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 8:34	Jesus answered them, “I (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth, everyone who commits sin is a slave to sin.
John 8:39	They answered him, saying (eipan \| εἶπαν \| aor act ind 3 pl), “Our father is Abraham!” Jesus said (legei \| λέγει \| pres act ind 3 sg) to them, “If you were really Abraham’s children, you would be doing the deeds of Abraham.
John 8:41	You are doing the deeds of your father.” They said (eipan \| εἶπαν \| aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “We have not been born as a result of fornication; we have only one father, God himself.”
John 8:42	Jesus said (eipen \| εἶπεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now I am here. I have not come on my own, but he sent me.
John 8:45	Yet because I am (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) speaking (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) the truth, you do not believe me.
John 8:46	Who among you can prove me guilty of any sin? If I (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) am (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) speaking (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) the truth, why don’t you believe me?
John 8:48	The Jews answered him, saying (eipan \| εἶπαν \| aor act ind 3 pl), “Are we not correct in saying (legomen \| λέγομεν \| pres act ind 1 pl) that you are a Samaritan and have a demon?”
John 8:51	I (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth, if anyone keeps my word, he will never see death.”
John 8:52	The Jews therefore said (eipon \| εἶπον \| aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “Now we know that you have a demon! Abraham died, and so did the prophets, yet you say (legeis \| λέγεις \| pres act ind 2 sg), ‘If anyone keeps my word, he will never taste death.’
John 8:54	Jesus replied, “If I glorify myself, my glory amounts to nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say (legete \| λέγετε \| pres act ind 2 pl), ‘He is our God.’
John 8:55	And you have not known him, but I know him. If I were to say (eipō \| εἴπω \| aor act subj 1 sg) that I did not know him, I would be like you, a liar; but I do know him, and I keep his word.
John 8:57	So the Jews said (eipon \| εἶπον \| aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “You are not yet fifty years old, and you have seen Abraham?”
John 8:58	Jesus 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, before Abraham came to be, I am!”
John 9:2	And his disciples questioned him, saying (legontes \| λέγοντες \| pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?”
John 9:6	After (eipōn \| εἰπών \| aor act ptcp nom sg masc) saying (eipōn \| εἰπών \| aor act ptcp nom sg masc) this, he spat on the ground and made mud with his saliva; then he daubed the mud on the man’s eyes
John 9:7	and said (eipen \| εἶπεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) to him, “Go, wash in the pool of Siloam” (which means “Sent”). So he went away and washed, and came back able to see.
John 9:8	Then the neighbors and those who were used to seeing him as a beggar said (elegon \| ἔλεγον \| imperf act ind 3 pl), “Is not this the man who used to sit and beg?”
John 9:9	Some said (elegon \| ἔλεγον \| imperf act ind 3 pl), “He is the one.” Others said (elegon \| ἔλεγον \| imperf act ind 3 pl), “No, but he looks like him.” But he (elegen \| ἔλεγεν \| imperf act ind 3 sg) himself kept saying (elegen \| ἔλεγεν \| imperf act ind 3 sg), “I am the man.”
John 9:10	So they asked (elegon \| ἔλεγον \| imperf act ind 3 pl) him, “How then were your eyes opened?”
John 9:11	He answered, “The man called (legomenos \| λεγόμενος \| pres pass ptcp nom sg masc) Jesus made mud, daubed it on my eyes, and said (eipen \| εἶπεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) to me, ‘Go to Siloam and wash.’ So I went there and washed, and I was able to see.”
John 9:12	They said (eipan \| εἶπαν \| aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “Where is that man?” He replied (legei \| λέγει \| pres act ind 3 sg), “I do not know.”
John 9:15	Then the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. And he said (eipen \| εἶπεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “He daubed mud on my eyes, and I washed, and now I see.”
John 9:16	Then some of the Pharisees said (elegon \| ἔλεγον \| imperf act ind 3 pl), “This man is not from God because he does not keep the Sabbath.” But others said (elegon \| ἔλεγον \| imperf act ind 3 pl), “How can a sinful man perform miraculous signs like this?” And there was a division among them.
John 9:17	So they spoke (legousin \| λέγουσιν \| pres act ind 3 pl) again to the blind man, “What do (legeis \| λέγεις \| pres act ind 2 sg) you say (legeis \| λέγεις \| pres act ind 2 sg) about him, since it was your eyes that he opened?” The man replied (eipen \| εἶπεν \| aor act ind 3 sg), “He is a prophet.”
John 9:19	and asked them, saying (legontes \| λέγοντες \| pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Is this your son, who you say (legete \| λέγετε \| pres act ind 2 pl) was born blind? How then does he now see?”