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Word Study · Strong's G3004 · Greek

λέγω

lego

leg'-o

Strong's 1890 spelling: légō

properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas and generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while is properly to break silence merely, and means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean

Rendered in the KJV as

ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say(-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter.

  • 1,325
    occurrencesin the New Testament
  • 3 of 27
    New Testament booksamong the first 500 shown
  • 49
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 500 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 49

  • λέγει128
  • λέγω84
  • λέγοντες·33
  • λέγων·32
  • Λέγει24
  • ἔλεγον23
  • λέγει·19
  • λέγουσιν19
  • ἔλεγον·15
  • ἔλεγεν13
  • λέγοντος·9
  • λέγετε7

and 37 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 94

  • saying;79
  • I say72
  • Says64
  • He says41
  • says24
  • say21
  • were saying;13
  • saying12
  • They say11
  • Were saying10
  • he says7
  • were saying7

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 22

  • verb · present active, statement · 3rd person singular178
  • verb · present active, statement · 1st person singular94
  • verb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine plural40
  • verb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singular39
  • verb · imperfect active, statement · 3rd person plural38
  • verb · present active, statement · 3rd person plural27
  • verb · imperfect active, statement · 3rd person singular17
  • verb · present active, statement · 2nd person plural10
  • verb · present active, statement · 2nd person singular9
  • verb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular9
  • verb · present active, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · feminine singular8
  • verb · present passive, participle (“the one who…”) · nominative (subject) · masculine singular7
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • V-PAI-3S · 178
  • V-PAI-1S · 94
  • V-PAP-NPM · 40
  • V-PAP-NSM · 39
  • V-IAI-3P · 38
  • V-PAI-3P · 27
  • V-IAI-3S · 17
  • V-PAI-2P · 10
  • V-PAI-2S · 9
  • V-PAP-GSM · 9
  • V-PAP-NSF · 8
  • V-PPP-NSM · 7

The first 500 of 1,325, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

John carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Matthew200 occurrences
John266 occurrences
Romans34 occurrences
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).