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
| John 1:33 | I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to me, ‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining it is he who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ |
| John 1:36 | Looking intently at Jesus as he walked about, John said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “Behold, the Lamb of God!” |
| John 1:38 | When Jesus turned around and saw them following him, he said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to them, “What do you want?” They said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “Rabbi” (which translated means (legetai | λέγεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) “Teacher”), “where are you staying?” |
| John 1:39 | He said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to them, “Come and you will see.” So they went and saw where he was staying, and they remained with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour. |
| John 1:41 | The first thing he did was to find his own brother Simon and say (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “We have found the Messiah!” (which is translated “Christ”). |
| John 1:42 | He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him intently and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “You are Simon, the son of John; you will be called Cephas” (which is translated “Peter”). |
| John 1:43 | The following day Jesus decided to go to Galilee, and he met Philip. And Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Follow me.” |
| John 1:45 | Philip found Nathanael and told (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) him, “We have found the one of whom Moses wrote in the law, and of whom the prophets wrote — Jesus, the son of Joseph, a man from Nazareth.” |
| John 1:46 | And Nathanael said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to him, “Can anything good come out of Nazareth?” Philip said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Come and see.” |
| John 1:47 | Jesus saw Nathanael coming toward him and said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) of him, “Here is a true Israelite, one in whom there is no deceit!” |
| John 1:48 | Nathanael asked (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) him, “How did you get to know me?” Jesus answered him, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Before Philip called you, while you were still under the fig tree, I saw you.” |
| John 1:50 | Jesus responded, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to him, “Is it because I told (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) you that I saw you under the fig tree that you believe? You will see greater things than that.” |
| John 1:51 | Then he said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth: you will see heaven standing open and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man.” |
| John 2:3 | When the wine ran out, Jesus’ mother said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “They have no more wine.” |
| John 2:4 | And Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to her, “Woman, what is that to me and to you? My hour has not yet come.” |
| John 2:5 | His mother said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to the servants, “Do whatever he tells (legē | λέγῃ | pres act subj 3 sg) you.” |
| John 2:7 | Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to the servants, “Fill the jars with water.” So they filled them up to the brim. |
| John 2:8 | Then he told (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) them, “Now draw some out and take it to the master of the feast.” So they took him some, |
| John 2:10 | and said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Everyone serves the choice wine first, and then when the guests are a bit tipsy, that which is inferior. But you have kept the good wine until now.” |
| John 2:16 | To those who were selling doves he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Take those out of here! Do not make my Father’s house a marketplace!” |
| John 2:18 | The Jews therefore replied, saying (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do all this?” |
| John 2:19 | Jesus answered them, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Destroy this temple and in three days I will restore it.” |
| John 2:20 | Then the Jews said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “This temple has been under construction for forty-six years, and you can restore it in three days?” |
| John 2:21 | But he was speaking (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) about the temple of his body. |
| John 2:22 | Therefore, when he had risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) had (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) said (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) this, and they believed the scripture and the words that Jesus had spoken (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg). |
