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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

John 11:44 The dead man came out, his feet and his hands bound with strips of cloth, and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to them, “Unwrap him, and let him go.”
John 11:46 Some of them, however, went to the Pharisees and told (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) them what Jesus had done.
John 11:47 So the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered the Council together and said (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “What are we going to do? For this man is performing many signs.
John 11:49 But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “You know nothing at all.
John 11:51 He (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) did (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) not say (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) this on his own, but being high priest that year he was prophesying that Jesus was about to die for the nation,
John 11:54 Jesus therefore no longer walked about openly among the Jews, but went from there to the region near the wilderness, to a town called (legomenēn | λεγομένην | pres pass ptcp acc sg fem) Ephraim, and he stayed there with his disciples.
John 11:56 They were looking for Jesus and were talking (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl) with one another as they were standing in the temple, “What do you think? Surely he will not come to the festival, will he?”
John 12:4 But Judas Iscariot, one of his disciples (the one who would betray him) said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg),
John 12:6 He said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) this, not because he was concerned about the poor, but because he was a thief, and as keeper of the money box, he used to help himself to what was put into it.
John 12:7 Jesus therefore said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Leave her alone. She had to keep this perfume for the day of my burial.
John 12:19 The Pharisees therefore said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to one another, “You see, you are accomplishing nothing. Look, the world has gone after him!”
John 12:21 So these came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida in Galilee, and asked him, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Sir, we would like to see Jesus.”
John 12:22 Philip went and told (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) Andrew; Andrew and Philip went and told (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) Jesus.
John 12:23 And Jesus answered them, saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
John 12:24 I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth, unless a kernel of wheat falls into the ground and dies, it remains a single kernel; but if it dies it produces a great harvest.
John 12:27 “Now is my heart deeply troubled. And what am I to say (eipō | εἴπω | aor act subj 1 sg)? ‘Father, deliver me from this hour’? But for this very purpose I have come to this hour!
John 12:29 The crowd that was standing there and had heard the voice said (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) that it was thunder; others said (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “An angel has spoken to him.”
John 12:30 Jesus answered, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “This voice was not for my benefit, but for yours.
John 12:33 He (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) said (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) this to signify the kind of death he was going to die.
John 12:34 The crowd responded, “We have heard from the law that the Christ is to remain forever; so how is it that you are saying (legeis | λέγεις | pres act ind 2 sg) that the Son of Man must be lifted up? Who is this Son of Man?”
John 12:35 Then Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “The light will be with you for yet a little while. Keep walking while you have the light, so that the darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.
John 12:38 that the word spoken (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: “Lord, who has believed what they heard from us, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?”
John 12:39 The reason why they could not believe was that in another place Isaiah said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg),
John 12:41 Isaiah said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) these things because he saw Christ’s glory and spoke of him.
John 12:44 Then Jesus cried out, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “The one who believes in me believes not only in me but in the one who sent me.
John 12:49 For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father who sent me has himself commanded me what to say (eipō | εἴπω | aor act subj 1 sg) and what to speak.
John 12:50 And I know that his command is eternal life. So whatever I say, I speak just as the Father has (eirēken | εἴρηκεν | perf act ind 3 sg) told (eirēken | εἴρηκεν | perf act ind 3 sg) me.”
John 13:6 He came to Simon Peter, who said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”
John 13:7 Jesus answered him, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “What I am doing you do not understand now, but you will come to understand later.”
John 13:8 Peter said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “You will never wash my feet!” Jesus replied, “If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.”
John 13:9 Simon Peter exclaimed (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “Lord, then wash not only my feet but also my hands and my head!”
John 13:10 Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “The one who has bathed has no need to wash, except for his feet, but is clean all over. And you men are clean, but not all of you.”
John 13:11 For he knew who was about to betray him; that was why he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Not all of you are clean.”
John 13:12 So when Jesus had washed their feet and put on his outer garments, he sat down at the table again and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Do you understand what I have just done for you?
John 13:13 You call me ‘Teacher!’ and ‘Master!’ and you (legete | λέγετε | pres act ind 2 pl) speak (legete | λέγετε | pres act ind 2 pl) rightly, for so I am.
John 13:16 I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth, the servant is not greater than his master, nor is the one who is sent greater than the one who sent him.
John 13:18 I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) am (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) not speaking (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) about all of you; I know whom I have chosen. But the Scripture must be fulfilled, ‘The one who eats my bread has lifted up his heel against me.’
John 13:19 I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) am (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) telling (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you this now, before it takes place, so that when it does take place you will believe that I am he.
John 13:20 I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth, whoever receives one whom I send receives me, and whoever receives me receives the one who sent me.”
John 13:21 After (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) saying (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) these things, Jesus became troubled in spirit, and testified, “I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth, one of you will betray me.”
John 13:22 The disciples began to look at one another, at a loss to know about whom he was speaking (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg).
John 13:24 So Simon Peter motioned to him to ask Jesus who it was of whom he had spoken (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg).
John 13:25 So that disciple, leaning back against Jesus, said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Lord, who is it?”
John 13:27 After Judas had taken the morsel of bread, Satan entered into him. Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “What you are going to do, do quickly.”
John 13:28 Now none of those reclining at table knew why he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) this to him.
John 13:29 Some of them thought, since Judas used to keep the money box, that Jesus had said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Buy what we need for the festival,” or that he should give something to the poor.
John 13:31 When he had gone out, Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him.
John 13:33 Little children, I am with you only a little longer. You will look for me; and just as I told (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) the Jews, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come,’ so now I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) to you also.
John 13:36 Simon Peter said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Lord, where are you going?” Jesus answered, “Where I am going you cannot follow me now, but you will follow later.”
John 13:37 Peter said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Lord, why can I not follow you now? I will lay down my life for you.”

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