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 13:38 | Jesus replied, “Will you lay down your life for me? I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth, the rooster will not crow before you deny me three times. |
| John 14:2 | In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places; if that were not the case, would I have told (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) you that I am going there to prepare a place for you? |
| John 14:5 | Thomas said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” |
| John 14:6 | Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me. |
| John 14:8 | Philip said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.” |
| John 14:9 | Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Have I been so long a time with you, Philip, and you still do not know me? The one who has seen me has seen the Father! How can (legeis | λέγεις | pres act ind 2 sg) you say (legeis | λέγεις | pres act ind 2 sg), ‘Show us the Father’? |
| John 14:10 | Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father residing in me is doing his works. |
| John 14:12 | I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth, the one who believes in me will do the works that I do; in fact, greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. |
| John 14:22 | Judas (not Iscariot) said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Lord, what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?” |
| John 14:23 | Jesus answered him, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling place with him. |
| John 14:26 | But the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will instruct you regarding all things, and cause you to remember everything that I have told (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) you. |
| John 14:28 | You heard me say (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come back to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I. |
| John 14:29 | And now I have told (eirēka | εἴρηκα | perf act ind 1 sg) you before it happens, that when it does happen you may believe. |
| John 15:15 | No longer do I call (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I (eirēka | εἴρηκα | perf act ind 1 sg) have (eirēka | εἴρηκα | perf act ind 1 sg) called (eirēka | εἴρηκα | perf act ind 1 sg) you friends, because all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. |
| John 15:20 | Remember the saying that I told (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) you, ‘The servant is not greater than his master.’ If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep yours as well. |
| John 16:4 | But I have said these things to you so that when their hour comes you will remember that I told (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) you about (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) them. “I (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) did (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) not tell (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) you these things at the start because I was with you. |
| John 16:7 | Nevertheless I am (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) telling (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the truth; it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Paraclete will not come to you; but if I go away, I will send him to you. |
| John 16:12 | “I have many more things to (legein | λέγειν | pres act inf ) say (legein | λέγειν | pres act inf ) to you, but you cannot bear them now. |
| John 16:15 | All that the Father has is mine; that is why I said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) that he will take what is mine and declare it to you. |
| John 16:17 | Some of his disciples therefore said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to one another, “What is this that he is saying (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to us, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me’ and, ‘Because I am going to the Father’?” |
| John 16:18 | So they kept saying (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “What is this ‘little while’ of which he speaks (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg)? We do not understand what he is talking about.” |
| John 16:19 | Jesus knew that they wanted to question him, so he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Are you deliberating with one another about this — that I said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg), ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me’? |
| John 16:20 | I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth, you will weep and wail, and the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy. |
| John 16:23 | On that day you will question me about nothing. I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth: whatever you ask of the Father in my name he will give to you. |
| John 16:26 | In that day you will ask in my name. I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) am (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) not saying (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) to you that I will intercede with the Father on your behalf; |
