- Transliteration: Lego

- Phonetic: leg'-o

- Definition:

1. to say, to speak

a. affirm over, maintain

b. to teach

c. to exhort, advise, to command, direct

d. to point out with words, intend, mean, mean to say

e. to call by name, to call, name

f. to speak out, speak of, mention

- Origin: a root word

- TDNT entry: 05:09,5

- Part(s) of speech: Verb

- Strong's: A primary verb; properly to lay forth that is (figuratively) relate (in words [usually of systematic or set discourse; whereas G2036" class="dictionary-topic-link">G2036 and G5346" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483" class="dictionary-topic-link">G4483 is properly to break silence merely and G2980" class="dictionary-topic-link">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.