2.7 KiB
λέγω
Word data
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Strongs: G30040
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Alternate spellings:
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Principle Parts:
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Part of speech:
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Instances in Scripture: 2335 ** UGNT instance count is different: 2342
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All Scriptures cited: No
Etymology:
- LXX/Hebrew glosses:
in LXX very freq., chiefly for אמר; λέγει for נְאֻם, [Ge 22:16](Gen 22:16), al.;
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Time Period/Ancient Authors:
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Related words:
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Antonyms for all senses
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Synonyms for all senses:
[λαλέω](), which refers to the utterance, as λέγω to the meaning of what is said, its correspondence with thought (Tr., Syn., Ixxvi; Thayer, s.v. λαλέω).
Senses
Sense 1.0:
Definition:
Glosses:
to pick out;
Explanation:
gather; reckon; recount;
Citations:
in Hom., to pick out, gather, reckon, recount.
Sense 2.0:
Definition:
Glosses:
to say;
Explanation:
speak; affirm; declare; to mean; to call; name;
Citations:
In Hdt. and Att., to say, speak, affirm, declare: absol., [Ac 13:15](Act 13:15) [24:10](Act 24:10); seq. orat. dir., [Mt 9:34](Mat 9:34), [Mk 3:11](Mrk 3:11), [Jo 1:29](Jhn 1:29), al.; seq. [ὅτι]() recit., [Mk 3:21](Mrk 3:21), [Lk 1:24](Luk 1:24), [Jo 6:14](Jhn 6:14), al.; acc. et. inf., [Lk 11:18](Luk 11:18), [Jo 12:29](Jhn 12:29), al.; after another verb of speaking, προσφωνεῖν κ. λέγειν, [Mt 11:1[7](Luk 24:7)](Mat 11:17), al.; ἀπεκρίθη (ἐλάλησεν) λέγων (καὶ λέγει; Dalman, Words, 24 ff.), [Mt 25:9](Mat 25:9), [Mk 3:33](Mrk 3:33), [7:28](Mrk 7:28), [Lk 24:6](Luk 24:6), 7, al.; of unspoken thought, λ. ἐν ἑαυτῷ, [[Mt 3:9](Mat 3:9)](Mat 3:9), [Lk 3:8](Luk 3:8), al.; of writing, [II Co 8:8](2Co 8:8), [Phl 4:11](Php 4:11), al.; λέγει ἡ γραφή, [Ro 4:3](Rom 4:3), [Ja 2:23](Jas 2:23), al.; c. acc. rei, [Lk 8:8](Luk 8:8) [9:33](Luk 9:33), [Jo 5:34](Jhn 5:34), al.; σὺ λέγεις (a non-committal phrase; Swete, Mk., 359, 369 f.), [Mt 27:11](Mat 27:11), [Mk 15:2](Mrk 15:2), [Lk 23:3](Luk 23:3), [Jo 18:37](Jhn 18:37); c. dat. pers., seq. orat. dir., [Mt 8:20](Mat 8:20), [Mk 2:17](Mrk 2:17), al. mult.; id. seq. ὅτι, Mt 3:9, al.; c. prep., πρός, μετά, περί, etc., Mk 4:41, [Jo 11:56](Jhn 11:56), [He 9:5](Heb 9:5), al.; to mean (cl.), [Mk 14:71](Mrk 14:71), [Jo 6:71](Jhn 6:71), [I Co 10:29](1Co 10:29), al.; to call, name, [Mk 10:18](Mrk 10:18); pass., [Mt 9:9](Mat 9:9), Mk 15:7, al (cf. ἀντι-, δια- (-μαι), προ-, συλ-λέγω).