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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 24:10 It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them. They kept telling (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl) these things to the apostles,
Luke 24:17 He asked (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) them, “What are these matters you are discussing with each other as you walk along?” They came to a stop, looking sad.
Luke 24:18 Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered, him, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”
Luke 24:19 And he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “What things?” They answered (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) him, “The things about Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,
Luke 24:23 and not finding his body, they came back saying (legousai | λέγουσαι | pres act ptcp nom pl fem) that they had even seen a vision of angels who said (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) that he was alive.
Luke 24:24 Then some of those who were with us went to the tomb, and found it just as the women had said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 3 pl), but him they did not see.”
Luke 24:25 So he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “You foolish people, slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
Luke 24:29 but they urged him strongly, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is already far spent.” So he went in to stay with them.
Luke 24:32 They said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as he spoke to us on the road, as he opened to us the Scriptures?”
Luke 24:34 saying (legontas | λέγοντας | pres act ptcp acc pl masc), “The Lord has indeed been raised and has appeared to Simon!”
Luke 24:36 While they were saying these things, Jesus himself stood in their midst and said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to them, “Peace to you.”
Luke 24:38 And he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Why are you so troubled and why are doubts arising in your hearts?
Luke 24:40 When he had said (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) this, he showed them his hands and his feet.
Luke 24:41 While they still could not believe it for joy and were continuing to marvel, he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Have you anything to eat here?”
Luke 24:44 Then he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “These are my words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written in the law of Moses and the prophets and psalms about me must be fulfilled.”
Luke 24:46 and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day,
John 1:15 John testified about him and cried out, saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “This is he of whom I said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg), ‘He who comes after me is greater than I, because he existed before me.’”
John 1:21 So they asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” And he said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he replied, “No.”
John 1:22 Then they said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “Who are you? Tell us so we can give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say (legeis | λέγεις | pres act ind 2 sg) about yourself?”
John 1:23 He said, “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.” (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg)
John 1:25 So they asked him, saying (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
John 1:26 John answered them, saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “I baptize with water, but there stands among you one whom you do not know,
John 1:29 On the following day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “Behold, the Lamb of God, the one who takes away the sin of the world!
John 1:30 This is he of whom I said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg), ‘After me comes a man who is greater than I, because he existed before me.’
John 1:32 Then John testified, saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “I saw the Spirit coming down as a dove from heaven, and it remained on him.
John 1:33 I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to me, ‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining it is he who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’
John 1:36 Looking intently at Jesus as he walked about, John said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “Behold, the Lamb of God!”
John 1:38 When Jesus turned around and saw them following him, he said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to them, “What do you want?” They said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “Rabbi” (which translated means (legetai | λέγεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) “Teacher”), “where are you staying?”
John 1:39 He said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to them, “Come and you will see.” So they went and saw where he was staying, and they remained with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour.
John 1:41 The first thing he did was to find his own brother Simon and say (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is translated “Christ”).
John 1:42 He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him intently and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “You are Simon, the son of John; you will be called Cephas” (which is translated “Peter”).
John 1:43 The following day Jesus decided to go to Galilee, and he met Philip. And Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Follow me.”
John 1:45 Philip found Nathanael and told (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) him, “We have found the one of whom Moses wrote in the law, and of whom the prophets wrote — Jesus, the son of Joseph, a man from Nazareth.”
John 1:46 And Nathanael said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Come and see.”
John 1:47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) of him, “Here is a true Israelite, one in whom there is no deceit!”
John 1:48 Nathanael asked (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) him, “How did you get to know me?” Jesus answered him, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Before Philip called you, while you were still under the fig tree, I saw you.”
John 1:50 Jesus responded, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to him, “Is it because I told (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) you that I saw you under the fig tree that you believe? You will see greater things than that.”
John 1:51 Then he said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth: you will see heaven standing open and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.”
John 2:3 When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “They have no more wine.”
John 2:4 And Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to her, “Woman, what is that to me and to you? My hour has not yet come.”
John 2:5 His mother said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to the servants, “Do whatever he tells (legē | λέγῃ | pres act subj 3 sg) you.”
John 2:7 Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them up to the brim.
John 2:8 Then he told (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took him some,
John 2:10 and said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Everyone serves the choice wine first, and then when the guests are a bit tipsy, that which is inferior. But you have kept the good wine until now.”
John 2:16 To those who were selling doves he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Take those out of here! Do not make my Father’s house a marketplace!”
John 2:18 The Jews therefore replied, saying (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?”
John 2:19 Jesus answered them, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Destroy this temple and in three days I will restore it.”
John 2:20 Then the Jews said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and you can restore it in three days?”
John 2:21 But he was speaking (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) about the temple of his body.
John 2:22 Therefore, when he had risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) had (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) said (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) this, and they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg).

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