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 12:36 But I say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) to you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every careless word they speak.
Matthew 12:38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Teacher, we wish to see a sign from you.”
Matthew 12:39 But he answered them, “An evil and adulterous generation asks for a sign, but no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.
Matthew 12:44 Then it says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), ‘I will return to my house from which I came.’ And when it arrives, it finds the house unoccupied, swept, and put in order.
Matthew 12:47
Matthew 12:48 But he answered, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to the one who had told (legonti | λέγοντι | pres act ptcp dat sg masc) him, “Who is my mother? And who are my brothers?”
Matthew 12:49 And stretching out his hand toward his disciples, he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Look, here are my mother and my brothers!
Matthew 13:3 And he told them many things in parables, saying: (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) “A sower went out to sow.
Matthew 13:10 And the disciples came to him and said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “Why do you speak to them in parables?”
Matthew 13:11 He answered them, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Because to you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.
Matthew 13:14 And in them the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled that says: (legousa | λέγουσα | pres act ptcp nom sg fem) ‘You will surely hear but never understand, and you will surely see but never perceive.
Matthew 13:17 I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the truth, many prophets and righteous people longed to see the things you are seeing but did not see them, and to hear the things you are hearing but did not hear them.
Matthew 13:24 Jesus put another parable before them, saying: (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) “The kingdom of heaven is like a man sowing good seed in his field.
Matthew 13:27 And the servants of the master of the house came and said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, ‘Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Why then does it have weeds?’
Matthew 13:28 And he said to them, ‘An enemy has done this!’ And the servants said (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) to him, ‘So do you want us to go and gather them?’
Matthew 13:30 Let both grow together until the harvest; and at harvest time I will tell (erō | ἐρῶ | fut act ind 1 sg) the harvesters, “First gather the weeds and bind them into bundles to be burned, then gather the wheat into my barn.”’”
Matthew 13:31 He gave them another parable, saying: (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and sowed in his field.
Matthew 13:35 so that what was spoken (rhēthen | ῥηθέν | aor pass ptcp nom sg neut) by the prophet might be fulfilled, saying (legontos | λέγοντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc), “I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things kept secret from the foundation of the world.”
Matthew 13:36 Then he left the crowds and went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Explain to us the parable of the weeds in the field.”
Matthew 13:37 And he answered, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man;
Matthew 13:51 “Have you understood all these things?” They said (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) to him, “Yes.”
Matthew 13:52 And he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Therefore every scribe who has become a disciple in the kingdom of heaven is like the master of a house who brings out of his treasure things new and old.”
Matthew 13:54 And upon arriving at his hometown, he taught them in their synagogue so that they were amazed and said (legein | λέγειν | pres act inf ), “Where did this man get such wisdom and miraculous powers?
Matthew 13:55 Is not this the carpenter’s son? Is (legetai | λέγεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) not his mother called (legetai | λέγεται | pres pass ind 3 sg) Mary, and his brothers James and Joseph and Simon and Judas?
Matthew 13:57 And they were deeply offended at him. But Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his own household.”