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.
Grammatical forms 68 distinct
- Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular 613 times (27%)
- Verb, Present, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular 337 times (15%)
- Verb, Present, Active, Indicative, 1st person, Singular 210 times (9%)
- Verb, Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Singular, Masculine 174 times (8%)
- Verb, Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Plural, Masculine 149 times (7%)
- Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural 121 times (5%)
- Verb, Imperfect, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural 74 times (3%)
- Verb, Imperfect, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular 72 times (3%)
+60 more forms (502 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (Robinson–Tischendorf, public domain), counted across 2,252 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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John 384 verses
- John 18:9 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg that the word might be fulfilled which he spoke, "Of those whom you have given me, I have lost none."
- John 18:11 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus therefore said to Peter, "Put the sword into its sheath. The cup which the Father has given me, shall I not surely drink it?"
- John 18:16 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg but Peter was standing at the door outside. So the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to her who kept the door, and brought in Peter.
- John 18:17 λέγει λέγει pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg Then the maid who kept the door said to Peter, "Are you also one of this man's disciples?" He said, "I am not."
- John 18:21 εἶπον aor act ind 1sg Why do you ask me? Ask those who have heard me what I said to them. Behold, these know the things which I said."
- John 18:22 εἰπόντος εἰπών aor act ptcp gen sg masc aor act ptcp nom sg masc When he had said this, one of the officers standing by slapped Jesus with his hand, saying, "Do you answer the high priest like that?"
- John 18:25 εἶπον εἶπεν aor act ind 3pl aor act ind 3sg Now Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said therefore to him, "You aren't also one of his disciples, are you?" He denied it, and said, "I am not."
- John 18:26 λέγει pres act ind 3sg One of the servants of the high priest, being a relative of him whose ear Peter had cut off, said, "Didn't I see you in the garden with him?"
- John 18:30 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl They answered him, "If this man weren't an evildoer, we wouldn't have delivered him up to you."
- John 18:31 εἶπεν εἶπον aor act ind 3sg aor act ind 3pl Pilate therefore said to them, "Take him yourselves, and judge him according to your law." Therefore the Jews said to him, "It is not lawful for us to put anyone to death,"
- John 18:32 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg that the word of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what kind of death he should die.
- John 18:33 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Pilate therefore entered again into the Praetorium, called Jesus, and said to him, "Are you the King of the Jews?"
- John 18:34 λέγεις εἶπόν pres act ind 2sg aor act ind 3pl Jesus answered him, "Do you say this by yourself, or did others tell you about me?"
- John 18:37 εἶπεν λέγεις aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 2sg Pilate therefore said to him, "Are you a king then?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this reason I have been born, and for this reason I have come into the world, that I should testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."
- John 18:38 λέγει εἰπὼν λέγει pres act ind 3sg aor act ptcp nom sg masc pres act ind 3sg Pilate said to him, "What is truth?" When he had said this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, "I find no basis for a charge against him.
- John 18:40 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc Then they all shouted again, saying, "Not this man, but Barabbas!" Now Barabbas was a robber.
- John 19:3 ἔλεγον impf act ind 3pl They kept saying, "Hail, King of the Jews!" and they kept slapping him.
- John 19:4 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, "Behold, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against him."
- John 19:5 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Jesus therefore came out, wearing the crown of thorns and the purple garment. Pilate said to them, "Behold, the man!"
- John 19:6 λέγει pres act ind 3sg When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify!" Pilate said to them, "Take him yourselves, and crucify him, for I find no basis for a charge against him."
- John 19:9 λέγει pres act ind 3sg He entered into the Praetorium again, and said to Jesus, "Where are you from?" But Jesus gave him no answer.
- John 19:10 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Pilate therefore said to him, "Aren't you speaking to me? Don't you know that I have power to release you, and have power to crucify you?"
- John 19:12 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc At this, Pilate was seeking to release him, but the Jews cried out, saying, "If you release this man, you aren't Caesar's friend! Everyone who makes himself a king speaks against Caesar!"
- John 19:13 λεγόμενον pres pass ptcp acc sg masc When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out, and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called "The Pavement," but in Hebrew, "Gabbatha."
- John 19:14 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Now it was the Preparation Day of the Passover, at about the sixth hour. He said to the Jews, "Behold, your King!"
- John 19:15 λέγει pres act ind 3sg They cried out, "Away with him! Away with him! Crucify him!" Pilate said to them, "Shall I crucify your King?" The chief priests answered, "We have no king but Caesar!"
- John 19:17 λεγόμενον λέγεται pres pass ptcp acc sg masc pres pass ind 3sg He went out, bearing his cross, to the place called "The Place of a Skull," which is called in Hebrew, "Golgotha,"
- John 19:21 ἔλεγον εἶπεν impf act ind 3pl aor act ind 3sg The chief priests of the Jews therefore said to Pilate, "Don't write, 'The King of the Jews,' but, 'he said, I am King of the Jews.'"
- John 19:24 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl Then they said to one another, "Let's not tear it, but cast lots for it to decide whose it will be," that the Scripture might be fulfilled, which says, "They parted my garments among them. For my cloak they cast lots." Therefore the soldiers did these things.
- John 19:26 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Therefore when Jesus saw his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing there, he said to his mother, "Woman, behold your son!"
- John 19:27 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Then he said to the disciple, "Behold, your mother!" From that hour, the disciple took her to his own home.
- John 19:28 λέγει pres act ind 3sg After this, Jesus, seeing that all things were now finished, that the Scripture might be fulfilled, said, "I am thirsty."
- John 19:30 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, "It is finished." He bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.
- John 19:35 λέγει pres act ind 3sg He who has seen has testified, and his testimony is true. He knows that he tells the truth, that you may believe.
- John 19:37 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Again another Scripture says, "They will look on him whom they pierced."
- John 20:2 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Therefore she ran and came to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, "They have taken away the Lord out of the tomb, and we don't know where they have laid him!"
- John 20:13 λέγουσιν λέγει pres act ind 3pl pres act ind 3sg They told her, "Woman, why are you weeping?" She said to them, "Because they have taken away my Lord, and I don't know where they have laid him."
- John 20:14 εἰποῦσα aor act ptcp nom sg fem When she had said this, she turned around and saw Jesus standing, and didn't know that it was Jesus.
- John 20:15 λέγει λέγει εἰπέ pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg aor act impv 2sg Jesus said to her, "Woman, why are you weeping? Who are you looking for?" She, supposing him to be the gardener, said to him, "Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away."
- John 20:16 λέγει λέγει λέγεται pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg pres pass ind 3sg Jesus said to her, "Mary." She turned and said to him, "Rhabbouni!" which is to say, "Teacher!"
- John 20:17 λέγει εἰπὲ pres act ind 3sg aor act impv 2sg Jesus said to her, "Don't touch me, for I haven't yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers, and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
- John 20:18 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that he had said these things to her.
- John 20:19 λέγει pres act ind 3sg When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst, and said to them, "Peace be to you."
- John 20:20 εἰπὼν aor act ptcp nom sg masc When he had said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples therefore were glad when they saw the Lord.
- John 20:21 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus therefore said to them again, "Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you."
- John 20:22 εἰπὼν λέγει aor act ptcp nom sg masc pres act ind 3sg When he had said this, he breathed on them, and said to them, "Receive the Holy Spirit!
- John 20:24 λεγόμενος pres pass ptcp nom sg masc But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, wasn't with them when Jesus came.
- John 20:25 ἔλεγον εἶπεν impf act ind 3pl aor act ind 3sg The other disciples therefore said to him, "We have seen the Lord!" But he said to them, "Unless I see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe."
- John 20:26 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg After eight days again his disciples were inside, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, the doors being locked, and stood in the midst, and said, "Peace be to you."
- John 20:27 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Then he said to Thomas, "Reach here your finger, and see my hands. Reach here your hand, and put it into my side. Don't be unbelieving, but believing."
- John 20:28 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Thomas answered him, "My Lord and my God!"
- John 20:29 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Jesus said to him, "Because you have seen me, you have believed. Blessed are those who have not seen, and have believed."
- John 21:2 λεγόμενος pres pass ptcp nom sg masc Simon Peter, Thomas called Didymus, Nathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples were together.
- John 21:3 λέγει λέγουσιν pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3pl Simon Peter said to them, "I'm going fishing." They told him, "We are also coming with you." They immediately went out, and entered into the boat. That night, they caught nothing.
- John 21:5 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Jesus therefore said to them, "Children, have you anything to eat?" They answered him, "No."
- John 21:6 λέγει pres act ind 3sg He said to them, "Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some." They cast it therefore, and now they weren't able to draw it in for the multitude of fish.
- John 21:7 λέγει pres act ind 3sg That disciple therefore whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It's the Lord!" So when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he wrapped his coat around him (for he was naked), and threw himself into the sea.
- John 21:10 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Jesus said to them, "Bring some of the fish which you have just caught."
- John 21:12 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Jesus said to them, "Come and eat breakfast." None of the disciples dared inquire of him, "Who are you?" knowing that it was the Lord.
- John 21:15 λέγει λέγει λέγει pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg So when they had eaten their breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me more than these?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you." He said to him, "Feed my lambs."
- John 21:16 λέγει λέγει λέγει pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg He said to him again a second time, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you love me?" He said to him, "Yes, Lord; you know that I have affection for you." He said to him, "Tend my sheep."
- John 21:17 λέγει εἶπεν λέγει λέγει pres act ind 3sg aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg He said to him the third time, "Simon, son of Jonah, do you have affection for me?" Peter was grieved because he asked him the third time, "Do you have affection for me?" He said to him, "Lord, you know everything. You know that I have affection for you." Jesus said to him, "Feed my sheep.
- John 21:18 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Most assuredly I tell you, when you were young, you dressed yourself, and walked where you wanted to. But when you are old, you will stretch out your hands, and another will dress you, and carry you where you don't want to go."
- John 21:19 εἶπεν εἰπὼν λέγει aor act ind 3sg aor act ptcp nom sg masc pres act ind 3sg Now he said this, signifying by what kind of death he would glorify God. When he had said this, he said to him, "Follow me."
- John 21:20 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Then Peter, turning around, saw a disciple following. This was the disciple whom Jesus sincerely loved, the one who had also leaned on Jesus' breast at the supper and asked, "Lord, who is going to betray You?"
- John 21:21 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Peter seeing him, said to Jesus, "Lord, what about this man?"
- John 21:22 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Jesus said to him, "If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you? You follow me."
- John 21:23 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg This saying therefore went out among the brothers, that this disciple wouldn't die. Yet Jesus didn't say to him that he wouldn't die, but, "If I desire that he stay until I come, what is that to you?"
Acts 210 verses
- Acts 1:3 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc To these he also showed himself alive after he suffered, by many proofs, appearing to them over a period of forty days, and speaking about God's Kingdom.
- Acts 1:6 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc Therefore, when they had come together, they asked him, "Lord, are you now restoring the kingdom to Israel?"
- Acts 1:7 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to them, "It isn't for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within His own authority.
- Acts 1:9 εἰπὼν aor act ptcp nom sg masc When he had said these things, as they were looking, he was taken up, and a cloud received him out of their sight.
- Acts 1:11 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl who also said, "You men of Galilee, why do you stand looking into the sky? This Jesus, who was received up from you into the sky will come back in the same way as you saw him going into the sky."
- Acts 1:15 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg In these days, Peter stood up in the midst of the disciples (and the number of names was about one hundred twenty), and said,
- Acts 1:24 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl They prayed, and said, "You, Lord, who know the hearts of all men, show which one of these two you have chosen
- Acts 2:7 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc They were all amazed and marveled, saying to one another, "Behold, aren't all these who speak Galileans?
- Acts 2:12 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc They were all amazed, and were perplexed, saying one to another, "What does this mean?"
- Acts 2:13 ἔλεγον impf act ind 3pl Others, mocking, said, "They are filled with new wine."
- Acts 2:17 λέγει pres act ind 3sg 'It will be in the last days, says God, That I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh. Your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your young men will see visions. Your old men will dream dreams.
- Acts 2:25 λέγει pres act ind 3sg For David says concerning him, 'I saw the Lord always before my face, For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.
- Acts 2:29 εἰπεῖν aor act inf "Brothers, I may tell you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
- Acts 2:34 λέγει εἶπεν pres act ind 3sg aor act ind 3sg For David didn't ascend into the heavens, but he says himself, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit by my right hand,
- Acts 2:37 εἶπόν aor act ind 3pl Now when they heard this, they were cut to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?"
- Acts 2:40 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc With many other words he testified, and exhorted them, saying, "Save yourselves from this crooked generation!"
- Acts 3:2 λεγομένην pres pass ptcp acc sg fem A certain man who was lame from his mother's womb was being carried, whom they laid daily at the door of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask gifts for the needy of those who entered into the temple.
- Acts 3:4 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Peter, fastening his eyes on him, with John, said, "Look at us."
- Acts 3:6 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But Peter said, "Silver and gold have I none, but what I have, that I give you. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, get up and walk!"
- Acts 3:22 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg For Moses indeed said to the fathers, 'The Lord God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me. You shall listen to him in all things whatever he says to you.
- Acts 3:25 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, 'In your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.'
- Acts 4:8 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Then Peter, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to them, "You rulers of the people, and elders of Israel,
- Acts 4:16 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc saying, "What shall we do to these men? Because indeed a notable miracle has been done through them, as can be plainly seen by all who dwell in Jerusalem, and we can't deny it.
- Acts 4:19 εἶπον aor act ind 3pl But Peter and John answered them, "Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, judge for yourselves,
- Acts 4:23 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl Being let go, they came to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them.
- Acts 4:24 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl When they heard it, they lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said, "O Lord, you are God, who made the heaven, the earth, the sea, and all that is in them;
- Acts 4:25 εἰπών aor act ptcp nom sg masc who by the mouth of your servant, David, said, 'Why do the nations rage, And the peoples plot a vain thing?
- Acts 4:32 ἔλεγεν impf act ind 3sg The multitude of those who believed were of one heart and soul. Not one of them claimed that anything of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things in common.
- Acts 5:3 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit, and to keep back part of the price of the land?
- Acts 5:8 εἰπέ εἶπεν aor act impv 2sg aor act ind 3sg Peter answered her, "Tell me whether you sold the land for so much." She said, "Yes, for so much."
- Acts 5:19 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But an angel of the Lord opened the prison doors by night, and brought them out, and said,
- Acts 5:23 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc "We found the prison shut and locked, and the guards standing before the doors, but when we opened them, we found no one inside!"
- Acts 5:28 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc saying, "Didn't we strictly charge you not to teach in this name? Behold, you have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood on us."
- Acts 5:29 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl But Peter and the apostles answered, "We must obey God rather than men.
- Acts 5:35 εἶπέν aor act ind 3sg He said to them, "You men of Israel, be careful concerning these men, what you are about to do.
- Acts 5:36 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc For before these days Theudas rose up, making himself out to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: who was slain; and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed, and came to nothing.
- Acts 5:38 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Now I tell you, withdraw from these men, and leave them alone. For if this counsel or this work is of men, it will be overthrown.
- Acts 6:2 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl The twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, "It is not appropriate for us to forsake the word of God and serve tables.
- Acts 6:9 λεγομένων pres pass ptcp gen pl masc But some of those who were of the synagogue called "The Libertines," and of the Cyrenians, of the Alexandrians, and of those of Cilicia and Asia arose, disputing with Stephen.
- Acts 6:11 λέγοντας pres act ptcp acc pl masc Then they secretly induced men to say, "We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses and God."
- Acts 6:13 λέγοντας pres act ptcp acc pl masc and set up false witnesses who said, "This man never stops speaking blasphemous words against this holy place and the law.
- Acts 6:14 λέγοντος pres act ptcp gen sg masc For we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us."
- Acts 7:1 Εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg The high priest said, "Are these things so?"
- Acts 7:3 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg and said to him, 'Get out of your land, and from your relatives, and come into a land which I will show you.'
- Acts 7:7 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg 'I will judge the nation to which they will be in bondage,' said God, 'and after that will they come out, and serve me in this place.'
- Acts 7:26 εἰπών aor act ptcp nom sg masc "The day following, he appeared to them as they fought, and urged them to be at peace again, saying, 'Sirs, you are brothers. Why do you wrong one another?'
- Acts 7:27 εἰπών aor act ptcp nom sg masc But he who did his neighbor wrong pushed him away, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge over us?
- Acts 7:33 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg The Lord said to him, 'Take your sandals off of your feet, for the place where you stand is holy ground.
- Acts 7:35 εἰπόντες aor act ptcp nom pl masc "This Moses, whom they refused, saying, 'Who made you a ruler and a judge?'--God has sent him as both a ruler and a deliverer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.
- Acts 7:37 εἴπας aor act ptcp nom sg masc This is that Moses, who said to the children of Israel, 'The Lord our God will raise up a prophet for you from among your brothers, like me.'
- Acts 7:40 εἰπόντες aor act ptcp nom pl masc saying to Aaron, 'Make us gods that will go before us, for as for this Moses, who led us out of the land of Egypt, we don't know what has become of him.'
- Acts 7:48 λέγει pres act ind 3sg However, the Most High doesn't dwell in temples made with hands, as the prophet says,
- Acts 7:49 λέγει pres act ind 3sg 'heaven is my throne, And the earth a footstool for my feet. What kind of house will you build me?' says the Lord; 'Or what is the place of my rest?
- Acts 7:56 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg and said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"
- Acts 7:59 λέγοντα pres act ptcp acc sg masc They stoned Stephen as he called out, saying, "Lord Jesus, receive my Spirit!"
- Acts 7:60 εἰπὼν aor act ptcp nom sg masc He kneeled down, and cried with a loud voice, "Lord, don't hold this sin against them!" When he had said this, he fell asleep.
- Acts 8:6 λεγομένοις pres pass ptcp dat pl neut The multitudes listened with one accord to the things that were spoken by Philip, when they heard and saw the signs which he did.
- Acts 8:9 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc But there was a certain man, Simon by name, who used to practice sorcery in the city, and amazed the people of Samaria, making himself out to be some great one,
- Acts 8:10 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc to whom they all listened, from the least to the greatest, saying, "This man is that great power of God."
- Acts 8:19 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc saying, "Give me also this power, that whoever I lay my hands on may receive the Holy Spirit."
- Acts 8:20 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But Peter said to him, "May your silver perish with you, because you thought you could obtain the gift of God with money!
- Acts 8:24 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Simon answered, "Pray for me to the Lord, that none of the things which you have spoken happen to me."
- Acts 8:26 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, "Arise, and go toward the south to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is a desert."
- Acts 8:29 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg The Spirit said to Philip, "Go near, and join yourself to this chariot."
- Acts 8:30 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Philip ran to him, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet, and said, "Do you understand what you are reading?"
- Acts 8:31 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said, "How can I, unless someone explains it to me?" He begged Philip to come up and sit with him.
- Acts 8:34 εἶπεν λέγει aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg The eunuch answered Philip, "Who is the prophet talking about? About himself, or about someone else?"
- Acts 9:4 λέγουσαν pres act ptcp acc sg fem He fell on the earth, and heard a voice saying to him, "Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?"
- Acts 9:5 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said, "Who are you, Lord?" The Lord said, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting.
- Acts 9:10 εἶπεν εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg aor act ind 3sg Now there was a certain disciple at Damascus named Ananias. The Lord said to him in a vision, "Ananias!" He said, "Behold, it's me, Lord."
- Acts 9:15 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But the Lord said to him, "Go your way, for he is my chosen vessel to bear my name before the nations and kings, and the children of Israel.
- Acts 9:17 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Ananias departed, and entered into the house. Laying his hands on him, he said, "Brother Saul, the Lord, who appeared to you on the road by which you came, has sent me, that you may receive your sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit."
- Acts 9:21 ἔλεγον impf act ind 3pl All who heard him were amazed, and said, "Isn't this he who in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called on this name? And he had come here intending to bring them bound before the chief priests!"
- Acts 9:34 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Peter said to him, "Aeneas, Jesus Christ heals you. Get up and make your bed!" Immediately he arose.
- Acts 9:36 λέγεται pres pass ind 3sg Now there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which when translated, means Dorcas. This woman was full of good works and acts of mercy which she did.
- Acts 9:40 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Peter put them all out, and kneeled down and prayed. Turning to the body, he said, "Tabitha, get up!" She opened her eyes, and when she saw Peter, she sat up.
- Acts 10:3 εἰπόντα aor act ptcp acc sg masc At about the ninth hour of the day, he clearly saw in a vision an angel of God coming to him, and saying to him, "Cornelius!"
- Acts 10:4 εἶπεν εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg aor act ind 3sg He, fastening his eyes on him, and being frightened, said, "What is it, Lord?" He said to him, "Your prayers and your gifts to the needy have gone up for a memorial before God.
- Acts 10:14 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But Peter said, "Not so, Lord; for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean."
- Acts 10:19 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg While Peter was pondering the vision, the Spirit said to him, "Behold, three men seek you.
- Acts 10:21 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Peter went down to the men, and said, "Behold, I am he whom you seek. Why have you come?"
- Acts 10:22 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl They said, "Cornelius, a centurion, a righteous man and one who fears God, and well spoken of by all the nation of the Jews, was directed by a holy angel to invite you to his house, and to listen to what you say."
- Acts 10:26 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc But Peter raised him up, saying, "Stand up! I myself am also a man."
- Acts 10:28 λέγειν pres act inf He said to them, "You yourselves know how it is an unlawful thing for a man who is a Jew to join himself or come to one of another nation, but God has shown me that I shouldn't call any man unholy or unclean.
- Acts 10:34 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Peter opened his mouth and said, "Truly I perceive that God doesn't show favoritism;
- Acts 11:3 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc saying, "You went in to uncircumcised men, and ate with them!"
- Acts 11:4 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc But Peter began, and explained to them in order, saying,
- Acts 11:7 λεγούσης pres act ptcp gen sg fem I also heard a voice saying to me, 'Rise, Peter, kill and eat!'
- Acts 11:8 εἶπον aor act ind 1sg But I said, 'Not so, Lord, for nothing unholy or unclean has ever entered into my mouth.'
- Acts 11:12 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg The Spirit told me to go with them, without discriminating. These six brothers also accompanied me, and we entered into the man's house.
- Acts 11:13 εἰπόντα aor act ptcp acc sg masc He told us how he had seen the angel standing in his house, and saying to him, 'Send to Joppa, and get Simon, whose surname is Peter,
- Acts 11:16 ἔλεγεν impf act ind 3sg I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit.'
- Acts 11:18 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying, "Then God has also granted to the Gentiles repentance to life!"
- Acts 12:7 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc And behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side, and woke him up, saying, "Stand up quickly!" His chains fell off from his hands.
- Acts 12:8 εἶπεν λέγει aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg The angel said to him, "Get dressed and put on your sandals." He did so. He said to him, "Put on your cloak, and follow me."
- Acts 12:11 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg When Peter had come to himself, he said, "Now I truly know that the Lord has sent out his angel and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from everything the Jewish people were expecting."
- Acts 12:15 εἶπαν ἔλεγον aor act ind 3pl impf act ind 3pl They said to her, "You are crazy!" But she insisted that it was so. They said, "It is his angel."
- Acts 12:17 εἶπέν aor act ind 3sg But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, "Tell these things to James, and to the brothers." Then he departed, and went to another place.
- Acts 13:2 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg As they served the Lord and fasted, the Holy Spirit said, "Separate Barnabas and Saul for me, for the work to which I have called them."
- Acts 13:10 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg and said, "Full of all deceit and all cunning, you son of the devil, you enemy of all righteousness, will you not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
- Acts 13:15 λέγοντες λέγετε pres act ptcp nom pl masc pres act impv 2pl After the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying, "Brothers, if you have any word of exhortation for the people, speak."
- Acts 13:16 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Paul stood up, and beckoning with his hand said, "Men of Israel, and you who fear God, listen.
- Acts 13:22 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg When he had removed him, he raised up David to be their king, to whom he also testified, 'I have found David the son of Jesse, a man after my heart, who will do all my will.'
- Acts 13:25 ἔλεγεν impf act ind 3sg As John was fulfilling his course, he said, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. But behold, one comes after me the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.'
- Acts 13:35 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Therefore he says also in another psalm, 'You will not allow your Holy One to see decay.'
- Acts 13:46 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl Paul and Barnabas spoke out boldly, and said, "It was necessary that God's word should be spoken to you first. Since indeed you thrust it from you, and judge yourselves unworthy of eternal life, behold, we turn to the Gentiles.
- Acts 14:10 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg said with a loud voice, "Stand upright on your feet!" He leaped up and walked.
- Acts 14:11 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc When the multitude saw what Paul had done, they lifted up their voice, saying in the language of Lycaonia, "The gods have come down to us in the likeness of men!"
- Acts 14:15 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc "Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men of like passions with you, and bring you good news, that you should turn from these vain things to the living God, who made the sky and the earth and the sea, and all that is in them;
- Acts 14:18 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc Even saying these things, they hardly stopped the multitudes from making a sacrifice to them.
- Acts 15:5 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc But some of the sect of the Pharisees who believed rose up, saying, "It is necessary to circumcise them, and to charge them to keep the law of Moses."
- Acts 15:7 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg When there had been much discussion, Peter rose up and said to them, "Brothers, you know that a good while ago God made choice among you, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the Gospel, and believe.
- Acts 15:13 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc After they were silent, James answered, "Brothers, listen to me.
- Acts 15:17 λέγει pres act ind 3sg That the rest of men may seek after the Lord; All the Gentiles who are called by my name, Says the Lord, who does all these things.
- Acts 15:36 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg After some days Paul said to Barnabas, "Let's return now and visit our brothers in every city in which we proclaimed the word of the Lord, to see how they are doing."
- Acts 16:9 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc A vision appeared to Paul in the night. There was a man of Macedonia standing, begging him, and saying, "Come over into Macedonia and help us."
- Acts 16:15 λέγουσα pres act ptcp nom sg fem When she and her household were baptized, she begged us, saying, "If you have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and stay." So she persuaded us.
- Acts 16:17 λέγουσα pres act ptcp nom sg fem Following Paul and us, she cried out, "These men are servants of the Most High God, who proclaim to us the way of salvation!"
- Acts 16:18 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg She was doing this for many days. But Paul, becoming greatly annoyed, turned and said to the spirit, "I charge you in the name of Jesus Christ to come out of her!" It came out that very hour.
- Acts 16:20 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl When they had brought them to the magistrates, they said, "These men, being Jews, are agitating our city,
- Acts 16:28 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc But Paul cried with a loud voice, saying, "Don't harm yourself, for we are all here!"
- Acts 16:31 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl They said, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved, you and your household."
- Acts 16:35 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc But when it was day, the magistrates sent the sergeants, saying, "Let those men go."
- Acts 17:7 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc whom Jason has received. These all act contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus!"
- Acts 17:18 ἔλεγον λέγειν impf act ind 3pl pres act inf Some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers also were conversing with him. Some said, "What does this babbler want to say?" Others said, "He seems to be advocating foreign deities," because he preached Jesus and the resurrection.
- Acts 17:19 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc They took hold of him, and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, "May we know what this new teaching is, which is spoken by you?
- Acts 17:21 λέγειν pres act inf Now all the Athenians and the strangers living there spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing.
- Acts 17:32 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked; but others said, "We want to hear you again concerning this."
- Acts 18:6 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg When they opposed him and blasphemed, he shook out his clothing and said to them, "Your blood be on your own heads! I am clean. From now on, I will go to the Gentiles!"
- Acts 18:9 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision, "Don't be afraid, but speak and don't be silent;
- Acts 18:13 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc saying, "This man persuades men to worship God contrary to the law."
- Acts 18:14 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews, "If indeed it were a matter of wrong or of wicked crime, you Jews, it would be reasonable that I should bear with you;
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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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.
