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λέγω

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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

Luke 19:26 I tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you that to everyone who has, more will be given; but from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.
Luke 19:28 Having said (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
Luke 19:30 saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “Go into the village ahead of you, where, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and bring it here.
Luke 19:31 If someone asks you why are you untying it, you (ereite | ἐρεῖτε | fut act ind 2 pl) shall (ereite | ἐρεῖτε | fut act ind 2 pl) say (ereite | ἐρεῖτε | fut act ind 2 pl) this: ‘The Lord has need of it.’”
Luke 19:32 Those who were sent away left and found everything just as he has described (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) it to them.
Luke 19:33 As they were untying the colt, its owners asked (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) them, “Why are you untying the colt?”
Luke 19:34 And they said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “Because the Lord has need of it.”
Luke 19:38 saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Blessed is the coming one, the king, the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
Luke 19:39 And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”
Luke 19:40 He answered, “I tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you, if these are silent, the stones will cry out.”
Luke 19:42 saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
Luke 19:46 saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers.”
Luke 20:2 and spoke (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Tell (eipon | εἰπόν | aor act imperative 2 sg) us by what authority you are doing these things; or who it is who gave you this authority?”
Luke 20:3 He (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) answered, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “I will also ask you a question, and you must give (eipate | εἴπατε | aor act imperative 2 pl) me the answer: (eipate | εἴπατε | aor act imperative 2 pl)
Luke 20:5 They reasoned among themselves, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “If we say (eipōmen | εἴπωμεν | aor act subj 1 pl), ‘From heaven,’ then he will say (erei | ἐρεῖ | fut act ind 3 sg), ‘Why did you not believe him?’
Luke 20:6 But if we say (eipōmen | εἴπωμεν | aor act subj 1 pl), ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us to death, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”
Luke 20:8 Then Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Neither will (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) I tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you by what authority I do these things.”
Luke 20:9 Then he began to (legein | λέγειν | pres act inf ) tell (legein | λέγειν | pres act inf ) the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and leased it to tenants; then he went away for quite some time.
Luke 20:13 Then the owner of the vineyard said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), ‘What shall I do? I will send my son, whom I love; perhaps they will respect him.’
Luke 20:14 When the tenants saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.’
Luke 20:16 He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” When they heard this, they said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “Surely not!”
Luke 20:17 But looking straight at them he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “What then is this that is written: “The stone that the builders rejected — this one became the head of the corner’?
Luke 20:19 The scribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) had (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) spoken (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) this parable against them, but they feared the people.
Luke 20:21 They questioned him, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Teacher, we know that you (legeis | λέγεις | pres act ind 2 sg) speak (legeis | λέγεις | pres act ind 2 sg) and teach truthfully and show no partiality, but truly teach the way of God.
Luke 20:23 But he (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) realized their duplicity, and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them,
Luke 20:24 “Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription does it have?” They said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “Caesar’s.”
Luke 20:25 He said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.”
Luke 20:27 Now some Sadducees (who deny (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) there is a resurrection) came up and questioned him,
Luke 20:28 saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Teacher, Moses wrote for us that if someone’s brother dies, having a wife, but is childless, then his brother must take the widow and raise up offspring for his brother.
Luke 20:34 And Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “The sons of this age marry and are given in marriage,
Luke 20:37 But that the dead are raised, even Moses made known, in the passage about the bush, for he calls (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) the Lord, ‘the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob.’
Luke 20:39 In response some of the scribes said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “Teacher, you (eipas | εἶπας | aor act ind 2 sg) have (eipas | εἶπας | aor act ind 2 sg) spoken (eipas | εἶπας | aor act ind 2 sg) well!”
Luke 20:41 Then he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “How can they say (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) that the Messiah is to be a son of David?
Luke 20:42 For David himself says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) in the book of Psalms, ‘The Lord said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand,
Luke 20:45 As all the people were listening, he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to his disciples,
Luke 21:3 And he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the truth, that this poor widow has put in more than all the rest.
Luke 21:5 And while (legontōn | λεγόντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc) some were speaking (legontōn | λεγόντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc) of the temple, how it was adorned with beautiful stones and gifts dedicated to God, Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg),
Luke 21:7 And they asked him, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Teacher, when will these things be, and what is the sign when these things are about to happen?”
Luke 21:8 And he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “See that you are not led astray! For many will come in my name, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), ‘I am he!’ and, ‘The time is at hand!’ Do not go after them.
Luke 21:10 Then he said (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) to them, “Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;
Luke 21:29 And he told (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) them a parable: “Look at the fig tree, and all the trees.
Luke 21:32 I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the truth, that this generation will by no means have passed away before all things have happened.
Luke 22:1 Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread, which is called (legomenē | λεγομένη | pres pass ptcp nom sg fem) the Passover, was drawing near.
Luke 22:8 So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc), “Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat it together.”
Luke 22:9 They said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “Where do you want us to prepare it?”
Luke 22:10 He said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Look, when you have entered the city, a man carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him into the house into which he enters
Luke 22:11 and say (ereite | ἐρεῖτε | fut act ind 2 pl) to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to you, “Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?”’
Luke 22:13 So they went and found everything as he had said (eirēkei | εἰρήκει | pluperf act ind 3 sg) to them; and they prepared the Passover meal.
Luke 22:15 He said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “With great desire I desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer!
Luke 22:16 For I say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) to you that I will certainly not eat again until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God.”

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