1) to say, to speak
1a) affirm over, maintain
1b) to teach
1c) to exhort, advise, to command, direct
1d) to point out with words, intend, mean, mean to say
1e) to call by name, to call, name
1f) to speak out, speak of, mention
Part of Speech: verb
Citing in TDNT: 4:69, 505
G3004
A primary verb; properly to "lay" forth, that is, (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: - ask, bid, boast, call, describe, give out, name, put forth, say (-ing, on), shew, speak, tell, utter.
| Gloss | Section |
|---|---|
| (λέγω ἐν ἑαυτῷ) think to oneself | 31.5 |
| a speak | 33.69 |
| b name | 33.129 |
| c call | 33.131 |
| d mean | 33.138 |
| (ὡς ἒπος εἰπεῖν) so to speak | 33.139 |
| e imply | 33.140 |
These two sites give similar information, with the definition from several dictionaries and statistics on the use of the word.
University of Chicago's Logion lexicon
Thayer's dictionary plus other information.
From this site's dictionary (in Italian)
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