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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Matthew 167 verses
- Matthew 2:5 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl They said to him, "In Bethlehem of Judea, for thus it is written through the prophet,
- Matthew 2:8 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He sent them to Bethlehem, and said, "Go and search diligently for the young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may come and worship him."
- Matthew 2:13 λέγων εἴπω pres act ptcp nom sg masc aor act subj 1sg Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him."
- Matthew 3:7 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
- Matthew 3:15 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But Jesus, answering, said to him, "Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he allowed him.
- Matthew 4:3 εἶπεν εἰπὲ aor act ind 3sg aor act impv 2sg The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread."
- Matthew 4:4 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.'"
- Matthew 4:9 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to him, "I will give you all of these things, if you will fall down and worship me."
- Matthew 5:11 εἴπωσιν aor act subj 3pl "Blessed are you when people reproach you, persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
- Matthew 5:22 λέγω εἴπῃ εἴπῃ pres act ind 1sg aor act subj 3sg aor act subj 3sg But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'Raca!' shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.
- Matthew 8:4 λέγει εἴπῃς pres act ind 3sg aor act subj 2sg Jesus said to him, "See that you tell nobody, but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, as a testimony to them."
- Matthew 8:8 εἰπὲ aor act impv 2sg The centurion answered, "Lord, I'm not worthy for you to come under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
- Matthew 8:10 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to those who followed, "Most assuredly I tell you, I haven't found so great a faith, not even in Israel.
- Matthew 8:13 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus said to the centurion, "Go your way. Let it be done for you as you have believed." His servant was healed in that hour.
- Matthew 8:19 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg A scribe came, and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go."
- Matthew 8:21 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Another of his disciples said to him, "Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father."
- Matthew 8:32 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to them, "Go!" They came out, and went into the herd of pigs: and behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the cliff into the sea, and died in the water.
- Matthew 9:2 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a bed. Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic, "Son, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven you."
- Matthew 9:3 εἶπον aor act ind 3pl Behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man blasphemes."
- Matthew 9:4 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts?
- Matthew 9:5 εἰπεῖν εἰπεῖν aor act inf aor act inf For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are forgiven;' or to say, 'Get up, and walk?'
- Matthew 9:12 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg When Jesus heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but those who are sick do.
- Matthew 9:15 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus said to them, "Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.
- Matthew 9:22 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But Jesus, turning around and seeing her, said, "Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well." And the woman was made well from that hour.
- Matthew 10:27 λέγω εἴπατε pres act ind 1sg aor act impv 2pl What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
- Matthew 11:3 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg and said to him, "Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?"
- Matthew 11:4 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John the things which you hear and see:
- Matthew 11:25 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg At that time, Jesus answered, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.
- Matthew 12:2 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said to him, "Behold, your disciples do what is not lawful to do on the Sabbath."
- Matthew 12:3 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But he said to them, "Haven't you read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him;
- Matthew 12:11 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to them, "What man is there among you, who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, won't he grab on to it, and lift it out?
- Matthew 12:24 εἶπον aor act ind 3pl But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, "This man does not cast out demons, except by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons."
- Matthew 12:25 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.
- Matthew 12:32 εἴπῃ εἴπῃ aor act subj 3sg aor act subj 3sg Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that which is to come.
- Matthew 12:39 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But he answered them, "An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet.
- Matthew 12:47 [εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg One said to him, "Behold, your mother and your brothers stand outside, seeking to speak to you."
- Matthew 12:48 εἶπεν λέγοντι aor act ind 3sg pres act ptcp dat sg masc But he answered him who spoke to him, "Who is my mother? Who are my brothers?"
- Matthew 12:49 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He stretched out his hand towards his disciples, and said, "Behold, my mother and my brothers!
- Matthew 13:10 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl The disciples came, and said to him, "Why do you speak to them in parables?"
- Matthew 13:11 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He answered them, "To you it is given to know the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but it is not given to them.
- Matthew 13:27 εἶπον aor act ind 3pl The servants of the householder came and said to him, 'Sir, didn't you sow good seed in your field? Where did this darnel come from?'
- Matthew 13:37 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He answered them, "He who sows the good seed is the Son of Man,
- Matthew 13:52 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to them, "Therefore, every scribe who has been made a disciple in the Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings out of his treasure new and old things."
- Matthew 13:57 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg They were offended by him. But Jesus said to them, "A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house."
- Matthew 14:2 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg and said to his servants, "This is John the Baptizer. He is risen from the dead. That is why these powers work in him."
- Matthew 14:16 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But Jesus said to them, "They don't need to go away. You give them something to eat."
- Matthew 14:18 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said, "Bring them here to me."
- Matthew 14:28 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Peter answered him and said, "Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the waters."
- Matthew 14:29 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said, "Come!" Peter stepped down from the boat, and walked on the waters to come to Jesus.
- Matthew 15:3 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He answered them, "Why do you also disobey the commandment of God because of your tradition?
- Matthew 15:5 λέγετε εἴπῃ pres act ind 2pl aor act subj 3sg But you say, 'Whoever may tell his father or his mother, "Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,"
- Matthew 15:10 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He summoned the multitude, and said to them, "Hear, and understand.
- Matthew 15:13 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But he answered, "Every plant which my heavenly Father didn't plant will be uprooted.
- Matthew 15:15 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Peter answered him, "Explain the parable to us."
- Matthew 15:16 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg So Jesus said, "Do you also still not understand?
- Matthew 15:24 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But he answered, "I wasn't sent to anyone but the lost sheep of the house of Israel."
- Matthew 15:26 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But he answered, "It is not appropriate to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs."
- Matthew 15:27 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But she said, "Yes, Lord, but even the dogs eat the crumbs which fall from their masters' table."
- Matthew 15:28 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Then Jesus answered her, "Woman, great is your faith! Be it done to you even as you desire." And her daughter was healed from that hour.
- Matthew 15:32 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus summoned his disciples and said, "I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat. I don't want to send them away fasting, or they might faint on the way."
- Matthew 15:34 λέγει εἶπον pres act ind 3sg aor act ind 3pl Jesus said to them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven, and a few small fish."
- Matthew 16:2 εἶπεν λέγετε aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 2pl But he answered them, "When it is evening, you say, 'It will be fair weather, for the sky is red.'
- Matthew 16:6 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus said to them, "Take heed and beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
- Matthew 16:8 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus, perceiving it, said, "Why do you reason among yourselves, you of little faith, 'because you have brought no bread?'
- Matthew 16:11 εἶπον aor act ind 1sg How is it that you don't perceive that I didn't speak to you concerning bread? But beware of the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees."
- Matthew 16:12 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Then they understood that he didn't tell them to beware of the yeast of bread, but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
- Matthew 16:14 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl They said, "Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets."
- Matthew 16:16 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
- Matthew 16:17 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus answered him, "Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.
- Matthew 16:20 εἴπωσιν aor act subj 3pl Then he charged the disciples that they should tell no one that he is Jesus the Christ.
- Matthew 16:23 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But he turned, and said to Peter, "Get behind me, Satan! You are a stumbling-block to me, for you are not setting your mind on the things of God, but on the things of men."
- Matthew 16:24 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone desires to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
- Matthew 17:4 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Peter answered, and said to Jesus, "Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, let's make three tents here: one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elijah."
- Matthew 17:7 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus came and touched them and said, "Get up, and don't be afraid."
- Matthew 17:9 λέγων εἴπητε pres act ptcp nom sg masc aor act subj 2pl As they were coming down from the mountain, Jesus commanded them, saying, "Don't tell anyone what you saw, until the Son of Man has risen from the dead."
- Matthew 17:11 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus answered them, "Elijah indeed comes first, and will restore all things,
- Matthew 17:13 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.
- Matthew 17:17 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus answered, "Faithless and perverse generation! How long will I be with you? How long will I bear with you? Bring him here to me."
- Matthew 17:19 εἶπον aor act ind 3pl Then the disciples came to Jesus privately, and said, "Why weren't we able to cast it out?"
- Matthew 17:22 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg While they were staying in Galilee, Jesus said to them, "The Son of Man is about to be delivered up into the hands of men,
- Matthew 17:24 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl When they had come to Capernaum, those who collected the didrachma coins came to Peter, and said, "Doesn't your teacher pay the didrachma?"
- Matthew 17:26 εἰπόντος aor act ptcp gen sg masc Peter said to him, "From strangers." Jesus said to him, "Therefore the children are exempt.
- Matthew 18:3 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg and said, "Most assuredly I tell you, unless you turn, and become as little children, you will in no way enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
- Matthew 18:17 εἰπὸν aor act impv 2sg If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the assembly. If he refuses to hear the assembly also, let him be to you as a Gentile or a tax collector.
- Matthew 18:21 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Then Peter came and said to him, "Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Until seven times?"
- Matthew 19:4 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He answered, "Haven't you read that he who made them from the beginning made them male and female,
- Matthew 19:5 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg and said, 'For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?'
- Matthew 19:11 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But he said to them, "Not all men can receive this saying, but those to whom it is given.
- Matthew 19:14 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But Jesus said, "Allow the little children, and don't forbid them to come to me; for to such belongs the Kingdom of Heaven."
- Matthew 19:16 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Behold, one came to him and said, "Good teacher, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?"
- Matthew 19:17 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good but one, that is, God. But if you want to enter into life, keep the commandments."
- Matthew 19:18 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to him, "Which ones?" Jesus said, "'You shall not murder.' 'You shall not commit adultery.' 'You shall not steal.' 'You shall not offer false testimony.'
- Matthew 19:23 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg Jesus said to his disciples, "Most assuredly I say to you, a rich man will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven with difficulty.
- Matthew 19:26 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Looking at them, Jesus said, "With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible."
- Matthew 19:27 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Then Peter answered, "Behold, we have left everything, and followed you. What then will we have?"
- Matthew 19:28 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
- Matthew 20:4 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg To them he said, 'You also go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.' So they went their way.
- Matthew 20:13 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "But he answered one of them, 'Friend, I am doing you no wrong. Didn't you agree with me for a denarius?
- Matthew 20:17 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside, and on the way he said to them,
- Matthew 20:21 εἶπεν λέγει εἰπὲ aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg aor act impv 2sg He said to her, "What do you want?" She said to him, "Command that these, my two sons, may sit, one on your right hand, and one on your left hand, in your Kingdom."
- Matthew 20:22 εἶπεν λέγουσιν aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 3pl But Jesus answered, "You don't know what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with?" They said to him, "We are able."
- Matthew 20:25 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But Jesus summoned them, and said, "You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great ones exercise authority over them.
- Matthew 20:32 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus stood still, and called them, and asked, "What do you want me to do for you?"
- Matthew 21:3 εἴπῃ aor act subj 3sg If anyone says anything to you, you shall say, 'The Lord needs them,' and immediately he will send them."
- Matthew 21:5 εἴπατε aor act impv 2pl "Tell the daughter of Zion, Behold, your King comes to you, Humble, and riding on a donkey, On a colt, the foal of a donkey."
- Matthew 21:16 εἶπαν λέγουσιν λέγει aor act ind 3pl pres act ind 3pl pres act ind 3sg and said to him, "Do you hear what these are saying?" Jesus said to them, "Yes. Did you never read, 'Out of the mouth of babes and nursing babies you have perfected praise?'"
- Matthew 21:21 εἶπεν λέγω εἴπητε aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg aor act subj 2pl Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly I tell you, if you have faith, and don't doubt, you will not only do what is done to the fig tree, but even if you told this mountain, 'Be taken up and cast into the sea,' it would be done.
- Matthew 21:24 εἶπεν εἴπητέ aor act ind 3sg aor act subj 2pl Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.
- Matthew 21:26 εἴπωμεν εἴπωμεν aor act subj 1pl aor act subj 1pl But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet."
- Matthew 21:27 εἶπαν λέγω aor act ind 3pl pres act ind 1sg They answered Jesus, and said, "We don't know." He also said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
- Matthew 21:28 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, 'Son, go work today in my vineyard.'
- Matthew 21:29 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind, and went.
- Matthew 21:30 εἶπεν εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg aor act ind 3sg He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, 'I go, sir,' but he didn't go.
- Matthew 21:38 εἶπον aor act ind 3pl But the farmers, when they saw the son, said among themselves, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, and seize his inheritance.'
- Matthew 22:1 εἶπεν λέγων aor act ind 3sg pres act ptcp nom sg masc Jesus answered and spoke again in parables to them, saying,
- Matthew 22:4 λέγων εἴπατε pres act ptcp nom sg masc aor act impv 2pl Again he sent out other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, "Behold, I have made ready my dinner. My oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready. Come to the marriage feast!"'
- Matthew 22:13 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Then the king said to the servants, 'Bind him hand and foot, take him away, and throw him into the outer darkness; there is where the weeping and grinding of teeth will be.'
- Matthew 22:17 εἰπὸν aor act impv 2sg Tell us therefore, what do you think? Is it lawful to pay taxes to Caesar, or not?"
- Matthew 22:18 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why do you test me, you hypocrites?
- Matthew 22:24 λέγοντες εἶπεν pres act ptcp nom pl masc aor act ind 3sg saying, "Teacher, Moses said, 'If a man dies, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed for his brother.'
- Matthew 22:29 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But Jesus answered them, "You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.
- Matthew 22:44 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg 'The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, Until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet?'
- Matthew 23:3 εἴπωσιν λέγουσιν aor act subj 3pl pres act ind 3pl All things therefore whatever they tell you to observe, observe and do, but don't do their works; for they say, and don't do.
- Matthew 23:39 λέγω εἴπητε pres act ind 1sg aor act subj 2pl For I tell you, you will not see me from now on, until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'"
- Matthew 24:2 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg But he answered them, "Don't you see all of these things? Most assuredly I tell you, there will not be left here one stone on another, that will not be thrown down."
- Matthew 24:3 λέγοντες εἰπὲ pres act ptcp nom pl masc aor act impv 2sg As he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us, when will these things be? What is the sign of your coming, and of the end of the age?"
- Matthew 24:4 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus answered them, "Be careful that no one leads you astray.
- Matthew 24:23 εἴπῃ aor act subj 3sg "Then if any man tells you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or, 'There,' don't believe it.
- Matthew 24:26 εἴπωσιν aor act subj 3pl If therefore they tell you, 'Behold, he is in the wilderness,' don't go out; 'Behold, he is in the inner chambers,' don't believe it.
- Matthew 24:48 εἴπῃ aor act subj 3sg But if that evil servant should say in his heart, 'My lord is delaying his coming,'
- Matthew 25:8 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl The foolish said to the wise, 'Give us some of your oil, for our lamps are going out.'
- Matthew 25:12 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg But he answered, 'Most assuredly I tell you, I don't know you.'
- Matthew 25:22 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "He also who got the two talents came and said, 'Lord, you delivered to me two talents. Behold, I have gained another two talents besides them.'
- Matthew 25:24 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "He also who had received the one talent came and said, 'Lord, I knew you that you are a hard man, reaping where you did not sow, and gathering where you did not scatter.
- Matthew 25:26 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "But his lord answered him, 'You wicked and slothful servant. You knew that I reap where I didn't sow, and gather where I didn't scatter.
- Matthew 26:1 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg It happened, when Jesus had finished all these words, that he said to his disciples,
- Matthew 26:10 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But Jesus, knowing this, said to them, "Why do you trouble the woman? Because she has done a good work for me.
- Matthew 26:15 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg and said, "What are you willing to give me, that I should deliver him to you?" They weighed out for him thirty pieces of silver.
- Matthew 26:18 εἶπεν εἴπατε λέγει aor act ind 3sg aor act impv 2pl pres act ind 3sg He said, "Go into the city to a certain person, and tell him, 'The Teacher says, "My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples."'"
- Matthew 26:21 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg As they were eating, he said, "Most assuredly I tell you that one of you will betray me."
- Matthew 26:23 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He answered, "He who dipped his hand with me in the dish, the same will betray me.
- Matthew 26:25 εἶπεν λέγει εἶπας aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg aor act ind 2sg Judas, who betrayed him, answered, "It isn't me, is it, Rabbi?" He said to him, "You said it."
- Matthew 26:26 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg As they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks for it, and broke it. He gave to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body."
- Matthew 26:33 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But Peter answered him, "Even if all will be made to stumble because of you, I will never be made to stumble."
- Matthew 26:35 λέγει εἶπον pres act ind 3sg aor act ind 3pl Peter said to him, "Even if I must die with you, I will not deny you." All of the disciples also said likewise.
- Matthew 26:44 εἰπὼν aor act ptcp nom sg masc He left them again, went away, and prayed a third time, saying the same words.
- Matthew 26:49 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Immediately he came to Jesus, and said, "Hail, Rabbi!" and kissed him.
- Matthew 26:50 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus said to him, "Friend, why are you here?" Then they came and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.
- Matthew 26:55 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, "Have you come out as against a robber with swords and clubs to seize me? I sat daily in the temple teaching, and you didn't arrest me.
- Matthew 26:61 εἶπον aor act ind 3pl and said, "This man said, 'I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.'"
- Matthew 26:62 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg The high priest stood up, and said to him, "Have you no answer? What is this that these testify against you?"
- Matthew 26:63 εἶπεν εἴπῃς aor act ind 3sg aor act subj 2sg But Jesus held his peace. The high priest answered him, "I adjure you by the living God, that you tell us whether you are the Christ, the Son of God."
- Matthew 26:64 λέγει εἶπας λέγω pres act ind 3sg aor act ind 2sg pres act ind 1sg Jesus said to him, "You have said it. Nevertheless, I tell you, henceforth you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power, and coming on the clouds of the sky."
- Matthew 26:66 εἶπον aor act ind 3pl What do you think?" They answered, "He is worthy of death!"
- Matthew 26:73 εἶπον aor act ind 3pl After a little while those who stood by came and said to Peter, "Surely you are also one of them, for your speech makes you known."
- Matthew 27:4 λέγων εἶπον pres act ptcp nom sg masc aor act ind 3pl saying, "I have sinned in that I betrayed innocent blood." But they said, "What is that to us? You see to it."
- Matthew 27:6 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl The chief priests took the pieces of silver, and said, "It's not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood."
- Matthew 27:17 εἶπεν λεγόμενον aor act ind 3sg pres pass ptcp acc sg masc When therefore they were gathered together, Pilate said to them, "Whom do you want me to release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus, who is called Christ?"
- Matthew 27:21 εἶπεν εἶπαν aor act ind 3sg aor act ind 3pl But the governor answered them, "Which of the two do you want me to release to you?" They said, "Barabbas!"
- Matthew 27:25 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg All the people answered, "May his blood be on us, and on our children!"
- Matthew 27:43 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'"
- Matthew 27:63 λέγοντες εἶπεν pres act ptcp nom pl masc aor act ind 3sg saying, "Sir, we remember what that deceiver said while he was still alive: 'After three days I will rise again.'
- Matthew 27:64 εἴπωσιν aor act subj 3pl Command therefore that the tomb be made secure until the third day, lest perhaps his disciples come at night and steal him away, and tell the people, 'He is risen from the dead;' and the last deception will be worse than the first."
- Matthew 28:5 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg The angel answered the women, "Don't be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus, who has been crucified.
- Matthew 28:6 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He is not here, for he has risen, just like he said. Come, see the place where the Lord was lying.
- Matthew 28:7 εἴπατε εἶπον aor act impv 2pl aor act ind 1sg Go quickly and tell his disciples, 'He has risen from the dead, and behold, he goes before you into Galilee; there you will see him.' Behold, I have told you."
- Matthew 28:13 λέγοντες εἴπατε pres act ptcp nom pl masc aor act impv 2pl saying, "Say that his disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.
Mark 74 verses
- Mark 1:17 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus said to them, "Come after me, and I will make you into fishers for men."
- Mark 1:44 λέγει εἴπῃς pres act ind 3sg aor act subj 2sg and said to him, "See you say nothing to anybody, but go show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them."
- Mark 2:9 εἰπεῖν εἰπεῖν aor act inf aor act inf Which is easier, to tell the paralytic, 'Your sins are forgiven;' or to say, 'Arise, and take up your bed, and walk?'
- Mark 2:19 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus said to them, "Can the groomsmen fast while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can't fast.
- Mark 3:9 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He spoke to his disciples that a little boat should stay near him because of the crowd, so that they wouldn't press on him.
- Mark 4:39 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He awoke, and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, "Peace! Be still!" The wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
- Mark 4:40 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to them, "Why are you so afraid? How is it that you have no faith?"
- Mark 5:33 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had been done to her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
- Mark 5:34 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be cured of your disease."
- Mark 5:43 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He strictly ordered them that no one should know this, and commanded that something should be given to her to eat.
- Mark 6:22 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg When the daughter of Herodias herself came in and danced, she pleased Herod and those sitting with him. The king said to the young lady, "Ask me whatever you want, and I will give it to you."
- Mark 6:24 εἶπεν εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg aor act ind 3sg She went out, and said to her mother, "What shall I ask?" She said, "The head of John the Baptizer."
- Mark 6:37 εἶπεν λέγουσιν aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 3pl But he answered them, "You give them something to eat." They asked him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred denarii worth of bread, and give them something to eat?"
- Mark 7:6 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He answered them, "Well did Isaiah prophesy of you hypocrites, as it is written, 'This people honors me with their lips, But their heart is far from me.
- Mark 7:10 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg For Moses said, 'Honor your father and your mother;' and, 'He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.'
- Mark 7:11 λέγετε εἴπῃ pres act ind 2pl aor act subj 3sg But you say, 'If a man tells his father or his mother, "Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban, that is to say, given to God;"'
- Mark 7:29 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to her, "For this saying, go your way. The demon has gone out of your daughter."
- Mark 8:5 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl He asked them, "How many loaves do you have?" They said, "Seven."
- Mark 8:28 εἶπαν λέγοντες aor act ind 3pl pres act ptcp nom pl masc They told him, "John the Baptizer, and others say Elijah, but others: one of the prophets."
- Mark 8:34 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He called the multitude to himself with his disciples, and said to them, "Whoever wants to come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.
- Mark 9:18 εἶπα aor act ind 1sg and wherever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth, and grinds his teeth, and wastes away. I asked your disciples to cast it out, and they weren't able."
- Mark 9:21 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He asked his father, "How long has it been since this has come to him?" He said, "From childhood.
- Mark 9:23 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus said to him, "If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes."
- Mark 9:29 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to them, "This kind can come out by nothing, except by prayer and fasting."
- Mark 9:36 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He took a little child, and set him in the midst of them. Taking him in his arms, he said to them,
- Mark 9:39 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But Jesus said, "Don't forbid him, for there is no one who will do a mighty work in my name, and be able quickly to speak evil of me.
- Mark 10:3 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He answered, "What did Moses command you?"
- Mark 10:4 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl They said, "Moses allowed a certificate of divorce to be written, and to divorce her."
- Mark 10:5 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But Jesus said to them, "For your hardness of heart, he wrote you this commandment.
- Mark 10:14 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But when Jesus saw it, he was moved with indignation, and said to them, "Allow the little children to come to me! Don't forbid them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
- Mark 10:18 εἶπεν λέγεις aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 2sg Jesus said to him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good except one-- God.
- Mark 10:21 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus looking at him loved him, and said to him, "One thing you lack. Go, sell whatever you have, and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me, taking up the cross."
- Mark 10:36 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to them, "What do you want me to do for 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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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.
