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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

Romans 11:4 But what was God’s response (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
Romans 11:9 And David says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them.
Romans 11:11 So I ask (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg), did they stumble so as to fall? By no means! But because of their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles so as to make Israel jealous.
Romans 11:13 I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) am (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) speaking (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry,
Romans 11:19 Then you will say (ereis | ἐρεῖς | fut act ind 2 sg), “The branches were broken off so I could be grafted in.”
Romans 12:3 For by the grace given to me I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) to every one among you that he should not think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think with sober judgment, as God has assigned to each a measure of faith.
Romans 12:19 Never avenge yourselves, dear friends, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) the Lord.”
Romans 14:11 For it is written, “As I live, says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) the Lord, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will give praise to God.”
Romans 15:8 For I tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of the truth of God, in order to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,
Romans 15:10 And again it says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.”
Romans 15:12 And again Isaiah says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “The root of Jesse will come, even he who rises to rule over the Gentiles; in him will the Gentiles hope.”
1 Corinthians 1:10 I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all come to agreement and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same frame of mind and the same judgment.
1 Corinthians 1:12 What I mean (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) is this: each of you is saying (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “I am with Paul,” or, “I am with Apollos,” or, “I am with Cephas,” or, “I am with Christ.”
1 Corinthians 1:15 so that no one can say (eipē | εἴπῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) that you were baptized in my name.
1 Corinthians 3:4 For when one says (legē | λέγῃ | pres act subj 3 sg), “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not like everyone else?
1 Corinthians 6:5 I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) this to your shame! Is there no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between his brothers,
1 Corinthians 7:6 This I say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) by way of concession, not of command.
1 Corinthians 7:8 Now to the unmarried and to the widows I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) that it is good for them to remain single, as I am.
1 Corinthians 7:12 To the rest I say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) (I, not the Lord): If some brother has a wife who is not a believer, and she is willing to live with him, he should not divorce her.
1 Corinthians 7:35 I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) am (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) saying (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) this for your benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but to promote propriety and undivided devotion to the Lord.
1 Corinthians 8:5 For even if there are so-called (legomenoi | λεγόμενοι | pres pass ptcp nom pl masc) gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”),
1 Corinthians 9:8 Am I saying these things from a merely human point of view? Or does (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) not the Law say (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) the same?
1 Corinthians 9:10 Or does (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) he (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) not speak (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) entirely for our sake. To be sure, it was written for our sake, because the one plowing should plow in hope and the one threshing thresh in hope of sharing in the crop.
1 Corinthians 10:15 I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) speak (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I am about to say.
1 Corinthians 10:28 However, if someone should (eipē | εἴπῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) say (eipē | εἴπῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience —
1 Corinthians 10:29 I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) mean (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) the conscience of the other person, not your own. Why then should my liberty be determined by the conscience of another?
1 Corinthians 11:22 Can it be that you do not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or are you trying to show contempt for the church of God by humiliating those who have nothing? What should I say (eipō | εἴπω | aor act subj 1 sg) to you? Should I commend you? For this I will not commend you.
1 Corinthians 11:24 and after giving thanks, he broke it, and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
1 Corinthians 11:25 In the same way, he took the cup also, after supper, saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
1 Corinthians 12:3 Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say (eipein | εἰπεῖν | aor act inf ), “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:15 If the foot should say (eipē | εἴπῃ | aor act subj 3 sg), “Since I am not a hand, I am not part of the body,” it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.
1 Corinthians 12:16 And if the ear should say (eipē | εἴπῃ | aor act subj 3 sg), “Since I am not an eye, I am not part of the body,” it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.
1 Corinthians 12:21 The eye cannot say (eipein | εἰπεῖν | aor act inf ) to the hand, “I have no need of you”; nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”
1 Corinthians 14:16 Otherwise, if you are praising God by the Spirit, how can (erei | ἐρεῖ | fut act ind 3 sg) anyone in the position of an outsider say (erei | ἐρεῖ | fut act ind 3 sg), “Amen,” to your thanksgiving since he does not know what you are saying (legeis | λέγεις | pres act ind 2 sg)?
1 Corinthians 14:21 In the Law it is written, “By people with strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners will I speak to this people, yet not even in this way will they listen to me, says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) the Lord.”
1 Corinthians 14:23 So if the whole church assembles in the same place and everyone is speaking in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers come in, will (erousin | ἐροῦσιν | fut act ind 3 pl) they (erousin | ἐροῦσιν | fut act ind 3 pl) not say (erousin | ἐροῦσιν | fut act ind 3 pl) that you are out of your minds?
1 Corinthians 14:34 the women are to be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak. Rather, they are to be submissive, as in fact the law says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg).
1 Corinthians 15:12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) that there is no resurrection of the dead?
1 Corinthians 15:27 For “he has put everything in subjection under his feet.” Now when it says (eipē | εἴπῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) that “everything has been put in subjection,” it is clear that this does not include the one who put everything in subjection to him.
1 Corinthians 15:35 But someone will ask (erei | ἐρεῖ | fut act ind 3 sg), “How are the dead raised? And with what kind of body will they come?”
1 Corinthians 15:51 Listen, I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you a mystery: we will not all die, but we will all be changed —
2 Corinthians 4:6 For it is the God who said (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc), “Out of darkness light will shine,” who has flooded our hearts with the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.
2 Corinthians 6:2 For he says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “In the time of my favor I heard you, in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation!
2 Corinthians 6:13 Now as a fair exchange — I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) speak (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) as to children — open wide your hearts to us also.
2 Corinthians 6:16 What agreement can the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said: (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) “I will dwell in their midst and walk among them; I will be their God and they will be my people.”
2 Corinthians 6:17 Therefore, “come out from their midst and be separate,” says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) the Lord, and “touch no unclean thing; then I will receive you,
2 Corinthians 6:18 and I will be a father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me,” says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) the Lord Almighty.
2 Corinthians 7:3 I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) do (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) not say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) this to condemn you, for I have said previously that you are in our hearts; thus we live and die together.
2 Corinthians 8:8 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) this as an order, but as a way of testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others.
2 Corinthians 9:3 But I am sending these brothers so that what we say in praise of you may not be an empty boast in this instance, that you may be ready just as I said (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl) you would be.

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