For an Informed Love of God
Bill Mounce
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λέγω
Vocabulary form:
λέγω
Definition:
I say, tell
Erasmian:
Modern:
Frequency:
2,353
GK:
3306
Mnemonics:
I say, let go of my well-known waffle.
Mnemonic Singing:
By His love and power controlling,
all I do and say.
Biblical Concordance
| John 7:40 | After hearing these words, some of the crowd began to say (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “This man really is the prophet.” |
| John 7:41 | Others were saying (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “This man is the Christ.” But others were saying (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “Surely the Christ does not come from Galilee, does he? |
| John 7:42 | Has (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) not the scripture said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) that the Christ will be a descendant of David and come from Bethlehem, the village where David was born?” |
| John 7:45 | Then the temple guards went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 3 pl) to them, “Why did you not bring him?” |
| John 7:50 | Nicodemus (he who had earlier come to Jesus), being one of their number, put (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) this (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) question (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to them: |
| John 7:52 | They replied to him, saying (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “You too are not from Galilee, are you? Search and you will see that no prophet will arise from Galilee.” |
| John 8:4 | they said (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. |
| John 8:5 | Moses commanded us in the law to stone to death such women. But you, what do you say?” (legeis | λέγεις | pres act ind 2 sg) |
| John 8:6 | (They (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl) said (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl) this as a trap, so they could have some basis for accusing him.) Jesus bent down and started writing on the ground with his finger. |
| John 8:7 | When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “The man among you without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.” |
| John 8:10 | Jesus straightened up and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to her, “Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?” |
| John 8:11 | She said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “No one, Lord.” Then Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.” |
| John 8:12 | Again Jesus spoke to them, saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” |
| John 8:13 | Therefore the Pharisees said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not valid.” |
| John 8:14 | Jesus answered them, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Even if I am bearing witness about myself, my testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. You, on the other hand, do not know where I come from or where I am going. |
| John 8:19 | Then they began asking (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl) him, “Where is your father?” Jesus replied, “You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me you would know my Father also.” |
| John 8:21 | Then he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them again, “I am going away, and you will search for me but will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.” |
| John 8:22 | So the Jews said (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “Surely he is not going to kill himself, is he, because he said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?” |
| John 8:23 | He said (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) to them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. |
| John 8:24 | This is why I said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) to you that you would die in your sins, for if you do not believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.” |
| John 8:25 | So they said (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl) to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning. |
| John 8:27 | They did not understand that he (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) was (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) speaking (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) to them about the Father. |
| John 8:28 | So Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he. I do nothing on my own, but speak only those things the Father has taught me. |
| John 8:31 | Jesus therefore said (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) to the Jews who had put their trust in him, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples, |
| John 8:33 | They replied to him, “We are descendants of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone! How can (legeis | λέγεις | pres act ind 2 sg) you say (legeis | λέγεις | pres act ind 2 sg), ‘You will become free’?” |
| John 8:34 | Jesus answered them, “I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin. |
| John 8:39 | They answered him, saying (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “Our father is Abraham!” Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to them, “If you were really Abraham’s children, you would be doing the deeds of Abraham. |
| John 8:41 | You are doing the deeds of your father.” They said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “We have not been born as a result of fornication; we have only one father, God himself.” |
| John 8:42 | Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now I am here. I have not come on my own, but he sent me. |
| John 8:45 | Yet because I am (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) speaking (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) the truth, you do not believe me. |
| John 8:46 | Who among you can prove me guilty of any sin? If I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) am (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) speaking (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) the truth, why don’t you believe me? |
| John 8:48 | The Jews answered him, saying (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “Are we not correct in saying (legomen | λέγομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?” |
| John 8:51 | I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.” |
| John 8:52 | The Jews therefore said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet you say (legeis | λέγεις | pres act ind 2 sg), ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.’ |
| John 8:54 | Jesus replied, “If I glorify myself, my glory amounts to nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say (legete | λέγετε | pres act ind 2 pl), ‘He is our God.’ |
| John 8:55 | And you have not known him, but I know him. If I were to say (eipō | εἴπω | aor act subj 1 sg) that I did not know him, I would be like you, a liar; but I do know him, and I keep his word. |
| John 8:57 | So the Jews said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and you have seen Abraham?” |
| John 8:58 | Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth, before Abraham came to be, I am!” |
| John 9:2 | And his disciples questioned him, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” |
| John 9:6 | After (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) saying (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) this, he spat on the ground and made mud with his saliva; then he daubed the mud on the man’s eyes |
| John 9:7 | and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So he went away and washed, and came back able to see. |
| John 9:8 | Then the neighbors and those who were used to seeing him as a beggar said (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?” |
| John 9:9 | Some said (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “He is the one.” Others said (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “No, but he looks like him.” But he (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) himself kept saying (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg), “I am the man.” |
| John 9:10 | So they asked (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl) him, “How then were your eyes opened?” |
| John 9:11 | He answered, “The man called (legomenos | λεγόμενος | pres pass ptcp nom sg masc) Jesus made mud, daubed it on my eyes, and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went there and washed, and I was able to see.” |
| John 9:12 | They said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “Where is that man?” He replied (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “I do not know.” |
| John 9:15 | Then the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. And he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “He daubed mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I see.” |
| John 9:16 | Then some of the Pharisees said (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “How can a sinful man perform miraculous signs like this?” And there was a division among them. |
| John 9:17 | So they spoke (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) again to the blind man, “What do (legeis | λέγεις | pres act ind 2 sg) you say (legeis | λέγεις | pres act ind 2 sg) about him, since it was your eyes that he opened?” The man replied (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “He is a prophet.” |
| John 9:19 | and asked them, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Is this your son, who you say (legete | λέγετε | pres act ind 2 pl) was born blind? How then does he now see?” |
Mnemonics
mnemonic
lego as in 'let me tell you about my lego'