Bible word study

Lego (Strong’s G3004): Meaning in the Bible

Lego (λέγω) is the Greek word numbered G3004 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as properly, to "lay" forth, i.e. (figuratively) relate (in words (usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036 and G5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 is properly to break silence merely, and G2980 means an extended or random harangue)); by implication, to mean. In the King James Bible it is translated ask, bid, boast, call, describe.

• Original wordλέγω
• Transliterationlégō
• Pronunciationleg'-o
• Strong’s numberG3004
• LanguageGreek

The full Strong’s definition

Derivation. a primary verb;

How the King James Bible translates it

Where Lego appears in the Bible

In the King James Bible’s text tagged with Strong’s numbers, Lego (G3004) stands behind 1,358 English renderings in 1,243 verses across 25 of the 66 books. It is most frequent in Matthew (296), John (269), Luke (229).

How the King James Bible renders Lego, by count

• saying380 of 1,358 (28 percent)
• saith274 of 1,358 (20 percent)
• said182 of 1,358 (13 percent)
• i say132 of 1,358 (10 percent)
• say129 of 1,358 (9 percent)
• called37 of 1,358 (3 percent)

Three places to read Lego

• Matthew 1:16 And Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
• Mark 14:12 And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the passover?
• John 13:16 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him.

Counts are made at build time from the King James text tagged with Strong’s numbers (eBible.org, public domain). Verses are read from the stored King James text, never typed.

Why the word matters

Every word the biblical writers chose carries weight. Studying Lego in the original Greek lets you read the passages where it appears more carefully, closer to what the first hearers understood, so the meaning is drawn from the text itself rather than from the English alone.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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