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 26:15 | And I said (eipa | εἶπα | aor act ind 1 sg), ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lord said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), ‘I am Jesus whom you are persecuting. |
| Acts 26:22 | Obtaining help, therefore, from God, until this day I have stood testifying both to small and great, saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would come to pass: |
| Acts 26:31 | and after they had left the room, they spoke to one another, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “This man is doing nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.” |
| Acts 27:10 | saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “Gentlemen, I perceive that the voyage that is about to take place will involve injury and much loss, not only of the cargo and the ship, but also of our lives.” |
| Acts 27:11 | But the centurion was more convinced by the captain and the ship’s owner than by what Paul was saying (legomenois | λεγομένοις | pres pass ptcp dat pl neut). |
| Acts 27:21 | Since they had long been without food, Paul stood up in their midst and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Men, you should have followed my advice and not set sail from Crete and incurred this injury and loss. |
| Acts 27:24 | saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), ‘Do not be afraid, Paul; you must stand before Caesar; and behold, God has granted you as a gift all those who sail with you.’ |
| Acts 27:31 | Paul said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to the centurion and the soldiers, “If these men do not remain in the ship, you cannot be saved.” |
| Acts 27:33 | As day was about to dawn, Paul urged them all to take some food, saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “Today is the fourteenth day that you have continued in suspense and been without food, having taken nothing. |
| Acts 27:35 | And when he had said (eipas | εἴπας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) these things, he took bread, and giving thanks to God before them all, he broke it and began to eat. |
| Acts 28:4 | When the native people saw the creature hanging from his hand, they (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl) said (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl) to each other, “Certainly this man is a murderer, and though he has escaped from the sea, justice has not allowed him to live.” |
| Acts 28:6 | They were expecting that he was going to swell up or suddenly fall down dead; but when they waited a long time and saw no misfortune happen to him, they changed their minds and said (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl) that he was a god. |
| Acts 28:17 | And it happened that after three days Paul called together the leaders of the Jews. And when they gathered, he said (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) to them: “My brothers, though I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. |
| Acts 28:21 | And they said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “We have received no letters from Judea about you, nor have any of the brothers come from there and reported or spoken any bad about you. |
| Acts 28:24 | saying, some were convinced by what he said (legomenois | λεγομένοις | pres pass ptcp dat pl neut), but others refused to believe. |
| Acts 28:25 | And not being in harmony among themselves, they departed after Paul made (eipontos | εἰπόντος | aor act ptcp gen sg masc) one further statement. “The Holy Spirit was right in saying to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet: |
| Acts 28:26 | “‘Go to this people, and say (eipon | εἰπόν | aor act imperative 2 sg), “You will indeed hear but never understand, and you will indeed see but never perceive”; |
| Romans 2:22 | You who tell (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp voc sg masc) others not to commit adultery, do you commit adultery? You who abhor idols, do you rob temples? |
| Romans 3:5 | But if our unrighteousness demonstrates the righteousness of God, what shall we say (eroumen | ἐροῦμεν | fut act ind 1 pl)? That God is unjust to inflict wrath on us? (I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) use (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) a human argument!) (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) |
| Romans 3:8 | And why not say (as some slanderously claim that we are saying) (legein | λέγειν | pres act inf ), “Let us do evil so that good may come of it”? Their condemnation is well deserved! |
| Romans 3:19 | Now we know that whatever the law says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world may be held accountable to God. |
| Romans 4:1 | What then shall we say (eroumen | ἐροῦμεν | fut act ind 1 pl) that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has discovered about this? |
| Romans 4:3 | For what does (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) the scripture say (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg)? “And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” |
| Romans 4:6 | So also David speaks (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) of the blessedness of the one to whom God credits righteousness apart from works: |
| Romans 4:9 | Therefore, is this blessedness for the circumcised alone, or is it also for the uncircumcised? For we say (legomen | λέγομεν | pres act ind 1 pl), “It was to Abraham that faith was credited as righteousness.” |
