λέγω | Bill Mounce

Vocabulary Form

λέγω

Definition

I say, speak

Erasmian

Modern

Frequency

2353

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

John 6:53	Jesus therefore said (eipen \| εἶπεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “I (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you will have no life in you.
John 6:59	Jesus said (eipen \| εἶπεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) these things when he was teaching in the synagogue in Capernaum.
John 6:60	Therefore, when a number of his disciples heard it, they said (eipan \| εἶπαν \| aor act ind 3 pl), “This teaching is difficult; who can understand it?”
John 6:61	But Jesus, aware that his disciples were grumbling about it, said (eipen \| εἶπεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Does this offend you?
John 6:65	And he said (elegen \| ἔλεγεν \| imperf act ind 3 sg), “For this reason I have said (eirēka \| εἴρηκα \| perf act ind 1 sg) to you, ‘No one can come to me unless it is granted to him by the Father.’”
John 6:67	Jesus therefore said (eipen \| εἶπεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) to the twelve, “You do not want to leave me like the others, do you?”
John 6:71	(He was speaking (elegen \| ἔλεγεν \| imperf act ind 3 sg) of Judas, son of Simon Iscariot, for he, one of the twelve, was going to betray him.)
John 7:3	So his brothers said (eipon \| εἶπον \| aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “You should leave here and go to Judea so that your disciples also may observe the works you are doing.
John 7:6	So Jesus said (legei \| λέγει \| pres act ind 3 sg) to them, “My time has not yet come, but your time is always here.
John 7:9	Having (eipōn \| εἰπών \| aor act ptcp nom sg masc) said (eipōn \| εἰπών \| aor act ptcp nom sg masc) this, he stayed behind in Galilee.
John 7:11	The Jews were looking for him at the festival, and saying (elegon \| ἔλεγον \| imperf act ind 3 pl), “Where is that man?”
John 7:12	And there was a lot of secret discussion about him among the crowds; some were saying (elegon \| ἔλεγον \| imperf act ind 3 pl), “He is a good man,” but others were saying (elegon \| ἔλεγον \| imperf act ind 3 pl), “No, to the contrary, he is leading people astray.”
John 7:15	The Jews were astonished, and they asked (legontes \| λέγοντες \| pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “How does this man know the sacred letters, having never studied?”
John 7:16	Jesus answered, saying (eipen \| εἶπεν \| aor act ind 3 sg), “My teaching is not mine, but it comes from the one who sent me.
John 7:21	Jesus answered, saying (eipen \| εἶπεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “I performed one work, and you are all astonished.
John 7:25	Then some of the people of Jerusalem began to say (elegon \| ἔλεγον \| imperf act ind 3 pl), “Is not this the man whom they are trying to kill?
John 7:26	And look, he is speaking boldly and they (legousin \| λέγουσιν \| pres act ind 3 pl) are (legousin \| λέγουσιν \| pres act ind 3 pl) saying (legousin \| λέγουσιν \| pres act ind 3 pl) nothing to him. Is it possible that our rulers know for sure that this man is the Christ?
John 7:28	Then Jesus, as he was teaching in the temple, cried out, saying (legōn \| λέγων \| pres act ptcp nom sg masc), know me, and you know where I am from? I have not come on my own. But the one who sent me is true, and him you do not know;
John 7:31	Yet many of the crowd believed in him, saying (elegon \| ἔλεγον \| imperf act ind 3 pl), “When the Christ comes, he will not perform more miraculous signs than this man has, will he?”
John 7:33	Then Jesus said (eipen \| εἶπεν \| aor act ind 3 sg), “I will be with you for a little while longer, and then I am going back to the one who sent me.
John 7:35	Then the Jews said (eipon \| εἶπον \| aor act ind 3 pl) to one another, “Where is this man about to go that we will not find him? Surely he is not going to go to our people dispersed among the Greeks and teach the Greeks, is he?
John 7:36	What can it mean, this saying of his: ‘You will look for me but you will not find me,’ and ‘Where I am you cannot go’?”
John 7:37	On the last day of the festival, the great day, Jesus stood and cried out, saying (legōn \| λέγων \| pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink.
John 7:38	The one who believes in me, as the scripture says (eipen \| εἶπεν \| aor act ind 3 sg), “Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’”
John 7:39	Now he (eipen \| εἶπεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) said (eipen \| εἶπεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) this about the Spirit, which those who believed in him were to receive; for the Spirit was not yet present, because Jesus had not yet been glorified.