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

Luke 19:26 I tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you that to everyone who has, more will be given; but from the one who does not have, even what he has will be taken away.
Luke 19:28 Having said (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
Luke 19:30 saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “Go into the village ahead of you, where, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and bring it here.
Luke 19:31 If someone asks you why are you untying it, you (ereite | ἐρεῖτε | fut act ind 2 pl) shall (ereite | ἐρεῖτε | fut act ind 2 pl) say (ereite | ἐρεῖτε | fut act ind 2 pl) this: ‘The Lord has need of it.’”
Luke 19:32 Those who were sent away left and found everything just as he has described (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) it to them.
Luke 19:33 As they were untying the colt, its owners asked (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) them, “Why are you untying the colt?”
Luke 19:34 And they said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “Because the Lord has need of it.”
Luke 19:38 saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Blessed is the coming one, the king, the one who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest!”
Luke 19:39 And some of the Pharisees in the crowd said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “Teacher, rebuke your disciples.”
Luke 19:40 He answered, “I tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you, if these are silent, the stones will cry out.”
Luke 19:42 saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “Would that you, even you, had known on this day the things that make for peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.
Luke 19:46 saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a den of robbers.”
Luke 20:2 and spoke (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Tell (eipon | εἰπόν | aor act imperative 2 sg) us by what authority you are doing these things; or who it is who gave you this authority?”
Luke 20:3 He (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) answered, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “I will also ask you a question, and you must give (eipate | εἴπατε | aor act imperative 2 pl) me the answer: (eipate | εἴπατε | aor act imperative 2 pl)
Luke 20:5 They reasoned among themselves, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “If we say (eipōmen | εἴπωμεν | aor act subj 1 pl), ‘From heaven,’ then he will say (erei | ἐρεῖ | fut act ind 3 sg), ‘Why did you not believe him?’
Luke 20:6 But if we say (eipōmen | εἴπωμεν | aor act subj 1 pl), ‘From men,’ all the people will stone us to death, because they are convinced that John was a prophet.”
Luke 20:8 Then Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Neither will (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) I tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you by what authority I do these things.”
Luke 20:9 Then he began to (legein | λέγειν | pres act inf ) tell (legein | λέγειν | pres act inf ) the people this parable: “A man planted a vineyard and leased it to tenants; then he went away for quite some time.
Luke 20:13 Then the owner of the vineyard said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), ‘What shall I do? I will send my son, whom I love; perhaps they will respect him.’
Luke 20:14 When the tenants saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), ‘This is the heir. Let us kill him, so that the inheritance may be ours.’
Luke 20:16 He will come and destroy those tenants and give the vineyard to others.” When they heard this, they said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “Surely not!”
Luke 20:17 But looking straight at them he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “What then is this that is written: “The stone that the builders rejected — this one became the head of the corner’?
Luke 20:19 The scribes and the chief priests tried to lay hands on him at that very hour, for they perceived that he (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) had (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) spoken (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) this parable against them, but they feared the people.
Luke 20:21 They questioned him, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Teacher, we know that you (legeis | λέγεις | pres act ind 2 sg) speak (legeis | λέγεις | pres act ind 2 sg) and teach truthfully and show no partiality, but truly teach the way of God.
Luke 20:23 But he (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) realized their duplicity, and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them,