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λέγω

Vocabulary form: 
levgw
Definition: 

I say, speak

Erasmian: 
Modern: 
Frequency: 
2,353
GK: 
3306
Root: 
*leg
Mnemonics: 

I say, let go of my well-known waffle.

Mnemonic Singing: 

By His love and power controlling,
all I do and say.

Mnemonics

Submitted by Albert on Thu, 2017-09-14 07:30

Sounds like the song from Frozen, "Let it go".

Submitted by AWOL on Thu, 2018-09-13 08:57

LEGO of my leg, I SAY!

Submitted by Veritas19 on Thu, 2021-10-07 13:41

I say Lego

Biblical Concordance

John 9:20 His parents answered, saying (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “We know that this is our son and that he was born blind;
John 9:22 His parents said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) this because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone should confess Jesus to be the Christ, he was to be put out of the synagogue.
John 9:23 For this reason his parents said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “He is an adult, ask him.”
John 9:24 So for the second time they called the man who had been blind and said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “Give the glory to God! We know that this man is a sinner.”
John 9:26 Therefore they said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?”
John 9:27 He answered them, “I told (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) you already and you did not listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You do not want to become his disciples too, do you?”
John 9:28 Then they scoffed at him, saying (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 3 pl), “You are a disciple of that man! But we are disciples of Moses!
John 9:30 The man responded to them, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “This is an amazing thing, that you do not know where he comes from, and yet he opened my eyes!
John 9:34 They replied to him, saying (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “You were born completely in sin, and would you lecture us?” So they threw him out.
John 9:35 Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and when he found him, he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Do you believe in the Son of Man?”
John 9:36 The man replied, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “And who is he, sir? Tell me, so that I may believe in him.”
John 9:37 Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to him, “You have seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking with you.”
John 9:39 Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “For judgment I came into this world, so that those who cannot see may receive their sight, and that those who think they see may become blind.”
John 9:40 Some of the Pharisees who were near him heard this, and said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “Surely we are not blind too, are we?”
John 9:41 Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now you are saying (legete | λέγετε | pres act ind 2 pl), ‘We can see,’ so your guilt remains.
John 10:1 “I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth, the one who does not enter the sheepfold through the gate, but climbs in by some other way, is a thief and a robber.
John 10:6 Jesus told (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) them this figurative story, but they did not understand what he was saying to them.
John 10:7 So Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) once again, “I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth, I am the gate for the sheep.
John 10:20 Many of them were saying (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “He is demon-possessed and out of control. Why are you listening to him?”
John 10:21 Others were saying (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “These are not the words of a man possessed by a demon. Can a demon open the eyes of the blind?”
John 10:24 The Jews surrounded him and asked (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “How much longer will you provoke us to anger? If you are the Christ, tell (eipe | εἰπέ | aor act imperative 2 sg) us plainly.”
John 10:25 Jesus answered them, “I did tell (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) you, yet you do not believe. The works that I am doing in my Father’s name speak on my behalf.
John 10:34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said (eipa | εἶπα | aor act ind 1 sg), you are gods’?
John 10:35 If the scripture called (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) them ‘gods’ to whom the word of God came — and scripture cannot be annulled —
John 10:36 do (legete | λέγετε | pres act ind 2 pl) you say (legete | λέγετε | pres act ind 2 pl) regarding the one whom the Father consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg), ‘I am the Son of God’?
John 10:41 Many people came to him and were saying (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “John performed no miraculous sign, but everything he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) about this man was true!”
John 11:3 So the sisters sent word to him, saying (legousai | λέγουσαι | pres act ptcp nom pl fem), “Lord, the one you love is ill.”
John 11:4 But when Jesus heard this, he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “This illness will not lead to death, but is for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
John 11:7 Then after this he said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.”
John 11:8 The disciples said (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) to him, “Rabbi, just recently the Jews were trying to stone you, and are you going back there again?”
John 11:11 These things he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), and after that he told (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him from sleep.”
John 11:12 The disciples therefore said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”
John 11:13 Jesus, however, had been speaking (eirēkei | εἰρήκει | pluperf act ind 3 sg) of his death, but they thought that he (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) was (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) speaking (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) about sleep in the sense of slumber.
John 11:14 Then Jesus told (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) them plainly, “Lazarus has died,
John 11:16 So Thomas (called (legomenos | λεγόμενος | pres pass ptcp nom sg masc) the Twin), said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”
John 11:21 Martha then said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
John 11:23 Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
John 11:24 Martha said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
John 11:25 Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even though he die, yet will he live,
John 11:27 She said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Yes, Lord; I firmly believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who was to come into the world.”
John 11:28 And when (eipousa | εἰποῦσα | aor act ptcp nom sg fem) she (eipousa | εἰποῦσα | aor act ptcp nom sg fem) had (eipousa | εἰποῦσα | aor act ptcp nom sg fem) said (eipousa | εἰποῦσα | aor act ptcp nom sg fem) this, she went back and spoke privately to her sister Mary, saying (eipousa | εἰποῦσα | aor act ptcp nom sg fem), “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”
John 11:32 When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying (legousa | λέγουσα | pres act ptcp nom sg fem) to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
John 11:34 He asked (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Where have you laid him?” They replied (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl), “Lord, come and see.”
John 11:36 So the Jews kept saying (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “See how he loved him!”
John 11:37 But some of them said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “Was not this man, who could open the eyes of the blind man, able to do something so that Lazarus would not have died?”
John 11:39 Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Lord, by now the body will smell because it has been buried for four days.”
John 11:40 Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to her, “Did (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) I (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) not say (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?”
John 11:41 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted up his eyes and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Father, I thank you that you have heard me.
John 11:42 I know that you always hear me, but I (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) this for the sake of the crowd standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”
John 11:43 When (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) he (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) had (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) said (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) this, he called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!

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