Gloss
say, said, the most general term for speaking in the NT, translated contextually with more specific words such as say, tell; ask, answer
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)
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for λέγω
| Luke 15:29 | but he answered his father, ‘Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disregarded a command of yours, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might celebrate with my friends. |
| Luke 15:31 | Then the father said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to him, ‘Son, you are always with me, and everything I have is yours. |
| Luke 16:1 | Then Jesus also said (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) to his disciples, “There was a rich man who had a manager, and charges were brought to him that this man was wasting his assets. |
| Luke 16:2 | So he (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) called him in and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to him, ‘What is this I hear about you? Hand over the account of your stewardship, because you cannot be my manager any longer.’ |
| Luke 16:3 | And the manager said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to himself, ‘What shall I do, since my master is taking the management away from me? I am not strong enough to dig, and I am ashamed to beg. |
| Luke 16:5 | Calling each one of his master’s debtors, he said (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) to the first, ‘How much do you owe my master?’ |
| Luke 16:6 | He said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), ‘A hundred measures of oil.’ So he told (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) him, ‘Take your contract, sit down quickly, and write fifty.’ |
| Luke 16:7 | Then he (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to another, ‘And how much do you owe?’ He answered (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), ‘A hundred measures of wheat.’ He said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, ‘Take your contract, and write eighty.’ |
| Luke 16:9 | And I say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) to you, make friends for yourselves by means of the wealth of unrighteousness, so that when it fails they may receive you into the eternal homes. |
| Luke 16:15 | And he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For what is exalted among men is an abomination before God. |
| Luke 16:24 | And calling out he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’ |
| Luke 16:25 | But Abraham said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), ‘Child, remember that you received your good things during your lifetime, and Lazarus correspondingly received bad things; but now he is comforted here, and you are in anguish. |
| Luke 16:27 | So the rich man said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), ‘Then I beg you, father, send Lazarus to the house of my father |
| Luke 16:29 | But Abraham said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), ‘They have Moses and the Prophets; let them listen to them.’ |
| Luke 16:30 | Then the rich man said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), ‘No, father Abraham; but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’ |
| Luke 16:31 | He said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded should someone rise from the dead.’” |
| Luke 17:1 | And he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to his disciples, “It is inevitable that occasions for stumbling will come, but woe to the one through whom they come! |
| Luke 17:4 | And if he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times returns to you saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), ‘I repent,’ you must forgive him.” |
| Luke 17:5 | The apostles said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to the Lord, “Increase our faith!” |
| Luke 17:6 | And the Lord said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you could say (elegete | ἐλέγετε | imperf act ind 2 pl) to this sycamore, ‘Be uprooted and planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you. |
| Luke 17:7 | Which one of you, having a servant plowing or tending sheep, who, when he comes in from the field, will say (erei | ἐρεῖ | fut act ind 3 sg) to him, ‘Come here at once and recline at dinner’? |
| Luke 17:8 | Will (erei | ἐρεῖ | fut act ind 3 sg) he (erei | ἐρεῖ | fut act ind 3 sg) not, rather, say (erei | ἐρεῖ | fut act ind 3 sg) to him, ‘Prepare what I am to eat, then change clothes and wait on me while I eat and drink, and after this you may eat and drink’? |
| Luke 17:10 | So it is with you. When you have done all that was commanded, say (legete | λέγετε | pres act imperative 2 pl), ‘We are unworthy servants; we have done no more than we were obliged to do.’” |
| Luke 17:13 | They raised their voices, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!” |
| Luke 17:14 | When he saw them, he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went they were made clean. |
