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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 13:38 Jesus replied, “Will you lay down your life for me? I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth, the rooster will not crow before you deny me three times.
John 14:2 In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places; if that were not the case, would I have told (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?
John 14:5 Thomas said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
John 14:6 Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 14:8 Philip said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”
John 14:9 Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Have I been so long a time with you, Philip, and you still do not know me? The one who has seen me has seen the Father! How can (legeis | λέγεις | pres act ind 2 sg) you say (legeis | λέγεις | pres act ind 2 sg), ‘Show us the Father’?
John 14:10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father residing in me is doing his works.
John 14:12 I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth, the one who believes in me will do the works that I do; in fact, greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.
John 14:22 Judas (not Iscariot) said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Lord, what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?”
John 14:23 Jesus answered him, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling place with him.
John 14:26 But the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will instruct you regarding all things, and cause you to remember everything that I have told (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) you.
John 14:28 You heard me say (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come back to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
John 14:29 And now I have told (eirēka | εἴρηκα | perf act ind 1 sg) you before it happens, that when it does happen you may believe.
John 15:15 No longer do I call (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I (eirēka | εἴρηκα | perf act ind 1 sg) have (eirēka | εἴρηκα | perf act ind 1 sg) called (eirēka | εἴρηκα | perf act ind 1 sg) you friends, because all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
John 15:20 Remember the saying that I told (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) you, ‘The servant is not greater than his master.’ If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep yours as well.
John 16:4 But I have said these things to you so that when their hour comes you will remember that I told (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) you about (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) them. “I (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) did (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) not tell (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) you these things at the start because I was with you.
John 16:7 Nevertheless I am (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) telling (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the truth; it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Paraclete will not come to you; but if I go away, I will send him to you.
John 16:12 “I have many more things to (legein | λέγειν | pres act inf ) say (legein | λέγειν | pres act inf ) to you, but you cannot bear them now.
John 16:15 All that the Father has is mine; that is why I said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
John 16:17 Some of his disciples therefore said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to one another, “What is this that he is saying (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to us, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me’ and, ‘Because I am going to the Father’?”
John 16:18 So they kept saying (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “What is this ‘little while’ of which he speaks (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg)? We do not understand what he is talking about.”
John 16:19 Jesus knew that they wanted to question him, so he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Are you deliberating with one another about this — that I said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg), ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me’?
John 16:20 I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth, you will weep and wail, and the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
John 16:23 On that day you will question me about nothing. I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth: whatever you ask of the Father in my name he will give to you.
John 16:26 In that day you will ask in my name. I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) am (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) not saying (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) to you that I will intercede with the Father on your behalf;
John 16:29 His disciples said (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl), “Ah, now you are speaking plainly and not using (legeis | λέγεις | pres act ind 2 sg) veiled language!
John 17:1 When Jesus had finished saying these things, he (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) lifted up his eyes to heaven and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Father, the hour has come; glorify your Son so that your Son may glorify you,
John 18:1 When (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) Jesus had (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) spoken (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) these words, he went out with his disciples across the Kidron valley, where there was an olive grove, into which he entered with his disciples.
John 18:4 Then Jesus, knowing everything that was going to happen to him, stepped forward and said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to them, “Who is it that you are looking for?”
John 18:5 They answered him, “Jesus the Nazarene.” He said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to them, “I am he.” Now Judas, who betrayed him, was standing with them.
John 18:6 When Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “I am he,” they all drew back and fell to the ground.
John 18:7 Then Jesus asked them again, “Who is it that you are looking for?” And they said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “Jesus the Nazarene.”
John 18:8 Jesus replied, “I told (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) you that I am he. So if you are looking for me, let these men go.”
John 18:9 This was to fulfill the word he had spoken (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “I have not lost a single one of those you have given me.”
John 18:11 Jesus therefore said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to Peter, “Put your sword back into its sheath. Am I not to drink the cup which the Father has given me?”
John 18:16 but Peter remained outside at the door. So the other disciple, the one who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to the servant girl who kept watch at the door, and brought Peter in.
John 18:17 The servant girl who kept watch at the door said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to Peter, “You are not one of that man’s disciples, are you?” He answered (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “I am not.”
John 18:21 Why do you question me? Question those who have heard as to what I said to them; they know what I said.” (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg)
John 18:22 When (eipontos | εἰπόντος | aor act ptcp gen sg masc) he said (eipontos | εἰπόντος | aor act ptcp gen sg masc) this, one of the officers standing there gave Jesus a slap in the face, saying (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc), “Is that how you answer the high priest?”
John 18:25 Now Simon Peter was still standing and warming himself, so they said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “You are not one of his disciples, are you?” Peter denied it and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “I am not!”
John 18:26 One of the servants of the high priest, a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off, said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “I saw you in the garden with him, did I not?”
John 18:30 They replied to him, saying (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “If this man were not doing something wrong, we would not have handed him over to you.”
John 18:31 Then Pilate said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Take him yourselves and judge him according to your law.” The Jews said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “It is not lawful for us to put any one to death.”
John 18:32 This was to fulfill the word that Jesus had spoken (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) indicating what kind of death he was going to die.
John 18:33 Then Pilate entered his headquarters again, summoned Jesus and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to him, “Are you the king of the Jews?”
John 18:34 Jesus responded, “Are (legeis | λέγεις | pres act ind 2 sg) you saying (legeis | λέγεις | pres act ind 2 sg) this of your own accord, or did others tell (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 3 pl) you about me?”
John 18:37 Therefore Pilate said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to him, “So you are a king, then?” Jesus answered, “You say (legeis | λέγεις | pres act ind 2 sg) that I am a king! The reason for which I was born and have come into the world, is that I should bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice.”
John 18:38 Pilate said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “What is truth?” And having (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) said (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) this he went out again to the Jews and said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to them, “I find no basis for an accusation against him.
John 18:40 They shouted back, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Not that man, but Barabbas!” Now Barabbas was a revolutionary.
John 19:3 Then they kept coming up to him, saying (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “Hail, king of the Jews!” and slapping him in the face.

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