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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

Acts 26:15 And I said (eipa | εἶπα | aor act ind 1 sg), ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lord said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting.
Acts 26:22 Obtaining help, therefore, from God, until this day I have stood testifying both to small and great, saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would come to pass:
Acts 26:31 and after they had left the room, they spoke to one another, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “This man is doing nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”
Acts 27:10 saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “Gentlemen, I perceive that the voyage that is about to take place will involve injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.”
Acts 27:11 But the centurion was more convinced by the captain and the ship’s owner than by what Paul was saying (legomenois | λεγομένοις | pres pass ptcp dat pl neut).
Acts 27:21 Since they had long been without food, Paul stood up in their midst and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Men, you should have followed my advice and not set sail from Crete and incurred this injury and loss.
Acts 27:24 saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted you as a gift all those who sail with you.’
Acts 27:31 Paul said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to the centurion and the soldiers, “If these men do not remain in the ship, you cannot be saved.”
Acts 27:33 As day was about to dawn, Paul urged them all to take some food, saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “Today is the fourteenth day that you have continued in suspense and been without food, having taken nothing.
Acts 27:35 And when he had said (eipas | εἴπας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) these things, he took bread, and giving thanks to God before them all, he broke it and began to eat.
Acts 28:4 When the native people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl) said (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl) to each other, “Certainly this man is a murderer, and though he has escaped from the sea, justice has not allowed him to live.”
Acts 28:6 They were expecting that he was going to swell up or suddenly fall down dead; but when they waited a long time and saw no misfortune happen to him, they changed their minds and said (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl) that he was a god.
Acts 28:17 And it happened that after three days Paul called together the leaders of the Jews. And when they gathered, he said (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) to them: “My brothers, though I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
Acts 28:21 And they said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “We have received no letters from Judea about you, nor have any of the brothers come from there and reported or spoken any bad about you.
Acts 28:24 saying, some were convinced by what he said (legomenois | λεγομένοις | pres pass ptcp dat pl neut), but others refused to believe.
Acts 28:25 And not being in harmony among themselves, they departed after Paul made (eipontos | εἰπόντος | aor act ptcp gen sg masc) one further statement. “The Holy Spirit was right in saying to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:
Acts 28:26 “‘Go to this people, and say (eipon | εἰπόν | aor act imperative 2 sg), “You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive”;
Romans 2:22 You who tell (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp voc sg masc) others not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples?
Romans 3:5 But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say (eroumen | ἐροῦμεν | fut act ind 1 pl)? That God is unjust to inflict wrath on us? (I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) use (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) a human argument!) (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg)
Romans 3:8 And why not say (as some slanderously claim that we are saying) (legein | λέγειν | pres act inf ), “Let us do evil so that good may come of it”? Their condemnation is well deserved!
Romans 3:19 Now we know that whatever the law says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God.
Romans 4:1 What then shall we say (eroumen | ἐροῦμεν | fut act ind 1 pl) that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has discovered about this?
Romans 4:3 For what does (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) the scripture say (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg)? “And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
Romans 4:6 So also David speaks (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works:
Romans 4:9 Therefore, is this blessedness for the circumcised alone, or is it also for the uncircumcised? For we say (legomen | λέγομεν | pres act ind 1 pl), “It was to Abraham that faith was credited as righteousness.”
Romans 4:18 Hoping against hope, Abraham believed that he would become the father of many nations according to what had been spoken (eirēmenon | εἰρημένον | perf pass ptcp acc sg neut), “So will your descendants be.”
Romans 6:1 What then shall we say (eroumen | ἐροῦμεν | fut act ind 1 pl)? — “Let us continue in sin so that grace may increase”?
Romans 6:19 (I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) am (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) speaking (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) in human terms because of your natural limitations.) For just as you presented your members as slaves to impurity and to lawlessness leading to more lawlessness, so now present your members as slaves to righteousness, leading to sanctification.
Romans 7:7 What then shall we say (eroumen | ἐροῦμεν | fut act ind 1 pl)? Is the law sin? By no means! On the contrary, I would not have known sin except through the law; that is, I would not have known what it means to covet had (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) not the law said (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg), “You shall not covet.”
Romans 8:31 What then shall we say (eroumen | ἐροῦμεν | fut act ind 1 pl) in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
Romans 9:1 I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) am (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) telling (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) the truth in Christ — I am not lying; my conscience convinces me in the Holy Spirit —
Romans 9:12 not because of works, but because of his call — it was said (errethē | ἐρρέθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) to her, “The older will serve the younger.”
Romans 9:14 What then shall we say (eroumen | ἐροῦμεν | fut act ind 1 pl)? Is there not injustice on God’s part? By no means!
Romans 9:15 For he (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
Romans 9:17 For the scripture says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I have raised you up, that I might display my power in you, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.”
Romans 9:19 So you will say (ereis | ἐρεῖς | fut act ind 2 sg) to me, “Why then does he still find fault? For who can resist his will?”
Romans 9:20 But who are you, a mere mortal, to criticize God? Certainly the thing that is molded may (erei | ἐρεῖ | fut act ind 3 sg) not say (erei | ἐρεῖ | fut act ind 3 sg) to the one who molded it, “Why have you made me like this?”
Romans 9:25 As he (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) also says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) in Hosea, “Those who were not my people, I will call ‘my people,’ and her who was not beloved, I will call ‘beloved.’”
Romans 9:26 “And in the very place where God said (errethē | ἐρρέθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) to them, ‘You are not my people,’ there they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’”
Romans 9:30 What then shall we say (eroumen | ἐροῦμεν | fut act ind 1 pl)? — that the Gentiles who did not pursue righteousness have obtained it, the righteousness that is by faith;
Romans 10:6 But the righteousness based on faith says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “Do (eipēs | εἴπῃς | aor act subj 2 sg) not say (eipēs | εἴπῃς | aor act subj 2 sg) in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down),
Romans 10:8 But what does it say (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg)? “The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith that we proclaim:
Romans 10:11 For the Scripture says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “Whoever believes in him will not be put to shame.”
Romans 10:16 However, not all of them have obeyed the good news, for Isaiah says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “Lord, who has believed our message?”
Romans 10:18 But I ask (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg), have they not heard? Indeed they have, for, “Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the world.”
Romans 10:19 But I ask (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg), did Israel not understand? First of all, Moses says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “I will make you jealous by those who are not a nation; by a nation void of understanding I will make you angry.”
Romans 10:20 Then Isaiah very boldly says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “I was found by those who were not looking for me; I became well known to those who were not asking for me.”
Romans 10:21 But concerning Israel he says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and argumentative people.”
Romans 11:1 So I ask (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg), has God repudiated his people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.
Romans 11:2 God has not repudiated his people whom he foreknew. Or do you not know what the Scripture says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) in the passage about Elijah, how he pleads with God against Israel?

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