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 10:41 | Many people came to him and were saying (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “John performed no miraculous sign, but everything he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) about this man was true!” |
| John 11:3 | So the sisters sent word to him, saying (legousai | λέγουσαι | pres act ptcp nom pl fem), “Lord, the one you love is ill.” |
| John 11:4 | But when Jesus heard this, he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “This illness will not lead to death, but is for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” |
| John 11:7 | Then after this he said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.” |
| John 11:8 | The disciples said (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) to him, “Rabbi, just recently the Jews were trying to stone you, and are you going back there again?” |
| John 11:11 | These things he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), and after that he told (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him from sleep.” |
| John 11:12 | The disciples therefore said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.” |
| John 11:13 | Jesus, however, had been speaking (eirēkei | εἰρήκει | pluperf act ind 3 sg) of his death, but they thought that he (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) was (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) speaking (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) about sleep in the sense of slumber. |
| John 11:14 | Then Jesus told (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) them plainly, “Lazarus has died, |
| John 11:16 | So Thomas (called (legomenos | λεγόμενος | pres pass ptcp nom sg masc) the Twin), said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.” |
| John 11:21 | Martha then said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. |
| John 11:23 | Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to her, “Your brother will rise again.” |
| John 11:24 | Martha said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” |
| John 11:25 | Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even though he die, yet will he live, |
| John 11:27 | She said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Yes, Lord; I firmly believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who was to come into the world.” |
| John 11:28 | And when (eipousa | εἰποῦσα | aor act ptcp nom sg fem) she (eipousa | εἰποῦσα | aor act ptcp nom sg fem) had (eipousa | εἰποῦσα | aor act ptcp nom sg fem) said (eipousa | εἰποῦσα | aor act ptcp nom sg fem) this, she went back and spoke privately to her sister Mary, saying (eipousa | εἰποῦσα | aor act ptcp nom sg fem), “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.” |
| John 11:32 | When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying (legousa | λέγουσα | pres act ptcp nom sg fem) to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” |
| John 11:34 | He asked (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Where have you laid him?” They replied (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl), “Lord, come and see.” |
| John 11:36 | So the Jews kept saying (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “See how he loved him!” |
| John 11:37 | But some of them said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “Was not this man, who could open the eyes of the blind man, able to do something so that Lazarus would not have died?” |
| John 11:39 | Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Lord, by now the body will smell because it has been buried for four days.” |
| John 11:40 | Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to her, “Did (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) I (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) not say (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” |
| John 11:41 | So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted up his eyes and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. |
| John 11:42 | I know that you always hear me, but I (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) this for the sake of the crowd standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.” |
| John 11:43 | When (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) he (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) had (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) said (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) this, he called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out! |
