Quick Definition
to say
Strong's Definition
to utter, i.e. speak or say
Derivation: perhaps akin (or identical) with G4482 (ῥέω) (through the idea of pouring forth);
KJV Usage: command, make, say, speak (of)
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Ρ᾽ΑΩ, see εἶπον.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
G2036, G2046, G3004, G4483
λέγω legō 2,353x
to lay, to arrange, to gather; to say, Mat_1:20 ;
to speak, make an address or speech, Act_26:1 ;
to say mentally, in thought, Mat_3:9 ; Luk_3:8 ;
to say in written language, Mar_15:28 ; Luk_1:63 ; Joh_19:37 ;
to say, as distinguished from acting, Mat_23:3 ;
to mention, speak of, Mar_14:71 ; Luk_9:31 ; Joh_8:27 ;
to tell, declare, narrate, Mat_21:27 ; Mar_10:32 ;
to express, Heb_5:11 ;
to put forth, propound, Luk_5:36 ; Luk_13:6 ; Joh_16:29 ;
to mean, to intend to signify, 1Co_1:12 ; 1Co_10:29 ;
to say, declare, affirm, maintain, Mat_3:9 ; Mat_5:18 ; Mar_12:18 ; Act_17:7 ; Act_26:22 ; 1Co_1:10 ;
to enjoin, Act_15:24 ; Act_21:21 ; Rom_2:22 ;
to term, designate, cull, Mat_19:17 ; Mar_12:37 ; Luk_20:37 ; Luk_23:2 ; 1Co_8:5 ;
to call by a name, Mat_2:23 ;
pass. to be further named, to be surnamed, Mat_1:16 ;
to be explained, interpreted, Joh_4:25 ; Joh_20:16 ; Joh_20:24 ;
in NT σὺ λέγεις , you say, a form of affirmative answer to a question Mat_27:11 ; Mar_15:2 ; Joh_18:37 call; name; say; speak; talk; tell.
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
For certain tenses of which a prolonged form (ἐρεμω ereō) is used; and both as alternate for G2036 ; perhaps akin (or identical) with G4482 (through the idea of pouring forth)
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
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)