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.
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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 185 verses
- Luke 2:13 λεγόντων pres act ptcp gen pl masc Suddenly, there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying,
- Luke 3:8 λέγειν λέγω pres act inf pres act ind 1sg Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and don't begin to say among yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father;' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones!
- Luke 3:10 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc The multitudes asked him, "What then must we do?"
- 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 3:16 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc John answered them all, "I indeed baptize you with water, but he comes who is mightier than I, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to loosen. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire,
- Luke 4:21 λέγειν pres act inf He began to tell them, "Today, this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."
- 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 4:25 λέγω pres act ind 1sg But truly I tell you, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up three years and six months, when a great famine came over all the land.
- Luke 4:35 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc Jesus rebuked him, saying, "Be silent, and come out of him!" When the demon had thrown him down in their midst, he came out of him, having done him no harm.
- Luke 4:36 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc Amazement came on all, and they spoke together, one with another, saying, "What is this word? For with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!"
- Luke 4:41 λέγοντα pres act ptcp nom pl neut Demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying, "You are the Christ, the Son of God!" Rebuking them, he didn't allow them to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.
- Luke 5:8 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, "Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord."
- Luke 5:12 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc It happened, while he was in one of the cities, behold, there was a man full of leprosy. When he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and begged him, saying, "Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean."
- Luke 5:21 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, "Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?"
- 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 5:26 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc Amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God. They were filled with fear, saying, "We have seen strange things today."
- Luke 5:30 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc Their scribes and the Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, "Why do you eat and drink with the tax collectors and sinners?"
- Luke 5:39 λέγει pres act ind 3sg No man having drunk old wine immediately desires new, for he says, 'The old is better.'"
- Luke 6:27 λέγω pres act ind 1sg "But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you,
- Luke 6:42 λέγειν pres act inf Or how can you tell your brother, 'Brother, let me remove the speck of chaff that is in your eye,' when you yourself don't see the beam that is in your own eye? You hypocrite! First remove the beam from your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck of chaff that is in your brother's eye.
- Luke 6:46 λέγω pres act ind 1sg "Why do you call me, 'Lord, Lord,' and don't do the things which I say?
- Luke 7:4 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc When they came to Jesus, they begged him earnestly, saying, "He is worthy for you to do this for him,
- Luke 7:6 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc Jesus went with them. When he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him, "Lord, don't trouble yourself, for I am not worthy for you to come under my roof.
- Luke 7:8 λέγω pres act ind 1sg For I also am a man placed under authority, having under myself soldiers. I tell this one, 'Go!' and he goes; and to another, 'Come!' and he comes; and to my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
- 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 7:14 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 7:16 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc Fear took hold of all, and they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet has arisen among us!" and, "God has visited his people!"
- Luke 7:19 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc John, calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, "Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?"
- 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 7:24 λέγειν pres act inf When John's messengers had departed, he began to tell the multitudes about John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
- Luke 7:26 λέγω pres act ind 1sg But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.
- Luke 7:28 λέγω pres act ind 1sg "For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer, yet he who is least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he."
- Luke 7:32 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc They are like children who sit in the marketplace, and call one to another, saying, 'We piped to you, and you didn't dance. We mourned, and you didn't weep.'
- Luke 7:33 λέγετε pres act ind 2pl For John the Baptizer came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, 'He has a demon.'
- Luke 7:34 λέγετε pres act ind 2pl The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, 'Behold, a gluttonous man, and a drunkard; a friend of tax collectors and sinners!'
- 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 7:47 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Therefore I tell you, her sins, which are many, are forgiven, for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little."
- Luke 7:49 λέγειν pres act inf Those who sat at the table with him began to say to themselves, "Who is this who even forgives sins?"
- Luke 8:8 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc Other fell into the good ground, and grew, and brought forth fruit one hundred times." As he said these things, he called out, "He who has ears to hear, let him hear!"
- Luke 8:24 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc They came to him, and awoke him, saying, "Master, master, we are dying!" He awoke, and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water, and they ceased, and it was calm.
- 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 8:30 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 8:38 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc But the man from whom the demons had gone out begged him that he might go with him, but Jesus sent him away, saying,
- Luke 8:49 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc While he still spoke, one from the ruler of the synagogue's house came, saying to him, "Your daughter is dead. Don't trouble the Teacher."
- Luke 8:54 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc But he put them all outside, and taking her by the hand, he called, saying, "Child, arise!"
- Luke 9:7 λέγεσθαι pres pass inf Now Herod the tetrarch heard of all that was done by him; and he was very perplexed, because it was said by some that John had risen from the dead,
- Luke 9:18 λέγων λέγουσιν pres act ptcp nom sg masc pres act ind 3pl It happened, as he was praying alone, that the disciples were with him, and he asked them, "Who do the multitudes say that I am?"
- 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 9:21 λέγειν pres act inf But he warned them, and commanded them to tell this to no one,
- Luke 9:27 λέγω pres act ind 1sg But I tell you the truth: There are some of those who stand here, who will in no way taste of death, until they see the Kingdom of God."
- 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 9:34 λέγοντος pres act ptcp gen sg masc While he said these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud.
- Luke 9:35 λέγουσα pres act ptcp nom sg fem A voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!"
- Luke 9:38 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc Behold, a man from the crowd called out, saying, "Teacher, I beg you to look at my son, for he is my only child.
- Luke 10:5 λέγετε pres act impv 2pl Into whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house.'
- Luke 10:9 λέγετε pres act impv 2pl Heal the sick who are therein, and tell them, 'The Kingdom of God has come near to you.'
- Luke 10:12 λέγω pres act ind 1sg I tell you, it will be more tolerable in that day for Sodom than for that city.
- Luke 10:17 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc The seventy returned with joy, saying, "Lord, even the demons are subject to us in your name!"
- Luke 10:24 λέγω pres act ind 1sg for I tell you that many prophets and kings desired to see the things which you see, and didn't see them, and to hear the things which you hear, and didn't hear them."
- Luke 10:25 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc Behold, a certain lawyer stood up and tested him, saying, "Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
- 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 11:8 λέγω pres act ind 1sg I tell you, although he will not rise and give it to him because he is his friend, yet because of his persistence, he will get up and give him as many as he needs.
- Luke 11:9 λέγω pres act ind 1sg "I tell you, keep asking, and it will be given you. Keep seeking, and you will find. Keep knocking, and it will be opened to you.
- Luke 11:18 λέγετε pres act ind 2pl If Satan also is divided against himself, how will his kingdom stand? For you say that I cast out demons by Beelzebul.
- Luke 11:24 λέγει pres act ind 3sg The unclean spirit, when he has gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest, and finding none, he says, 'I will turn back to my house from which I came out.'
- 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 11:29 λέγειν pres act inf When the multitudes were gathering together to him, he began to say, "This is an evil generation. It seeks after a sign. No sign will be given to it but the sign of Jonah, the prophet.
- Luke 11:45 λέγει λέγων pres act ind 3sg pres act ptcp nom sg masc One of the lawyers answered him, "Teacher, in saying this you insult us also."
- Luke 11:51 λέγω pres act ind 1sg from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the sanctuary.' Yes, I tell you, it will be required of this generation.
- Luke 12:1 λέγειν pres act inf Meanwhile, when a multitude of many thousands had gathered together, so much so that they trampled on each other, he began to tell his disciples first of all, "Beware of the yeast of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
- Luke 12:4 Λέγω pres act ind 1sg "I tell you, my friends, don't be afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.
- Luke 12:5 λέγω pres act ind 1sg But I will warn you whom you should fear. Fear him, who after he has killed, has power to cast into Gehenna. Yes, I tell you, fear him.
- Luke 12:8 λέγω pres act ind 1sg "I tell you, everyone who confesses me before men, him will the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God;
- 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 12:17 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I don't have room to store my crops?'
- 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 12:27 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Consider the lilies, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
- Luke 12:37 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most assuredly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them.
- 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 12:44 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Truly I tell you, that he will set him over all that he has.
- Luke 12:51 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.
- Luke 12:54 Ἔλεγεν λέγετε impf act ind 3sg pres act ind 2pl He said to the multitudes also, "When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it happens.
- Luke 12:55 λέγετε pres act ind 2pl When a south wind blows, you say, 'There will be a scorching heat,' and it happens.
- Luke 12:59 λέγω pres act ind 1sg I tell you, you will by no means get out of there, until you have paid the very last penny."
- Luke 13:3 λέγω pres act ind 1sg I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.
- Luke 13:5 λέγω pres act ind 1sg I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way."
- Luke 13:8 λέγει pres act ind 3sg He answered, 'Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it, and fertilize it.
- Luke 13:17 λέγοντος pres act ptcp gen sg masc As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed, and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
- Luke 13:24 λέγω pres act ind 1sg "Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.
- Luke 13:25 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'
- Luke 13:26 λέγειν pres act inf Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drink in your presence, and you taught in our streets.'
- Luke 13:27 λέγω pres act ind 1sg He will say, 'I tell you, I don't know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.'
- Luke 13:31 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, "Get out of here, and go away, for Herod wants to kill you."
- 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 14:7 Ἔλεγεν λέγων impf act ind 3sg pres act ptcp nom sg masc He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,
- Luke 14:24 λέγω pres act ind 1sg For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.'"
- Luke 14:30 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc saying, 'This man began to build, and wasn't able to finish.'
- Luke 15:2 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them."
- Luke 15:3 εἶπεν λέγων aor act ind 3sg pres act ptcp nom sg masc He told them this parable.
- Luke 15:6 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!'
- Luke 15:7 λέγω pres act ind 1sg I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.
- Luke 15:9 λέγουσα pres act ptcp nom sg fem When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.'
- Luke 15:10 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting."
- 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 16:9 λέγω pres act ind 1sg I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.
- Luke 16:29 λέγει pres act ind 3sg "But Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.'
- Luke 17:4 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive him."
- Luke 17:10 λέγετε pres act impv 2pl Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.'"
- Luke 17:13 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc They lifted up their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!"
- Luke 17:34 λέγω pres act ind 1sg I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed. The one will be taken, and the other will be left.
- 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 18:2 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc saying, "There was a judge in a certain city who didn't fear God, and didn't respect man.
- Luke 18:3 λέγουσα pres act ptcp nom sg fem A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, 'Defend me from my adversary!'
- Luke 18:6 εἶπεν λέγει aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg The Lord said, "Listen to what the unrighteous judge says.
- Luke 18:8 λέγω pres act ind 1sg I tell you that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?"
- Luke 18:13 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn't even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'
- Luke 18:14 λέγω pres act ind 1sg I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."
- Luke 18:16 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc Jesus summoned them, saying, "Allow the little children to come to me, and don't hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
- Luke 18:17 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Most assuredly, I tell you, whoever doesn't receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."
- Luke 18:18 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc A certain ruler asked him, saying, "Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
- 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 18:29 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 18:34 λεγόμενα pres pass ptcp acc pl neut They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they didn't understand the things that were said.
- Luke 18:38 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc He cried out, "Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!"
- Luke 19:7 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, "He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner."
- Luke 19:14 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, 'We don't want this man to reign over us.'
- Luke 19:16 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc The first came before him, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.'
- Luke 19:18 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc "The second came, saying, 'Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.'
- Luke 19:20 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc Another came, saying, 'Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,
- Luke 19:22 λέγει pres act ind 3sg "He said to him, 'Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn't lay down, and reaping that which I didn't sow.
- Luke 19:26 λέγω pres act ind 1sg 'For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given; but from him who doesn't have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.
- Luke 19:38 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc saying, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!"
- Luke 19:40 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg He answered them, "I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out."
- Luke 19:41 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc When he drew near, he saw the city and wept over it,
- Luke 19:46 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc saying to them, "It is written, 'My house is a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of robbers'!"
- Luke 20:2 εἶπαν λέγοντες εἰπὸν aor act ind 3pl pres act ptcp nom pl masc aor act impv 2sg They asked him, "Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?"
- Luke 20:5 λέγοντες εἴπωμεν pres act ptcp nom pl masc aor act subj 1pl They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why didn't you believe him?'
- Luke 20:8 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."
- Luke 20:9 λέγειν pres act inf He began to tell the people this parable. "A man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.
- Luke 20:14 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc "But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.'
- Luke 20:21 λέγοντες λέγεις pres act ptcp nom pl masc pres act ind 2sg They asked him, "Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.
- Luke 20:28 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc They asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man's brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up children for his brother.
- Luke 20:37 λέγει pres act ind 3sg But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called the Lord 'The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'
- Luke 20:41 Εἶπεν λέγουσιν aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 3pl He said to them, "Why do they say that the Christ is David's son?
- Luke 20:42 λέγει εἶπεν pres act ind 3sg aor act ind 3sg David himself says in the book of Psalms, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,
- Luke 21:3 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg He said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them,
- Luke 21:5 λεγόντων εἶπεν pres act ptcp gen pl masc aor act ind 3sg As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,
- Luke 21:7 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc They asked him, "Teacher, so when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are about to happen?"
- Luke 21:8 εἶπεν λέγοντες aor act ind 3sg pres act ptcp nom pl masc He said, "Watch out that you don't get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, 'I AM,' and, 'The time is at hand.' Therefore don't follow them.
- Luke 21:32 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Most assuredly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all things are accomplished.
- Luke 22:1 λεγομένη pres pass ptcp nom sg fem Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the Passover, drew near.
- Luke 22:11 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Tell the master of the house, 'The Teacher says to you, "Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?"'
- Luke 22:16 λέγω pres act ind 1sg for I tell you, I will no longer by any means eat of it until it is fulfilled in the Kingdom of God."
- Luke 22:18 λέγω pres act ind 1sg for I tell you, I will not drink at all again from the fruit of the vine, until the Kingdom of God comes."
- Luke 22:19 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc He took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and gave to them, saying, "This is my body which is given for you. Do this in memory of me."
- Luke 22:20 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc Likewise, he took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
- Luke 22:34 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg He said, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster will by no means crow today until you deny that you know me three times."
- Luke 22:37 λέγω pres act ind 1sg For I tell you that this which is written must still be fulfilled in me: 'He was counted with the lawless.' For that which concerns me has an end."
- Luke 22:42 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc saying, "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done."
- Luke 22:47 λεγόμενος pres pass ptcp nom sg masc While he was still speaking, behold, a multitude, and he who was called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He came near to Jesus to kiss him.
- Luke 22:57 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc He denied Jesus, saying, "Woman, I don't know him."
- Luke 22:59 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc After about one hour passed, another confidently affirmed, saying, "Truly this man also was with him, for he is a Galilean!"
- Luke 22:60 εἶπεν λέγεις aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 2sg But Peter said, "Man, I don't know what you are talking about!" Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.
- Luke 22:64 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc Having blindfolded him, they struck him on the face and asked him, "Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?"
- Luke 22:66 λέγοντες εἰπὸν pres act ptcp nom pl masc aor act impv 2sg As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying,
- Luke 22:70 εἶπαν λέγετε aor act ind 3pl pres act ind 2pl They all said, "Are you then the Son of God?" He said to them, "You say it, because I AM."
- Luke 23:2 λέγοντες λέγοντα pres act ptcp nom pl masc pres act ptcp acc sg masc They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king."
- Luke 23:3 λέγων λέγεις pres act ptcp nom sg masc pres act ind 2sg Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered him, "So you say."
- Luke 23:5 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc But they insisted, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place."
- Luke 23:18 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc But they all cried out together, saying, "Away with this man! Release to us Barabbas!" --
- Luke 23:21 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc but they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!"
- Luke 23:30 λέγειν pres act inf Then they will begin to tell the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and tell the hills, 'Cover us.'
- Luke 23:35 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc The people stood watching. The rulers with them also scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen one!"
- Luke 23:37 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!"
- Luke 23:43 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg Jesus said to him, "Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise."
- Luke 23:47 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, "Certainly this was a righteous man."
- Luke 24:7 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc saying that the Son of Man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again?"
- Luke 24:23 λέγουσαι λέγουσιν pres act ptcp nom pl fem pres act ind 3pl and when they didn't find his body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.
- Luke 24:29 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc They urged him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is almost evening, and the day is almost over." He went in to stay with them.
- Luke 24:34 λέγοντας pres act ptcp acc pl masc saying, "The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!"
John 196 verses
- John 1:15 λέγων εἶπον pres act ptcp nom sg masc aor act ind 1sg John testified about him. He cried out, saying, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.'"
- John 1:21 λέγει pres act ind 3sg They asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No."
- John 1:22 εἶπαν λέγεις aor act ind 3pl pres act ind 2sg They said therefore to him, "Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"
- John 1:26 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc John answered them, "I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don't know.
- John 1:29 λέγει pres act ind 3sg The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
- John 1:32 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc John testified, saying, "I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him.
- John 1:36 λέγει pres act ind 3sg and he looked at Jesus as he walked, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God!"
- John 1:38 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said to them, "What are you looking for?" They said to him, "Rabbi" (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher), "where are you staying?"
- John 1:39 εἶπαν λέγεται aor act ind 3pl pres pass ind 3sg He said to them, "Come, and see." They came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.
- John 1:40 λέγει pres act ind 3sg One of the two who heard John, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
- John 1:42 λέγει pres act ind 3sg He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him, and said, "You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas" (which is by interpretation, Peter).
- John 1:44 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.
- John 1:46 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Nathanael said to him, "Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see."
- John 1:47 εἶπεν λέγει aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said about him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!"
- John 1:48 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."
- John 1:49 λέγει εἶπεν pres act ind 3sg aor act ind 3sg Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are King of Israel!"
- John 1:52 λέγει λέγω pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg
- John 2:3 λέγει pres act ind 3sg When the wine ran out, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no wine."
- John 2:4 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does that have to do with you and me? My hour has not yet come."
About this entry
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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.
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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.
