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

2 Corinthians 9:4 Lest perhaps if some Macedonians should come with me and not find you ready, we — to say (legō | λέγω | pres act subj 1 sg) nothing of you — would be humiliated by this confidence.
2 Corinthians 11:16 Again I say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg), let no one think me foolish. But even if you do, then at least accept me as a fool, so that I too may boast a little.
2 Corinthians 11:21 I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) this to my shame, that in this we have been weak. But as to whatever anyone else dares to boast about — I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) am (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) talking (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) like a fool — I also dare to boast.
2 Corinthians 12:6 For even if I should choose to boast, I would not be foolish, because I (erō | ἐρῶ | fut act ind 1 sg) would (erō | ἐρῶ | fut act ind 1 sg) be (erō | ἐρῶ | fut act ind 1 sg) telling (erō | ἐρῶ | fut act ind 1 sg) the truth. But I refrain from this, so that no one will give credit to me beyond what he sees in me or he hears from me,
2 Corinthians 12:9 But he said (eirēken | εἴρηκεν | perf act ind 3 sg) to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is fulfilled in weakness.” Therefore I will most gladly boast in my weaknesses, in order that the power of Christ may dwell in me.
Galatians 1:9 As we have said before, and now I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) again: If anyone is preaching to you a gospel at odds with the one you have already received, let him be accursed.
Galatians 2:14 But when I saw that they were not behaving in a manner consistent with the truth of the gospel, I said (eipon | εἶπον | aor act ind 1 sg) to Cephas before them all, “If you, born a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, by what right are you trying to make the Gentiles live like Jews?”
Galatians 3:15 To (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) speak (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) in human terms, brothers: even though a covenant is one made by man, yet when it has been ratified, no one can set it aside or add anything to it.
Galatians 3:16 Now the promises were (errethēsan | ἐρρέθησαν | aor pass ind 3 pl) made (errethēsan | ἐρρέθησαν | aor pass ind 3 pl) to Abraham and to his descendant. Scripture does (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) not say (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “and to descendants,” referring to many, but “and to your descendant,” referring to one, who is Christ.
Galatians 3:17 What I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) am (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) saying (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) is this: the law, which came four hundred and thirty years later, does not annul a covenant previously established by God, so as to make the promise void.
Galatians 4:1 What I am saying (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) is that as long as the heir is a minor, he differs not at all from a slave, even though in fact he owns the entire estate.
Galatians 4:21 Tell (legete | λέγετε | pres act imperative 2 pl) me, you who want to be under the law, will you not listen to the law?
Galatians 4:30 But what does the Scripture say (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg)? “Drive away the slave woman and her son, for the son of the slave woman must not share the inheritance with the son of the free woman.”
Galatians 5:2 Listen! I, Paul, tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you that if you agree to circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you.
Galatians 5:16 So I say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg), live by the Spirit and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
Ephesians 2:11 So remember that at one time you Gentiles in the flesh, called (legomenoi | λεγόμενοι | pres pass ptcp nom pl masc) the uncircumcision by those called (legomenēs | λεγομένης | pres pass ptcp gen sg fem) the circumcision — made in the flesh by hands —
Ephesians 4:8 Therefore it says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “When he ascended on high he led a host of prisoners captive; he gave gifts to men.”
Ephesians 4:17 Now this I say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) and testify in the Lord, that you are no longer to live as the Gentiles live, in the futility of their minds,
Ephesians 5:12 for it is shameful even to (legein | λέγειν | pres act inf ) speak (legein | λέγειν | pres act inf ) of what is done by them in secret.
Ephesians 5:14 for everything that becomes illuminated is light. Therefore it says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “Wake up, sleeper, and rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you.”
Ephesians 5:32 This mystery is profound, but I am speaking (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) about Christ and about the church.
Philippians 3:18 For many are living (I (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 1 sg) have (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 1 sg) often told (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 1 sg) you about (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 1 sg) them but now tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you even with tears) as enemies of the cross of Christ.
Philippians 4:4 Rejoice in the Lord always; again I say (erō | ἐρῶ | fut act ind 1 sg), Rejoice!
Philippians 4:11 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) this because I am in need, for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstance I find myself.
Colossians 2:4 I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) am (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) telling (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you this so that no one may deceive you with specious arguments.