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Greek word study

λέγωlégō — I say, speak

(denoting speech in progress), (a) I say, speak; I mean, mention, tell, (b) I call, name, especially in the pass., (c) I tell, command.

Translated in the King James as: ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say(-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter

Appears 1,048 times in Scripture

Origin: a primary verb;

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Where it appears

Matthew — 235×

Matt 1:16 Matt 1:20 Matt 2:2 Matt 2:13 Matt 2:20 Matt 2:23 Matt 3:2 Matt 3:9 Matt 3:14 Matt 3:17 Matt 4:6 Matt 4:10 Matt 4:18 Matt 4:19 Matt 5:2 Matt 5:18 Matt 5:20 Matt 5:22 Matt 5:26 Matt 5:28 Matt 5:32 Matt 5:34 Matt 5:39 Matt 5:44 Matt 6:2+ 210 more in Matthew

Mark — 130×

Mark 1:7 Mark 1:15 Mark 1:25 Mark 1:30 Mark 1:37 Mark 1:38 Mark 1:41 Mark 2:5 Mark 2:8 Mark 2:10 Mark 2:11 Mark 2:12 Mark 2:14 Mark 2:17 Mark 2:18 Mark 2:25 Mark 3:3 Mark 3:4 Mark 3:5 Mark 3:28 Mark 3:32 Mark 3:34 Mark 4:13 Mark 4:35 Mark 4:38+ 105 more in Mark

Luke — 171×

Luke 1:24 Luke 1:66 Luke 2:13 Luke 3:8 Luke 4:21 Luke 4:24 Luke 4:25 Luke 4:35 Luke 4:41 Luke 5:8 Luke 5:13 Luke 5:21 Luke 5:24 Luke 5:26 Luke 5:39 Luke 6:27 Luke 6:42 Luke 6:46 Luke 7:6 Luke 7:8 Luke 7:9 Luke 7:14 Luke 7:16 Luke 7:19 Luke 7:20+ 146 more in Luke

John — 215×

John 1:15 John 1:21 John 1:22 John 1:26 John 1:29 John 1:32 John 1:36 John 1:38 John 1:39 John 1:41 John 1:43 John 1:45 John 1:46 John 1:47 John 1:48 John 1:51 John 2:3 John 2:4 John 2:5 John 2:7 John 2:8 John 2:10 John 3:3 John 3:4 John 3:5+ 190 more in John

Acts — 72×

Acts 1:3 Acts 2:7 Acts 2:12 Acts 2:17 Acts 2:25 Acts 2:34 Acts 3:2 Acts 3:25 Acts 4:16 Acts 5:28 Acts 5:36 Acts 5:38 Acts 6:9 Acts 6:11 Acts 6:13 Acts 6:14 Acts 7:48 Acts 7:49 Acts 7:59 Acts 8:6 Acts 8:9 Acts 8:10 Acts 8:19 Acts 8:34 Acts 9:4+ 47 more in Acts

Romans — 33×

Rom 2:22 Rom 3:5 Rom 3:8 Rom 3:19 Rom 4:3 Rom 4:6 Rom 4:9 Rom 6:19 Rom 9:1 Rom 9:15 Rom 9:17 Rom 9:25 Rom 10:6 Rom 10:8 Rom 10:11 Rom 10:16 Rom 10:18 Rom 10:19 Rom 10:20 Rom 10:21 Rom 11:1 Rom 11:2 Rom 11:4 Rom 11:9 Rom 11:11+ 8 more in Romans

1 Corinthians — 21×

1 Cor 1:10 1 Cor 1:12 1 Cor 3:4 1 Cor 6:5 1 Cor 7:6 1 Cor 7:8 1 Cor 7:12 1 Cor 7:35 1 Cor 8:5 1 Cor 9:8 1 Cor 9:10 1 Cor 10:15 1 Cor 10:29 1 Cor 11:25 1 Cor 12:3 1 Cor 14:16 1 Cor 14:21 1 Cor 14:34 1 Cor 15:12 1 Cor 15:51+ 1 more in 1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians — 10×

2 Cor 6:2 2 Cor 6:13 2 Cor 6:17 2 Cor 6:18 2 Cor 7:3 2 Cor 8:8 2 Cor 9:4 2 Cor 11:16 2 Cor 11:21+ 1 more in 2 Corinthians

Galatians — 9×

Gal 1:9 Gal 3:15 Gal 3:16 Gal 3:17 Gal 4:1 Gal 4:21 Gal 4:30 Gal 5:2 Gal 5:16

Ephesians — 7×

Eph 2:11 Eph 4:8 Eph 4:17 Eph 5:12 Eph 5:14 Eph 5:32+ 1 more in Ephesians

Philippians — 2×

Phil 3:18 Phil 4:11

Colossians — 2×

Col 2:4 Col 4:11

1 Thessalonians — 2×

1 Thess 4:15 1 Thess 5:3

2 Thessalonians — 1×

1 Timothy — 4×

1 Tim 1:7 1 Tim 2:7 1 Tim 4:1 1 Tim 5:18

2 Timothy — 2×

2 Tim 2:7 2 Tim 2:18

Titus — 1×

Philemon — 2×

Philemon 1:19 Philemon 1:21

Hebrews — 31×

Heb 1:6 Heb 1:7 Heb 2:6 Heb 2:12 Heb 3:7 Heb 3:15 Heb 4:7 Heb 5:6 Heb 5:11 Heb 6:14 Heb 7:11 Heb 7:13 Heb 7:21 Heb 8:1 Heb 8:8 Heb 8:9 Heb 8:10 Heb 8:11 Heb 8:13 Heb 9:2 Heb 9:3 Heb 9:5 Heb 9:20 Heb 10:5 Heb 10:8+ 6 more in Hebrews

James — 7×

James 1:13 James 2:14 James 2:23 James 4:5 James 4:6 James 4:13 James 4:15

2 Peter — 1×

1 John — 4×

1 John 2:4 1 John 2:6 1 John 2:9 1 John 5:16

2 John — 2×

2 John 1:10 2 John 1:11

Revelation — 84×

Rev 1:8 Rev 1:11 Rev 1:17 Rev 2:1 Rev 2:2 Rev 2:7 Rev 2:8 Rev 2:9 Rev 2:11 Rev 2:12 Rev 2:17 Rev 2:18 Rev 2:20 Rev 2:24 Rev 2:29 Rev 3:1 Rev 3:6 Rev 3:7 Rev 3:9 Rev 3:13 Rev 3:14 Rev 3:17 Rev 3:22 Rev 4:1 Rev 4:8+ 59 more in Revelation

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA), Dodson Greek Lexicon (public domain). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.