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 13:38	Jesus replied, “Will you lay down your life for me? I (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth, the rooster will not crow before you deny me three times.
John 14:2	In my Father’s house there are many dwelling places; if that were not the case, would I have told (eipon \| εἶπον \| aor act ind 1 sg) you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?
John 14:5	Thomas said (legei \| λέγει \| pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Lord, we do not know where you are going, so how can we know the way?”
John 14:6	Jesus said (legei \| λέγει \| pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
John 14:8	Philip said (legei \| λέγει \| pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”
John 14:9	Jesus said (legei \| λέγει \| pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Have I been so long a time with you, Philip, and you still do not know me? The one who has seen me has seen the Father! How can (legeis \| λέγεις \| pres act ind 2 sg) you say (legeis \| λέγεις \| pres act ind 2 sg), ‘Show us the Father’?
John 14:10	Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in me? The words that I say (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father residing in me is doing his works.
John 14:12	I (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth, the one who believes in me will do the works that I do; in fact, greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father.
John 14:22	Judas (not Iscariot) said (legei \| λέγει \| pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Lord, what has happened that you are going to reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?”
John 14:23	Jesus answered him, saying (eipen \| εἶπεν \| aor act ind 3 sg), “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling place with him.
John 14:26	But the Paraclete, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will instruct you regarding all things, and cause you to remember everything that I have told (eipon \| εἶπον \| aor act ind 1 sg) you.
John 14:28	You heard me say (eipon \| εἶπον \| aor act ind 1 sg) to you, ‘I am going away, and I will come back to you.’ If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I am going to the Father, for the Father is greater than I.
John 14:29	And now I have told (eirēka \| εἴρηκα \| perf act ind 1 sg) you before it happens, that when it does happen you may believe.
John 15:15	No longer do I call (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) you servants, for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I (eirēka \| εἴρηκα \| perf act ind 1 sg) have (eirēka \| εἴρηκα \| perf act ind 1 sg) called (eirēka \| εἴρηκα \| perf act ind 1 sg) you friends, because all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you.
John 15:20	Remember the saying that I told (eipon \| εἶπον \| aor act ind 1 sg) you, ‘The servant is not greater than his master.’ If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep yours as well.
John 16:4	But I have said these things to you so that when their hour comes you will remember that I told (eipon \| εἶπον \| aor act ind 1 sg) you about (eipon \| εἶπον \| aor act ind 1 sg) them. “I (eipon \| εἶπον \| aor act ind 1 sg) did (eipon \| εἶπον \| aor act ind 1 sg) not tell (eipon \| εἶπον \| aor act ind 1 sg) you these things at the start because I was with you.
John 16:7	Nevertheless I am (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) telling (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) you the truth; it is to your advantage that I am going away. For if I do not go away, the Paraclete will not come to you; but if I go away, I will send him to you.
John 16:12	“I have many more things to (legein \| λέγειν \| pres act inf ) say (legein \| λέγειν \| pres act inf ) to you, but you cannot bear them now.
John 16:15	All that the Father has is mine; that is why I said (eipon \| εἶπον \| aor act ind 1 sg) that he will take what is mine and declare it to you.
John 16:17	Some of his disciples therefore said (eipan \| εἶπαν \| aor act ind 3 pl) to one another, “What is this that he is saying (legei \| λέγει \| pres act ind 3 sg) to us, ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me’ and, ‘Because I am going to the Father’?”
John 16:18	So they kept saying (elegon \| ἔλεγον \| imperf act ind 3 pl), “What is this ‘little while’ of which he speaks (legei \| λέγει \| pres act ind 3 sg)? We do not understand what he is talking about.”
John 16:19	Jesus knew that they wanted to question him, so he said (eipen \| εἶπεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Are you deliberating with one another about this — that I said (eipon \| εἶπον \| aor act ind 1 sg), ‘A little while and you will not see me, and again a little while and you will see me’?
John 16:20	I (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth, you will weep and wail, and the world will rejoice; you will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
John 16:23	On that day you will question me about nothing. I (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth: whatever you ask of the Father in my name he will give to you.
John 16:26	In that day you will ask in my name. I (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) am (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) not saying (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) to you that I will intercede with the Father on your behalf;