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 22:65 They (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl) also said (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl) to him many other blasphemous things.
Luke 22:67 and said (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “If you are the Messiah, tell (eipon | εἰπόν | aor act imperative 2 sg) us.” But he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “If I (eipō | εἴπω | aor act subj 1 sg) tell (eipō | εἴπω | aor act subj 1 sg) you, you will not believe,
Luke 22:70 They all said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “Are you, then, the Son of God?” And he said to them, “You say (legete | λέγετε | pres act ind 2 pl) that I am.”
Luke 22:71 Then they said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “What further need do we have of a witness? we have heard it ourselves from his own lips.”
Luke 23:2 And they began to accuse him, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “We found this man trying to mislead our nation, opposing the payment of taxes to Caesar, and claiming (legonta | λέγοντα | pres act ptcp acc sg masc) himself to be Christ, a king.”
Luke 23:3 So Pilate asked Jesus, saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “Are you the king of the Jews?” In response Jesus said “You say (legeis | λέγεις | pres act ind 2 sg) so.”
Luke 23:4 Then Pilate said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to the chief priests and the crowds, “I find no basis for a charge against this man.”
Luke 23:5 But they kept insisting, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, from Galilee even to this place.”
Luke 23:14 and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “You brought me this man as one who was trying to mislead the people. And indeed, having examined him in your presence, I found no basis for your charges against this man.
Luke 23:18 But they cried out together, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Take this man away! Release for us Barabbas!”
Luke 23:21 but they kept shouting, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Crucify, him!”
Luke 23:22 A third time he spoke (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “What evil did this man do? I have found in him no guilt deserving death. I will therefore punish and release him.”
Luke 23:28 Turning to them, Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
Luke 23:29 For the days are surely coming when they will say (erousin | ἐροῦσιν | fut act ind 3 pl), ‘Blessed are the barren and the wombs that never gave birth and the breasts that never nursed!’
Luke 23:30 Then they will begin to say (legein | λέγειν | pres act inf ) to the mountains, ‘Fall on us!’ and to the hills, ‘Cover us!’
Luke 23:34 And Jesus was saying (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg), “Father, forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” Then in order to divide up his clothing they cast lots.
Luke 23:35 The people stood by, watching. The rulers scoffed at him, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “He saved others; let him save himself, if he is the Christ of God, the Chosen One!”
Luke 23:37 and saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself!”
Luke 23:39 One of the criminals hanging there kept deriding him, saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “Are you not the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”
Luke 23:42 Then he said (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg), “Jesus, remember me when you come in your kingdom.”
Luke 23:43 And Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to him, “In solemn truth I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you: today you will be with me in paradise.”
Luke 23:46 Then Jesus, crying out in a loud voice, said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” Having (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) said (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) this, he breathed his last.
Luke 23:47 Now when the centurion saw what had happened, he praised God, saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “Truly this man was righteous!”
Luke 24:5 The women were frightened and bowed their faces to the ground, but the men said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to them, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?
Luke 24:7 saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) that it was necessary for the Son of Man to be delivered into the hands of sinful men and to be crucified and on the third day to rise again.”