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
| 2 Corinthians 9:4 | Lest perhaps if some Macedonians should come with me and not find you ready, we — to say (legō | λέγω | pres act subj 1 sg) nothing of you — would be humiliated by this confidence. |
| 2 Corinthians 11:16 | Again I say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg), let no one think me foolish. But even if you do, then at least accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little. |
| 2 Corinthians 11:21 | I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) this to my shame, that in this we have been weak. But as to whatever anyone else dares to boast about — I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) am (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) talking (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) like a fool — I also dare to boast. |
| 2 Corinthians 12:6 | For even if I should choose to boast, I would not be foolish, because I (erō | ἐρῶ | fut act ind 1 sg) would (erō | ἐρῶ | fut act ind 1 sg) be (erō | ἐρῶ | fut act ind 1 sg) telling (erō | ἐρῶ | fut act ind 1 sg) the truth. But I refrain from this, so that no one will give credit to me beyond what he sees in me or he hears from me, |
| 2 Corinthians 12:9 | But he said (eirēken | εἴρηκεν | perf act ind 3 sg) to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is fulfilled in weakness.” Therefore I will most gladly boast in my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ may dwell in me. |
| Galatians 1:9 | As we have said before, and now I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel at odds with the one you have already received, let him be accursed. |
| Galatians 2:14 | But when I saw that they were not behaving in a manner consistent with the truth of the gospel, I said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) to Cephas before them all, “If you, born a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, by what right are you trying to make the Gentiles live like Jews?” |
| Galatians 3:15 | To (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) speak (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) in human terms, brothers: even though a covenant is one made by man, yet when it has been ratified, no one can set it aside or add anything to it. |
| Galatians 3:16 | Now the promises were (errethēsan | ἐρρέθησαν | aor pass ind 3 pl) made (errethēsan | ἐρρέθησαν | aor pass ind 3 pl) to Abraham and to his descendant. Scripture does (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) not say (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “and to descendants,” referring to many, but “and to your descendant,” referring to one, who is Christ. |
| Galatians 3:17 | What I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) am (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) saying (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) is this: the law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, does not annul a covenant previously established by God, so as to make the promise void. |
| Galatians 4:1 | What I am saying (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) is that as long as the heir is a minor, he differs not at all from a slave, even though in fact he owns the entire estate. |
| Galatians 4:21 | Tell (legete | λέγετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) me, you who want to be under the law, will you not listen to the law? |
| Galatians 4:30 | But what does the Scripture say (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg)? “Drive away the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman must not share the inheritance with the son of the free woman.” |
| Galatians 5:2 | Listen! I, Paul, tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you that if you agree to circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you. |
| Galatians 5:16 | So I say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg), live by the Spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh. |
| Ephesians 2:11 | So remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called (legomenoi | λεγόμενοι | pres pass ptcp nom pl masc) the uncircumcision by those called (legomenēs | λεγομένης | pres pass ptcp gen sg fem) the circumcision — made in the flesh by hands — |
| Ephesians 4:8 | Therefore it says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “When he ascended on high he led a host of prisoners captive; he gave gifts to men.” |
| Ephesians 4:17 | Now this I say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) and testify in the Lord, that you are no longer to live as the Gentiles live, in the futility of their minds, |
| Ephesians 5:12 | for it is shameful even to (legein | λέγειν | pres act inf ) speak (legein | λέγειν | pres act inf ) of what is done by them in secret. |
| Ephesians 5:14 | for everything that becomes illuminated is light. Therefore it says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “Wake up, sleeper, and rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.” |
| Ephesians 5:32 | This mystery is profound, but I am speaking (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) about Christ and about the church. |
| Philippians 3:18 | For many are living (I (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 1 sg) have (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 1 sg) often told (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 1 sg) you about (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 1 sg) them but now tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you even with tears) as enemies of the cross of Christ. |
| Philippians 4:4 | Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say (erō | ἐρῶ | fut act ind 1 sg), Rejoice! |
| Philippians 4:11 | 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) this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstance I find myself. |
| Colossians 2:4 | I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) am (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) telling (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you this so that no one may deceive you with specious arguments. |
