λέγω
to say
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Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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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.
Page 2 of 2 — showing verses 201–258 of 258 distinct verses where G3004 appears in the Present tense in the Book of Matthew. Filtered view — show all forms. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Matthew
- Matthew 24:34 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Most assuredly I tell you, this generation will not pass away, until all these things are accomplished.
- Matthew 24:47 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Most assuredly I tell you that he will set him over all that he has.
- Matthew 25:9 λέγουσαι pres act ptcp nom pl fem But the wise answered, saying, 'What if there isn't enough for us and you? You go rather to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.'
- Matthew 25:11 λέγουσαι pres act ptcp nom pl fem Afterward the other virgins also came, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us.'
- Matthew 25:12 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg But he answered, 'Most assuredly I tell you, I don't know you.'
- Matthew 25:20 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc He who received the five talents came and brought another five talents, saying, 'Lord, you delivered to me five talents. Behold, I have gained another five talents besides them.'
- Matthew 25:37 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc "Then the righteous will answer him, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, and feed you; or thirsty, and give you a drink?
- Matthew 25:40 λέγω pres act ind 1sg "The King will answer them, 'Most assuredly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.'
- Matthew 25:44 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc "Then they will also answer, saying, 'Lord, when did we see you hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and didn't help you?'
- Matthew 25:45 λέγων λέγω pres act ptcp nom sg masc pres act ind 1sg "Then he will answer them, saying, 'Most assuredly I tell you, inasmuch as you didn't do it to one of the least of these, you didn't do it to me.'
- Matthew 26:3 λεγομένου pres pass ptcp gen sg masc Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in the court of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.
- Matthew 26:8 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc But when his disciples saw this, they were indignant, saying, "Why this waste?
- Matthew 26:13 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Most assuredly I tell you, wherever this Gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of as a memorial of her."
- Matthew 26:14 λεγόμενος pres pass ptcp nom sg masc Then one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests,
- Matthew 26:17 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc Now on the first day of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying to him, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?"
- Matthew 26:18 εἶπεν εἴπατε λέγει aor act ind 3sg aor act impv 2pl pres act ind 3sg He said, "Go into the city to a certain person, and tell him, 'The Teacher says, "My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples."'"
- Matthew 26:21 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg As they were eating, he said, "Most assuredly I tell you that one of you will betray me."
- Matthew 26:22 λέγειν pres act inf They were exceedingly sorrowful, and each began to ask him, "It isn't me, is it, Lord?"
- Matthew 26:25 εἶπεν λέγει εἶπας aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg aor act ind 2sg Judas, who betrayed him, answered, "It isn't me, is it, Rabbi?" He said to him, "You said it."
- Matthew 26:27 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc He took the cup, gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, "All of you drink it,
- Matthew 26:29 λέγω pres act ind 1sg But I tell you that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father's Kingdom."
- Matthew 26:31 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Then Jesus said to them, "All of you will be made to stumble because of me tonight, for it is written, 'I will strike the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'
- Matthew 26:34 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Jesus said to him, "Most assuredly I tell you that tonight, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times."
- Matthew 26:35 λέγει εἶπον pres act ind 3sg aor act ind 3pl Peter said to him, "Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you." All of the disciples also said likewise.
- Matthew 26:36 λεγόμενον λέγει pres pass ptcp acc sg neut pres act ind 3sg Then Jesus came with them to a place called Gethsemane, and said to his disciples, "Sit here, while I go there and pray."
- Matthew 26:38 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Then he said to them, "My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here, and watch with me."
- Matthew 26:39 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc He went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire."
- Matthew 26:40 λέγει pres act ind 3sg He came to the disciples, and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, "What, couldn't you watch with me for one hour?
- Matthew 26:42 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc Again, a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, "My Father, if this cup can't pass away from me unless I drink it, your desire be done."
- Matthew 26:45 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Then he came to his disciples, and said to them, "Sleep on now, and take your rest. Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
- Matthew 26:48 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc Now he who betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, "Whoever I kiss, he is the one. Seize him."
- Matthew 26:52 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Then Jesus said to him, "Put your sword back into its place, for all those who take the sword will die by the sword.
- Matthew 26:64 λέγει εἶπας λέγω pres act ind 3sg aor act ind 2sg pres act ind 1sg Jesus said to him, "You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, henceforth you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky."
- Matthew 26:65 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc Then the high priest tore his clothing, saying, "He has spoken blasphemy! Why do we need any more witnesses? Behold, now you have heard his blasphemy.
- Matthew 26:68 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc saying, "Prophesy to us, you Christ! Who hit you?"
- Matthew 26:69 λέγουσα pres act ptcp nom sg fem Now Peter was sitting outside in the court, and a maid came to him, saying, "You were also with Jesus, the Galilean!"
- Matthew 26:70 λέγων λέγεις pres act ptcp nom sg masc pres act ind 2sg But he denied it before them all, saying, "I don't know what you are talking about."
- Matthew 26:71 λέγει pres act ind 3sg When he had gone out onto the porch, someone else saw him, and said to those who were there, "This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth."
- Matthew 27:4 λέγων εἶπον pres act ptcp nom sg masc aor act ind 3pl saying, "I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? You see to it."
- Matthew 27:9 λέγοντος pres act ptcp gen sg masc Then that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled, saying, "They took the thirty pieces of silver, The price of him upon whom a price had been set, Whom some of the children of Israel priced,
- Matthew 27:11 λέγων λέγεις pres act ptcp nom sg masc pres act ind 2sg Now Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him, saying, "Are you the King of the Jews?" Jesus said to him, "So you say."
- Matthew 27:13 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Then Pilate said to him, "Don't you hear how many things they testify against you?"
- Matthew 27:16 λεγόμενον pres pass ptcp acc sg masc They had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
- Matthew 27:17 εἶπεν λεγόμενον aor act ind 3sg pres pass ptcp acc sg masc When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?"
- Matthew 27:19 λέγουσα pres act ptcp nom sg fem While he was sitting on the judgment seat, his wife sent to him, saying, "Have nothing to do with that righteous man, for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him."
- Matthew 27:22 λέγει λεγόμενον λέγουσιν pres act ind 3sg pres pass ptcp acc sg masc pres act ind 3pl Pilate said to them, "What then shall I do to Jesus, who is called Christ?" They all said to him, "Let him be crucified!"
- Matthew 27:23 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc But the governor said, "Why? What evil has he done?" But they cried out exceedingly, saying, "Let him be crucified!"
- Matthew 27:24 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc So when Pilate saw that nothing was being gained, but rather that a disturbance was starting, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, "I am innocent of the blood of this righteous person. You see to it."
- Matthew 27:29 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc They braided a crown of thorns and put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and they kneeled down before him, and mocked him, saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!"
- Matthew 27:33 λεγόμενον λεγόμενος pres pass ptcp acc sg masc pres pass ptcp nom sg masc They came to a place called "Golgotha," that is to say, "The place of a skull."
- Matthew 27:40 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc and saying, "You who destroy the temple, and build it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross!"
- Matthew 27:46 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc About the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, "Eli, Eli, lima sabachthani?" That is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?"
- Matthew 27:54 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc Now the centurion, and those who were with him watching Jesus, when they saw the earthquake, and the things that were done, feared exceedingly, saying, "Truly this was the Son of God."
- Matthew 27:63 λέγοντες εἶπεν pres act ptcp nom pl masc aor act ind 3sg saying, "Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: 'After three days I will rise again.'
- Matthew 28:9 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc As they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, "Rejoice!" They came and took hold of his feet, and worshiped him.
- Matthew 28:10 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Then Jesus said to them, "Don't be afraid. Go tell my brothers that they should go into Galilee, and there they will see me."
- Matthew 28:13 λέγοντες εἴπατε pres act ptcp nom pl masc aor act impv 2pl saying, "Say that his disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
- Matthew 28:18 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc Jesus came to them and spoke to them, saying, "All authority has been given to me in heaven and on earth.
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
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.
