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

Acts 22:27 The commanding officer came to him and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Tell (lege | λέγε | pres act imperative 2 sg) me, are you a Roman citizen?” He replied, “Yes.”
Acts 23:1 Looking intently at the council, Paul said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “My brothers, I have lived in all good conscience before God up to this day.”
Acts 23:3 Then Paul said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to him, “God is about to strike you, you whitewashed wall! Do you indeed sit judging me according to the law yet contrary to the law order me to be struck?”
Acts 23:4 Those standing near him said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “Dare you insult God’s high priest?”
Acts 23:5 And Paul said, “I did not realize, brothers, that he was high priest; for it is written, ‘You (ereis | ἐρεῖς | fut act ind 2 sg) shall (ereis | ἐρεῖς | fut act ind 2 sg) not speak (ereis | ἐρεῖς | fut act ind 2 sg) evil about (ereis | ἐρεῖς | fut act ind 2 sg) the ruler of your people.’”
Acts 23:7 When (eipontos | εἰπόντος | aor act ptcp gen sg masc) he said (eipontos | εἰπόντος | aor act ptcp gen sg masc) this, an argument broke out between the Pharisees and the Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.
Acts 23:8 (For the Sadducees say (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) that there is no resurrection, nor angel nor spirit, but the Pharisees confess them all.)
Acts 23:9 Then there arose a great uproar, and certain of the scribes of the party of the Pharisees stood up and protested vigorously, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “We find nothing evil in this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”
Acts 23:11 The following night the Lord stood by him and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Take courage, for as you have testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem, so must you also testify in Rome.”
Acts 23:12 When it was day, the Jews made a plot and bound themselves by an oath saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.
Acts 23:14 These went to the chief priests and elders and said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “We have bound ourselves by an oath to taste no food until we have killed Paul.
Acts 23:20 And he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul down tomorrow to the council, as though the case against him was going to be examined more closely.
Acts 23:23 Then he called two of the centurions and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Get ready by the third hour of the night two hundred soldiers, seventy horsemen, and two hundred spearmen to go as far as Caesarea.”
Acts 23:30 And when it was disclosed to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once, ordering his accusers also to speak (legein | λέγειν | pres act inf ) against him to you.”
Acts 24:2 And when he was summoned, Tertullus began to accuse him, saying: (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) “Since we have enjoyed a long period of peace through your rule, and since reforms are being made in the nation by your foresight,
Acts 24:10 And Paul responded, when the governor motioned to him to speak: (legein | λέγειν | pres act inf ) “Knowing that for many years you have been a judge over this nation, gladly do I make my own defense concerning these things.
Acts 24:14 But this I confess to you, that according to the Way, which they call (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) a sect, thus I worship the God of our fathers, believing all things that are according to the Law and written in the Prophets,
Acts 24:20 Or let (eipatōsan | εἰπάτωσαν | aor act imperative 3 pl) these men themselves tell (eipatōsan | εἰπάτωσαν | aor act imperative 3 pl) what wrongdoing they found when I stood before the council,
Acts 24:22 But Felix, knowing more exactly the facts concerning the Way, put them off, saying (eipas | εἴπας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc), “When Lysias the commanding officer comes down, I will decide your case.”
Acts 25:9 But Festus, wanting to curry favor with the Jews, responded to Paul, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Do you want to go up to Jerusalem and there be tried on these charges before me?”
Acts 25:10 Paul answered (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “I am now standing before Caesar’s judgment seat, where I ought to be tried. Against the Jews I have done nothing wrong, as you yourself know very well.
Acts 25:14 Since they were staying there several days, Festus laid Paul’s case before the king, saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “There is a man left by Felix, a prisoner.
Acts 25:20 Since I was uncertain about how to investigate such questions, I asked (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 1 sg) if he wanted to go to Jerusalem to be tried there on these charges.
Acts 26:1 So Agrippa said to Paul, “You have permission to (legein | λέγειν | pres act inf ) speak (legein | λέγειν | pres act inf ) for yourself.” Then Paul stretched out his hand and began to make his defense:
Acts 26:14 And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying (legousan | λέγουσαν | pres act ptcp acc sg fem) to me in the Hebrew language, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’