Paul Danove 30 καὶ σὺ δηλώσεις τῷ υἱῷ σου λέγων ὅτι Ἐξέλιπεν ὁ Ἰορδάνης ποταμός... and you will inform your son, “The Jordan River left off...” (Josh 4:7) καὶ διεστέλλετο αὐτοῖς λέγων, Ὁρᾶτε, βλέπετε... and he was ordering them, “Watch, beware...” (Mark 8:15) These considerations indicate that the semantic requirements of all 591 occurrences of the linked verbs that participate in λέγω melding may be satisfied by the reduction of two or three linked verbs to a single English verb and translation according to the same four rules. 5. Implications of λέγω Melding for the Formulation of the Lexicon Most Greek dictionaries of Septuagint and New Testament vocabulary do not distinguish whether verbs (and other words) permit the omission of required complements either only when their definite semantic content has received previous clarification or even when their definite semantic content has not received previous clarification. Incorporation of this distinction and a discussion of λέγω melding into the lexicon, however, would permit three clarifications in the usage of Greek vocabulary. First, Greek presents paired verbs that have similar connotations and require the same number of complements but are distinguished only by whether or not they require a complement to have a definite semantic content when omitted. Thus, such words may be synonymous in meaning but not true semantic synonyms. This is the case for two paired sets of verbs of communication which, in one usage, are distinguished only in the definite / indefinite requirement for omitted third complements: δέομαι / προσεύχομαι (beg, pray) and λέγω / λαλέω (say, speak). Here the latter verbs of these pairs properly have the connotations, “say a prayer” and “say something” when their third complements are indefinite and null. This distinction also extends to verbs that do not express communica- tion, such as λαμβάνω / δέχομαι, which, with the connotation, “receive”, are distinguished only by whether or not they require their third (source) complement to have a definite semantic content when omitted (null). Second, notations concerning requirements for definite semantic con- tent for particular null complements would prevent potential ambiguities Levites were ordering all the people, “This day is holy: do not be sad!”, 1 Esdr 9:53); καὶ προσέταξεν Μωυσῆς ... λέγων Φυλάσσεσθε πάσας τὰς ἐντολὰς ταύτας... (and Moses... commanded, “Keep all these commandments...!”, Deut 27:1); and καὶ σὺ σύνταξον τοῖς υἱοῖς Ισραηλ λέγων Ὁρᾶτε καὶ τὰ σάββατά μου φυλάξεσθε (and you, command the sons of Israel, “Watch and keep my Sabbaths!”, Exod 31:13).