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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G4483 — ἐρέω
rheō, ereō · to say · Greek
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Matthew 7:4 · ἐρεῖςOr how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam [is] in thine own eye?Matthew 7:22 · ἐροῦσίνMany will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?Matthew 13:30 · ἐρῶLet both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.Matthew 17:20 · ἐρεῖτεAnd Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible unto you.Matthew 21:3 · ἐρεῖτεAnd if any [man] say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.Matthew 21:24 · ἐρῶAnd Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things.Matthew 21:25 · ἐρεῖThe baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?Matthew 25:34 · ἐρεῖThen shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:Matthew 25:40 · ἐρεῖAnd the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done [it] unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done [it] unto me.Matthew 25:41 · ἐρεῖThen shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:Mark 11:29 · ἐρῶAnd Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.Mark 11:31 · ἐρεῖ·And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?Luke 4:23 · ἐρεῖτέAnd he said unto them, Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.Luke 12:10 · ἐρεῖAnd whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.Luke 12:19 · ἐρῶAnd I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, [and] be merry.Luke 13:25 · ἐρεῖWhen once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:Luke 13:27 · ἐρεῖ·But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all [ye] workers of iniquity.Luke 14:9 · ἐρεῖAnd he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.Luke 14:10 · ἐρεῖBut when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.Luke 15:18 · ἐρῶI will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,Luke 17:7 · ἐρεῖBut which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to meat?Luke 17:8 · ἐρεῖAnd will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?Luke 17:21 · ἐροῦσιν·Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.Luke 17:23 · ἐροῦσινAnd they shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after [them], nor follow [them].Luke 19:31 · ἐρεῖτεAnd if any man ask you, Why do ye loose [him]? thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him.Luke 20:5 · ἐρεῖ·And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?Luke 22:11 · ἐρεῖτεAnd ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?Luke 23:29 · ἐροῦσιν·For, behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed [are] the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck.Acts 23:5 · ἐρεῖςThen said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.Romans 3:5 · ἐροῦμεν;But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? [Is] God unrighteous who taketh vengeance? (I speak as a man)Romans 4:1 · ἐροῦμενWhat shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?Romans 6:1 · ἐροῦμεν;What shall we say then? Shall we continue in sin, that grace may abound?Romans 7:7 · ἐροῦμεν;What shall we say then? [Is] the law sin? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.Romans 8:31 · ἐροῦμενWhat shall we then say to these things? If God [be] for us, who [can be] against us?Romans 9:14 · ἐροῦμεν;What shall we say then? [Is there] unrighteousness with God? God forbid.Romans 9:19 · ἘρεῖςThou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?Romans 9:20 · ἐρεῖNay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed [it], Why hast thou made me thus?Romans 9:30 · ἐροῦμεν;What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not after righteousness, have attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith.Romans 11:19 · ἐρεῖςThou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in.1 Corinthians 14:16 · ἐρεῖElse when thou shalt bless with the spirit, how shall he that occupieth the room of the unlearned say Amen at thy giving of thanks, seeing he understandeth not what thou sayest?1 Corinthians 14:23 · ἐροῦσινIf therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in [those that are] unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?1 Corinthians 15:35 · ἐρεῖBut some [man] will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?2 Corinthians 12:6 · ἐρῶ·For though I would desire to glory, I shall not be a fool; for I will say the truth: but [now] I forbear, lest any man should think of me above that which he seeth me [to be], or [that] he heareth of me.Philippians 4:4 · ἐρῶ,Rejoice in the Lord alway: [and] again I say, Rejoice.James 2:18 · ἐρεῖYea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works: shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.Revelation 17:7 · ἐρῶAnd the angel said unto me, Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns.