Vocabulary Form
λέγω
Definition

I say, speak

Erasmian
Modern
Frequency
2353
GK
3306
Forms
(ἔλεγον), ἐρῶ, εἶπον or εἶπα, εἴρηκα, εἴρημαι, ἐρρέθην or ἐρρήθην
Mnemonics

I say, let go of my well-known waffle.

Mnemonic Singing

By His love and power controlling,
all I do and say.

Song

Biblical Concordance

Matthew 9:3 At this, some of the scribes said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to themselves, “This man is blaspheming.”
Matthew 9:4 And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Why are you harboring evil thoughts in your hearts?
Matthew 9:5 For which is easier; to say (eipein | εἰπεῖν | aor act inf ), ‘Your sins are forgiven,’ or to say (eipein | εἰπεῖν | aor act inf ), ‘Stand up and walk’?
Matthew 9:6 But so you may know that the Son of Man has authority on the earth to forgive sins” — he (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) then said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to the paralytic, “Get up, pick up your stretcher, and go to your home.”
Matthew 9:9 As Jesus went on from there, he saw a man named (legomenon | λεγόμενον | pres pass ptcp acc sg masc) Matthew sitting at the tax booth, and he said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Follow me.” So Matthew got up and followed him.
Matthew 9:11 When the Pharisees saw this, they said (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl) to his disciples, “Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?”
Matthew 9:12 But when Jesus heard it, he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Those who are well have no need of a doctor, but those who are sick.
Matthew 9:14 Then the disciples of John came to him and asked (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Why do we and the Pharisees fast regularly, but your disciples do not fast?”
Matthew 9:15 And Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Certainly the wedding guests can’t mourn as long as the bridegroom is still with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away and then they will fast!
Matthew 9:18 As he was saying these things a ruler came and bowed down before him, saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “My daughter has just died; but come, lay your hand on her and she will live again.”
Matthew 9:21 for she was saying (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) to herself, “If I can only touch his garment, I will be healed.”
Matthew 9:22 And when Jesus turned and saw her, he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Take courage, my daughter; your faith has made you well.” And the woman was healed at once.
Matthew 9:24 he said (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg), “Leave now, for the girl is not dead but only sleeping.” And they began to ridicule him.
Matthew 9:27 And as Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed him, calling out, “Have mercy on us, Son of David!”
Matthew 9:28 When he had gone into the house, the blind men came to him; and Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to them, “Do you believe that I am able to do this?” They said (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) to him, “Yes, Lord.”
Matthew 9:29 Then he touched their eyes and said (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “According to your faith may it be done to you.”
Matthew 9:30 And their eyes were opened. Then Jesus sternly charged them, “See that no one knows about this.”
Matthew 9:33 And when the demon had been driven out, the man who had been mute began to speak. The crowds were amazed and said (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Never has anything like this been seen in Israel.”
Matthew 9:34 But the Pharisees kept saying (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “It is by the ruler of demons that he drives out demons.”
Matthew 9:37 Then he said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to his disciples, “The harvest is great but the workers are few;
Matthew 10:2 These are the names of the twelve apostles: first, Simon, who is called (legomenos | λεγόμενος | pres pass ptcp nom sg masc) Peter, then Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;
Matthew 10:5 These twelve Jesus sent out after instructing them as follows: (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) “Do not go among the Gentiles and do not enter any Samaritan town;
Matthew 10:7 As you go, proclaim the message, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), ‘The kingdom of heaven is at hand.’
Matthew 10:15 I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the truth, it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that town.
Matthew 10:23 When they persecute you in one town, flee to another; for I tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the truth, you will not finish going through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.