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 15:24 But he answered, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”
Matthew 15:25 Then she came and knelt before him, saying (legousa | λέγουσα | pres act ptcp nom sg fem), “Lord, help me!”
Matthew 15:26 And he answered, “It is not right to take bread from the children and toss it to the dogs.”
Matthew 15:27 “Yes, Lord,” she said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “but even the dogs eat the crumbs that fall from their masters’ table.”
Matthew 15:28 Then Jesus answered, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to her, “O woman, great is your faith! What you desire will be done for you.” And her daughter was healed at once.
Matthew 15:32 Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “I have compassion on the crowd because they have already been with me three days and have nothing to eat; and I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint from exhaustion on the way.”
Matthew 15:33 And the disciples said (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) to him, “Where in such a desolate place could we find enough bread to feed so great a crowd?”
Matthew 15:34 And Jesus said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “Seven, and a few little fish.”
Matthew 16:2 And he answered them, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “When evening comes, you say (legete | λέγετε | pres act ind 2 pl), ‘The weather will be fair, for the sky is red’;
Matthew 16:6 Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Watch out, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Matthew 16:7 And they began to discuss this among themselves, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “It is because we brought no bread.”
Matthew 16:8 But when Jesus became aware of this, he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “O you of little faith, why are you discussing among yourselves the fact that you have no bread?
Matthew 16:11 How is it that you do not understand that I (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) was (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) not speaking (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) about bread? Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees.”
Matthew 16:12 Then they understood that he (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) had (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) not told (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) them to beware of the leaven of bread but of the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees.
Matthew 16:13 Now when Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, “Who do people say (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) that the Son of Man is?”
Matthew 16:14 And they said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
Matthew 16:15 He said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to them, “But you, who do (legete | λέγετε | pres act ind 2 pl) you (legete | λέγετε | pres act ind 2 pl) say (legete | λέγετε | pres act ind 2 pl) that I am?”
Matthew 16:16 And Simon Peter answered, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”
Matthew 16:17 And Jesus responded, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father in heaven.
Matthew 16:18 And I say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) to you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.
Matthew 16:20 Then he ordered his disciples to tell (eipōsin | εἴπωσιν | aor act subj 3 pl) no one that he was the Messiah
Matthew 16:22 And Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him, saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “Far be it from you, Lord! This must never happen to you.”
Matthew 16:23 But Jesus turned and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to Peter, “Get behind me, Satan! You are an obstacle in my way, because you are not thinking the thoughts of God but those of men.”
Matthew 16:24 Then Jesus told (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) his disciples, “If anyone resolves to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
Matthew 16:28 I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the truth, there are some of those standing here who will not taste death until they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.