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 10:27 What I say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) to you in the darkness, speak (eipate | εἴπατε | aor act imperative 2 pl) in the light; and what you hear whispered, proclaim from the housetops.
Matthew 10:42 And whoever, because he is a disciple, gives one of these little ones even a cup of cold water to drink, I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the truth, he will by no means lose his reward.”
Matthew 11:3 asking (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) “Are you the one who is to come, or should we wait for someone else?”
Matthew 11:4 And Jesus answered them, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Go and tell John what you hear and see:
Matthew 11:7 As they went away, Jesus began to speak (legein | λέγειν | pres act inf ) to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to look at? A reed shaken by the wind?
Matthew 11:9 What then did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you, and more than a prophet.
Matthew 11:11 “I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the truth, there has not risen among those born of women anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
Matthew 11:17 ‘We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’
Matthew 11:18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl), ‘He has a demon!’
Matthew 11:19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl), ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ Yet wisdom is shown to be right by what she does.”
Matthew 11:22 Nevertheless I tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you, it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon on the day of judgment than for you.
Matthew 11:24 Nevertheless I tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you that it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom on the day of judgment than for you.”
Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus declared, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and clever and revealed them to little children;
Matthew 12:2 But when the Pharisees saw this, they said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “Look, your disciples are doing what is not lawful to do on a Sabbath.”
Matthew 12:3 But he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Have you not read what David did when he and those with him were hungry,
Matthew 12:6 But I say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) to you that something greater than the temple is here.
Matthew 12:10 and there he saw a man with a withered hand. And they asked him, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?” — so they might have a charge to bring against him.
Matthew 12:11 But he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “What man is there among you who has only one sheep, and if it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?
Matthew 12:13 Then he said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And the man stretched it out, and it was restored, sound like the other.
Matthew 12:17 so that what was written (rhēthen | ῥηθέν | aor pass ptcp nom sg neut) by Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled:
Matthew 12:23 And all the crowds were astonished and were saying (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “Could this be the Son of David?”
Matthew 12:24 But when the Pharisees heard this, they said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 3 pl), “This fellow does not cast out demons except by Beelzebul, the ruler of the demons.”
Matthew 12:25 But he (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) knew their thoughts and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to ruin, and no city or house divided against itself will stand.
Matthew 12:31 “For this reason I say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven people, but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.
Matthew 12:32 And whoever speaks (eipē | εἴπῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven; but whoever speaks (eipē | εἴπῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, neither in this age nor in the age to come.