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G3004Gλέγωlegō

to sayPart of speech: Greek Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 283
  2. 208
  3. 225
  4. 261
  5. 101
  6. 35
  7. 20
  8. 11
  9. 9
  10. 5
  11. 3
  12. 1
  13. 2
  14. 1
  15. 4
  16. 2
  17. 1
  18. 2
  19. 29
  20. 7
  21. 1 Peter: 0
  22. 1
  23. 4
  24. 2
  25. 3 John: 0
  26. 2
  27. 92

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Other meanings of G3004

  • G3004Hλέγωlegōto say: callG:VOccurrences: 47

1,311 occurrences in 1,214 verses

With their references and text in Bible in Basic English.

  1. Acts 17:18

    And some of those who were supporters of the theories of the Epicureans and the Stoics, had a meeting with him. And some said, What is this talker of foolish words saying? And others, He seems to be a preacher of strange gods: because he was preaching of

    ἔλεγον· elegon “were saying;”λέγειν; legein “to say?”

  2. Acts 17:19

    And they took him to Mars' Hill, saying, Will you make clear to us what is this new teaching of yours?

    λέγοντες· legontes “saying;”

  3. Acts 17:21

    (Now all the Athenians and the men from other lands who come there were giving all their time to talking or hearing of anything new.)

    λέγειν legein “to tell”

  4. Acts 18:13

    Saying, This man is teaching the people to give worship to God in a way which is against the law.

    λέγοντες legontes “saying”

  5. Acts 19:4

    And Paul said, John gave a baptism which goes with a change of heart, saying to the people that they were to have faith in him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.

    λέγων legōn “telling”

  6. Acts 19:13

    But some of the Jews who went from place to place driving out evil spirits, took it on themselves to make use of the name of the Lord Jesus over those who had evil spirits, saying, I give you orders, by Jesus, whom Paul is preaching.

    λέγοντες· legontes “saying;”

  7. Acts 19:26

    And you see, for it has come to your ears, that not only at Ephesus, but almost all through Asia, this Paul has been teaching numbers of people and turning them away, saying that those are not gods who are made by men's hands:

    λέγων legōn “saying”

  8. Acts 19:28

    And hearing this, they were very angry, crying out and saying, Great is Diana of Ephesus.

    λέγοντες· legontes “saying;”

  9. Acts 20:23

    Only that the Holy Spirit makes clear to me in every town that prison and pains are waiting for me.

    λέγον legon “saying”

  10. Acts 21:4

    And meeting the disciples we were there for seven days: and they gave Paul orders through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem.

    ἔλεγον elegon “were telling”

  11. Acts 21:11

    And he came to us, and took the band of Paul's clothing, and putting it round his feet and hands, said, The Holy Spirit says these words, So will the Jews do to the man who is the owner of this band, and they will give him up into the hands of the Gentil

    λέγει legei “says”

  12. Acts 21:21

    And they have had news of you, how you have been teaching all the Jews among the Gentiles to give up the law of Moses, and not to give circumcision to their children, and not to keep the old rules.

    λέγων legōn “telling”

  13. Acts 21:23

    Do this, then, which we say to you: We have four men who have taken an oath;

    λέγομεν· legomen “we say;”

  14. Acts 21:37

    And when Paul was about to be taken into the building, he said to the chief captain, May I say something to you? And he said, Have you a knowledge of Greek?

    λέγει legei “says”

  15. Acts 21:40

    And when he let him do so, Paul, from the steps, made a sign with his hand to the people, and when they were all quiet, he said to them in the Hebrew language,

    λέγων· legōn “saying:”

  16. Acts 22:7

    And when I went down on the earth, a voice came to my ears saying to me, Saul, Saul, why are you attacking me so cruelly?

    λεγούσης legousēs “saying”

  17. Acts 22:18

    And I saw him saying to me, Go out of Jerusalem straight away because they will not give hearing to your witness about me.

    λέγοντά legonta “saying”

  18. Acts 22:22

    And they gave him a hearing as far as this word; then with loud voices they said, Away with this man from the earth; it is not right for him to be living.

    λέγοντες· legontes “saying;”

  19. Acts 22:26

    And hearing this, the man went to the chief captain and gave him an account of it, saying, What are you about to do? for this man is a Roman.

    λέγων· legōn “saying;”

  20. Acts 22:27

    And the chief captain came to him and said, Give me an answer, are you a Roman? And he said, Yes.

    λέγε lege “do tell”

  21. Acts 23:8

    For the Sadducees say that there is no coming back from the dead, and no angels or spirits: but the Pharisees have belief in all these.

    λέγουσιν legousin “say”

  22. Acts 23:9

    And there was a great outcry: and some of the scribes on the side of the Pharisees got up and took part in the discussion, saying, We see no evil in this man: what if he has had a revelation from an angel or a spirit?

    λέγοντες· legontes “saying;”

  23. Acts 23:12

    And when it was day, the Jews came together and put themselves under an oath that they would take no food or drink till they had put Paul to death.

    λέγοντες legontes “declaring”

  24. Acts 23:30

    And when news was given to me that a secret design was being made against the man, I sent him straight away to you, giving orders to those who are against him to make their statements before you.

    λέγειν legein “to speak”

  25. Acts 24:2

    And when he had been sent for, Tertullus, starting his statement, said, Because by you we are living in peace, and through your wisdom wrongs are put right for this nation,

    λέγων· legōn “saying;”