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Strong's G3004 λέγω (lego)

Lego means “ask” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3004 — yabbashah (“dry ground”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3004
Language Greek
Linked Usages 3,202
Books 77

Strong's G3004 Quick Answer

Strong's G3004 λεγόμενος is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. lego (leg'-o) v. 1. (properly) to "lay" forth 2. (figuratively) to relate It has 3,202 linked Bible usages across 23 books. Visible English usage signals include saying, god, lord, spoke, and thee. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
lego (leg'-o) v. 1. (properly) to "lay" forth 2. (figuratively) to relate
Usage
3,202 linked usages
Books
23 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
saying, god, lord, spoke, and thee

High-Frequency Study Note

This is a high-frequency Greek Strong's entry with 3,202 indexed usages. High-frequency entries often include articles, particles, pronouns, prepositions, common verbs, or broad vocabulary. The safest study path is to use the definition as a starting point, then let the linked passages show how the word functions in grammar and context.

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Meaning and Definition

lego (leg'-o) v. 1. (properly) to "lay" forth 2. (figuratively) to relate 3. (by implication) to mean {in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036 and G5346 generally refer to an i

Original Word
λεγόμενος
Morphology
V-PPP-NSM

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3004. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to say

Usage: λέγω, [in LXX very freq., chiefly for אמר; λέγει for נְאֻם, Gen.22:16, al. ;] __1. in Hom., to pick out, gather, reckon, recount. __2. In Hdt. and Att., to say, speak, affirm, declare: absol., Act.13:15, 24:10; before orat. dir., Mat.9:34, Mrk.3:11, Jhn.1:29, al.; before ὅτι recit., Mrk.3:21, Luk.1:24, Jhn.6:14, al.; accusative and inf., Luk.11:18, Jhn.12:29, al.; after another verb of speaking, προσφωνεῖν κ. λέγειν, Mat.11:17, al.;

ἀπεκρίθη (ἐλάλησεν) λέγων (καὶ λέγει; Dalman, Words, 24 ff.), Mat.25:9, Mrk.3:33, 7:28, Luk.24:6, 7, al.; of unspoken thought, λ. ἐν ἑαυτῷ, Mat.3:9, Luk.3:8, al.; of writing, 2Co.8:8, Php.4:11, al.; λέγει ἡ γραφή, Rom.4:3, Jas.2:23, al.; with accusative of thing(s), Luk.8:8, 9:33, Jhn.5:34, al.; σὺ λέγεις (a non-committal phrase; Swete, Mk., 359, 369f.), Mat.27:11, Mrk.15:2, Luk.23:3, Jhn.18:37; with dative of person(s), before orat. dir., Mat.8:20, Mrk.2:17, al. mult.; id. before ὅτι, Mat.3:9, al.;

with prep., πρός, μετά, περί, etc., Mrk.4:41, Jhn.11:56, Heb.9:5, al.; to mean (cl.), Mrk.14:71, Jhn.6:71, 1Co.10:29, al.; to call, name, Mrk.10:18; pass., Mat.9:9, Mrk.15:7, al (cf. ἀντι-, δια- (-μαι), προ-, συλ-λέγω). SYN.: λαλέω, which refers to the utterance, as λέγω to the meaning of what is said, its correspondence with thought (Tr., Syn., Ixxvi; Thayer, see word λαλέω). (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

saying god lord spoke thee father said pharaoh son came out joseph

How Strong's G3004 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

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In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3004 (λεγόμενος) appears 2,071 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

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Strong's G3004 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3004 in the New Testament

1,244 indexed usages in New Testament.

Strong's G3004 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

1,792 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 1:22 Septuagint / Brenton

And God blessed them, saying, Increase and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let the creatures that fly be multiplied on the earth.

Genesis 1:28 Septuagint / Brenton

And God blessed them, saying, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the seas and flying creatures of heaven, and all the cattle and all the earth, and all the reptiles that creep on the earth.

Genesis 2:16 Septuagint / Brenton

And the Lord God gave a charge to Adam, saying, Of every tree which is in the garden thou mayest freely eat,

Strong's G3004 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

157 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Strong's G3004 in 1 Enoch

9 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3004.

Genesis 1:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God blessed them, saying, Increase and multiply and fill the waters in the seas, and let the creatures that fly be multiplied on the earth.
Genesis 1:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God blessed them, saying, Increase and multiply, and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the seas and flying creatures of heaven, and all the cattle and all the earth, and all the reptiles that creep on the earth.
Genesis 2:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord God gave a charge to Adam, saying, Of every tree which is in the garden thou mayest freely eat,
Genesis 4:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore a son, and called his name Seth, saying, For God has raised up to me another seed instead of Abel, whom Cain slew.
Genesis 5:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he called his name Noah, saying, This one will cause us to cease from our works, and from the toils of our hands, and from the earth, which the Lord God has cursed.
Genesis 8:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord God spoke to Noah, saying,
Genesis 9:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God spoke to Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
Genesis 15:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And after these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, I shield thee, thy reward shall be very great.
Genesis 15:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abram said, Master and Lord, what wilt thou give me? whereas I am departing without a child, but the son of Masek my homeborn female slave, this Eliezer of Damascus is mine heir.
Genesis 15:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And immediately there was a voice of the Lord to him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come out of thee shall be thine heir.
Genesis 15:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
In that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, To thy seed I will give this land, from the river of Egypt to the great river Euphrates.
Genesis 17:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abram fell upon his face, and God spoke to him, saying,
Genesis 17:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham fell upon his face, and laughed; and spoke in his heart, saying, Shall there be a child to one who is a hundred years old, and shall Sarah who is ninety years old, bear?
Genesis 18:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Sarah laughed in herself, saying, The thing has not as yet happened to me, even until now, and my lord is old.
Genesis 18:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Abraham, Why is it that Sarah has laughed in herself, saying, Shall I then indeed bear? but I am grown old.
Genesis 18:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But Sarah denied, saying, I did not laugh, for she was afraid. And he said to her, Nay, but thou didst laugh.
Genesis 19:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they called out Lot, and said to him, Where are the men that went in to thee this night? bring them out to us that we may be with them.
Genesis 19:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But when it was morning, the angels hastened Lot, saying, Arise and take thy wife, and thy two daughters whom thou hast, and go forth; lest thou also be destroyed with the iniquities of the city.
Genesis 19:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the elder bore a son, and called his name Moab, saying, He is of my father. This is the father of the Moabites to this present day.
Genesis 21:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass at that time that Abimelech spoke, and Ahuzzath his friend, and Phicol the chief captain of his host, to Abraham, saying, God is with thee in all things, whatsoever thou mayest do.
Genesis 22:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Isaac said to Abraham his father, Father. And he said, What is it, son? And he said, Behold the fire and the wood, where is the sheep for a whole burnt offering?
Genesis 22:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
saying, I have sworn by myself, says the Lord, because thou hast done this thing, and on mine account hast not spared thy beloved son,
Genesis 22:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass after these things, that it was reported to Abraham, saying, Behold, Milcah herself too has born sons to Nahor thy brother,
Genesis 23:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham stood up from before his dead; and Abraham spoke to the sons of Heth, saying,
Genesis 23:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Heth answered to Abraham, saying, Not so, Sir,
Genesis 23:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham spoke to them, saying, If ye have it in your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hearken to me, and speak for me to Ephron the son of Zohar.
Genesis 23:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now Ephron was sitting in the midst of the children of Heth, and Ephron the Hittite answered Abraham and spoke in the hearing of the sons of Heth, and of all who entered the city, saying,
Genesis 23:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But Ephron answered Abraham, saying,
Genesis 24:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, who took me out of my father’s house, and out of the land whence I sprang, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, I will give this land to thee and to thy seed, he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife to my son from thence.
Genesis 24:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when he saw the earrings and the bracelets on the hands of his sister, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus the man spoke to me, that he went to the man, as he stood by the camels at the well.
Genesis 24:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And my master caused me to swear, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife to my son of the daughters of the Canaanites, among whom I sojourn in their land.
Genesis 26:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abimelech charged all his people, saying, Every man that touches this man and his wife shall be liable to death.
Genesis 26:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he departed thence and dug another well; and they did not strive about that; and he named the name of it, Room, saying, Because now the Lord has made room for us, and has increased us upon the earth.
Genesis 27:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Rebekah said to Jacob her younger son, Behold, I heard thy father speaking to Esau thy brother, saying,
Genesis 28:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Isaac having called for Jacob, blessed him, and charged him, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of the Canaanites.
Genesis 28:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Esau saw that Isaac blessed Jacob, and sent him away to Mesopotamia of Syria as he blessed him, to take to himself a wife thence, and that he charged him, saying, Thou shalt not take a wife of the daughters of the Canaanites;
Genesis 28:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If the Lord God will be with me, and guard me throughout on this journey, on which I am going, and give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on,
Genesis 29:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Leah conceived and bore a son to Jacob; and she called his name, Reuben; saying, Because the Lord has looked on my humiliation, and has given me a son, now then my husband will love me.
Genesis 30:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she called his name Joseph, saying, Let God add to me another son.
Genesis 31:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob heard the words of the sons of Laban, saying, Jacob has taken all that was our father’s, and of our father’s property has he gotten all this glory.
Genesis 31:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now my hand has power to hurt thee; but the God of thy father spoke to me yesterday, saying, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not evil words to Jacob.
Genesis 32:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he charged them, saying, Thus shall ye say to my lord Esau: Thus saith thy servant Jacob; I have sojourned with Laban and tarried until now.
Genesis 32:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and lo! he comes to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
Genesis 32:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he charged the first, saying, If Esau my brother meet thee, and he ask thee, saying, Whose art thou? and whither wouldest thou go, and whose are these possessions advancing before thee?
Genesis 32:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he charged the first and the second and the third, and all that went before him after these flocks, saying, Thus shall ye speak to Esau when ye find him;
Genesis 34:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Shechem spoke to Hamor his father, saying, Take for me this damsel to wife.
Genesis 34:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Hamor spoke to them, saying, Shechem my son has chosen in his heart your daughter; give her therefore to him for a wife,
Genesis 34:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke to the men of their city, saying,
Genesis 37:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And a man found him wandering in the field; and the man asked him, saying, What seekest thou?
Genesis 37:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the man said to him, They have departed hence, for I heard them saying, Let us go to Dothan; and Joseph went after his brethren, and found them in Dothan.
Genesis 37:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all his sons and his daughters gathered themselves together, and came to comfort him; but he would not be comforted, saying, I will go down to my son mourning to Hades; and his father wept for him.
Genesis 38:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it was told Tamar his daughter-in-law, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnah, to shear his sheep.
Genesis 38:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he returned to Judah, and said, I have not found her; and the men of the place say, There is no harlot here.
Genesis 38:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass after three months, that it was told Judah, saying, Tamar thy daughter-in-law has grievously played the harlot, and behold she is with child by whoredom; and Judah said, Bring her out, and let her be burned.
Genesis 38:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And as they were bringing her, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, I am with child by the man whose these things are; and she said, See whose is this ring and bracelet and staff.
Genesis 38:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass as she was bringing forth, one thrust forth his hand, and the midwife having taken hold of it, bound upon his hand a scarlet thread, saying, This one shall come out first.
Genesis 39:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she caught hold of him by his clothes, and said, Lie with me; and having left his clothes in her hands, he fled, and went forth.
Genesis 39:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
that she called those that were in the house, and spoke to them, saying, See, he has brought in to us a Hebrew servant to mock us—he came in to me, saying, Lie with me, and I cried with a loud voice.
Genesis 39:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, whom thou broughtest in to us, came in to me to mock me, and said to me, I will lie with thee.
Genesis 39:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass, when his master heard all the words of his wife, that she spoke to him, saying, Thus did thy servant to me, that he was very angry.
Genesis 40:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he asked the eunuchs of Pharaoh who were with him in the prison with his master, saying, Why is it that your countenances are sad today?
Genesis 41:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, I this day remember my fault:
Genesis 41:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have seen a vision, and there is no one to interpret it; but I have heard say concerning thee that thou didst hear dreams and interpret them.
Genesis 41:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, In my dream methought I stood by the bank of the river;
Genesis 42:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joseph said to them, This is it that I spoke to you, saying, ye are spies;
Genesis 42:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Hurt not the boy, and ye heard me not? and, behold, his blood is required.
Genesis 42:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to his brethren, My money has been restored to me, and behold this is in my sack. And their heart was wonder struck, and they were troubled, saying one to another, What is this that God has done to us?
Genesis 42:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they came to their father, Jacob, into the land of Canaan, and reported to him all that had happened to them, saying,
Genesis 42:37 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Reuben spoke to his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee; give him into my hand, and I will bring him back to thee.
Genesis 43:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Judah spoke to him, saying, The man, the lord of the country, positively testified to us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, unless your younger brother be with you.
Genesis 43:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
but if thou send not our brother with us, we will not go: for the man spoke to us, saying, Ye shall not see my face, unless your younger brother be with you.
Genesis 43:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said, The man closely questioned us about our family also, saying, Does your father yet live, and have ye a brother? and we answered him according to this question: did we know that he would say to us, Bring your brother?
Genesis 43:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
saying, We pray thee, Sir; we came down at first to buy food.
Genesis 44:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joseph charged the steward of his house, saying, Fill the men’s sacks with food, as much as they can carry, and put the money of each in the mouth of his sack.
Genesis 44:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Now then it shall be as ye say; with whomsoever the cup shall be found, he shall be my servant, and ye shall be clear.
Genesis 44:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Sir, thou askedst thy servants, saying, Have ye a father or a brother?
Genesis 44:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For thy servant has received the boy in charge from his father, saying, If I bring him not to thee, and place him before thee, I shall be guilty toward my father forever.
Genesis 45:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Hasten, therefore, and go up to my father, and say to him, These things saith thy son Joseph; God has made me lord of all the land of Egypt; come down therefore to me, and tarry not.
Genesis 45:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the report was carried into the house of Pharaoh, saying, Joseph’s brethren are come; and Pharaoh was glad, and his household.
Genesis 45:26 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they reported to him, saying, Thy son Joseph is living, and he is ruler over all the land of Egypt; and Jacob was amazed, for he did not believe them.
Genesis 46:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he says to him, I am the God of thy fathers; fear not to go down into Egypt, for I will make thee there a great nation.
Genesis 47:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joseph came and told Pharaoh, saying, My father, and my brethren, and their cattle, and their oxen, and all their possessions, are come out of the land of Canaan, and, behold, they are in the land of Goshen.
Genesis 47:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, Thy father, and thy brethren, are come to thee.
Genesis 47:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And all the money failed out of the land of Egypt, and out of the land of Canaan; and all the Egyptians came to Joseph, saying, Give us bread, and why do we die in thy presence? for our money is spent.
Genesis 48:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it was reported to Jacob, saying, Behold, thy son Joseph cometh to thee; and Israel having strengthened himself, sat upon the bed.
Genesis 48:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he blessed them in that day, saying, In you shall Israel be blessed, saying, God make thee as Ephraim and Manasseh; and he set Ephraim before Manasseh.
Genesis 50:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the days of mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the princes of Pharaoh, saying, If I have found favor in your sight, speak concerning me in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
Genesis 50:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
My father adjured me, saying, In the sepulcher which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there thou shalt bury me; now then I will go up and bury my father, and return again.
Genesis 50:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they came to Joseph, and said, Thy father adjured us before his death, saying,
Genesis 50:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joseph spoke to his brethren, saying, I die, and God will surely visit you, and will bring you out of this land to the land concerning which God swore to our fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
Genesis 50:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Joseph adjured the sons of Israel, saying, At the visitation with which God shall visit you, then ye shall carry up my bones hence with you.
Exodus 1:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Pharaoh charged all his people, saying, Whatever male child shall be born to the Hebrews, cast into the river; and every female, save it alive.
Exodus 2:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the boy was grown, she brought him to the daughter of Pharaoh, and he became her son; and she called his name, Moses, saying, I took him out of the water.
Exodus 2:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And having gone out the second day he sees two Hebrew men fighting; and he says to the injurer, Wherefore smitest thou thy neighbor?
Exodus 2:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the woman conceived and bore a son, and Moses called his name Gershom, saying, I am a sojourner in a strange land.
Exodus 3:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the Lord saw that he drew nigh to see, the Lord called him out of the bush, saying, Moses, Moses; and he said, What is it?
Exodus 3:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God spoke to Moses, saying, I will be with thee, and this shall be the sign to thee that I shall send thee forth—when thou bringest out my people out of Egypt, then ye shall serve God in this mountain.
Exodus 3:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Go then and gather the elders of the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, The Lord God of our fathers has appeared to me, the God of Abraham, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob, saying, I have surely looked upon you, and upon all the things which have happened to you in Egypt.
Exodus 4:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and says, I will go and return to my brethren in Egypt, and will see if they are yet living. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in health. And in those days after some time, the king of Egypt died.
Exodus 4:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt say to Pharaoh, These things saith the Lord, Israel is my firstborn.
Exodus 5:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And after this went in Moses and Aaron to Pharaoh, and they said to him, These things says the Lord God of Israel, Send my people away, that they may keep a feast to me in the wilderness.
Exodus 5:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they say to him, The God of the Hebrews has called us to him: we will go therefore a three days’ journey into the wilderness, that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God, lest at any time death or slaughter happen to us.
Exodus 5:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Pharaoh gave orders to the taskmasters of the people and the accountants, saying,
Exodus 5:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt impose on them daily the rate of brickmaking which they perform: thou shalt not abate anything, for they are idle; therefore have they cried, saying, Let us arise and do sacrifice to our God.
Exodus 5:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the taskmasters and the accountants hastened them, and they spoke to the people, saying, Thus says Pharaoh, I will give you straw no longer.
Exodus 5:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the taskmasters hastened them, saying, Fulfill your regular daily tasks, even as when straw was given you.
Exodus 5:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the accountants of the race of the children of Israel, who were set over them by the masters of Pharaoh, were scourged, and questioned, men saying, Why have ye not fulfilled your rates of brickwork as yesterday and the third day, today also?
Exodus 5:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the accountants of the children of Israel went in and cried to Pharaoh, saying, Why dost thou act thus to thy servants?
Exodus 5:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Straw is not given to thy servants, and they tell us to make brick; and behold thy servants have been scourged: thou wilt therefore injure thy people.
Exodus 5:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to them, Ye are idle, ye are idlers: therefore ye say, Let us go and do sacrifice to our God.
Exodus 5:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the accountants of the children of Israel saw themselves in an evil plight, men saying, Ye shall not fail to deliver the daily rate of the brickmaking.
Exodus 6:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Go, speak to the children of Israel, saying, I am the Lord; and I will lead you forth from the tyranny of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from bondage, and I will ransom you with a high arm, and great judgment.
Exodus 6:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Exodus 6:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses spoke before the Lord, saying, Behold, the children of Israel hearkened not to me, and how shall Pharaoh hearken to me? and I am not eloquent.
Exodus 6:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, I am the Lord: speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt whatsoever I say to thee.
Exodus 7:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, I have made thee a god to Pharaoh, and Aaron thy brother shall be thy prophet.
Exodus 7:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying,
Exodus 7:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now if Pharaoh should speak to you, saying, Give us a sign or a wonder, then shalt thou say to thy brother Aaron, Take thy rod and cast it upon the ground before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it shall become a serpent.
Exodus 7:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt say to him, The Lord God of the Hebrews has sent me to thee, saying, Send my people away, that they may serve me in the wilderness, and, behold, hitherto thou hast not hearkened.
Exodus 7:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
These things saith the Lord: Hereby shalt thou know that I am the Lord: behold, I strike with the rod that is in my hand on the water which is in the river, and it shall change it into blood.

All Indexed Usage Links

Showing the first 1,000 indexed links because this Strong's number is unusually frequent.

Genesis 91 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 104 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 51 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 105 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 48 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 46 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 34 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ruth 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 74 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 55 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 82 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 85 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 16 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 56 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 11 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 42 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 17 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 14 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 122 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

Strong's G3004 FAQ

What does lego (λέγω) mean?

Lego (Strong's G3004) is a Greek word most simply glossed "ask". lego (leg'-o) v. 1. (properly) to "lay" forth 2. (figuratively) to relate

How many times is lego (λέγω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 3,202 linked usages for Strong's G3004 across 23 books.

Where can I study lego (λέγω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3004 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate lego (λέγω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as saying, god, lord, spoke, thee, and father. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3004 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 1,792 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 157 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 9 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G3004, with linked reader references where each row is available.