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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G2046 — ἐρῶ
erō · to say · Greek
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Matthew 1:22 · ῥηθὲνAll this took place to fulfill what the Lord had said through the prophet:Matthew 2:15 · ῥηθὲνwhere he stayed until the death of Herod. This fulfilled what the Lord had spoken through the prophet: “Out of Egypt I called My Son.”Matthew 2:17 · ῥηθὲνThen what was spoken through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:Matthew 2:23 · ῥηθὲνand he went and lived in a town called Nazareth. So was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophets: “He will be called a Nazarene.”Matthew 3:3 · ῥηθεὶςThis is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”Matthew 4:14 · ῥηθὲνto fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:Matthew 5:21 · ἐρρέθηYou have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not murder’ and ‘Anyone who murders will be subject to judgment.’Matthew 5:27 · ἐρρέθηYou have heard that it was said, ‘Do not commit adultery.’Matthew 5:31 · ἘρρέθηIt has also been said, ‘Whoever divorces his wife must give her a certificate of divorce.’Matthew 5:33 · ἐρρέθηAgain, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’Matthew 5:38 · ἐρρέθη·You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’Matthew 5:43 · ἐρρέθη·You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor’ and ‘Hate your enemy.’Matthew 8:17 · ῥηθὲνThis was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah: “He took up our infirmities and carried our diseases.”Matthew 12:17 · ῥηθὲνThis was to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet Isaiah:Matthew 13:35 · ῥηθὲνSo was fulfilled what was spoken through the prophet: “I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden since the foundation of the world.”Matthew 21:4 · ῥηθὲνThis took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:Matthew 22:31 · ῥηθὲνBut concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:Matthew 24:15 · ῥηθὲνSo when you see standing in the holy place ‘the abomination of desolation,’ spoken of by the prophet Daniel (let the reader understand),Matthew 26:75 · εἰρηκότοςThen Peter remembered the word that Jesus had spoken: “Before the rooster crows, you will deny Me three times.” And he went outside and wept bitterly.Matthew 27:9 · ῥηθὲνThen what was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet was fulfilled: “They took the thirty pieces of silver, the price set on Him by the people of Israel,Luke 2:24 · εἰρημένονand to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”Luke 4:12 · εἴρηται·But Jesus answered, “It also says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”John 4:18 · εἴρηκας.¶In fact, you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You have spoken truthfully.”John 6:65 · εἴρηκαThen Jesus said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless the Father has granted it to him.”John 12:50 · εἴρηκένAnd I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”John 14:29 · εἴρηκαAnd now I have told you before it happens, so that when it does happen, you will believe.John 15:15 · εἴρηκαNo longer do I call you servants, for a servant does not understand what his master is doing. But I have called you friends, because everything I have learned from My Father I have made known to you.Acts 2:16 · εἰρημένονNo, this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel:Acts 8:24 · εἰρήκατε.Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me, so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”Acts 13:34 · εἴρηκενIn fact, God raised Him from the dead, never to see decay. As He has said: ‘I will give you the holy and sure blessings promised to David.’Acts 13:40 · εἰρημένονWatch out, then, that what was spoken by the prophets does not happen to you:Acts 17:28 · εἰρήκασιν·‘For in Him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are His offspring.’Romans 4:18 · εἰρημένον·Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”Romans 9:12 · ἐρρέθηnot by works but by Him who calls, she was told, “The older will serve the younger.”Romans 9:26 · ἐρρέθηand, “It will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”2 Corinthians 12:9 · εἴρηκένBut He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest on me.Galatians 3:16 · ἐρρέθησανThe promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. The Scripture does not say, “and to seeds,” meaning many, but “and to your seed,” meaning One, who is Christ.Hebrews 1:13 · εἴρηκένYet to which of the angels did God ever say: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet”?Hebrews 4:3 · εἴρηκεν·Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.Hebrews 4:4 · εἴρηκενFor somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”Hebrews 10:9 · εἴρηκεν·Then He adds, “Here I am, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the first to establish the second.Hebrews 10:15 · εἰρηκέναι·The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First He says:Hebrews 13:5 · εἴρηκεν·Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”Revelation 6:11 · ἐρρέθηThen each of them was given a white robe and told to rest a little while longer until the full number of their fellow servants, their brothers, were killed, just as they had been killed.Revelation 7:14 · εἴρηκα“Sir,” I answered, “you know.” So he replied, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.Revelation 9:4 · ἐρρέθηThey were told not to harm the grass of the earth or any plant or tree, but only those who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.Revelation 19:3 · εἴρηκαν·And a second time they called out: “Hallelujah! Her smoke rises forever and ever.”