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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

Revelation 7:12 saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Amen! Praise and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”
Revelation 7:13 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “These dressed in white robes — who are they and where did they come from?”
Revelation 7:14 I said (eirēka | εἴρηκα | perf act ind 1 sg) to him, “My lord, you are the one who knows.” Then he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to me, “These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Revelation 8:11 The name of the star is (legetai | λέγεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) Wormwood. A third of the waters became wormwood, and many people died from the waters because they had been made bitter.
Revelation 8:13 Then I looked, and I heard an eagle crying (legontos | λέγοντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) with a loud voice as it flew directly overhead, “Woe, woe, woe to those who live on the earth because of the blasts of the other trumpets that the three angels are about to blow!”
Revelation 9:4 They were told (errethē | ἐρρέθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) not to harm the grass of the earth or any green plant or any tree, but only those people who did not have the seal of God on their foreheads.
Revelation 9:14 saying (legonta | λέγοντα | pres act ptcp acc sg masc) to the sixth angel who had the trumpet, “Release the four angels who are bound at the great river Euphrates.”
Revelation 10:4 And when the seven thunders had sounded, I was preparing to write but I heard a voice from heaven saying (legousan | λέγουσαν | pres act ptcp acc sg fem), “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”
Revelation 10:8 Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying (legousan | λέγουσαν | pres act ptcp acc sg fem), “Go, take the scroll that is open in the hand of the angel who is standing on the sea and on the land.”
Revelation 10:9 So I went to the angel and told (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) him to give me the little scroll. And he said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to me, “Take it and eat it; it will make your stomach bitter, but in your mouth it will be sweet as honey.”
Revelation 10:11 Then they said (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) to me, “You must prophesy again about many peoples and nations and languages and kings.”
Revelation 11:1 Then a measuring rod like a staff was given to me; and someone said (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and those who worship there,
Revelation 11:12 Then they heard a loud voice from heaven, saying (legousēs | λεγούσης | pres act ptcp gen sg fem) to them, “Come up here!” And they arose to heaven in a cloud, and their enemies watched them.
Revelation 11:15 Then the seventh angel blew his trumpet, and there were loud voices in heaven, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of his Christ, and he will reign forever and ever.”
Revelation 11:17 saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “We give thanks to you, Lord God Almighty, who is and who was, because you have taken your great power and begun to reign.
Revelation 12:10 Then I heard a loud voice in heaven saying (legousan | λέγουσαν | pres act ptcp acc sg fem), “Just now have come the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ, because the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, the one who accuses them day and night before our God.
Revelation 13:4 They worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they worshiped the beast, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Who is like the beast?” and, “Who is able to make war against him?”
Revelation 13:14 and by the signs he was allowed to perform on behalf of the beast, he deceived those who live on the earth. He told (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) them to make an image in honor of the beast who had been wounded by the sword yet lived.
Revelation 14:7 And he said (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) with a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come, and worship him who made heaven and earth, the sea and the springs of water.”
Revelation 14:8 Then another angel, a second, followed, saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! — she who has made all nations drink of the wine of her passionate immorality.”
Revelation 14:9 Then another angel, a third, followed them, declaring (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) in a loud voice, “If anyone worships the beast and his image, and receives a mark on his forehead or on his hand,
Revelation 14:13 And I heard a voice from heaven saying (legousēs | λεγούσης | pres act ptcp gen sg fem), “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.” “Yes indeed!” says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) the Spirit, “so they can rest from their labors, because their deeds will follow them!”
Revelation 14:18 Then another angel, the one who had authority over the fire, came out from the altar and called with a loud voice to the angel who had the sharp sickle, “Thrust in your sickle and gather the clusters of grapes from the vine of the earth, for its grapes are ripe.”
Revelation 15:3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Great and marvelous are your deeds, O Lord God Almighty! Just and true are your ways, O King of the nations!
Revelation 16:1 Then I heard a loud voice from the temple declaring (legousēs | λεγούσης | pres act ptcp gen sg fem) to the seven angels, “Go and pour out on the earth the seven bowls of God’s wrath.”
Revelation 16:5 Then I heard the angel in charge of the waters say (legontos | λέγοντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc), “You are just, O Holy One, who is and who was, because you brought these judgments,
Revelation 16:7 And I heard the altar saying (legontos | λέγοντος | pres act ptcp gen sg neut), “Yes indeed, O Lord God the Almighty, true and just are your judgments!”
Revelation 16:17 Then the seventh angel poured out his bowl on the air, and out of the temple came a loud voice from the throne, saying (legousa | λέγουσα | pres act ptcp nom sg fem), “It is done!”
Revelation 17:1 Then one of the seven angels who had the seven bowls came and talked with me, saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “Come, I will show you the judgment of the great prostitute who is seated on many waters.
Revelation 17:7 Then the angel said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to me, “Why are you astounded? I will explain (erō | ἐρῶ | fut act ind 1 sg) to you the mystery of the woman and of the beast with seven heads and ten horns that carries her.
Revelation 17:15 Then the angel said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to me, “The waters that you saw, where the prostitute is seated, are peoples, multitudes, nations, and languages.
Revelation 18:2 And he called out with a powerful voice, saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “Fallen, fallen is Babylon the great! She has become a dwelling place for demons and a haunt for every unclean spirit, a haunt for every unclean bird, a haunt for every unclean and detestable beast.
Revelation 18:4 Then I heard another voice from heaven saying (legousan | λέγουσαν | pres act ptcp acc sg fem), “Come out of her, my people, lest you share in her sins, and lest you receive her plagues;
Revelation 18:7 As she exalted herself and lived in luxury, give her an equal measure of torment and mourning; because in her heart she said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), ‘I sit as a queen, I am no widow, and mourning I will never see.’
Revelation 18:10 They will stand at a distance in fear of her torment, and say (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Alas! Alas! O great city, Babylon the mighty city! For in a single hour your judgment has come.”
Revelation 18:16 They will lament (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Alas, alas, O great city, clothed in fine linen, purple, and scarlet, glittering with gold, precious stones, and pearls!
Revelation 18:18 and cried out as they saw the smoke of her burning, exclaiming (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “What city was ever like the great city?”
Revelation 18:19 And they threw dust on their heads and cried out as they wept and mourned, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Alas, alas, O great city by which all who had ships at sea grew rich from her prosperity! For in a single hour she has been brought to ruin.
Revelation 18:21 Then a mighty angel picked up a stone the size of a huge millstone and hurled it into the sea, saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “With this kind of violence Babylon the great city will be thrown down, and never again will it be found!
Revelation 19:1 After this I heard what sounded like the roar of a great throng in heaven, saying (legontōn | λεγόντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc), “Hallelujah! Salvation and glory and power belong to our God,
Revelation 19:3 Then again they cried out (eirēkan | εἴρηκαν | perf act ind 3 pl), “Hallelujah! The smoke from her burning rises forever and ever!”
Revelation 19:4 And the twenty-four elders and the four living creatures fell down and worshiped God who was seated on the throne, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Amen! Hallelujah!”
Revelation 19:5 And from the throne came a voice saying (legousa | λέγουσα | pres act ptcp nom sg fem), “Praise our God, all you his servants and you who fear him, small and great.”
Revelation 19:6 Then I heard what sounded like the voice of a great multitude — it was like the roar of many waters, like the sound of crashing thunder — crying out (legontōn | λεγόντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc), “Hallelujah! For the Lord our God the Almighty reigns!
Revelation 19:9 And the angel said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to me, “Write, ‘Blessed are those who are invited to the marriage supper of the Lamb!’” He (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) also said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to me, “These are the true words of God.”
Revelation 19:10 Then I fell down at his feet to worship him, but he said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to me, “Do not do that! I am a fellow servant with you and your brothers who hold to the testimony about Jesus. Worship God! For the testimony about Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.”
Revelation 19:17 Then I saw an angel standing in the sun, and he called with a loud voice to all the birds flying in midair, “Come, gather together for the great supper of God,
Revelation 21:3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying (legousēs | λεγούσης | pres act ptcp gen sg fem), “Behold, the dwelling place of God is with man, and he will dwell with them. They will be his people, and he will be with them as their God.
Revelation 21:5 And the one seated on the throne said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Behold, I am making all things new.” And he said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “Write it down, for these words are trustworthy and true.”
Revelation 21:6 And he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to me, “It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the one who thirsts I will give permission to drink free of charge from the spring of the water of life.

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