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

John 10:41 Many people came to him and were saying (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “John performed no miraculous sign, but everything he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) about this man was true!”
John 11:3 So the sisters sent word to him, saying (legousai | λέγουσαι | pres act ptcp nom pl fem), “Lord, the one you love is ill.”
John 11:4 But when Jesus heard this, he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “This illness will not lead to death, but is for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
John 11:7 Then after this he said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.”
John 11:8 The disciples said (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) to him, “Rabbi, just recently the Jews were trying to stone you, and are you going back there again?”
John 11:11 These things he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), and after that he told (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him from sleep.”
John 11:12 The disciples therefore said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”
John 11:13 Jesus, however, had been speaking (eirēkei | εἰρήκει | pluperf act ind 3 sg) of his death, but they thought that he (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) was (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) speaking (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) about sleep in the sense of slumber.
John 11:14 Then Jesus told (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) them plainly, “Lazarus has died,
John 11:16 So Thomas (called (legomenos | λεγόμενος | pres pass ptcp nom sg masc) the Twin), said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”
John 11:21 Martha then said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
John 11:23 Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
John 11:24 Martha said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
John 11:25 Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even though he die, yet will he live,
John 11:27 She said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Yes, Lord; I firmly believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, the one who was to come into the world.”
John 11:28 And when (eipousa | εἰποῦσα | aor act ptcp nom sg fem) she (eipousa | εἰποῦσα | aor act ptcp nom sg fem) had (eipousa | εἰποῦσα | aor act ptcp nom sg fem) said (eipousa | εἰποῦσα | aor act ptcp nom sg fem) this, she went back and spoke privately to her sister Mary, saying (eipousa | εἰποῦσα | aor act ptcp nom sg fem), “The Teacher is here and is asking for you.”
John 11:32 When Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying (legousa | λέγουσα | pres act ptcp nom sg fem) to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
John 11:34 He asked (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Where have you laid him?” They replied (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl), “Lord, come and see.”
John 11:36 So the Jews kept saying (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “See how he loved him!”
John 11:37 But some of them said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “Was not this man, who could open the eyes of the blind man, able to do something so that Lazarus would not have died?”
John 11:39 Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Lord, by now the body will smell because it has been buried for four days.”
John 11:40 Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to her, “Did (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) I (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) not say (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?”
John 11:41 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted up his eyes and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Father, I thank you that you have heard me.
John 11:42 I know that you always hear me, but I (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) this for the sake of the crowd standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”
John 11:43 When (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) he (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) had (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) said (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) this, he called out in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!