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 8:34 | Jesus answered them, “I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin. |
| John 8:39 | They answered him, saying (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “Our father is Abraham!” Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to them, “If you were really Abraham’s children, you would be doing the deeds of Abraham. |
| John 8:41 | You are doing the deeds of your father.” They said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “We have not been born as a result of fornication; we have only one father, God himself.” |
| John 8:42 | Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now I am here. I have not come on my own, but he sent me. |
| John 8:45 | Yet because I am (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) speaking (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) the truth, you do not believe me. |
| John 8:46 | Who among you can prove me guilty of any sin? If I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) am (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) speaking (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) the truth, why don’t you believe me? |
| John 8:48 | The Jews answered him, saying (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “Are we not correct in saying (legomen | λέγομεν | pres act ind 1 pl) that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?” |
| John 8:51 | I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.” |
| John 8:52 | The Jews therefore said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet you say (legeis | λέγεις | pres act ind 2 sg), ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.’ |
| John 8:54 | Jesus replied, “If I glorify myself, my glory amounts to nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say (legete | λέγετε | pres act ind 2 pl), ‘He is our God.’ |
| John 8:55 | And you have not known him, but I know him. If I were to say (eipō | εἴπω | aor act subj 1 sg) that I did not know him, I would be like you, a liar; but I do know him, and I keep his word. |
| John 8:57 | So the Jews said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and you have seen Abraham?” |
| John 8:58 | Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth, before Abraham came to be, I am!” |
| John 9:2 | And his disciples questioned him, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” |
| John 9:6 | After (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) saying (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) this, he spat on the ground and made mud with his saliva; then he daubed the mud on the man’s eyes |
| John 9:7 | and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So he went away and washed, and came back able to see. |
| John 9:8 | Then the neighbors and those who were used to seeing him as a beggar said (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?” |
| John 9:9 | Some said (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “He is the one.” Others said (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “No, but he looks like him.” But he (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) himself kept saying (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg), “I am the man.” |
| John 9:10 | So they asked (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl) him, “How then were your eyes opened?” |
| John 9:11 | He answered, “The man called (legomenos | λεγόμενος | pres pass ptcp nom sg masc) Jesus made mud, daubed it on my eyes, and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went there and washed, and I was able to see.” |
| John 9:12 | They said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “Where is that man?” He replied (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “I do not know.” |
| John 9:15 | Then the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. And he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “He daubed mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I see.” |
| John 9:16 | Then some of the Pharisees said (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “How can a sinful man perform miraculous signs like this?” And there was a division among them. |
| John 9:17 | So they spoke (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) again to the blind man, “What do (legeis | λέγεις | pres act ind 2 sg) you say (legeis | λέγεις | pres act ind 2 sg) about him, since it was your eyes that he opened?” The man replied (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “He is a prophet.” |
| John 9:19 | and asked them, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Is this your son, who you say (legete | λέγετε | pres act ind 2 pl) was born blind? How then does he now see?” |
