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
| Matthew 10:27 | What I say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) to you in the darkness, speak (eipate | εἴπατε | aor act imperative 2 pl) in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops. |
| Matthew 10:42 | And whoever, because he is a disciple, gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink, I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the truth, he will by no means lose his reward.” |
| Matthew 11:3 | asking (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) “Are you the one who is to come, or should we wait for someone else?” |
| Matthew 11:4 | And Jesus answered them, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Go and tell John what you hear and see: |
| Matthew 11:7 | As they went away, Jesus began to speak (legein | λέγειν | pres act inf ) to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind? |
| Matthew 11:9 | What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you, and more than a prophet. |
| Matthew 11:11 | “I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the truth, there has not risen among those born of women anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. |
| Matthew 11:17 | ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’ |
| Matthew 11:18 | For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl), ‘He has a demon!’ |
| Matthew 11:19 | The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl), ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is shown to be right by what she does.” |
| Matthew 11:22 | Nevertheless I tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you. |
| Matthew 11:24 | Nevertheless I tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you that it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.” |
| Matthew 11:25 | At that time Jesus declared, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and clever and revealed them to little children; |
| Matthew 12:2 | But when the Pharisees saw this, they said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on a Sabbath.” |
| Matthew 12:3 | But he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Have you not read what David did when he and those with him were hungry, |
| Matthew 12:6 | But I say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) to you that something greater than the temple is here. |
| Matthew 12:10 | and there he saw a man with a withered hand. And they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” — so they might have a charge to bring against him. |
| Matthew 12:11 | But he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “What man is there among you who has only one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out? |
| Matthew 12:13 | Then he said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And the man stretched it out, and it was restored, sound like the other. |
| Matthew 12:17 | so that what was written (rhēthen | ῥηθέν | aor pass ptcp nom sg neut) by Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled: |
| Matthew 12:23 | And all the crowds were astonished and were saying (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “Could this be the Son of David?” |
| Matthew 12:24 | But when the Pharisees heard this, they said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 3 pl), “This fellow does not cast out demons except by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.” |
| Matthew 12:25 | But he (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) knew their thoughts and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to ruin, and no city or house divided against itself will stand. |
| Matthew 12:31 | “For this reason I say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven. |
| Matthew 12:32 | And whoever speaks (eipē | εἴπῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks (eipē | εἴπῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, neither in this age nor in the age to come. |
