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 7:40 | After hearing these words, some of the crowd began to say (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “This man really is the prophet.” |
| John 7:41 | Others were saying (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “This man is the Christ.” But others were saying (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “Surely the Christ does not come from Galilee, does he? |
| John 7:42 | Has (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) not the scripture said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) that the Christ will be a descendant of David and come from Bethlehem, the village where David was born?” |
| John 7:45 | Then the temple guards went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 3 pl) to them, “Why did you not bring him?” |
| John 7:50 | Nicodemus (he who had earlier come to Jesus), being one of their number, put (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) this (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) question (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to them: |
| John 7:52 | They replied to him, saying (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “You too are not from Galilee, are you? Search and you will see that no prophet will arise from Galilee.” |
| John 8:4 | they said (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) to Jesus, “Teacher, this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. |
| John 8:5 | Moses commanded us in the law to stone to death such women. But you, what do you say?” (legeis | λέγεις | pres act ind 2 sg) |
| John 8:6 | (They (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl) said (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl) this as a trap, so they could have some basis for accusing him.) Jesus bent down and started writing on the ground with his finger. |
| John 8:7 | When they kept on questioning him, he straightened up and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “The man among you without sin, let him be the first to throw a stone at her.” |
| John 8:10 | Jesus straightened up and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to her, “Woman, where are they? Did no one condemn you?” |
| John 8:11 | She said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “No one, Lord.” Then Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Neither do I condemn you; go, and from now on sin no more.” |
| John 8:12 | Again Jesus spoke to them, saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” |
| John 8:13 | Therefore the Pharisees said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “You are bearing witness about yourself; your testimony is not valid.” |
| John 8:14 | Jesus answered them, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Even if I am bearing witness about myself, my testimony is valid, because I know where I came from and where I am going. You, on the other hand, do not know where I come from or where I am going. |
| John 8:19 | Then they began asking (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl) him, “Where is your father?” Jesus replied, “You know neither me nor my Father. If you knew me you would know my Father also.” |
| John 8:21 | Then he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them again, “I am going away, and you will search for me but will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.” |
| John 8:22 | So the Jews said (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “Surely he is not going to kill himself, is he, because he said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), ‘Where I am going, you cannot come’?” |
| John 8:23 | He said (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) to them, “You are from below; I am from above. You are of this world; I am not of this world. |
| John 8:24 | This is why I said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) to you that you would die in your sins, for if you do not believe that I am he, you will die in your sins.” |
| John 8:25 | So they said (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl) to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning. |
| John 8:27 | They did not understand that he (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) was (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) speaking (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) to them about the Father. |
| John 8:28 | So Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he. I do nothing on my own, but speak only those things the Father has taught me. |
| John 8:31 | Jesus therefore said (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) to the Jews who had put their trust in him, “If you continue in my word, you are truly my disciples, |
| John 8:33 | They replied to him, “We are descendants of Abraham and have never been slaves to anyone! How can (legeis | λέγεις | pres act ind 2 sg) you say (legeis | λέγεις | pres act ind 2 sg), ‘You will become free’?” |
