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Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024
the First Week of Advent

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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #3004 - λέγω

Transliteration

légō

Phonetics

leg'-o

Origin

a root word

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

4:69,505

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to say, to speak
1. affirm over, maintain
2. to teach
3. to exhort, advise, to command, direct
4. to point out with words, intend, mean, mean to say
5. to call by name, to call, name
6. to speak out, speak of, mention

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 559 ‑ אָמַר (aw‑mar'); 1326 ‑ בָּתָה (baw‑thaw'); 1696 ‑ דָּבַר (daw‑bar'); 3576 ‑ כָּזַב (kaw‑zab'); 4687 ‑ מִצְוָה (mits‑vaw'); 4911 ‑ מָשַׁל (maw‑shal'); 5001 ‑ נָאַם (naw‑am'); 5002 ‑ נְאֻם (nah‑oom'); 5608 ‑ סָפַר (saw‑far');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1278)

Matthew 282

Mark 191

Luke 210

John 257

Acts 97

Romans 32

1 Corinthians 23

2 Corinthians 11

Galatians 9

Ephesians 6

Philippians 3

Colossians 2

1 Thessalonians 2

2 Thessalonians 2

1 Timothy 4

2 Timothy 2

Titus 1

Philemon 2

Hebrews 34

James 5

2 Peter 1

1 John 5

2 John 2

Jude 2

Revelation 93

BSB (1096)

Matthew 282

Mark 154

Luke 195

John 220

Acts 90

Romans 33

1 Corinthians 21

2 Corinthians 10

Galatians 9

Ephesians 7

Philippians 2

Colossians 2

1 Thessalonians 2

2 Thessalonians 1

1 Timothy 4

2 Timothy 2

Titus 1

Philemon 2

Hebrews 32

James 7

2 Peter 1

1 John 4

2 John 2

Jude 1

Revelation 93

CSB (1058)

Matthew 245

Mark 175

Luke 175

John 256

Acts 88

Romans 33

1 Corinthians 21

2 Corinthians 11

Galatians 8

Ephesians 7

Philippians 3

Colossians 2

1 Thessalonians 2

2 Thessalonians 2

1 Timothy 4

2 Timothy 2

Titus 1

Philemon 2

Hebrews 29

James 7

2 Peter 1

1 John 4

2 John 2

Jude 1

Revelation 79

ESV (1116)

Matthew 307

Mark 204

Luke 230

John 266

Acts 99

Romans 34

1 Corinthians 24

2 Corinthians 11

Galatians 9

Ephesians 7

Philippians 3

Colossians 2

1 Thessalonians 2

2 Thessalonians 2

1 Timothy 4

2 Timothy 2

Titus 1

Hebrews 32

James 7

2 Peter 1

1 John 4

Revelation 89

KJV (1349)

Matthew 294

Mark 208

Luke 227

John 267

Acts 105

Romans 35

1 Corinthians 23

2 Corinthians 11

Galatians 9

Ephesians 7

Philippians 3

Colossians 2

1 Thessalonians 2

2 Thessalonians 2

1 Timothy 4

2 Timothy 2

Titus 1

Philemon 3

Hebrews 34

James 8

2 Peter 1

1 John 4

2 John 2

Jude 2

Revelation 93

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (2340)

Matthew 494

Mark 291

Luke 532

John 476

Acts 238

Romans 48

1 Corinthians 32

2 Corinthians 15

Galatians 11

Ephesians 7

Philippians 4

Colossians 3

1 Thessalonians 2

2 Thessalonians 2

1 Timothy 4

2 Timothy 2

Titus 2

Philemon 2

Hebrews 43

James 13

2 Peter 1

1 John 8

2 John 2

Jude 3

Revelation 105

N95 (2303)

Matthew 467

Mark 288

Luke 527

John 475

Acts 238

Romans 47

1 Corinthians 32

2 Corinthians 15

Galatians 11

Ephesians 7

Philippians 4

Colossians 3

1 Thessalonians 2

2 Thessalonians 2

1 Timothy 4

2 Timothy 2

Titus 2

Philemon 2

Hebrews 43

James 13

2 Peter 1

1 John 8

2 John 2

Jude 3

Revelation 105

NAS (2296)

Matthew 468

Mark 288

Luke 527

John 475

Acts 238

Romans 47

1 Corinthians 33

2 Corinthians 15

Galatians 11

Ephesians 7

Philippians 4

Colossians 3

1 Thessalonians 2

2 Thessalonians 2

1 Timothy 4

2 Timothy 2

Titus 2

Philemon 2

Hebrews 43

James 13

2 Peter 1

1 John 8

2 John 2

Jude 3

Revelation 105

NLT (1224)

Matthew 416

Mark 330

Luke 328

John 416

Acts 164

Romans 63

1 Corinthians 35

2 Corinthians 22

Galatians 18

Ephesians 13

Philippians 8

Colossians 3

1 Thessalonians 4

2 Thessalonians 4

1 Timothy 5

2 Timothy 4

Titus 2

Philemon 7

Hebrews 55

James 13

2 Peter 2

1 John 5

2 John 2

Jude 4

Revelation 136

WEB (1271)

Matthew 271

Mark 192

Luke 205

John 258

Acts 101

Romans 32

1 Corinthians 23

2 Corinthians 11

Galatians 9

Ephesians 7

Philippians 3

Colossians 2

1 Thessalonians 2

2 Thessalonians 2

1 Timothy 4

2 Timothy 2

Titus 1

Philemon 2

Hebrews 34

James 6

2 Peter 1

1 John 5

2 John 2

Jude 2

Revelation 94

YLT (1227)

Matthew 268

Mark 189

Luke 208

John 240

Acts 96

Romans 26

1 Corinthians 21

2 Corinthians 11

Galatians 8

Ephesians 7

Philippians 3

Colossians 2

1 Thessalonians 2

2 Thessalonians 2

1 Timothy 4

2 Timothy 2

Titus 1

Philemon 2

Hebrews 31

James 6

1 John 4

2 John 2

Jude 2

Revelation 90

ASV (1278)

again, and said 1

and give 1

and he saith 2

and he spake 1

and said 11

and said that 1

and saith 13

and say 1

and saying 2

and says 1

and spake 1

and they tell 1

are said 1

are saying 1

as he said 1

asked 2

askest thou 1

be reckoned 1

before him, saying 1

began to speak 1

but i say 1

call 2

called 16

callest 1

calleth 1

concerning this do 1

do 2

even 1

get 1

giving 1

giving out that 1

had said 1

he 4

he calleth 1

he said 31

he saith 84

he spake 9

he speaketh 1

he that giveth 1

he that is called 1

he that saith 3

him, saying 3

i 1

i mean 1

i said 1

i say 142

i say that 1

i should 1

i speak 13

i tell 10

i told 2

is 1

is called 6

is to say 2

it 1

it is said 1

it saith 1

it was said 1

it, he saith 1

it, he spake 1

it, said 1

it, said that 1

jesus saith 1

longer do i call 1

nbsp 9

now he spake 1

now say 1

of 1

of them 1

one called 1

one saying 2

one that saith 1

ought to say 1

out, saying 2

pronounceth 1

repent 1

said 62

said he 1

said they 1

saith 190

saith he 9

saith it 1

say 73

say i 1

say on 1

say that 2

say they 1

sayest 12

sayest thou 2

saying 319

saying that 1

saying, that 1

sayings 1

says 1

shall i 1

she said 1

she saith 4

spake 3

spake they 1

speak 3

speakest 1

speakest thou 1

speaketh 2

speaking 1

supposing 1

tell 5

tell you 1

telleth 1

telling 1

that 2

that are called 1

that he saith 1

that is called 3

that saith 2

that say 3

that we say 1

the 1

the things which we are saying 1

the things which were spoken 1

the throne saying 1

thee 1

them, saying 1

these speak 1

they 4

they are saying 1

they are wont to say 1

they call 1

they said 13

they say 26

they should tell 1

they tell 1

they that say 1

they that say that 1

they were saying 1

thou say 1

thou sayest 5

thou that sayest 1

to be called 1

to him, and saith 1

to say 21

to speak 5

to tell 2

told 1

unto him 1

unto him, and said 1

us, saying 1

verily i say 1

was called 1

we say 3

were said 1

were spoken 1

what i say 1

when 1

which is called 1

which saith 2

which were spoken 2

who calleth 1

who is called 6

who said 1

who was called 2

why are 1

with 1

ye 1

ye say 5

ye say that 1

ye speak 1

ye would say 1

BSB (1096)

The Berean Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

CSB (1058)

about 1

answered 5

argument 1

ask 5

asked 51

asking 4

asks 1

call 7

called 30

calling 1

calls 3

claim 1

claiming 2

declares 1

made 1

mean 1

means 1

mention 3

named 3

of 1

out 1

questioned 1

replied 6

reported 1

responded 1

said 326

say 124

saying 135

says 70

shouting 1

so-called 2

speak 10

speaking 11

speaks 2

spoke 4

spoken 1

state 1

stating 1

talking 7

teach 1

tell 89

telling 24

tells 4

to 1

told 107

urging 1

using 1

who is called 1

words 1

ESV (1116)

ask 4

asked 3

asking 1

call 7

called 32

calleth 1

calling 2

calls 2

crying 2

crying out 2

declare 2

declares 5

give 1

he 2

him 1

imploring 1

is 2

mean 5

means 2

name 2

oath 1

one named 1

preach 1

replied 1

said 375

saith 15

say 191

sayest 2

saying 249

says 65

so-called 2

speak 13

speaking 13

speaks 1

spoke 3

spoken 2

state 1

talking about 1

tell 59

tell you 1

telling 10

tells 1

they 1

told 18

using 1

words 8

you 1

KJV (1349)

asked 1

bid 1

biddeth 1

boasting 1

call 4

called 37

calleth 4

describeth 1

do 2

forth 1

he 13

i 3

is 1

it 1

let 1

named 2

on 1

out 1

said 190

saith 285

say 286

sayest 19

saying 385

sayings 1

shew 1

spake 16

speak 30

speakest 1

speaketh 4

speaking 1

spoken 7

tell 28

telleth 1

they 6

thou 6

told 4

uttered 1

ye 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (2340)

addressing 1

asking 2

call 8

called 37

calling 1

calls 3

claiming 2

command 3

designated 1

disclosed 1

follows 1

give 1

gives 1

mean 2

means 3

mention 1

named 3

ordered 2

quote 1

referred 1

said 1072

say 365

saying 501

says 101

speak 23

speaking 16

speaks 6

spoke 18

spoken 29

stated 1

stating 2

talking 5

tell 70

telling 19

thing 1

things 1

told 34

using 1

N95 (2303)

addressing 1

ask 1

asked 3

asking 4

bring 1

call 8

called 37

calling 1

calls 3

charges 1

claimed 1

claiming 2

command 3

designated 1

follows 1

give 1

gives 1

made 1

mean 2

means 3

meant 1

mention 1

named 3

ordered 2

quote 1

referred 1

remarking 1

said 1084

say 364

saying 440

says 102

shouting 1

speak 22

speaking 17

speaks 6

spoke 17

spoken 28

stated 1

stating 2

talking 5

tell 71

telling 18

thing 1

things 1

thought 1

told 35

using 1

NAS (2296)

ask 1

asked 3

asking 3

bring 1

call 8

called 35

calling 1

calls 3

charges 1

claim 1

claimed 1

claiming 3

command 2

declare 1

declared 1

declares 2

designated 1

follows 1

give 1

gives 1

informed 1

made 2

maintain 1

mean 2

means 4

meant 1

mention 2

named 3

ordered 1

quote 1

referred 1

remarking 1

said 1085

say 343

saying 450

says 99

shouting 1

speak 16

speaking 19

speaks 5

spoke 9

spoken 25

stated 3

stating 1

talking 4

tell 77

telling 24

tells 1

thing 1

things 1

told 40

using 1

NLT (1224)

about 11

accused 1

added 5

address 1

advice 1

agreed 3

announced 2

answered 2

are 1

argued 1

as 1

ask 9

asked 94

asking 5

asks 3

assure 8

back 2

beg 1

begged 1

boasted 1

by 2

call 10

called 19

calling 2

calls 1

charges 1

claim 2

claiming 6

claims 2

commanding 1

continued 1

cried 1

decided 2

declared 6

declares 1

demanded 11

describe 1

encouragement 1

ever 1

example 1

exclaimed 13

exclaiming 3

explain 2

explained 1

explains 1

fact 1

felt 1

for 2

from 7

gave 1

give 1

herself 1

hurled 1

illustration 1

insist 3

insisted 2

instructed 1

instructions 2

is 3

it 1

jeered 1

jeering 1

know 1

lesson 2

mean 3

meaning 1

means 1

meant 2

mention 2

message 4

mocked 1

named 2

news 1

nicknamed 3

of 2

opinion 1

ordered 4

out 9

pleaded 2

pleading 1

point 1

prophesied 1

protested 4

question 2

referred 1

remarked 1

remember 1

replied 56

reported 3

responded 7

retorted 1

reveal 1

right 1

roared 1

said 337

sang 3

say 108

saying 64

says 34

scoffed 1

shouted 5

shouting 6

speak 6

speaking 4

speaks 4

spoke 1

spoken 2

surely 2

talked 1

talking 8

taught 1

teach 3

tell 119

telling 13

tells 3

themselves 1

thinking 2

this 2

thought 2

to 2

told 67

truth 1

up 4

vowed 2

wait 2

want 1

warn 1

warned 1

warning 2

was 1

with 1

words 4

written 1

wrote 2

yelled 2

WEB (1271)

* 30

and asked 1

and said 12

and said that 1

and saying 2

and spoke 1

and they told 1

and told 1

answer 1

are said 1

are saying 2

are you 1

as 2

as he said 1

asked 9

assuredly i tell 1

be called 1

began to tell 1

but he said 1

but i say 1

by some saying 1

call 2

called 17

calls 1

cried 1

do 2

do they 1

do you 2

do you call 1

does he 1

does it 1

even 1

get 1

had said 1

he 13

he asked 2

he called 1

he said 67

he says 19

he speaks 1

he spoke 6

he who 1

he who is called 1

he who says 2

him 1

i 1

i am telling 1

i ask 2

i asked 1

i said 1

i say 19

i say that 1

i speak 8

i tell 119

i told 2

immediately said 1

is called 5

is to say 2

it is said 1

it says 1

it speaks 1

jews say 1

kept saying 1

longer do i call 1

making 1

mean 1

means 1

now he spoke 1

of 1

of those 1

one called 1

one who says 1

ought to say 1

out 4

out to 1

pilate said 1

pressing against you 1

pronounces 1

repent 1

said 225

said it 1

said to 2

say 50

say about her 1

say that 2

saying 296

saying that 2

says 59

shall i 1

she said 2

she says 1

shouting 1

speak 8

speaking 2

spoke 4

talking 1

tell 40

tell you 1

telling 2

tells 1

that 2

that he says 1

that is called 1

that says 1

the things which we are saying 1

the things which were spoken 1

them claimed 1

therefore they asked 1

they 6

they answered 1

they are saying 1

they asked 2

they began saying 1

they call 1

they said 15

they say 5

they should tell 1

they told 9

things that are called 1

those who say 1

those who say that 1

to ask 2

to be called 1

to bring their accusations 1

to him 1

to mention 1

to say 8

to speak 3

to tell 10

told 7

was called 1

was one saying 1

was said 1

we say 1

we speak 1

we tell 1

were said 1

were saying 1

were spoken 1

were talking 1

what i say 1

which is called 1

which says 2

which were spoken 2

who calls 1

who is called 7

who said 1

who say 3

who says 1

who was called 2

with 1

you 3

you are talking 1

you are talking about 1

you say 6

you say that 1

you speak 1

you tell 1

you who say 1

you would tell 1

YLT (1227)

[him], saying 2

[house, certain], saying 1

[house], saying 1

[one] named 1

[place] he saith 2

[them] to say 1

and he saith 3

and i say 1

and saying 4

and that one saith 1

and the messenger stood, saying 1

answering saith 1

beginning and end, saith 1

believest thou this?' she saith 1

blind, said 1

called 14

do i call 1

do i speak 3

do say 1

do they say 1

do ye say 1

dost say 2

dost say [it 2

dost thou say 3

dost thou speak 1

doth he say 1

doth speak 1

for i say 2

fully, saying 2

have said 1

having said 3

having spoken 2

he answered 1

he doth call 1

he may say 1

he said 36

he saith 66

he saith' and 1

he saith' he saith 1

he saith' peter' and 1

he spake 6

he speaketh 4

he was saying 1

heaven, saying 1

him, saying 2

himself said 1

i do say 1

i may say 1

i said 1

i say 166

i say let it not 2

i saying 1

i speak 6

i tell 3

i told 1

indeed said 1

indeed, he saith 1

is called 4

is to say 1

it saith 3

its being said 1

jesus said 2

jesus saith 3

man, saying 1

may say 1

men i speak 1

named 3

one, saith 1

one?' he saith 1

others said 1

peter saith 1

respondeth 1

said 74

saith 170

say 50

say on 1

sayest 2

saying 348

saying and 1

saying because that 1

saying for 1

saying of whom' they say 1

saying thou didst come 1

she said 3

she saith 1

spake 1

spake of 1

speak 4

speakest thou 1

speaketh 1

speaking 1

tell 6

telleth 1

that called 1

that is called 2

that is saying 2

that saith 1

the things they say 1

therefore, saith 1

they call 1

they may say 1

they may tell 2

they said 14

they said we have not 1

they said' jesus 1

they say 18

they spake 1

they tell 1

things are said 1

things having said 2

things he speaketh 1

things i said 1

things i say 2

things said 1

things saith 7

things saying 3

things spoken 3

things spoken of 1

things to say 1

those called 1

thou dost say 2

thou sayest 4

thou who art preaching not to steal, dost thou steal? thou who art saying thou who art abhorring 1

thou?' she saith 1

to be called 2

to call 1

to him, saying 1

to say 20

to speak 4

to speak of 1

to tell 1

to them, 'i say 1

told, saying 1

us, saying 1

verily i say 1

was said 1

was saying 2

was speaking 1

we say 4

were saying 2

who are called 1

who are saying 2

who is called 9

who is calling 1

who is named 1

who is saying 7

who told 1

who was called 1

with tears said 1

with them, saying 1

ye call 1

ye say 9

ye speak 1

ye who are saying 1

you do i say 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-2AAI-1S 33

V-2AAI-2P 1

V-2AAI-2S 5

V-2AAI-3P 132

V-2AAI-3S 637

V-2AAM-2P 13

V-2AAM-2S 21

V-2AAM-3P 1

V-2AAM-3S 1

V-2AAN 16

V-2AAP-ASM 3

V-2AAP-GSM 5

V-2AAP-NPM 3

V-2AAP-NSF 3

V-2AAP-NSM 35

V-2AAS-1P 10

V-2AAS-1S 7

V-2AAS-2P 8

V-2AAS-2S 5

V-2AAS-3P 7

V-2AAS-3S 23

V-IAI-1S 4

V-IAI-2P 1

V-IAI-3P 69

V-IAI-3S 68

V-PAI-1P 4

V-PAI-1S 212

V-PAI-2P 23

V-PAI-2S 25

V-PAI-3P 57

V-PAI-3S 337

V-PAM-2P 6

V-PAM-2S 1

V-PAM-3S 1

V-PAN 42

V-PAP-APM 8

V-PAP-ASF 8

V-PAP-ASM 3

V-PAP-DPN 2

V-PAP-DSM 1

V-PAP-GPM 7

V-PAP-GSF 6

V-PAP-GSM 21

V-PAP-GSN 5

V-PAP-NPF 5

V-PAP-NPM 157

V-PAP-NPN 2

V-PAP-NSF 23

V-PAP-NSM 189

V-PAP-NSN 2

V-PAS-1P 1

V-PAS-1S 2

V-PAS-2P 1

V-PAS-3P 2

V-PAS-3S 3

V-PPI-3S 8

V-PPN 4

V-PPP-APN 1

V-PPP-ASF 4

V-PPP-ASM 9

V-PPP-ASN 1

V-PPP-DPN 5

V-PPP-GSF 2

V-PPP-GSM 1

V-PPP-NPM 2

V-PPP-NSF 2

V-PPP-NSM 12

ANT

V-2AAI-1S 37

V-2AAI-2P 1

V-2AAI-2S 5

V-2AAI-3P 127

V-2AAI-3S 643

V-2AAM-2P 13

V-2AAM-2S 20

V-2AAM-3P 1

V-2AAM-3S 1

V-2AAN 17

V-2AAP-ASM 3

V-2AAP-DSM 1

V-2AAP-GSM 5

V-2AAP-NPM 3

V-2AAP-NSF 3

V-2AAP-NSM 35

V-2AAS-1P 10

V-2AAS-1S 7

V-2AAS-2P 8

V-2AAS-2S 5

V-2AAS-3P 7

V-2AAS-3S 24

V-IAI-1S 4

V-IAI-2P 1

V-IAI-3P 70

V-IAI-3S 66

V-PAI-1P 4

V-PAI-1S 212

V-PAI-2P 22

V-PAI-2S 25

V-PAI-3P 56

V-PAI-3S 337

V-PAM-2P 7

V-PAM-2S 1

V-PAM-3S 1

V-PAN 40

V-PAP-APM 8

V-PAP-ASF 11

V-PAP-ASM 4

V-PAP-DPN 2

V-PAP-GPM 5

V-PAP-GSF 6

V-PAP-GSM 22

V-PAP-GSN 3

V-PAP-NPF 5

V-PAP-NPM 154

V-PAP-NPN 3

V-PAP-NSF 24

V-PAP-NSM 187

V-PAP-NSN 2

V-PAS-1P 1

V-PAS-1S 2

V-PAS-2P 1

V-PAS-3P 2

V-PAS-3S 3

V-PPI-3S 8

V-PPN 4

V-PPP-APN 1

V-PPP-ASF 4

V-PPP-ASM 9

V-PPP-ASN 1

V-PPP-DPN 5

V-PPP-GSF 2

V-PPP-GSM 1

V-PPP-NPM 2

V-PPP-NSF 2

V-PPP-NSM 12

BEZ

V-AAI-3S 3

V-PAI-1P 4

V-PAI-1S 210

V-PAI-2P 22

V-PAI-2S 24

V-PAI-3P 60

V-PAI-3S 338

V-PAM-2P 7

V-PAM-2S 1

V-PAM-3S 1

V-PAN- 40

V-PAP-APM 8

V-PAP-ASF 7

V-PAP-ASM 4

V-PAP-DSM 1

V-PAP-GPM 6

V-PAP-GSF 7

V-PAP-GSM 18

V-PAP-GSN 5

V-PAP-NPF 4

V-PAP-NPM 149

V-PAP-NPN 2

V-PAP-NSF 22

V-PAP-NSM 178

V-PAP-NSN 1

V-PAP-VPM 2

V-PAP-VSM 1

V-PAS-1P 1

V-PAS-1S 2

V-PAS-2P 1

V-PAS-3P 3

V-PAS-3S 3

V-PPI-3S 8

V-PPN- 4

V-PPP-APN 1

V-PPP-ASF 4

V-PPP-ASM 9

V-PPP-ASN 1

V-PPP-DPN 4

V-PPP-GSF 2

V-PPP-GSM 1

V-PPP-NPM 2

V-PPP-NSF 2

V-PPP-NSM 12

BGB

V-2AAI-1S 35

V-2AAI-2P 1

V-2AAI-2S 4

V-2AAI-3P 117

V-2AAI-3S 616

V-2AAM-2P 11

V-2AAM-2S 18

V-2AAM-3P 1

V-2AAM-3S 1

V-2AAN 16

V-2AAP-ASM 3

V-2AAP-DSM 1

V-2AAP-GSM 5

V-2AAP-NPM 4

V-2AAP-NSF 3

V-2AAP-NSM 33

V-2AAS-1P 9

V-2AAS-1S 6

V-2AAS-2P 8

V-2AAS-2S 5

V-2AAS-3P 7

V-2AAS-3S 24

V-IAI-1S 2

V-IAI-2P 1

V-IAI-3P 67

V-IAI-3S 66

V-PAI-1P 4

V-PAI-1S 206

V-PAI-2P 22

V-PAI-2S 24

V-PAI-3P 55

V-PAI-3S 322

V-PAM-2P 6

V-PAM-2S 1

V-PAM-3S 1

V-PAN 38

V-PAP-APM 8

V-PAP-ASF 9

V-PAP-ASM 3

V-PAP-DPN 2

V-PAP-GPM 6

V-PAP-GSF 6

V-PAP-GSM 19

V-PAP-GSN 5

V-PAP-NPF 5

V-PAP-NPM 139

V-PAP-NPN 2

V-PAP-NSF 20

V-PAP-NSM 177

V-PAP-NSN 1

V-PAS-1P 1

V-PAS-1S 2

V-PAS-2P 1

V-PAS-3P 2

V-PAS-3S 2

V-PPI-3S 7

V-PPN 4

V-PPP-APN 1

V-PPP-ASF 4

V-PPP-ASM 7

V-PPP-ASN 1

V-PPP-DPN 3

V-PPP-GSF 2

V-PPP-GSM 1

V-PPP-NPM 2

V-PPP-NSF 2

V-PPP-NSM 12

BMT

V-2AAI-1S 35

V-2AAI-2P 1

V-2AAI-2S 4

V-2AAI-3P 118

V-2AAI-3S 619

V-2AAM-2P 11

V-2AAM-2S 18

V-2AAM-3P 1

V-2AAM-3S 1

V-2AAN 16

V-2AAP-ASM 3

V-2AAP-DSM 1

V-2AAP-GSM 5

V-2AAP-NPM 4

V-2AAP-NSF 3

V-2AAP-NSM 33

V-2AAS-1P 9

V-2AAS-1S 6

V-2AAS-2P 8

V-2AAS-2S 5

V-2AAS-3P 7

V-2AAS-3S 24

V-IAI-1S 2

V-IAI-2P 1

V-IAI-3P 68

V-IAI-3S 66

V-PAI-1P 4

V-PAI-1S 206

V-PAI-2P 22

V-PAI-2S 25

V-PAI-3P 57

V-PAI-3S 324

V-PAM-2P 6

V-PAM-2S 1

V-PAM-3S 1

V-PAN 38

V-PAP-APM 8

V-PAP-ASF 9

V-PAP-ASM 3

V-PAP-DPN 2

V-PAP-GPM 6

V-PAP-GSF 8

V-PAP-GSM 19

V-PAP-GSN 6

V-PAP-NPF 5

V-PAP-NPM 138

V-PAP-NPN 3

V-PAP-NSF 20

V-PAP-NSM 179

V-PAP-NSN 1

V-PAS-1P 1

V-PAS-1S 2

V-PAS-2P 1

V-PAS-3P 2

V-PAS-3S 2

V-PPI-3S 7

V-PPN 4

V-PPP-APN 1

V-PPP-ASF 4

V-PPP-ASM 7

V-PPP-ASN 1

V-PPP-DPN 3

V-PPP-GSF 2

V-PPP-GSM 1

V-PPP-NPM 2

V-PPP-NSF 2

V-PPP-NSM 12

BYZ

V-2AAI-1S 37

V-2AAI-2P 1

V-2AAI-2S 5

V-2AAI-3P 127

V-2AAI-3S 643

V-2AAM-2P 13

V-2AAM-2S 20

V-2AAM-3P 1

V-2AAM-3S 1

V-2AAN 17

V-2AAP-ASM 3

V-2AAP-DSM 1

V-2AAP-GSM 5

V-2AAP-NPM 3

V-2AAP-NSF 3

V-2AAP-NSM 35

V-2AAS-1P 10

V-2AAS-1S 7

V-2AAS-2P 8

V-2AAS-2S 5

V-2AAS-3P 7

V-2AAS-3S 24

V-IAI-1S 4

V-IAI-2P 1

V-IAI-3P 70

V-IAI-3S 66

V-PAI-1P 4

V-PAI-1S 211

V-PAI-2P 22

V-PAI-2S 25

V-PAI-3P 56

V-PAI-3S 337

V-PAM-2P 7

V-PAM-2S 1

V-PAM-3S 1

V-PAN 40

V-PAP-APM 7

V-PAP-ASF 11

V-PAP-ASM 4

V-PAP-DPN 2

V-PAP-GPM 6

V-PAP-GSF 6

V-PAP-GSM 22

V-PAP-GSN 3

V-PAP-NPF 5

V-PAP-NPM 154

V-PAP-NPN 3

V-PAP-NSF 24

V-PAP-NSM 189

V-PAP-NSN 2

V-PAS-1P 1

V-PAS-1S 2

V-PAS-2P 1

V-PAS-3P 2

V-PAS-3S 3

V-PPI-3S 8

V-PPN 4

V-PPP-APN 1

V-PPP-ASF 4

V-PPP-ASM 8

V-PPP-ASN 2

V-PPP-DPN 5

V-PPP-GSF 2

V-PPP-GSM 1

V-PPP-NPM 2

V-PPP-NSF 2

V-PPP-NSM 12

ELZ

A-ASN 1

CONJ 4

N-ASF 2

N-ASM 2

N-DPM 1

N-NPM 1

N-NSM 1

P-ASM 2

P-DPM 1

PRT 1

V-AAD-2S 3

V-AAD-3S 1

V-AAI-1S 2

V-AAI-2S 1

V-AAI-3P 98

V-AAI-3S 13

V-AAPGSM 1

V-AAPNSM 6

V-AAS-3P 1

V-AAS-3S 5

V-AMI-3S 1

V-FAI-1S 1

V-IAI-1S 4

V-IAI-3P 75

V-IAI-3S 71

V-IPI-3P 1

V-PAD-2P 7

V-PAD-2S 1

V-PAD-3S 1

V-PAI-1P 4

V-PAI-1S 206

V-PAI-2P 22

V-PAI-2S 22

V-PAI-3P 59

V-PAI-3S 333

V-PAN 35

V-PAPAPM 8

V-PAPASF 7

V-PAPASM 4

V-PAPDSM 1

V-PAPGPM 6

V-PAPGSF 7

V-PAPGSM 18

V-PAPGSN 5

V-PAPNPF 4

V-PAPNPM 142

V-PAPNPN 1

V-PAPNSF 20

V-PAPNSM 172

V-PAPNSN 1

V-PAPVPM 2

V-PAPVSM 1

V-PAS-1S 2

V-PAS-2P 1

V-PAS-3P 3

V-PAS-3S 3

V-PPI-3S 8

V-PPN 3

V-PPP-APN 1

V-PPPASF 4

V-PPPASM 9

V-PPPASN 1

V-PPPDPN 4

V-PPPGSF 2

V-PPPGSM 1

V-PPPNPM 2

V-PPPNSF 2

V-PPPNSM 12

NA26

V-1AAIS 35

V-1AASP 11

V-1AASS 7

V-1FAIP 7

V-1FAIS 8

V-1IAIS 4

V-1PAIP 4

V-1PAIS 209

V-1PASP 1

V-1PASS 2

V-1XAIS 4

V-2AADP 13

V-2AADS 19

V-2AAIP 1

V-2AAIS 5

V-2AASP 8

V-2AASS 4

V-2FAIP 5

V-2FAIS 4

V-2IAIP 1

V-2PADP 7

V-2PADS 1

V-2PAIP 22

V-2PAIS 22

V-2PASP 1

V-2XAIP 1

V-2XAIS 1

V-3AADP 1

V-3AADS 1

V-3AAIP 121

V-3AAIS 610

V-3AASP 6

V-3AASS 22

V-3APIP 1

V-3APIS 10

V-3FAIP 5

V-3FAIS 17

V-3IAIP 74

V-3IAIS 71

V-3PADS 1

V-3PAIP 59

V-3PAIS 336

V-3PASP 3

V-3PASS 3

V-3PPIS 8

V-3XAIP 2

V-3XAIS 8

V-3XPIS 1

V-3YAIS 3

V-AAN 16

V-AAPASM 3

V-AAPGSM 3

V-AAPNPM 3

V-AAPNSF 3

V-AAPNSM 34

V-APPASN 2

V-APPNSM 1

V-APPNSN 10

V-PAN 40

V-PAPAPM 8

V-PAPASF 7

V-PAPASM 4

V-PAPDSM 1

V-PAPGPM 6

V-PAPGSF 7

V-PAPGSM 18

V-PAPGSN 5

V-PAPNPF 4

V-PAPNPM 150

V-PAPNPN 2

V-PAPNSF 21

V-PAPNSM 178

V-PAPNSN 1

V-PPN 4

V-PPPAPN 1

V-PPPASF 4

V-PPPASM 9

V-PPPASN 1

V-PPPDPN 4

V-PPPGSF 2

V-PPPGSM 1

V-PPPNPM 2

V-PPPNSF 2

V-PPPNSM 12

V-XAN 1

V-XAPGSM 1

V-XPPASN 2

V-XPPNSN 2

SBL

V-2AAI-1S 37

V-2AAI-2P 1

V-2AAI-2S 5

V-2AAI-3P 127

V-2AAI-3S 643

V-2AAM-2P 13

V-2AAM-2S 20

V-2AAM-3P 1

V-2AAM-3S 1

V-2AAN 17

V-2AAP-ASM 3

V-2AAP-DSM 1

V-2AAP-GSM 5

V-2AAP-NPM 3

V-2AAP-NSF 3

V-2AAP-NSM 35

V-2AAS-1P 10

V-2AAS-1S 7

V-2AAS-2P 8

V-2AAS-2S 5

V-2AAS-3P 7

V-2AAS-3S 24

V-IAI-1S 4

V-IAI-2P 1

V-IAI-3P 70

V-IAI-3S 66

V-PAI-1P 4

V-PAI-1S 212

V-PAI-2P 22

V-PAI-2S 25

V-PAI-3P 56

V-PAI-3S 337

V-PAM-2P 7

V-PAM-2S 1

V-PAM-3S 1

V-PAN 40

V-PAP-APM 8

V-PAP-ASF 11

V-PAP-ASM 4

V-PAP-DPN 2

V-PAP-GPM 5

V-PAP-GSF 6

V-PAP-GSM 22

V-PAP-GSN 3

V-PAP-NPF 5

V-PAP-NPM 154

V-PAP-NPN 3

V-PAP-NSF 24

V-PAP-NSM 187

V-PAP-NSN 2

V-PAS-1P 1

V-PAS-1S 2

V-PAS-2P 1

V-PAS-3P 2

V-PAS-3S 3

V-PPI-3S 8

V-PPN 4

V-PPP-APN 1

V-PPP-ASF 4

V-PPP-ASM 8

V-PPP-ASN 2

V-PPP-DPN 5

V-PPP-GSF 2

V-PPP-GSM 1

V-PPP-NPM 2

V-PPP-NSF 2

V-PPP-NSM 12

SCV

V-2AAI-1S 37

V-2AAI-2P 1

V-2AAI-2S 5

V-2AAI-3P 127

V-2AAI-3S 644

V-2AAM-2P 13

V-2AAM-2S 20

V-2AAM-3P 1

V-2AAM-3S 1

V-2AAN 17

V-2AAP-ASM 3

V-2AAP-DSM 1

V-2AAP-GSM 5

V-2AAP-NPM 3

V-2AAP-NSF 3

V-2AAP-NSM 35

V-2AAS-1P 10

V-2AAS-1S 7

V-2AAS-2P 8

V-2AAS-2S 5

V-2AAS-3P 7

V-2AAS-3S 24

V-IAI-1S 4

V-IAI-2P 1

V-IAI-3P 70

V-IAI-3S 66

V-PAI-1P 4

V-PAI-1S 212

V-PAI-2P 22

V-PAI-2S 25

V-PAI-3P 56

V-PAI-3S 337

V-PAM-2P 7

V-PAM-2S 1

V-PAM-3S 1

V-PAN 40

V-PAP-APM 8

V-PAP-ASF 11

V-PAP-ASM 4

V-PAP-DPN 2

V-PAP-GPM 5

V-PAP-GSF 6

V-PAP-GSM 22

V-PAP-GSN 3

V-PAP-NPF 5

V-PAP-NPM 154

V-PAP-NPN 3

V-PAP-NSF 24

V-PAP-NSM 187

V-PAP-NSN 2

V-PAS-1P 1

V-PAS-1S 2

V-PAS-2P 1

V-PAS-3P 2

V-PAS-3S 3

V-PPI-3S 8

V-PPN 4

V-PPP-APN 1

V-PPP-ASF 4

V-PPP-ASM 8

V-PPP-ASN 2

V-PPP-DPN 5

V-PPP-GSF 2

V-PPP-GSM 1

V-PPP-NPM 2

V-PPP-NSF 2

V-PPP-NSM 12

STV

V-2AAI-1S 35

V-2AAI-2P 1

V-2AAI-2S 5

V-2AAI-3P 121

V-2AAI-3S 611

V-2AAM-2P 13

V-2AAM-2S 22

V-2AAM-3P 1

V-2AAM-3S 1

V-2AAN 16

V-2AAP-ASM 3

V-2AAP-GSM 3

V-2AAP-NPM 3

V-2AAP-NSF 3

V-2AAP-NSM 34

V-2AAS-1P 10

V-2AAS-1S 7

V-2AAS-2P 8

V-2AAS-2S 4

V-2AAS-3P 6

V-2AAS-3S 22

V-IAI-1S 4

V-IAI-2P 1

V-IAI-3P 74

V-IAI-3S 72

V-PAI-1P 4

V-PAI-1S 209

V-PAI-2P 22

V-PAI-2S 23

V-PAI-3P 60

V-PAI-3S 336

V-PAM-2P 7

V-PAM-2S 1

V-PAM-3S 1

V-PAN 40

V-PAP-APM 9

V-PAP-ASF 8

V-PAP-ASM 4

V-PAP-DSM 1

V-PAP-GPM 6

V-PAP-GSF 6

V-PAP-GSM 18

V-PAP-GSN 5

V-PAP-NPF 4

V-PAP-NPM 149

V-PAP-NPN 1

V-PAP-NSF 20

V-PAP-NSM 174

V-PAP-NSN 1

V-PAS-1P 1

V-PAS-1S 2

V-PAS-2P 1

V-PAS-3P 3

V-PAS-3S 3

V-PPI-3S 8

V-PPN 4

V-PPP-APN 1

V-PPP-ASF 4

V-PPP-ASM 9

V-PPP-ASN 2

V-PPP-DPN 4

V-PPP-GPM 1

V-PPP-GSF 1

V-PPP-GSM 1

V-PPP-NPM 2

V-PPP-NSF 2

V-PPP-NSM 12

TIS

V-2AAI-1S 37

V-2AAI-2P 1

V-2AAI-2S 5

V-2AAI-3P 127

V-2AAI-3S 644

V-2AAM-2P 13

V-2AAM-2S 20

V-2AAM-3P 1

V-2AAM-3S 1

V-2AAN 17

V-2AAP-ASM 3

V-2AAP-DSM 1

V-2AAP-GSM 5

V-2AAP-NPM 3

V-2AAP-NSF 3

V-2AAP-NSM 35

V-2AAS-1P 10

V-2AAS-1S 7

V-2AAS-2P 8

V-2AAS-2S 5

V-2AAS-3P 7

V-2AAS-3S 24

V-IAI-1S 4

V-IAI-2P 1

V-IAI-3P 70

V-IAI-3S 66

V-PAI-1P 4

V-PAI-1S 212

V-PAI-2P 22

V-PAI-2S 25

V-PAI-3P 56

V-PAI-3S 337

V-PAM-2P 7

V-PAM-2S 1

V-PAM-3S 1

V-PAN 40

V-PAP-APM 8

V-PAP-ASF 11

V-PAP-ASM 4

V-PAP-DPN 2

V-PAP-GPM 5

V-PAP-GSF 6

V-PAP-GSM 22

V-PAP-GSN 3

V-PAP-NPF 5

V-PAP-NPM 154

V-PAP-NPN 3

V-PAP-NSF 24

V-PAP-NSM 188

V-PAP-NSN 2

V-PAS-1P 1

V-PAS-1S 2

V-PAS-2P 1

V-PAS-3P 2

V-PAS-3S 3

V-PPI-3S 8

V-PPN 4

V-PPP-APN 1

V-PPP-ASF 4

V-PPP-ASM 9

V-PPP-ASN 2

V-PPP-DPN 5

V-PPP-GSF 2

V-PPP-GSM 1

V-PPP-NPM 2

V-PPP-NSF 2

V-PPP-NSM 12

V-IAI-1S 4

V-IAI-2P 1

V-IAI-3P 73

V-IAI-3S 72

V-PAI-1P 4

V-PAI-1S 210

V-PAI-2P 22

V-PAI-2S 22

V-PAI-3P 58

V-PAI-3S 337

V-PAM-2P 7

V-PAM-2S 1

V-PAM-3S 1

V-PAN 40

V-PAP-APM 9

V-PAP-ASF 7

V-PAP-ASM 4

V-PAP-DSM 1

V-PAP-GPM 6

V-PAP-GSF 7

V-PAP-GSM 18

V-PAP-GSN 5

V-PAP-NPF 5

V-PAP-NPM 147

V-PAP-NPN 2

V-PAP-NSF 21

V-PAP-NSM 177

V-PAP-NSN 1

V-PAP-VPM 2

V-PAP-VSM 1

V-PAS-1P 1

V-PAS-1S 2

V-PAS-2P 1

V-PAS-3P 3

V-PAS-3S 3

V-PPI-3S 8

V-PPN 4

V-PPP-APN 1

V-PPP-ASF 4

V-PPP-ASM 9

V-PPP-ASN 1

V-PPP-DPN 4

V-PPP-GSF 2

V-PPP-GSM 1

V-PPP-NPM 2

V-PPP-NSF 2

V-PPP-NSM 12

TRG

A-ASN 1

CONJ 4

N-ASF 2

N-ASM 2

N-DPM 1

N-NPM 1

N-NSM 1

P-ASM 2

P-DPM 1

PRT 1

V-AAD-2S 2

V-AAD-3S 1

V-AAI-1S 2

V-AAI-2S 1

V-AAI-3P 98

V-AAI-3S 12

V-AAPGSM 1

V-AAPNSM 6

V-AAS-3P 1

V-AAS-3S 5

V-AMI-3S 1

V-FAI-1S 1

V-IAI-1S 4

V-IAI-3P 75

V-IAI-3S 71

V-IPI-3P 1

V-PAD-2P 7

V-PAD-2S 1

V-PAD-3S 1

V-PAI-1P 4

V-PAI-1S 207

V-PAI-2P 22

V-PAI-2S 23

V-PAI-3P 60

V-PAI-3S 326

V-PAN 36

V-PAPAPM 8

V-PAPASF 7

V-PAPASM 4

V-PAPDSM 1

V-PAPGPM 6

V-PAPGSF 7

V-PAPGSM 18

V-PAPGSN 5

V-PAPNPF 4

V-PAPNPM 142

V-PAPNPN 1

V-PAPNSF 21

V-PAPNSM 173

V-PAPNSN 1

V-PAPVPM 2

V-PAPVSM 1

V-PAS-1S 3

V-PAS-2P 1

V-PAS-3P 3

V-PAS-3S 3

V-PPI-3S 8

V-PPN 4

V-PPP-APN 1

V-PPPASF 4

V-PPPASM 9

V-PPPASN 1

V-PPPDPN 4

V-PPPGSF 2

V-PPPGSM 1

V-PPPNPM 2

V-PPPNSF 2

V-PPPNSM 12

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Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

λέγω

(A), lay, pres. erroneously inferred from λέξομαι, ἔλεκτο, etc.; v. cross λέχομαι.

λέγω

(B),

1. pick up, etc.: tenses for signf. 1 and 11, fut. λέξω Od. 24.224: aor. ἔλεξα A. Pers. 292: — Med., fut. in pass. sense λέξομαι E. Alc. 322: aor. ἐλεξάμην Il. 21.27 (trans.); ἐλέγμην Od. 9.335; λέκτο 4.451: — Pass., aor. ἐλέχθην Il. 3.188: also post- Hom. in these senses, but only in compos., esp. with ἀπο-, ἐκ-, κατα-, συν -; post- Hom. pf. εἴλοχα (κατ-, συν -), Pass. εἴλεγμαι, in these senses rarely λέλεγμαι (v. the compds.); also fut. λεγήσομαι (συλ -): aor. 2 ἐλέγην (κατ-, συν -): — gather, pick up, ὀστέα.. λέγωμεν Il. 23.239, cf. Od. 24. 72, Pi. P. 8.53; αἱμασιάς τε λέγων picking out stones for building walls, Od. 18.359 (ubi v. Sch., cf. λογάς 2), cf. 24.224: — Med., gather for oneself, ἐπὶ δὲ ξύλα πολλὰ λέγεσθε Il. 8.507; ὀστέα λευκὰ λέγοντο 24.793; φάρμακα λέξασθαι A.R. 3.807.

2. Med., choose for oneself, pick out, λέξαιτο.. ἄνδρας ἀρίστους Od. 24.108; κούρους Il. 21.27: — Pass., to be chosen, εἰ.. λεγοίμεθα πάντες ἄριστοι 13.276.

1. count, tell, ἐν δ' ἡμέας λέγε κήτεσιν he counted us among the seals, Od. 4.452; and in aor. Med., Il. 2.125; ἐγὼ πέμπτος μετὰ τοῖσιν ἐλέγμην I reckoned myself.., Od. 9.335; λέκτο δ' ἀριθμόν he told him over the number, 4.451: — Pass., μετὰ τοῖσιν ἐλέχθην I was counted among these, Il. 3.188. so, but not freq., after Hom., λ. ποντιᾶν ψάφων ἀριθμόν Pi. O. 13.46, cf. A. Ag. 570; καθ' ἓν ἕκαστον λ. Isoc. 2.45; also καὶ σὲ δ' ἐν τούτοις λέγω count you among.., A. Pr. 973; λ. τινὰ οὐδαμοῦ count him as naught, S. Ant. 183; κέρδος λ., εἰ.. count it gain, that.., ib. 462: — Med., λέξατο πάντας [ναύτας ] Pi. P. 4.189: — Pass., λέγεσθαι ἐν τοῖς ἱππικωτάτοις X. Oec. 11.20; ἐνὶ πρώτῃσι λέγεσθαι Call. Del. 16: fut. Med. in pass. sense, ἐν τοῖς οὐκέτ' οὖσι λέξομαι E. l.c.

2. recount, tell over, οὔ τι διαπρήξαιμι λέγων ἐμὰ κήδεα Od. 14.197; σὺ δέ μοι λέγε θέσκελα ἔργα 11.374; τὰ ἕκαστα λέγων 12.165; ὅσα τ' αὐτὸς.. ἐμόγησε, πάντ' ἔλεγ ' 23.308: so in Trag., λ. τύχας, πάθη, μόχθους, etc., A. Pr. 633, Pers. 292, Ag. 555, etc.; also Ἀγαμέμνονι.. λέγ' ὀνείδεα repeated reproaches against him, Il. 2.222; so perh. ψεύδεα πολλὰ λ. Hes. Th. 27 (but v. infr. 111): — Med., τί σε χρὴ ταῦτα λέγεσθαι; why need'st thou tell the tale thereof? Il. 13.275; and so, μηκέτι ταῦτα λεγώμεθα νηπύτιοι ὥς ib. 292, cf. Od. 3.240, 13.296; μηκέτι νῦν δήθ' αὖθι λεγώμεθα Il. 2.435.

III say, speak, first in Hes. Th. 27 (v. supr. 11.2): fut. λέξω Emp. 38.1, A. Ag. 859, Hdt. 4.14, Th. 2.48, Antipho 6.33, etc.: aor. ἔλεξα Anacr. 45, Pl. Sph. 217e, Antipho 1.15 (rare in Pl. and the Orators, common in some dialects, as Boeotian, IG 7.504.2 (Tanagra), Thessalian, ib.9(2).461.21, Ionic, v.l. in Hp. Aër. 12): pf. λέλεχα Gal. 16.249, λέλεγα and λέλογας Hsch. (εἴρηκα in correct writers): — Pass., fut. λεχθήσομαι Th. 5.86, Pl. Ti. 67c, etc.: also fut. Med. in pass. sense, S. OC 1186, E. Hec. 906 (lyr.), etc.; and λελέξομαι Th. 3.53 (v.l. λέξεται), Pl. R. 457b: aor. ἐλέχθην (never ἐλέγην in this sense) S. OT 1442, Th. 6.32, etc.: pf. λέλεγμαι Pi. N. 8.20, Hdt. 2.21, S. Ph. 389, etc. (εἴλεγμαι in this sense only in compd. δι -): rare in compds. (only ἀντιλέγω, ἐπιλέγω, καταλέγω, προλέγω), the pres. in most compds. being supplied by ἀγορεύω, the fut. by ἐρῶ, the aor. by εἶπον, the pf. by εἴρηκα:

1 say, speak, never in Hom., first in Hes. l.c., freq. from Hdt. and Trag. downwds.; of all kinds of oral communications, ἐκέλευε λέγειν εἴ τι θέλοι Hdt. 8.58; so λέγοις ἄν speak, say on, Pl. Plt. 268e, etc.; λ. μῦθον A. Pers. 698 (troch.); ψευδῆ λ. Id. Ag. 625; ἀληθῆ λ. Pl. Phlb. 12b (so in Pass., λόγος λέλεκται πᾶς S. Ph. 389); of oracles, say, declare, Hdt. 8.136; ὥσπερ τοὔνομα λέγει indicates, Pl. Prt. 312c: with Preps., λ. ἀμφί τινος A. Th. 1017, E. Hec. 580; περί τινος Xenoph. 34.2, Democr. 165, S. Aj. 151 (anap.), Th. 2.48; ὑπέρ τινος in his defence, S. El. 555, X. HG 1.7.16; κατά τινος against him, Thgn. 1240a, X. HG 1.5.2; λ. ἐπί τισι εὐχὰς ἀγαθάς express good wishes for them, A. Supp. 625 (anap.); λ. τά τινος take his part, D. 8.64; λ. πρός τι in reference or in answer to.., S. Ant. 753, etc.; εἴς τι X. Mem. 1.5.1.

2. c. acc. et inf., say that.., Pi. P. 2.59, etc.: with neg. οὐ, Pl. R. 348c, etc., but μή ib. 346e, X. Smp. 4.5 (Pass.), and usu. in later Gr., LXX Genesis 38:22; λ. μὴ εἶναι ἀνάστασιν Matthew 22:23 : freq. also folld. by ὡς, ὅτι (generally so in the Act. voice) when the subject of the relative clause may become the object of the principal Verb, γυναῖκα λέγουσιν, ὡς κάθηται.. X. Cyr. 7.3.5, etc.: rarely c. part., λ. Οἰδίπουν ὀλωλότα speak of him as dead, S. OC 1580; λέγουσιν ἡμᾶς ὡς ὀλωλότας A. Ag. 672; λέξασ' ἀδελφῷ σ' ἐνθάδ' ὄντα E. Hel. 888: — Pass., λέξεται ἔχων Id. IT 1047, cf. A. Ag. 170 (cj.).

3. λέγειν τινά τι say something of another, esp. κακὰ λ. τινά speak ill of him, revile him, Hdt. 8.61; ἀγαθὰ λ. τινάς Ar. Ec. 435; τὰ ἔσχατα, τὰ ἀπόρρητα λ. ἀλλήλους, X. Mem. 2.2.9, D. 18.123; also εὖ or κακῶς λ. τινά, A. Ag. 445 (lyr.), S. El. 524, cf. 1028; εὖ λ. τὸν εὖ λέγοντα X. Mem. 2.3.8.

4. call by name, ἃς τρέμομεν λ. S. OC 128 (lyr.): c. dupl. acc., call so and so, λέγοιμ' ἂν ἄνδρα τόνδε τῶν σταθμῶν κύνα A. Ag. 896, cf. S. OC 939 codd., Hdt. 1.32, etc.

5. λ. τινὰ ποιεῖν τι tell, command one to do, A. Ch. 553, S. Ph. 101, X. Cyr. 4.1.22, etc.: so with τινι, S. OC 840, D. 19.150 (no obj. expressed in A. Ag. 925, S. OC 856); λέγε τὸν ἐρωτῶντα ἵνα.. εἴπῃ σοι.. Astramps. Orac. p.1 H.; ὡς ὁ νόμος λέγει D. 22.20; ὁ λέγων μὴ μοιχεύειν Romans 2:22.

6. λ. τι say something, i.e. speak to the point or purpose, βούλῃ λέγειν τι, καὶ λέγων μηδὲν κλύειν; S. Ant. 757; λέγω τι; am I right ? the answer being λέγεις, Id. OT 1475; κινδυνεύεις τι λέγειν Pl. Cra. 404a; ἴσως ἄν τι λέγοις X. Mem. 2.1.12, cf. Cyr. 1.4.20; opp. οὐδὲν λέγει has no meaning, no authority, οὐδὲν λ. τὸ σωφρόνως τραφῆναι Ar. Eq. 334, cf. V. 75; οὐδὲν λέγεις nonsense ! Id. Th. 625; but οὐδὲν λέγειν, also, say what is not, lie, Id. Av. 66, Pl. Ap. 30b; also εὖ γε λέγεις, εὖ λέγεις, εὖ ἂν λέγοις, good news!, that is well !, ib. 24e, Grg. 447b, Prt. 310b; καλῶς, ὀρθῶς λ., you are right, X. Mem. 3.3.4, 3.6.8; κοὔπω λέγω and what is more, Herod. 7.44; τί λέγεις; τὸν ἔποπα παῖ καλεῖς; Ar. Av. 57, cf. Ec. 298 (lyr.).

7. pleon., ἔφη λέγων Hdt. 3.156, 5.36; ἔλεγε φάς Id. 1.122; ἔφασκε λέγων Ar. Av. 472; ἦ δ' ὃς λέγων Id. V. 795; ὡς ἔφη λέγων S. Aj. 757; καὶ λέγων εἶπεν οὕτω πως D. 8.74, etc.

8. at the beginning of letters or documents, Ἄμασις Πολυκράτεϊ ὧδε λέγει.., Μαρδόνιος τάδε λέγει.., etc., Hdt. 3.40, 8.140. ά, etc.; τὰ γράμματα ἔλεγε τάδε Id. 1.124, etc.; γράμμασι λέγον τάδε, of an inscription, Th. 6.54: in roman edicts, Μάρκος Μέττιος Ῥοῦφος.. λέγει POxy. 237 viii 28 (i A.D.).

9. wish to say, mean, οὔτοι γυναῖκας ἀλλὰ Γοργόνας λέγω A. Eu. 48; τί τοῦτο λέγει, πρὸ Πύλοιο; what does πρὸ Πύλοιο mean? Ar. Eq. 1059, cf. 1021, 1375, Ec. 989, Pl. Phd. 60e: freq. in Platonic dialogue, πῶς λέγεις; how do you mean ? in what sense do you say this? Ap. 24e, al.; ἢ πῶς λέγομεν; or what do we mean to say? Grg. 480b; πῶς δὴ οὖν αὐτὸ λέγεις; Phdr. 265c; ποῖόν τί ποτε ἄρα λέγοντ ές φασι.. what they can possibly mean by saying.., Tht. 181c, al.: c. dupl. acc., τοιοῦτόν τι σὲ λέγειν τὸ κρεῖττον Grg. 489d, al.: freq. (esp. in Trag.) to explain more fully, εἴσω κομίζου καὶ σύ, Κασάνδραν λέγω you, I mean Cassandra, A. Ag. 1035; ὁ μάντις, υἱὸν Οἰκλέους λ. Id. Th. 609, cf. 658 (v.l.), Pr. 946; ποταμός, Ἀχελῷον λέγω S. Tr. 9, cf. 1220, Ph. 1261, E. Ph. 987; ἐμὲ λέγων meaning me, Isoc. 12.215; τὸ δ' ὑμεῖς ὅταν λέγω, τὴν πόλιν λ. D. 18.88: sts., however, the word after λέγω is put in appos. with the word to be expld., Ἀντικλείας.., τῆς σῆς λέγω τοι μητρός A. Fr. 175, cf. Th. 658 cod. M; περὶ τῶνδε.., λέγω δὲ Φωκέων D. 19.152; παρ' ὧν.., τούτων τῶν τὴν Ἀσίαν οἰκούντων λέγω Id. 8.24, cf. Pl. Smp. 202b: abs., μηδενὸς ὄντος ἐν [τῇ χώρᾳ] λέγω D. 1.27. περὶ ἃς (sc. ἀπολαύσεις) λέγομεν τὸν σώφρονα in regard to which we use the term 'temperate', Arist. EN 1148a5, cf. Pl. Grg. 494b.

10. ὡς λέγουσι as they say, S. Ant. 23, etc.; ὡς λ. μοι Id. OC 1161: — Pass., λέγεται it is said, c.acc.et inf., X. Mem. 1.2.30, al.; but also πατρὸς λέγεται γενέσθαι.. Id. Cyr. 1.2.1; θανεῖν ἐλέχθη he was said to have been killed, S. OT 292; so λεγόμενον ἐρέω Pi. P. 5.108: τὸ λεγόμενον abs., as the saying goes, Th. 7.68, cf. Pl. Grg. 447a, Smp. 217e, etc.; τὸ λ. δὴ τοῦτο Id. Grg. 514e: ὁ λεγόμενος γραῶν ὕθλος the so-called.., Id. Tht. 176b; οἱ λ. αὐτόνομοι εἶναι X. HG 6.3.8; οἱ λ. ὅτι.. of whom it is said that.., Id. Cyr. 8.6.16.

11. of orators, speak (emphatically), λέγειν δεινός S. OT 545, X. Cyr. 1.5.9, etc.; λέγειν ἠσκηκότες S. Fr. 963, cf. Eup. 95 (v. λαλέω) ; λ. τε καὶ πράσσειν δυνατώτατος Th. 1.139; οἱ ἐν τῷ πλήθει λέγειν δυνάμενοι Isoc. 3.8, cf. D. 19.286; plead one's cause in a court of law, Id. 23.78; δίκας λέγειν ὑπέρ τινος speak as an advocate for.., Din. 1.111.

12. boast of, tell of, τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ῥώμην X. Cyr. 1.3.10; in Poets, sing of, θέλω λ. Ἀτρείδας Anacreont. 23.1.

13. recite what is written, λαβὲ τὸ βιβλίον καὶ λέγε Pl. Tht. 143c; and freq. in Oratt., as λέγε τὸν νόμον D. 21.8 and 10, etc.; of lectures, ἀκούσατέ μου σχόλια λέγοντος Arr. Epict. 3.21.6, cf. 15.8 (the sense of Lat. lego, read, occurs only in the compds. ἀναλέγομαι, ἐπιλέγομαι).

14. say or send word by another, X. An. 1.9.25, 7.4.5.

15. maintain as a thesis, οἱ τὰς ἰδέας λέγοντες Arist. Ph. 193b36, Metaph. 1036b14.

16. nominate, Lat. dicere [dictatorem ], D.C. Fr. 36.26 (Pass.). (Cf. Lat. lègo, legio, legulus ('olivegatherer').)

Thayer's Expanded Definition

εἶπον, 2 aorist active from an obsolete present ἘΠΩ (late epic and in composition; see Veitch) (cf. ἔπος (Curtius, § 620)), Ionic ἘΙΠΩ (like ἐρωτάω, εἰρωτάω; ἑλίσσω, εἱλίσσω; subjunctive εἴπω, imperative εἶπε, infinitive εἰπεῖν, prcp. εἰπών; 1 aorist εἶπα (John 10:34 R G T Tr WH, from Psalm 81:6 (); Acts 26:15 L T Tr WH; Hebrews 3:10 Lachmann from Psalm 94:10 (); add (Mark 9:18 T WH Tr text); Job 29:18; Job 32:8, etc.; Sir. 24:31 (29); 1 Macc. 6:11, etc.; cf. Kühner, 1:817 (especially Veitch, under the word, pp. 232; 233)), 2 person εἶπας (Matthew 26:25,(64); Mark 12:32 (not T WH; John 4:17 where T WH again εἶπες; Luke 20:39)), 3 person plural εἶπαν (often in L T Tr WH (i. e. out of the 127 instances in which the choice lies between 3 person plural εἶπον of the Rec. and εἶπαν, the latter ending has been adopted by L in 56, by T in 82, by Tr in 74, by WH in 104, cf. Tdf. Proleg., p. 123), e. g. Matthew 12:2; Matthew 27:6; John 18:30, etc.); impv: εἶπον (Mark 13:4 L T Tr WH; Luke 10:40 T WH Tr marginal reading; Acts 28:26 G L T Tr WH (also Matthew 4:3 WH; T WH; T WH Tr marginal reading; WH; Luke 20:2 T Tr WH; 22:() T Tr WH; John 10:24 T WH), for the Attic εἶπον, cf. W § 6, 1 k.; (Chandler § 775); Fritzsche on Mark, p. 515ff; (but Winer's (p. 85 (81)) regards εἶπον as imperative of the 2nd aorist; cf., too, Lob. ad Phryn., p. 348; Buttmann, 57 (50); especially Fritzsche, the passage cited)), in the remaining persons εἰπάτω (Revelation 22:17), ἐιπατα (Matt. (); , etc.; Mark (); ; (Luke 10:10; Luke 13:32; Luke 20:3; Colossians 4:17)), εἰπάτωσαν (Acts 24:20) also frequent in Attic (Veitch, under the word; WH's Appendix, p. 164; Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 219); participle, after the form chiefly Ionic, εἶπας ((John 11:28 Tr WH); Acts 7:37 L T Tr WH (also )); the future ἐρῶ is from the epic present εἴρω (cf. Lob. Technol., p. 137); on the other hand, from Ρ᾽ΑΩ come perfect εἴρηκα, 3 person plural εἰρήκασιν (Acts 17:28), εἴρηκαν (Revelation 19:3; see γίνομαι), infinitive εἰρηκέναι, Hebrews 10:15 L T Tr WH; passive, perfect 3 person singular εἴρηται, preposition εἰρημένον; pluperfect ἐιρήκειν 1 aorist ἐρρέθην (Revelation 6:11; Revelation 9:4 and R G T WH in Matthew 5:21ff; L T Tr WH in Romans 9:12, 26; Galatians 3:16) (strict (cf. Veitch, p. 575)) Attic ἐρρήθην (Matthew 5:21ff L Tr; R G in Romans 9:12, 26; Galatians 3:16; (cf. Buttmann, 57 (50); WH's Appendix, p. 166)), participle ῤηθείς, ῤηθέν; the Sept. for אָמַר; to speak, say, whether orally or by letter;

1. with an accusative of the object;

a. with the accusative of the thing: εἰπεῖν λόγον, Matthew 8:8 Rec.; John 2:22 (L T Tr WH); ; ῤῆμα, Mark 14:72 (Knapp, et al.); εἰπεῖν λόγον εἰς τινα, equivalent to βλασφημεῖν, Luke 12:10; also κατά τίνος, Matthew 12:32; ὡς ἔπος εἰπεῖν, so to say (a phrase frequent in classical Greek, cf. Weiske, De pleonasmis gr., p. 47; Matthiae, § 545; Delitzsch on Heb. as below; (Kühner, § 585, 3; Krüger, § 55, 1, 2; Goodwin § 100; Winer's Grammar, 449 (419); 317 (298))), Hebrews 7:9 (opposed to ἀκριβεῖ λόγῳ, Plato, rep. 1, 311 b.); τήν ἀλήθειαν, Mark 5:33; ἀλήθειαν ἐρῶ, 2 Corinthians 12:6; τοῦτο ἀληθές εἴρηκας, John 4:18 (Winer's Grammar, 464 (433) n.); τί εἴπω; what shall I say? (the expression of one who is in doubt what to say), John 12:27; πῶς ἐρεῖ τό ἀμήν; ... 1 Corinthians 14:16; τί ἐροῦμεν; or τί οὖν ἐροῦμεν; what shall we say? i. e. what reply can we make? or, to what does that bring us? only in the Epistle to the Romans (Winer's Grammar, § 40, 6) viz., Romans 3:5; Romans 6:1; Romans 7:7; Romans 9:14, 30; with πρός ταῦτα added, Romans 8:31; εἰπεῖν τί περί τίνος, John 7:39; John 10:41. Sayings from the O. T. which are quoted in the New are usually introduced as follows: τό ῤηθέν ὑπό τοῦ (L T Tr WH omit τοῦ) κυρίου διά τοῦ προφήτου, Matthew 1:22; Matthew 2:15; ὑπό τοῦ Θεοῦ, Matthew 22:31; ὑπό τοῦ προφήτου Rec. Matthew 27:35, cf. Matthew 2:17; τό ῤηθέν διά τίνος, Matthew 2:17 L T Tr WH, Matthew 2:23; Matthew 4:14; Matthew 8:17; Matthew 12:17; Matthew 13:35; Matthew 21:4; Matthew 27:9; τό εἰρημένον διά τοῦ προφήτου. Acts 2:16; τό εἰρημένον, Luke 2:24; Acts 13:40; Romans 4:18; ἐρρέθη, Matthew 5:21, etc.; καθώς εἴρηκεν, Hebrews 4:3.

b. with the accusative of the person to speak of, designate by words: ὅν εἶπον, John 1:15 ((not WH text); Buttmann, 377 (323); cf. Romans 4:1 WH text (say of)); ὁ ῤηθείς, Matthew 3:3. εἰπεῖν τινα καλῶς, to speak well of one, praise him, Luke 6:26 (ἐν εἰπεῖν τινα, Homer, Odyssey 1, 302); κακῶς, to speak ill of one, Acts 23:5 from Exodus 22:28; cf. Kühner, § 409, 2; 411, 5; (Winer's Grammar, § 32, 1 b. β.; Buttmann, 146 (128)).

c. with an ellipsis of the accusative αὐτό (see αὐτός, II. 3): Luke 22:67; John 9:27; John 21:4, etc. σύ εἶπας (namely, αὐτό), i. e. you have just expressed it in words; that's it; it is just as you say: Matthew 26:25, 64 (a rabbinical formula; for examples cf. Schoettgen or Wetstein on Matthew 26:25; others seem to regard the answer as noncommittal, e. g. Origen on Matthew 26:64 (Works, 3:910 De la Rue edition); Wunsche, Erlaut. der Evang. aus Talmud, as above, with on Matthew 26:25; but cf. the ἐγώ εἰμί of Mark 14:62; in Matthew 26:64 WH marginal reading take it interrogatively).

2. the person, to whom a thing is said, is indicated a. by a dative: εἰπεῖν τί τίνι, Luke 7:40, and very often; εἶπον ὑμῖν namely, αὐτό, I (have just) told it you; this is what I mean; let this be the word: Matthew 28:7; cf. Bernhardy (1829), p. 381; (Jelf, § 403, 1; Godwin § 19, 5; especially (for examples) Herm. Vig., p. 746). τίνι περί τίνος (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 47, 4), Matthew 17:13; John 18:34. to say anything to one by way of censure, Matthew 21:3; to cast in one's teeth, ἐρεῖτε μοι τήν παραβολήν Luke 4:23. to tell what anything means, e. g. τό μυστήριον, Revelation 17:7.

b. by the use of a preposition: πρός τινα (cf. Buttmann, 172 (150); Krüger, § 48, 7, 13), to say (a thing) to one, as Luke 4:23; Luke 5:4; Luke 12:16, and many other places in Luke; to say a thing in reference to one (Winer's Grammar, 405 (378)), Mark 12:12; Luke 18:9; Luke 20:19.

3. εἶπον, to say, speak, simply and without an accusative of the object, i. e. merely to declare in words, to use language;

a. with the addition of an adverb or of some other adjunct: ὁμοίως, Matthew 26:35; ὡσαύτως, Matthew 21:30; καθώς, Matthew 28:6; Luke 24:24; John 1:23; John 7:38; εἶπε διά παραβολῆς, making use of a parable (see διά, A. III. 3) he spake, Luke 8:4; ἐν παραβολαῖς, Matthew 22:1; with an instrumental dative: εἶπε λόγῳ, say in (using only) a (single) word, namely, that my servant shall be healed, Matthew 8:8 (where Rec. λόγον); Luke 7:7.

b. with the words spoken added in direct discourse; so a hundred times in the historical books of the N. T., as Matthew 9:4; Matthew 8:32; ( L Tr WH), etc.; 1 Corinthians 12:15; (2 Corinthians 4:6 L text T Tr WH (cf. 4 below)); Hebrews 1:5; Hebrews 3:10; Hebrews 10:7 ( L T Tr WH), ; ; James 2:3, 11; Jude 1:9; Revelation 7:14; πέμψας εἶπεν he said by a messenger or messengers, Matthew 11:2f The following and other phrases are frequent in the Synoptic Gospels: ὁ δέ ἀποκριθείς εἶπεν, as Matthew 4:4; Matthew 15:13; καί ἀποκριθείς εἶπεν Matthew 24:4; ἀποκριθεῖσα ἡ μήτηρ εἶπεν, Luke 1:60; ἀποκριθείς ὁ Σίμων εἶπεν, Luke 7:43, etc.; ἀποκριθέντες δέ εἶπον (εἶπαν T Tr WH), Luke 20:24; but John usually writes ἀπεκρίθη καί εἶπεν: John 1:48 (); (R G), ; (R G L brackets), (L Tr marginal reading omit; WH brackets καί εἶπεν); ; — (εἶπαν αὐτῷ λέγοντες, Mark 8:28 T WH Tr marginal reading, cf. ).

c. followed by ὅτι: Matthew 28:7; Mark 16:7; John 6:36; John 7:42; John 8:55; John 11:40; John 16:15; John 18:8; 1 John 1:6, 8, 10; 1 Corinthians 1:15; 1 Corinthians 14:23; 1 Corinthians 15:27 (L brackets; WH marginal reading omits ὅτι.

d. followed by an accusative and infinitive: τί οὖν ἐροῦμεν Ἀβραάμ τόν πατέρα ἡμῶν εὑρηκέναι (WH text omits; Tr marginal reading brackets εὑρηκέναι; cf. 1 b. above) κατά σάρκα; Romans 4:1.

4. εἰπεῖν sometimes involves in it the idea of commanding (cf. Buttmann, 27f (237)): followed by the infinitive, εἶπε δοθῆναι αὐτῇ φαγεῖν, Mark 5:43; εἶπε τῷ ἀδελφῷ μου μερίσασθαι μετ' ἐμοῦ τήν κληρονομίαν, Luke 12:13; ὅσα ἄν εἴπωσιν ὑμῖν (namely, τηρεῖν (inserted in R G)), τηρεῖτε, Matthew 23:3 (Wis. 9:8). followed by the accusative and infinitive, ὁ εἶπον ἐκ σκότους φῶς λάμψαι, 2 Corinthians 4:6 (R G L marginal reading, cf. Buttmann, 273f (235); but L text T Tr WH read λάμψει, thus changing the construction from the accusative with an infinitive to direct discourse, see 3 b. above); εἶπεν αὐτῷ (for ἑαυτῷ, see αὑτοῦ) φωνηθῆναι τούς δούλους τούτους, be commanded to be called for him (i. e., to him) these servants, Luke 19:15; cf. Winers Grammar, § 44, 3 b.; Krüger, § 55, 3, 13. followed by ἵνα with the subjunctive: Matthew 4:3; Matthew 20:21; Luke 4:3; to εἰπεῖν is added a dative of the person bidden to do something, Mark 3:9; Luke 10:40 cf. 4:3; Revelation 6:11; Revelation 9:4. "Moreover, notice that ἵνα and ὄφρα are often used by the later poets after verbs of commanding;" Hermann ad Vig., p. 849; cf. Winers Grammar, § 44, 8; (Buttmann, 237 (204)). 5 B a Hebraism εἰπεῖν ἐν ἑαυτῷ (בְּלִבּו אָמַר, Deuteronomy 8:17; Psalm 10:6 (); Psalm 13:1 (); Esther 6:6) is equivalent to to think (because thinking is a silent soliloquy): Matthew 9:3; Luke 7:39; Luke 16:3; Luke 18:4 (elsewhere also λέγειν ἐν ἑαυτῷ); and εἰπεῖν ἐν τῇ καρδία αὐτοῦ amounts to the same, Luke 12:45; Romans 10:6; but in other passages εἶπον, ἔλεγον, ἐν ἑαυτοῖς is, equivalent to ἐν ἀλλήλοις: Matthew 21:38; see λέγω, II. 1 d.

6. εἰπεῖν τινα with a predicate accusative, to call, style, one:ἐκείνους εἶπε Θεούς, John 10:35; ὑμᾶς εἴρηκα φίλους, John 15:15; (Homer, Odyssey 19, 334; Xenophon, Apology Socrates § 15; Lucian, Tim. § 20). (Compare: ἀντεῖπον, ἀπεῖπον, προεῖπον.)

STRONGS NT 3004: εἴρω εἴρω, future ἐρῶ, see εἶπον.

STRONGS NT 3004: ἐρῶ ἐρῶ, see εἶπον.

STRONGS NT 3004: λέγω λέγω (in the N. T. only the present and imperfect active and present passive are in use; 3 person plural imperfect ἐλεγαν, John 11:56 Tdf. (cf. ἔχω, at the beginning));

I. in its earliest use in Homer to lay (like Latinlego, German legen; cf. J. G. Müller in Theol. Studien und Kritiken for 1835, p. 127ff; Curtius, § 538); to cause to lie down, put to sleep;

1. to collect, gather; to pick out.

2. to lay with, count with; to enumerate, recount, narrate. describe; (cf. English tale, German zählen).

II. to put word to word in speaking, join words together, i. e. "to say (how it differs from λαλεῖν, see under that word at the beginning); once so by Homer in Iliad 2, 222 (yet cf. Schmidt, Syn. 1:1, §§ 20; 48, 2; Liddell and Scott, under the word, B. II. 2); often in Pindar, and by far the most common use in Attic; the Sept. more than thirteen hundred times for אָמַר; often also for נְאֻם (saying,dictum); very rarely for דִּבֵּר; and so in N. T.

1. universally,

a. absolutely, to speak: Acts 13:15; Acts 24:10; to say, foll. by direct discourse, Matthew 9:34; Matthew 12:44; Matthew 16:2 (here T brackets WH reject the passage); Mark 3:30; Luke 5:39 (WH brackets the clause); John 1:29, 38; (1 Corinthians 12:3 L T Tr WH); James 4:13, and very often; the direct discourse is preceded by ὅτι recitative, Matthew 9:18 (T omits ὅτι); Mark 1:15 (T omits; WH brackets λέγων); Mark 2:12 (L and WH brackets λέγοντας); Mark 3:21; Mark 5:28; Mark 6:14f, 35; Mark 7:20; Luke 1:24; Luke 4:41; Luke 17:10; John 6:14; John 7:12; John 8:33; John 9:9, 41; John 16:17; Acts 2:13; Acts 11:3; Hebrews 10:8; Revelation 3:17, etc.; followed by the accusative with an infinitive, Luke 11:18; Luke 24:23; John 12:29; Acts 4:32; Acts 28:6, etc.; followed by ὅτι, Luke 22:70; John 8:48; John 18:31; 1 Timothy 4:1 (for other examples see 2 a. below); followed by an indirect question, Matthew 21:27; Mark 11:33; Luke 20:8.

b. The N. T. writers, particularly the historical, are accustomed to add the verb λέγειν followed by direct discourse to another verb which already contains the idea of speaking, or which states an opinion concerning some person or thing; as τό ῤηθέν ... προφήτου λέγοντος, Matthew 2:17; Matthew 8:17; Matthew 12:17; Matthew 13:35; κηρύσσων ... καί (L T WH omit; Tr brackets καί) λέγων, Matthew 3:2; κράζειν λέγειν, Matthew 9:27; Matthew 21:15; Mark 10:47; Luke 4:41 (here L T Tr marginal reading κραυγάζειν); Acts 14:15; προσφώνειν καί λέγειν, Matthew 11:17; Luke 7:32; ἀπεκρίθη καί λέγει, Mark 7:28; αἰνεῖν τόν Θεόν καί λέγειν, Luke 2:13; γογγύζειν καί λέγειν, John 6:42. to verbs of speaking, judging, etc., and those which denote in general the nature or the substance of the discourse reported, the participle λέγων is added (often so in the Sept. for לֵאמֹר (Winer's Grammar, 535f (499), cf. 602 (560))) followed by direct discourse: ἀπεκρίθη λέγων, Matthew 25:9, 44; Mark 9:38 (T WH omit λέγων); Acts 15:13; Revelation 7:13, etc. (see ἀποκρίνομαι, 1 c.); εἶπαν ... λέγοντες, Mark (Mark 8:28 T WH Tr marginal reading); ; Luke 20:2 (in Greek writings ἔφη λέγων); ἐλάλησε λέγων (see λαλῶ, 5); ἐμαρτύρησε, John 1:32; κέκραγεν λέγων, John 1:15; ἐδίδασκεν ... λέγων, Matthew 5:2; (ἐβόησεν or) ἀνεβόησεν ... λέγων, Matthew 27:46; Luke 9:38; ἀνέκραξεν λέγων, Mark 1:24; Luke 4:34 (T WH omit; Tr brackets λέγων); also after ᾄδειν, Revelation 5:9; Revelation 15:3; αἴρειν (or ἐπαίρειν) φωνήν, Luke 17:13; Acts 14:11; θαυμάζειν, Matthew 8:27; Matthew 9:33; Matthew 21:20; after προφητεύειν, Matthew 15:7; γογγύζειν, Matthew 20:12; εἶπεν ἐν παραβολαῖς, Matthew 22:1; παρέθηκε παραβολήν, Matthew 13:24; διεμαρτύρατο, Hebrews 2:6; ἐπήγγελται, Hebrews 12:26, and a great many other examples It is likewise added to verbs of every kind which denote an act conjoined with speech; as ἐφάνη, φαίνεται λέγων, Matthew 1:20; Matthew 2:13; προσεκύνει λέγων, Matthew 8:2; Matthew 9:18; Matthew 14:33; Matthew 15:25; add, Matthew 8:3; Matthew 9:29; Matthew 14:15; Mark 5:35 Luke 1:66; Luke 5:8; Luke 8:38; Luke 10:17; Luke 15:9; Luke 18:3; Luke 19:18; Acts 8:10, 18; Acts 12:7; Acts 27:23; 1 Corinthians 11:25, etc. On the other hand, the verb λέγω in its finite forms is added to the participles of other verbs: Matthew 27:41; Mark 8:12; Mark 14:45, 63, 67; Mark 15:35; Luke 6:20; John 1:36; John 9:8; Acts 2:13 Hebrews 8:8; ἀποκριθείς λέγει, Mark 8:29; Mark 9:5, 19; Mark 10:24, 51; Mark 11:22, 33 (L Tr marginal reading brackets T Tr WH omit ἀποκριθείς); Luke 3:11; Luke 11:45; Luke 13:8 (nowhere so in Acts, nor in Matt. nor in John); κράξας λέγει, Mark 5:7 (Rec. εἶπε); Mark 9:24. ἔγραψε λέγων (לֵאמֹר יִכְתֹּב 2 Kings 10:6; 2 Samuel 11:15, etc.), he wrote in these words, or he wrote these words (A. V. retains the idiom, he wrote saying (cf.

e. below)): Luke 1:63; 1 Macc. 8:31 1 Macc. 11:57; Josephus, Antiquities 11, 2, 2; 13, 4, 1; examples from the Syriac are given by Gesenius in Rosenmüller's Repertor. i., p. 135. ἔπεμψε or ἀπέστειλε λέγων, i. e. he ordered it to be said by a messenger: Matthew 22:16; Matthew 27:19; Luke 7:19; Luke 19:14; John 11:3; Acts 13:15; Acts 16:35 (see in εἶπον, 3 b.); otherwise in Matthew 21:37; Mark 12:6.

c. ἡ φωνή λέγουσα: Matthew 3:17; Matthew 17:5; Luke 3:22 (G L T Tr WH omit λέγουσα); Revelation 6:6; Revelation 10:4, 8; Revelation 12:10; Revelation 14:13, etc. λέγειν φωνή μεγάλη, Revelation 5:12; Revelation 8:13; ἐν φωνή μεγάλη, Romans 14:7, 9.

d. In accordance with the Hebrew conception which regards thought as internal speech (see εἶπον, 5), we find λέγειν ἐν ἑαυτῷ, to say within oneself, i. e. to think with oneself: Matthew 3:9; Matthew 9:21; Luke 3:8; ἐν τῇ καρδία αὐτοῦ, Revelation 18:7.

e. One is said to speak, λέγειν, not only when he uses language orally, but also when he expresses himself in writing ((cf.

b. sub at the end)): 2 Corinthians 7:3; 2 Corinthians 8:8; 2 Corinthians 9:3, 4; 2 Corinthians 11:16, 21; Philippians 4:11, and often in Paul; so of the writers of the O. T.: Romans 10:16, 20; Romans 11:9; Romans 15:12; λέγει ἡ γραφή, Romans 4:3; Romans 10:11; Romans 11:2; James 2:23, etc.; and simply λέγει, namely, ἡ λέγουσα, i. e. ἡ γραφή (our it is said): Romans 15:10 (11 L Tr marginal reading); Galatians 3:16; Ephesians 4:8; Ephesians 5:14; cf. Winers Grammar, 522 (486f) and 588 (547); Buttmann, § 129, 16; λέγει, namely, ὁ Θεός, 2 Corinthians 6:2; λέγει, Δαυίδ ἐν ψαλμῷ, Acts 13:35; λέγει ὁ Θεός, Hebrews 5:6; ἐν τῷ ὡσεη, Romans 9:25; ἐν Ἠλίᾳ, Romans 11:2; ἐν Δαυίδ, Hebrews 4:7; λέγει τό πνεῦμα τό ἅγιον, Hebrews 3:7; ὁ νόμος λέγει, 1 Corinthians 14:34; τί, 1 Corinthians 9:8; Romans 3:19.

f. λέγειν is used of every variety of speaking: as of inquiry, Matthew 9:14; Matthew 15:1; Matthew 17:25; Matthew 18:1; Mark 2:18; Mark 5:30; Luke 4:22; Luke 7:20; John 7:11; John 9:10; John 19:10; Romans 10:18; Romans 11:1, 11, etc.; followed by εἰ interrogative (see εἰ, II. 2), Acts 21:37; λέγει, τίς, equivalent to one bids the question be asked, Mark 14:14; Luke 22:11; of reply, Matthew 17:25; Matthew 20:7; Mark 8:24 (L marginal reading εἶπεν); John 1:21; John 18:17; of acclaim, Revelation 4:8, 10; of exelamation, Revelation 18:10, 16; of entreaty, Matthew 25:11; Luke 13:25; equivalent to to set forth in language, make plain, Hebrews 5:11.

g. λέγω with the accusative of the thing. to say a thing: ὁ, Luke 9:33 (i. e. not knowing whether what he said was appropriate or not); Luke 22:60; to express in words, Philemon 1:21; τοῦτο, John 8:6; John 12:33; τοιαῦτα, Hebrews 11:14; ταῦτα, Luke 8:8; Luke 11:27, 45; Luke 13:17; John 5:34; Acts 14:18; 1 Corinthians 9:8; τάδε (referring to what follows), Acts 21:11; Revelation 2:1, 8, 12, 18; Revelation 3:1, 7, 14; τί, what? Romans 10:8; Romans 11:4; Galatians 4:30; 1 Corinthians 14:16; πολλά, John 16:12; τά λεγόμενα, Luke 18:34; Acts 28:24; Hebrews 8:1; ὑπό τίνος, Acts 8:6; Acts 13:45 (L T Tr WH λαλουμένοις); Acts 27:11; λέγω ἀλήθειαν, John 8:45; Romans 9:1; 1 Timothy 2:7; ἀληθῆ, John 19:35; ἀνθρώπινον, Romans 6:19; σύ λέγεις, namely, αὐτό, properly, thou sayest, i. e. thou grantest what thou askest, equivalent to it is just as thou sayest; to be sure, certainly (see εἶπον, 1 c.): Matthew 27:11; Mark 15:2; Luke 23:3, cf. Luke 22:70; John 18:37 ((all these passages WH marginal reading punctuate interrogatively)); παραβολήν, to put forth, Luke 14:7; τό αὐτό, to profess one and the same thing, 1 Corinthians 1:10 cf. 1 Corinthians 1:12. h. with the dative of the person to whom anything is said: followed by direct discourse, Matthew 8:20; Matthew 14:4; Matthew 18:32; Matthew 19:10; Mark 2:17, 27; Mark 7:9; Mark 8:1; John 1:43 (); , and scores of other examples; λέγειν τίνι. κύριε, κύριε, to salute anyone as lord, Matthew 7:21; imperative λέγε μοι, Acts 22:27 (generally εἶπε μοι, ἡμῖν); plural Luke 10:9; ἀμήν λέγω ὑμῖν, I solemnly declare to you (in the Gospels of Matt. Mark and Luke); for which the Greek said ἐπ' ἀληθείας λέγω ὑμῖν, Luke 4:25, and λέγω ὑμῖν ἀληθῶς, Luke 9:27; in John everywhere (twenty-five times, and always uttered by Christ) ἀμήν ἀμήν λέγω σοι (ὑμῖν), I most solemnly declare to thee (you), John 1:51 (); , etc.; with the force of an asseveration λέγω τίνι, without ἀμήν: Matthew 11:22; Matthew 12:36; Matthew 23:39; Luke 7:9, 28; Luke 10:12; Luke 12:8; Luke 17:34; Luke 18:8, 14; ναί λέγω ὑμῖν, Matthew 11:9; Luke 7:26; Luke 11:51; Luke 12:5; λέγω σοι, Luke 12:59. with a dative of the thing, in the sense of commanding (see 2 c. below), Matthew 21:19; Luke 17:6; in the sense of asking, imploring, Luke 23:30; Revelation 6:16. λέγω τίνι τί, to tell a thing to one: Matthew 10:27; 2 Thessalonians 2:5; τήν ἀλήθειαν, John 16:7; μυστήριον, 1 Corinthians 15:51; παραβολήν, Luke 18:1; of a promise, Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 29; Revelation 3:6; equivalent to to unfold, explain, Mark 10:32; followed by indirect discourse, Matthew 21:27; Mark 11:33; Luke 20:8; τίνι τινα, to speak to one about one, John 8:27; Philippians 3:18. i. :λέγω followed by prepositions: πρός τινα, which denotes — either to one (equivalent to the dative): followed by direct discourse, Mark 4:41; Mark 10:26; Luke 8:25; Luke 9:23; Luke 16:1; John 2:3; John 3:4; John 4:15; John 6:5; John 8:31; Acts 2:7 (R G),; ; followed by ὅτι recitative, Luke 4:21; πρός τινα τί, Luke 11:53 R G L Tr marginal reading; Luke 24:10; — or as respects one, in reference to one (cf. Buttmann, § 133, 3; Winers Grammar, § 31, 5; 405 (378); Krüger, § 48, 7, 13; Bleek on Hebrews 1:7: Meyer on Romans 10:21): Luke 12:41; Hebrews 1:7. (others add ; ); μετά τίνος, to speak with one, John 11:56, περί τίνος, of, concerning, one (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 47, 4), Matthew 21:45; John 1:47 (); ; Hebrews 9:5; περί τίνος, ὅτι, Luke 21:5; τί περί τίνος, John 1:22; John 9:17; Acts 8:34; Titus 2:8; τίνι περί τίνος, Matthew 11:7; Mark 1:30; Mark 8:30 (Lachmann εἴπωσιν); πρός τινα περί τίνος, Luke 7:24; ὑπέρ τίνος, to speak for, on behalf of, one, to defend one, Acts 26:1 (L T Tr WH marginal reading περί); ἐπί τινα, to speak in reference to, of (see ἐπί. C. L 2 g. γγ.; Buttmann, § 147, 23), one, Hebrews 7:13; εἰς τινα (τί βλασφημων), against one, Luke 22:65; in speaking to have reference to one, speak with respect to one, Acts 2:25 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 397 (371)); in speaking to refer (a thing) to one, with regard to, Ephesians 5:32; εἰς τόν κόσμον, to the world (see εἰς, A. I. 5 b.), John 8:26 (L T Tr WH λαλῶ). k. with adverbs, or with phrases having adverbial force: καλῶς, rightly, John 8:48; John 13:13; ὡσαύτως, Mark 14:31; τί κατά συγγνώμην, ἐπιταγήν, by way of advice (concession (see συγγνώμη)), by way of command, 1 Corinthians 7:6; 2 Corinthians 8:8; κατά ἄνθρωπον (see ἄνθρωπος, 1 c.), Romans 3:5; Galatians 3:15; 1 Corinthians 9:8; Λυκαονιστί, Acts 14:11. In conformity with the several contexts where it is used, λέγω, like the Latindico, is

2. specifically,

a. equivalent to to asseverate, affirm, aver, maintains: followed by an accusative with an infinitive, Matthew 22:23; Mark 12:18; Luke 20:41; Luke 23:2; Luke 24:23; Acts 5:36; Acts 8:9; Acts 17:7; Acts 28:6; Romans 15:8; 2 Timothy 2:18; Revelation 2:9; Revelation 3:9; with the included idea of insisting on, περιτέμνεσθαι (that you must be (cf. Winers Grammar, § 44, 3 b.; Buttmann, § 141, 2)), Acts 15:24 Rec.; with the simple infinitive without a subject-accusative, Luke 24:23; James 2:14; 1 John 2:6, 9; followed by ὅτι (where the accusative with an infinitive might have been used), Matthew 17:10; Mark 9:11; Mark 12:35; Luke 9:7; John 4:20; John 12:34; 1 Corinthians 15:12; λέγω τίνι ὅτι, etc. to declare to one that etc. (cf. Buttmann, § 141, 1): Matthew 3:9; Matthew 5:20, 22; Matthew 12:36; Matthew 13:17; Matthew 17:12; Matthew 21:43 (WH marginal reading omits ὅτι); ; Mark 9:13; Mark 14:18, 25, 30; Luke 3:8; Luke 10:12; Luke 13:35 (Tr WH omit; L brackets ὅτι); (WH text omits; Tr brackets ὅτι); , etc.; John 3:11; John 5:24; John 8:34; John 10:7 (Tr WH omits; L brackets ὅτι); ; Galatians 5:2; λέγω τινα, ὅτι, by familiar attraction (cf. Winers Grammar, § 66, 5 a.; Buttmann, § 151, 1) for λέγω, ὅτι τίς: John 8:54; John 9:19; John 10:36 (where for ὑμεῖς λέγετε, ὅτι οὗτος, ὅν ... ἀπέστειλε, βλασφημεῖ; the indirect discourse passes into the direct, and βλασφημεῖς is put for βλασφημεῖ; (Buttmann, § 141, 1)).

b. equivalent to to teach: with the dative of person followed by direct discourse, 1 Corinthians 7:8, 12; τί τίνι, John 16:12; Acts 1:3; τοῦτο followed by ὅτι, 1 Thessalonians 4:15.

c. to exhort, advise; to command, direct: with an accusative of the thing, Luke 6:46; λέγουσιν (namely, αὐτά) ... καί οὐ ποιοῦσιν, Matthew 23:3; τί τίνι, Mark 13:37; John 2:5; τίνι followed by an imperative, Matthew 5:44; Mark 2:11; Luke 7:14; Luke 11:9; Luke 12:4; Luke 16:9; John 2:8; John 13:29; 1 Corinthians 7:12; λέγω with an infinitive of the thing to be done or to be avoided (cf. Winers Grammar, § 44, 3 b.; Buttmann, § 141, 2): Matthew 5:34, 39; Acts 21:4, 21; Romans 2:22; Romans 12:3; followed by ἵνα, Acts 19:4; περί τίνος (the genitive of the thing) followed by ἵνα, 1 John 5:16 (see ἵνα, II. 2 b.); followed by μή with subjunctive 2 Corinthians 11:16. in the sense of asking, seeking, entreating: with the dative of person followed by an imperative, 1 Corinthians 10:15; 2 Corinthians 6:13; followed by an infinitive (Winers Grammar, 316 (296f); Buttmann, as above), Revelation 10:9 (Rec. imperative). χαίρειν τίνι λέγω, to give one a greeting, bid him welcome, salute him, 2 John 1:10f (see χαίρω, at the end).

d. to point out with words, intend, mean, mean to say (often so in Greek writings; cf. Passow, under the word, p. 30a; (Liddell and Scott, under the word, C. 10)): τινα, Mark 14:71; John 6:71; τί, 1 Corinthians 10:29; τοῦτο followed by direct discourse, Galatians 3:17; τοῦτο followed by ὅτι, 1 Corinthians 1:12.

e. to call by a name, to call, name; equivalent to καλῷ τινα with the accusative of predicate: τί με λέγεις ἀγαθόν; Mark 10:18; Luke 18:19; add, Mark 12:37; John 5:18; John 15:15; Acts 10:28; (1 Corinthians 12:3 R G); Revelation 2:20; passive with predicate nominative: Matthew 13:55; 1 Corinthians 8:5; Ephesians 2:11; 2 Thessalonians 2:4; Hebrews 11:24; ὁ λεγόμενος, with predicate nominative he that is surnamed, Matthew 1:16 (so ); ; John 20:24; Colossians 4:11; he that is named: Matthew 9:9; Matthew 26:3, 14; Matthew 27:16; Mark 15:7; Luke 22:47; John 9:11; cf. Fritzsche on Matthew, p. 31f; of things, places, cities, etc.: τό ὄνομα λέγεται, Revelation 8:11; participle called, Matthew 2:23; Matthew 26:36; Matthew 27:33; John 4:5; John 11:54; John 19:13; Acts 3:2; Acts 6:9; Hebrews 9:3; with Ἑβραϊστί added, John 19:13, 17; (cf. John 5:2 Tdf.); applied to foreign words translated into Greek, in the sense that is: Matthew 27:33; John 4:25; John 11:16; John 21:2; also ὁ λέγεται, John 20:16; ὁ λέγεται ἑρμηνευόμενον (L Tr WH μεθερμηνευόμενον), John 1:38(39); διερμηνευομένη λέγεται, Acts 9:36.

f. to speak out, speak of, mention: τί, Ephesians 5:12 (with which cf. ό᾿κνω καί λέγειν, Plato, rep. 5, p. 465 c.); (Mark 7:36 T Tr text WH. On the apparent ellipsis of λέγω in 2 Corinthians 9:6, cf. Winers Grammar, 596f (555); Buttmann, 394 (338). Compare: ἀντιλέγω, διαλέγω (διαλέγομαι), ἐκλέγω, ἐπιλέγω, καταλέγω, παραλέγω (παραλέγομαι), προλέγω, συλλέγω; cf. the catalog of comp. in Schmidt, Syn., chapter 1, 60.)

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λέγω ,

[in LXX very freq., chiefly for H559; λέγει for H5001, Genesis 22:16, al.;]

1. in Hom., to pick out, gather, reckon, recount.

2. In Hdt. and Att.., to say, speak, affirm, declare: absol., Acts 13:15; Acts 24:10; seq. orat. dir., Matthew 9:34, Mark 3:11, John 1:29, al.; seq. ὅτι recit., Mark 3:21, Luke 1:24, John 6:14, al.; acc et. inf., Luke 11:18, John 12:29, al.; after another verb of speaking, προσφωνεῖν κ . λέγειν , Matthew 11:17, al.; ἀπεκρίθη (ἐλάλησεν ) λέγων (καὶ λέγει ; Dalman, Words, 24 ff.), Matthew 25:9, Mark 3:33; Mark 7:28, Luke 24:6-7, al.; of unspoken thought, λ . ἐν ἑαυτῷ , Matthew 3:9, Luke 3:8, al.; of writing, 2 Corinthians 8:8, Philippians 4:11, al.; λέγει ἡ γραφή , Romans 4:3, James 2:23, al.; c. acc rei, Luke 8:8; Luke 9:33, John 5:34, al.; σὺ λέγεις (a non-committal phrase; Swete, Mk., 359, 369 f.), Matthew 27:11, Mark 15:2, Luke 23:3, John 18:37; c. dat. pers., seq. orat. dir., Matthew 8:20, Mark 2:17, al. mult.; id. seq. ὅτι , Matthew 3:9, al.; c. prep., πρός , μετά , περί , etc., Mark 4:41, John 11:56, Hebrews 9:5, al.; to mean (cl.), Mark 14:71, John 6:71, 1 Corinthians 10:29, al.; to call, name, Mark 10:18; pass., Matthew 9:9, Mark 15:7, al (cf. ἀντι -, δια - (-μαι ), προ -, συλ -λέγω ).

ἐρῶ , see λέγω ,

εἴρω (fut. ἐρῶ ), see λέγω ,

εἶπον ,

2 aor. of obsol. Pres. ἔπω (cf. Veitch), used as aor. of λέγω , q.v.

SYN .: λαλέω G2980, which refers to the utterance, as λέγω G3004 to the meaning of what is said, its correspondence with thought (Tr., Syn., LXXvi; Thayer, s.v. λαλέω ).

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Vocabulary of the Greek NT

(1). ";I say, speak"; : see e.g. P Par 47 (= Selections, p. 21 ff.), c. B.C. 153, which is addressed on the verso—πρὸς τοὺς τὴν ἀλήθεαν λέγοντες (= –ας), P Fay 123.23 (c. A.D. 100) γνώσομαι γ ̣ὰρ ̣ εὶ ἀληθῶς λέγι, ";I will find out whether he is speaking the truth,"; P Ryl II. 76.13 (late ii/A.D.) ἂ ̣ καὶ ἀναγνώσομαι λεγομένου τοῦ [π ]ράγματος ";I will read them when the case is argued"; (Edd.), P Flor II. 132.7 (A.D. 257) ἔλε [ξ ]αν πεποιηκέναι ταῦτα ἀγνοίᾳ, ";they said they had done this in ignorance,"; and the magical P Par 574.1228 (iii/A.D.) (= Selections, p. 113) λόγος λεγόμενος ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς αὐτοῦ, ";invocation to be uttered over the head (of the possessed one)."; For the phrase τὸ αὐτὸ λέγειν, cf. 1 Corinthians 1:10, Weiss (Meyer .10 ad l.) cites a sepulchral inscr. of husband and wife from Rhodes, IMAe 149 (ii/B.C.) ταὐτὰ λἑγοντες ταὐτὰ φρονοῦντες ἤλθομεν τὰν ἀμέτρητον ὁδὸν εἰς Ἀΐδαν. (2). Closely associated is the meaning ";I speak of, mean,"; as in P Fay 110.6 (A.D. 94) ὃ λέγεις ταμε [ῖ ]ον, ";the store-place you speak of,"; P Oxy VI. 907.16 (A.D. 276) λέγω δὴ τῇ Διδύμῃ, ";I mean Didyme."; (3). For the verb = ";I tell, command,"; as in Matthew 5:34; Matthew 5:39, Romans 2:22, cf. P Fay 109.3 (early i/A.D.) παρακληθεὶς τοὺς τρεῖς στατῆρες οὓς εἴρηκέ σοι Σέλευκος δῶναί μοι ἤδη δὸς Κλέωνι, ";please give to Cleon the three staters which Seleucus told you to give me"; (Edd.), ib. 111.9 (A.D. 95–6) Ἡρα ̣κλι ̣δ ̣ας ὁ ̣ [ὀν ]ηλάτης τὼ αἰτίωμα περιεπύησε λέγον ὥτι (l. περιεποίησε λέγων ὅτι) σὺ εἴρηχας πεζῶι [τὰ χ ]υρίδια ἐλα ̣σαι, ";Heraclidas the donkey-driver shifted the blame from himself, saying that you had told him to drive the pigs on foot"; (Edd.). Noteworthy for Revelation 2:1; Revelation 2:8 al. is the use of λέγει or τάδε λέγει as a formal and solemn phrase to introduce the edicts of Emperors and magistrates, e.g. Syll 376.1 (A.D. 67) Αὐτοκράτωρ Καῖσαρ λέγει —Nero’s speech at Corinth giving liberty to the Greeks, OGIS 584.2 (ii/A.D.) Τι (βέριος) Κλαύδιος Ἰοῦνκος ἀνθύπατος λέγει, and the rescript of King Darius I. to a provincial governor in Asia Minor, Magn 115.4 (writing of 1st half ii/A.D.) Βασιλεὺς [βα ]σιλέων Δαρεῖος ὁ Ὑστάσπεω Γαδάται δούλωι τάδε λέγε [ι ]· πυνθάνομαί σε τῶν ἐμῶν ἐπιταγμάτων οὐ κατὰ πάντα πειθαρχεῖν κτλ. : see also Exp VIII. v. p. 286 f. and Lafoscade De epistulis, pp. 63, 77. (4). The active = ";I call, name,"; as in Mark 10:18, Philippians 3:18 (cf. Kennedy EGT ad l.), may be illustrated from P Par 44.5 (B.C. 163) (= Witkowski .2, p. 82) ἠ (= εἰ) ἕτερον θέλις λέγειν, λέγε, ἐγὼ γὰρ ἐνύπνια ὁρῶ πονηρά, and from the usage of the Greek islands, where μὲ λέγει or λέγει με has the meaning ";he names me"; (see Hatzidakis Einl. p. 223). For the passive which is common in the NT in this sense (Matthew 1:16, John 1:38, al.) cf. BGU IV. 1117.9 (B.C. 13) ἐν τῇ Εὐδαίμον [ο ]ς [λε ]γομένῃ ῥύμῃ, P Ryl II. 133.11 (A.D. 33) ἐπιβαλὼν. . εἰς τὸ λεγόμενον Ταορβελλείους ἔμβλημ (α), ";making an attack upon the dam (?) called that of Taorbelles"; (Edd.), ib. 137.19 (A.D. 34) πρὸς τῷ ἐποικίῳ Ληνοῦ λεγομένῳ, ";near the farmstead called that of the Winepress"; (Edd.), al.

For λέγων, λέγοντες, used without construction in the LXX, see Thackeray Gr. i. p. 23, and with Revelation 2:24 ὡς λέγουσιν cf. MGr λένε, ";they say"; (Thumb Handbook, p. 180). As usual the intervocalic γ is commonly omitted in the MGr λέω, λέεις or λές, λέει κτλ. : see Thumb ib. p. 177. The impf. ἔλεγαν in John 9:10 א* al. may be illustrated from BGU II. 595.9 (A.D. 70–80) ἔγραψέ μοι ἐπιστολὴν ὅτι ἔλεγας κτλ., and for ἐλέγοσαν see Syll 928.75 (after B.C. 190) ὡς ἐλέγοσαν οἱ Πριη [νέων ἔγδι ]κοι.

List of Word Forms

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