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 24:10 It was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them. They kept telling (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl) these things to the apostles,
Luke 24:17 He asked (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) them, “What are these matters you are discussing with each other as you walk along?” They came to a stop, looking sad.
Luke 24:18 Then one of them, named Cleopas, answered, him, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) “Are you the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”
Luke 24:19 And he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “What things?” They answered (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) him, “The things about Jesus of Nazareth, a man who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people,
Luke 24:23 and not finding his body, they came back saying (legousai | λέγουσαι | pres act ptcp nom pl fem) that they had even seen a vision of angels who said (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) that he was alive.
Luke 24:24 Then some of those who were with us went to the tomb, and found it just as the women had said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 3 pl), but him they did not see.”
Luke 24:25 So he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “You foolish people, slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
Luke 24:29 but they urged him strongly, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Stay with us, for it is toward evening and the day is already far spent.” So he went in to stay with them.
Luke 24:32 They said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as he spoke to us on the road, as he opened to us the Scriptures?”
Luke 24:34 saying (legontas | λέγοντας | pres act ptcp acc pl masc), “The Lord has indeed been raised and has appeared to Simon!”
Luke 24:36 While they were saying these things, Jesus himself stood in their midst and said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to them, “Peace to you.”
Luke 24:38 And he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Why are you so troubled and why are doubts arising in your hearts?
Luke 24:40 When he had said (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) this, he showed them his hands and his feet.
Luke 24:41 While they still could not believe it for joy and were continuing to marvel, he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Have you anything to eat here?”
Luke 24:44 Then he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “These are my words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written in the law of Moses and the prophets and psalms about me must be fulfilled.”
Luke 24:46 and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Thus it is written, that the Messiah is to suffer and to rise from the dead on the third day,
John 1:15 John testified about him and cried out, saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “This is he of whom I said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg), ‘He who comes after me is greater than I, because he existed before me.’”
John 1:21 So they asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” And he said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” And he replied, “No.”
John 1:22 Then they said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “Who are you? Tell us so we can give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say (legeis | λέγεις | pres act ind 2 sg) about yourself?”
John 1:23 He said, “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.” (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg)
John 1:25 So they asked him, saying (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
John 1:26 John answered them, saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “I baptize with water, but there stands among you one whom you do not know,
John 1:29 On the following day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “Behold, the Lamb of God, the one who takes away the sin of the world!
John 1:30 This is he of whom I said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg), ‘After me comes a man who is greater than I, because he existed before me.’
John 1:32 Then John testified, saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “I saw the Spirit coming down as a dove from heaven, and it remained on him.