέγετε aor act ind 3sg pres act impv 2pl He said to them, "When you pray, say, 'Our Father in heaven, May your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on Earth, as it is in heaven.
- Luke 11:5 εἶπεν εἴπῃ aor act ind 3sg aor act subj 3sg He said to them, "Which of you, if you go to a friend at midnight, and tell him, 'Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,
- Luke 11:7 εἴπῃ aor act subj 3sg and he from within will answer and say, 'Don't bother me. The door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I can't get up and give it to you'?
- Luke 11:15 εἶπον aor act ind 3pl But some of them said, "He casts out demons by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons."
- Luke 11:17 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation. A house divided against itself falls.
- Luke 11:27 λέγειν εἶπεν pres act inf aor act ind 3sg It came to pass, as he said these things, a certain woman out of the multitude lifted up her voice, and said to him, "Blessed is the womb that bore you, and the breasts which nursed you!"
- Luke 11:28 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But he said, "On the contrary, blessed are those who hear the word of God, and keep it."
- Luke 11:39 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg The Lord said to him, "Now you Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but your inward part is full of extortion and wickedness.
- Luke 11:46 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said, "Woe to you lawyers also! For you load men with burdens that are difficult to carry, and you yourselves won't even lift one finger to help carry those burdens.
- Luke 11:49 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Therefore also the wisdom of God said, 'I will send to them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill and persecute,
- Luke 12:3 εἴπατε aor act ind 2pl Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers will be proclaimed on the housetops.
- Luke 12:11 εἴπητε aor act subj 2pl When they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, don't be anxious how or what you will answer, or what you will say;
- Luke 12:12 εἰπεῖν aor act inf for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that same hour what you must say."
- Luke 12:13 Εἶπεν εἰπὲ aor act ind 3sg aor act impv 2sg One of the multitude said to him, "Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me."
- Luke 12:14 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But he said to him, "Man, who made me a judge or an arbitrator over you?"
- Luke 12:15 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to them, "Beware! Keep yourselves from covetousness, for a man's life doesn't consist of the abundance of the things which he possesses."
- Luke 12:16 Εἶπεν λέγων aor act ind 3sg pres act ptcp nom sg masc He spoke a parable to them, saying, "The ground of a certain rich man brought forth abundantly.
- Luke 12:18 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said, 'This is what I will do. I will pull down my barns, and build bigger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods.
- Luke 12:20 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "But God said to him, 'You foolish one, tonight your soul is required of you. The things which you have prepared--whose will they be?'
- Luke 12:22 Εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg He said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.
- Luke 12:41 Εἶπεν λέγεις aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 2sg Peter said to him, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everybody?"
- Luke 12:42 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg The Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?
- Luke 12:45 εἴπῃ aor act subj 3sg But if that servant says in his heart, 'My lord delays his coming,' and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken,
- Luke 13:2 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered such things?
- Luke 13:7 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to the vine dresser, 'Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste the soil?'
- Luke 13:12 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg When Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your infirmity."
- Luke 13:15 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Therefore the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Doesn't each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water?
- Luke 13:20 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Again he said, "To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?
- Luke 13:23 Εἶπεν εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg aor act ind 3sg One said to him, "Lord, are they few who are saved?" He said to them,
- Luke 13:32 εἶπεν εἴπατε aor act ind 3sg aor act impv 2pl He said to them, "Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I complete my mission.
- Luke 13:35 λέγω εἴπητε pres act ind 1sg aor act subj 2pl Behold, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me, until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'"
- Luke 14:3 εἶπεν λέγων aor act ind 3sg pres act ptcp nom sg masc Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"
- Luke 14:5 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He answered them, "Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn't immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?"
- Luke 14:15 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, "Blessed is he who will feast in the Kingdom of God!"
- Luke 14:16 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But he said to him, "A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.
- Luke 14:17 εἰπεῖν aor act inf He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, 'Come, for everything is ready now.'
- Luke 14:18 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg They all as one began to make excuses. "The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.'
- Luke 14:19 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.'
- Luke 14:20 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "Another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I can't come.'
- Luke 14:21 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.'
- Luke 14:22 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "The servant said, 'Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.'
- Luke 14:23 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "The lord said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
- Luke 14:25 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,
- Luke 15:3 εἶπεν λέγων aor act ind 3sg pres act ptcp nom sg masc He told them this parable.
- Luke 15:11 Εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said, "A certain man had two sons.
- Luke 15:12 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of your property.' He divided his livelihood between them.
- Luke 15:21 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'
- Luke 15:22 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.
- Luke 15:27 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and healthy.'
- Luke 15:29 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But he answered his father, 'Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.
- Luke 15:31 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "He said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
- Luke 16:2 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He called him, and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'
- Luke 16:3 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "The manager said within himself, 'What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don't have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.
- Luke 16:6 εἶπεν εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg aor act ind 3sg He said, 'A hundred batos of oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'
- Luke 16:7 εἶπεν εἶπεν λέγει aor act ind 3sg aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg Then said he to another, 'How much do you owe?' He said, 'A hundred cors of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'
- Luke 16:15 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
- Luke 16:24 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He cried and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue! For I am in anguish in this flame.'
- Luke 16:25 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in like manner, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish.
- Luke 16:27 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "He said, 'I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house;
- Luke 16:30 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "He said, 'No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'
- Luke 16:31 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "He said to him, 'If they don't listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.'"
- Luke 17:1 Εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come!
- Luke 17:5 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith."
- Luke 17:6 εἶπεν ἐλέγετε aor act ind 3sg impf act ind 2pl The Lord said, "If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree, 'Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.
- Luke 17:14 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg When he saw them, he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." It happened that as they went, they were cleansed.
- Luke 17:17 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus answered, "Weren't the ten cleansed? But where are the nine?
- Luke 17:19 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Then he said to him, "Get up, and go your way. Your faith has healed you."
- Luke 17:20 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Being asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, he answered them, "The Kingdom of God doesn't come with observation;
- Luke 17:22 Εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to the disciples, "The days will come, when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
- Luke 17:37 λέγουσιν εἶπεν pres act ind 3pl aor act ind 3sg They answering, asked him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the body is, there will the vultures also be gathered together."
- Luke 18:4 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He wouldn't for a while, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God, nor respect man,
- Luke 18:6 εἶπεν λέγει aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg The Lord said, "Listen to what the unrighteous judge says.
- Luke 18:9 Εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.
- Luke 18:19 εἶπεν λέγεις aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 2sg Jesus asked him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one--God.
- Luke 18:21 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said, "I have observed all these things from my youth up."
- Luke 18:22 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me."
- Luke 18:24 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!
- Luke 18:26 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?"
- Luke 18:27 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But he said, "The things which are impossible with men are possible with God."
- Luke 18:28 Εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Peter said, "Look, we have left everything, and followed you."
- Luke 18:29 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg He said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the Kingdom of God's sake,
- Luke 18:31 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He took the twelve aside, and said to them, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be completed.
- Luke 18:41 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "What do you want me to do?" He said, "Lord, that I may see again."
- Luke 18:42 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight. Your faith has healed you."
- Luke 19:5 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him, and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house."
- Luke 19:8 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much."
- Luke 19:9 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus said to him, "Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.
- Luke 19:11 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the Kingdom of God would be revealed immediately.
- Luke 19:12 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said therefore, "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
- Luke 19:13 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He called ten servants of his, and gave them ten mina coins, and told them, 'Conduct business until I come.'
- Luke 19:15 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "It happened when he had come back again, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business.
- Luke 19:17 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "He said to him, 'Well done, you good servant! Because you were found faithful with very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.'
- Luke 19:19 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "So he said to him, 'And you are to be over five cities.'
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
At its core, λεγω (légō) means “to say.” The King James Version usually renders it “saying,” while modern versions prefer “i tell” (Berean Standard Bible) and “said” (unfoldingWord Literal Text) — see the renderings breakdown. Spanning 1,941 verses in 25 books, it ranks among the most common words of the Greek New Testament. Scripture first uses it in Matthew 1:16. Catalogued under 6 senses, its meaning is not single-sense. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
Strong's · 1890
ask
Modern gloss
to say
Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current Thayer scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown.
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About this word
Strong's G3004 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 1,941
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 1,941 distinct verses.
- 25 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 25 of 27 New Testament books.
- #7
- by frequency
- Top 10 most frequent Greek words (rank 7 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 1,941 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 1,941 distinct verses.
- Gospels 1,468 verses · 76%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 649 verses · 33%
- Johannine 488 verses · 25%
- Pauline corpus 108 verses · 6%
- Revelation 94 verses · 5%
- Hebrews 37 verses · 2%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 24 verses · 1%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Saying 384×, Saith 199×, I say 158×
- American Standard Version: Saying 322×, Saith 207×, I say 143×
- Berean Standard Bible: I tell 142×, Said 123×, Saying 63×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Said 556×, Saying 410×, Says 225×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G3004 across 1,349 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 58 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G3004 across 1,274 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 97 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 5 further occurrences.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G3004 across 993 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 108 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 179 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G3004 across 2,448 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 104 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 6 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- affirm over, maintain
- to teach
- to exhort, advise, to command, direct
- to point out with words, intend, mean, mean to say
- to call by name, to call, name
- to speak out, speak of, mention
Word origin
Origin: a root word
A primary verb; properly to lay forth that is (figuratively) relate (in words [usually of systematic or set discourse ; whereas G2036 and G5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 is properly to break silence merely and G2980 means an extended or random harangue]); by implication to mean : - ask bid boast call describe give out name put forth say (-ing on) shew speak tell utter.
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 85 distinct written forms G3004 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that tense’s occurrences in the concordance.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 25 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G3004, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word λεγω appears 5,715 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 4,644 verses in 38 books.
- 5,715
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 4,644
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 38 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 38 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 1:3 εἶπον
- Exodus 1:9 εἶπον
- Leviticus 1:1 λέγω
- Numbers 1:1 λέγω
- Deuteronomy 1:5 λέγω
- Joshua 1:1 εἶπον
- Judges 1:1 λέγω
- Ruth 1:8 εἶπον
- 1 Samuel 1:8 εἶπον
- 2 Samuel 1:3 εἶπον
- 1 Kings 1:2 εἶπον
- 2 Kings 1:2 εἶπον
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G3004) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 4,644. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 1:3 εἶπον God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
- Genesis 1:6 εἶπον God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."
- Genesis 1:9 εἶπον God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:11 εἶπον God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:14 εἶπον God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
- Genesis 1:20 εἶπον God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."
- Genesis 1:22 λέγω God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
- Genesis 1:24 εἶπον God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:26 εἶπον God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
- Genesis 1:28 λέγω God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
- Genesis 1:29 εἶπον God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.
- Genesis 2:16 λέγω Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat:
- Genesis 2:18 εἶπον Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."
- Genesis 2:23 εἶπον The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man."
- Genesis 3:1 εἶπον Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Yes, has God said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"
- Genesis 3:2 εἶπον The woman said to the serpent, "Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat,
- Genesis 3:3 εἶπον but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'"
- Genesis 3:4 εἶπον The serpent said to the woman, "You won't surely die,
- Genesis 3:9 εἶπον Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?"
- Genesis 3:10 εἶπον The man said, "I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself."
- Genesis 3:11 εἶπον God said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?"
- Genesis 3:12 εἶπον The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate."
- Genesis 3:13 εἶπον Yahweh God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
- Genesis 3:14 εἶπον Yahweh God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all cattle, and above every animal of the field. On your belly shall you go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.
- Genesis 3:16 εἶπον To the woman he said, "I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you."
- Genesis 3:17 εἶπον To Adam he said, "Because you have listened to your wife's voice, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
- Genesis 3:22 εἶπον Yahweh God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he put forth his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever..."
- Genesis 4:1 εἶπον The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, "I have gotten a man with Yahweh's help."
- Genesis 4:6 εἶπον Yahweh said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why has the expression of your face fallen?
- Genesis 4:8 εἶπον Cain said to Abel, his brother, "Let's go into the field." It happened, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him.
- Genesis 4:9 εἶπον Yahweh said to Cain, "Where is Abel, your brother?" He said, "I don't know. Am I my brother's keeper?"
- Genesis 4:10 εἶπον Yahweh said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.
- Genesis 4:13 εἶπον Cain said to Yahweh, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.
- Genesis 4:15 εἶπον Yahweh said to him, "Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold." Yahweh appointed a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should strike him.
- Genesis 4:23 εἶπον Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice, You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, For I have slain a man for wounding me, A young man for bruising me.
- Genesis 4:25 λέγω Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth. For, she said, "God has appointed me another child instead of Abel, for Cain killed him."
- Genesis 5:29 λέγω and he named him Noah, saying, "This same will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, because of the ground which Yahweh has cursed."
- Genesis 6:3 εἶπον Yahweh said, "My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; yet will his days be one hundred twenty years."
- Genesis 6:7 εἶπον Yahweh said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground; man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them."
- Genesis 6:13 εἶπον God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
- Genesis 7:1 εἶπον Yahweh said to Noah, "Come with all of your household into the ark, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.
- Genesis 8:15 εἶπονλέγω God spoke to Noah, saying,
- Genesis 8:21 εἶπον Yahweh smelled the sweet savor. Yahweh said in his heart, "I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again strike everything living, as I have done.
- Genesis 9:1 εἶπον God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
- Genesis 9:8 εἶπονλέγω God spoke to Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
- Genesis 9:12 εἶπον God said, "This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
- Genesis 9:17 εἶπον God said to Noah, "This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth."
- Genesis 9:25 εἶπον He said, "Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants will he be to his brothers."
- Genesis 9:26 εἶπον He said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Shem; Let Canaan be his servant.
- Genesis 10:9 εἶπον He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh."
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G3004) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
