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 will you tell your brother, ‘Let me remove the speck from your eye;’ and behold, the beam is in your own eye?Matthew 7:22 · ἐροῦσίνMany will tell me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, didn’t we prophesy in your name, in your name cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?’Matthew 13:30 · ἐρῶLet both grow together until the harvest, and in the harvest time I will tell the reapers, “First, gather up the darnel weeds, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.”’”Matthew 17:20 · ἐρεῖτεHe said to them, “Because of your unbelief. For most certainly I tell you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you will tell this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.Matthew 21:3 · ἐρεῖτεIf anyone says anything to you, you shall say, ‘The Lord needs them,’ and immediately he will send them.”Matthew 21:24 · ἐρῶJesus answered them, “I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.Matthew 21:25 · ἐρεῖThe baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?” They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will ask us, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’Matthew 25:34 · ἐρεῖThen the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;Matthew 25:40 · ἐρεῖ“The King will answer them, ‘Most certainly I tell you, inasmuch as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’Matthew 25:41 · ἐρεῖThen he will say also to those on the left hand, ‘Depart from me, you cursed, into the eternal fire which is prepared for the devil and his angels;Mark 11:29 · ἐρῶJesus said to them, “I will ask you one question. Answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.Mark 11:31 · ἐρεῖ·They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we should say, ‘From heaven;’ he will say, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’Luke 4:23 · ἐρεῖτέHe said to them, “Doubtless you will tell me this parable, ‘Physician, heal yourself! Whatever we have heard done at Capernaum, do also here in your hometown.’”Luke 12:10 · ἐρεῖEveryone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but those who blaspheme against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.Luke 12:19 · ἐρῶI will tell my soul, “Soul, you have many goods laid up for many years. Take your ease, eat, drink, be merry.”’Luke 13:25 · ἐρεῖWhen once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, ‘Lord, Lord, open to us!’ then he will answer and tell you, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’Luke 13:27 · ἐρεῖ·He will say, ‘I tell you, I don’t know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.’Luke 14:9 · ἐρεῖand he who invited both of you would come and tell you, ‘Make room for this person.’ Then you would begin, with shame, to take the lowest place.Luke 14:10 · ἐρεῖBut when you are invited, go and sit in the lowest place, so that when he who invited you comes, he may tell you, ‘Friend, move up higher.’ Then you will be honored in the presence of all who sit at the table with you.Luke 15:18 · ἐρῶI will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.Luke 17:7 · ἐρεῖBut who is there among you, having a servant plowing or keeping sheep, that will say, when he comes in from the field, ‘Come immediately and sit down at the table,’Luke 17:8 · ἐρεῖand will not rather tell him, ‘Prepare my supper, clothe yourself properly, and serve me, while I eat and drink. Afterward you shall eat and drink’?Luke 17:21 · ἐροῦσιν·neither will they say, ‘Look, here!’ or, ‘Look, there!’ for behold, the Kingdom of God is within you.”Luke 17:23 · ἐροῦσινThey will tell you, ‘Look, here!’ or ‘Look, there!’ Don’t go away, nor follow after them,Luke 19:31 · ἐρεῖτεIf anyone asks you, ‘Why are you untying it?’ say to him: ‘The Lord needs it.’”Luke 20:5 · ἐρεῖ·They reasoned with themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ he will say, ‘Why didn’t you believe him?’Luke 22:11 · ἐρεῖτεTell the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says to you, “Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’Luke 23:29 · ἐροῦσιν·For behold, the days are coming in which they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren, the wombs that never bore, and the breasts that never nursed.’Acts 23:5 · ἐρεῖςPaul said, “I didn’t know, brothers, that he was high priest. For it is written, ‘You shall not speak evil of a ruler of your people.’”Romans 3:5 · ἐροῦμεν;But if our unrighteousness commends the righteousness of God, what will we say? Is God unrighteous who inflicts wrath? I speak like men do.Romans 4:1 · ἐροῦμενWhat then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?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? May it never be! However, I wouldn’t have known sin, except through the law. For I wouldn’t have known coveting, unless the law had said, “You shall not covet.”Romans 8:31 · ἐροῦμενWhat then shall we say about these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?Romans 9:14 · ἐροῦμεν;What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be!Romans 9:19 · ἘρεῖςYou will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?”Romans 9:20 · ἐρεῖBut indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?”Romans 9:30 · ἐροῦμεν;What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, who didn’t follow after righteousness, attained to righteousness, even the righteousness which is of faith;Romans 11:19 · ἐρεῖςYou will say then, “Branches were broken off, that I might be grafted in.”1 Corinthians 14:16 · ἐρεῖOtherwise if you bless with the spirit, how will he who fills the place of the unlearned say the “Amen” at your giving of thanks, seeing he doesn’t know what you say?1 Corinthians 14:23 · ἐροῦσινIf therefore the whole assembly is assembled together and all speak with other languages, and unlearned or unbelieving people come in, won’t they say that you are crazy?1 Corinthians 15:35 · ἐρεῖBut someone will say, “How are the dead raised?” and, “With what kind of body do they come?”2 Corinthians 12:6 · ἐρῶ·For if I would desire to boast, I will not be foolish; for I will speak the truth. But I refrain, so that no man may think more of me than that which he sees in me, or hears from me.Philippians 4:4 · ἐρῶ,Rejoice in the Lord always! Again I will say, “Rejoice!”James 2:18 · ἐρεῖYes, a man will say, “You have faith, and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I by my works will show you my faith.Revelation 17:7 · ἐρῶThe angel said to me, “Why do you wonder? I will tell you the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carries her, which has the seven heads and the ten horns.