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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
λέγω
Greek transliteration: 
legō
Simplified transliteration: 
lego
Principal Parts: 
(ἔλεγον), ἐρῶ, εἶ\πον ορ εἶ\πα, εἴρηκα, εἴρημαι, ἐρρέθην ορ ἐρρήθην
Numbers
Strong's number: 
2036
GK Number: 
3306
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
2353
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-1b(2)
Gloss: 
say, said, the most general term for speaking in the NT, translated contextually with more specific words such as say, tell; ask, answer
Definition: 
to lay, to arrange, to gather; to say, Mt. 1:20; to speak, make an address or speech, Acts 26:1; to say mentally, in thought, Mt. 3:9; Lk. 3:8; to say in written language, Mk. 15:28; Lk. 1:63; Jn. 19:37; to say, as distinguished from acting, Mt. 23:3; to mention, speak of, Mk. 14:71; Lk. 9:31; Jn. 8:27; to tell, declare, narrate, Mt. 21:27; Mk. 10:32; to express, Heb. 5:11; to put forth, propound, Lk. 5:36; 13:6; Jn. 16:29; to mean, to intend to signify, 1 Cor. 1:12; 10:29; to say, declare, affirm, maintain, Mt. 3:9; 5:18; Mk. 12:18; Acts 17:7; 26:22; 1 Cor. 1:10; to enjoin, Acts 15:24; 21:21; Rom. 2:22; to term, designate, cull, Mt. 19:17; Mk. 12:37; Lk. 20:37; 23:2; 1 Cor. 8:5; to call by a name, Mt. 2:23; pass. to be further named, to be surnamed, Mt. 1:16; to be explained, interpreted, Jn. 4:25; 20:16, 24; in NT σὺ λέγεις, you say, a form of affirmative answer to a question Mt. 27:11; Mk. 15:2; Jn. 18:37

Greek-English Concordance for λέγω

Matthew 10:27 What I say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) to you in the darkness, speak (eipate | εἴπατε | aor act imperative 2 pl) in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops.
Matthew 10:42 And whoever, because he is a disciple, gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink, I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the truth, he will by no means lose his reward.”
Matthew 11:3 asking (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) “Are you the one who is to come, or should we wait for someone else?”
Matthew 11:4 And Jesus answered them, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Go and tell John what you hear and see:
Matthew 11:7 As they went away, Jesus began to speak (legein | λέγειν | pres act inf ) to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind?
Matthew 11:9 What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you, and more than a prophet.
Matthew 11:11 “I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the truth, there has not risen among those born of women anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Matthew 11:17 ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
Matthew 11:18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl), ‘He has a demon!’
Matthew 11:19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl), ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is shown to be right by what she does.”
Matthew 11:22 Nevertheless I tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.
Matthew 11:24 Nevertheless I tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you that it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”
Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus declared, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and clever and revealed them to little children;
Matthew 12:2 But when the Pharisees saw this, they said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on a Sabbath.”
Matthew 12:3 But he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Have you not read what David did when he and those with him were hungry,
Matthew 12:6 But I say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) to you that something greater than the temple is here.
Matthew 12:10 and there he saw a man with a withered hand. And they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” — so they might have a charge to bring against him.
Matthew 12:11 But he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “What man is there among you who has only one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?
Matthew 12:13 Then he said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And the man stretched it out, and it was restored, sound like the other.
Matthew 12:17 so that what was written (rhēthen | ῥηθέν | aor pass ptcp nom sg neut) by Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled:
Matthew 12:23 And all the crowds were astonished and were saying (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “Could this be the Son of David?”
Matthew 12:24 But when the Pharisees heard this, they said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 3 pl), “This fellow does not cast out demons except by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.”
Matthew 12:25 But he (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) knew their thoughts and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to ruin, and no city or house divided against itself will stand.
Matthew 12:31 “For this reason I say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
Matthew 12:32 And whoever speaks (eipē | εἴπῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks (eipē | εἴπῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, neither in this age nor in the age to come.
Matthew 12:36 But I say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) to you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every careless word they speak.
Matthew 12:38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”
Matthew 12:39 But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.
Matthew 12:44 Then it says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept, and put in order.
Matthew 12:47
Matthew 12:48 But he answered, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to the one who had told (legonti | λέγοντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc) him, “Who is my mother? And who are my brothers?”
Matthew 12:49 And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Look, here are my mother and my brothers!
Matthew 13:3 And he told them many things in parables, saying: (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) “A sower went out to sow.
Matthew 13:10 And the disciples came to him and said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
Matthew 13:11 He answered them, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Because to you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
Matthew 13:14 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled that says: (legousa | λέγουσα | pres act ptcp nom sg fem) ‘You will surely hear but never understand, and you will surely see but never perceive.
Matthew 13:17 I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the truth, many prophets and righteous people longed to see the things you are seeing but did not see them, and to hear the things you are hearing but did not hear them.
Matthew 13:24 Jesus put another parable before them, saying: (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) “The kingdom of heaven is like a man sowing good seed in his field.
Matthew 13:27 And the servants of the master of the house came and said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Why then does it have weeds?’
Matthew 13:28 And he said to them, ‘An enemy has done this!’ And the servants said (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) to him, ‘So do you want us to go and gather them?’
Matthew 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell (erō | ἐρῶ | fut act ind 1 sg) the harvesters, “First gather the weeds and bind them into bundles to be burned, then gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
Matthew 13:31 He gave them another parable, saying: (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.
Matthew 13:35 so that what was spoken (rhēthen | ῥηθέν | aor pass ptcp nom sg neut) by the prophet might be fulfilled, saying (legontos | λέγοντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc), “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things kept secret from the foundation of the world.”
Matthew 13:36 Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
Matthew 13:37 And he answered, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man;
Matthew 13:51 “Have you understood all these things?” They said (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) to him, “Yes.”
Matthew 13:52 And he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house who brings out of his treasure things new and old.”
Matthew 13:54 And upon arriving at his hometown, he taught them in their synagogue so that they were amazed and said (legein | λέγειν | pres act inf ), “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?
Matthew 13:55 Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is (legetai | λέγεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) not his mother called (legetai | λέγεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) Mary, and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?
Matthew 13:57 And they were deeply offended at him. But Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.”

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