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
| Acts 16:31 | And they said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household.” |
| Acts 16:35 | But when it was day, the magistrates sent their constables, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Release those men.” |
| Acts 17:7 | and Jason has received them as guests; and all these men are acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) that there is another king, Jesus.” |
| Acts 17:18 | Also some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were conversing with him, and some were asking (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “What does this babbler want to say?” (legein | λέγειν | pres act inf ) Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange gods,” for he was announcing the good news about Jesus and the resurrection. |
| Acts 17:19 | And they took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “May we know what is this new teaching being presented by you? |
| Acts 17:21 | (Now all the Athenians and the foreigners living there used to spend their time in nothing else than to tell (legein | λέγειν | pres act inf ) or to hear something new.) |
| Acts 17:28 | ‘For in him we live and move about and exist,’ as even some of your own poets have said (eirēkasin | εἰρήκασιν | perf act ind 3 pl), ‘For we too are his offspring.’ |
| Acts 17:32 | Now when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked, but others said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “We will hear you again about this.” |
| Acts 18:6 | But when they opposed and reviled him, he (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) shook out his garments and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Your blood be on your own head! I am guiltless. From now on I will go to the Gentiles.” |
| Acts 18:9 | And the Lord said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to Paul during the night in a vision, “Do not be afraid, but go on speaking and do not be silent, |
| Acts 18:13 | saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “This man is persuading men to worship God in a way contrary to the law.” |
| Acts 18:14 | But when Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to the Jews, “If it were a matter of wrongdoing or a serious piece of villainy, O Jews, it would be reasonable for me to put up with you. |
| Acts 18:21 | but bade farewell, saying (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc), “I will come back to you again, God willing.” Then he set sail from Ephesus, |
| Acts 19:2 | and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you believed?” They said to him, “Why, we have not even heard if there is a Holy Spirit.” |
| Acts 19:3 | So Paul asked (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Into what then were you baptized?” And they replied (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “Into the baptism of John.” |
| Acts 19:4 | Paul said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.” |
| Acts 19:13 | But some also of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those having evil spirits, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “I adjure you by that Jesus whom Paul proclaims.” |
| Acts 19:15 | But the evil spirit answering said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?” |
| Acts 19:21 | Now after all these things had taken place, Paul resolved in spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and on to Jerusalem, saying (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc), “After I have been there, I must also see Rome.” |
| Acts 19:25 | He (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) called them together with workmen in similar trades, and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Men, you know that from this trade prosperity comes to us. |
| Acts 19:26 | And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable number of people, saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) that gods made by hand are not gods at all. |
| Acts 19:28 | When they heard this, they were filled with anger and began to cry out, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Great is Artemis of the Ephesians!” |
| Acts 19:40 | For indeed we are in danger of being charged in connection with this day’s riot, there being no cause for it; and we will not be able to give an explanation for it.” And having (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) said (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) this, he dismissed the assembly. |
| Acts 20:10 | But Paul went down and threw himself on him, and putting his arms around him, said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Do not be alarmed, for his life is in him.” |
| Acts 20:18 | And when they came to him, he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them: “You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day on which I set foot in Asia, |
