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 3:2 | This man came to Jesus by night and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one is able to perform the miraculous signs that you are doing unless God is with him.” |
| John 3:3 | Jesus answered him, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth, unless a person is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.” |
| John 3:4 | Nicodemus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter into his mother’s womb and be born a second time, can he?” |
| John 3:5 | Jesus answered, “I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth, unless one is born of water and Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. |
| John 3:7 | Do not be astonished that I said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) to you, ‘You must be born again.’ |
| John 3:9 | Nicodemus replied, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to him, “How can these things be?” |
| John 3:10 | Jesus answered, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and you do not understand these things?” |
| John 3:11 | “I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony. |
| John 3:12 | If I (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) have (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) told (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) you about (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell (eipō | εἴπω | aor act subj 1 sg) you about (eipō | εἴπω | aor act subj 1 sg) heavenly things? |
| John 3:26 | So they came to John and said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “Rabbi, that man who was with you on the far side of the Jordan, the one to whom you bore witness — well, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him!” |
| John 3:27 | John responded, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “A man cannot receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven. |
| John 3:28 | You yourselves bear me witness that I said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg), ‘I am not the Christ,’ but rather, ‘I am the one sent ahead of him.’ |
| John 4:5 | So he came to a town in Samaria called (legomenēn | λεγομένην | pres pass ptcp acc sg fem) Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. |
| John 4:7 | There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to her, “Give me a drink.” |
| John 4:9 | The Samaritan woman said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, are asking for a drink from me, a woman from Samaria?” (For Jews use nothing in common with Samaritans.) |
| John 4:10 | Jesus answered her, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “If you had known the gift of God and who it was that said (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.” |
| John 4:11 | The woman said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Sir, you have no bucket and the well is deep. How then are you going to draw the living water? |
| John 4:13 | Jesus replied, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again, |
| John 4:15 | The woman said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.” |
| John 4:16 | Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to her, “Go, call your husband, and come back here.” |
| John 4:17 | The woman replied “I do not have a husband.” Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to her, “You (eipas | εἶπας | aor act ind 2 sg) are (eipas | εἶπας | aor act ind 2 sg) right in saying (eipas | εἶπας | aor act ind 2 sg), ‘I do not have a husband,’ |
| John 4:18 | for you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You (eirēkas | εἴρηκας | perf act ind 2 sg) have (eirēkas | εἴρηκας | perf act ind 2 sg) spoken (eirēkas | εἴρηκας | perf act ind 2 sg) the truth.” |
| John 4:19 | The woman said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Sir, I can see that you are a prophet. |
| John 4:20 | Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say (legete | λέγετε | pres act ind 2 pl) that the place where people should worship is in Jerusalem.” |
| John 4:21 | Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to her, “Believe me, woman, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem. |
