Vocabulary Form
λέγω
Definition

I say, speak

Erasmian
Modern
Root
λεγ
Frequency
2353
GK
3306
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 20:7 They said (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) to him, ‘Because no one has hired us.’ He said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to them, ‘You go into the vineyard too.’
Matthew 20:8 And when evening came, the owner of the vineyard said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to his foreman, ‘Call the workers and pay them their wages, beginning with the last and going back to the first.’
Matthew 20:12 saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), ‘These last worked but one hour, and you have made them equal to us who have borne the burden of the day and the scorching heat.’
Matthew 20:13 But he answered one of them, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), ‘Friend, I am not being unfair to you. Did you not agree with me to work for a denarius?
Matthew 20:17 As Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, he took the twelve disciples aside and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them on the way,
Matthew 20:21 And he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to her, “What do you wish?” She said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Grant (eipe | εἰπέ | aor act imperative 2 sg) that these two sons of mine may sit, one at your right hand and one at your left, in your kingdom.”
Matthew 20:22 Jesus answered, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “You do not realize what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I am about to drink?” They said (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) to him, “We are able.”
Matthew 20:23 He said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to them, “My cup you will drink, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”
Matthew 20:25 But Jesus called them to him and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “You know that the rulers of the nations lord it over them, and their leaders exercise authority over them.
Matthew 20:30 Two blind men were sitting beside the road, and when they heard that Jesus was passing by they cried out, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
Matthew 20:31 The crowd rebuked them and told them to be quiet, but they cried out all the louder, “Lord, Son of David, have mercy on us!”
Matthew 20:32 Jesus stopped and called them, saying (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “What do you want me to do for you?”
Matthew 20:33 They said (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) to him, “Lord, let our eyes be opened.”
Matthew 21:2 saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and right away you will find a donkey tethered, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them to me.
Matthew 21:3 If anyone says (eipē | εἴπῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) anything to you, you are to say (ereite | ἐρεῖτε | fut act ind 2 pl), ‘The Lord has need of them.’ And he will send them at once.”
Matthew 21:4 This took place in order that what had been spoken (rhēthen | ῥηθέν | aor pass ptcp nom sg neut) by the prophet might be fulfilled, saying (legontos | λέγοντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc),
Matthew 21:5 “Say (eipate | εἴπατε | aor act imperative 2 pl) to the daughter of Zion, ‘Behold, your king is coming to you, humble and mounted on a donkey, and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.’”
Matthew 21:9 The crowds that went before him and those that followed were shouting, “Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”
Matthew 21:10 And when he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in turmoil, asking (legousa | λέγουσα | pres act ptcp nom sg fem), “Who is this?”
Matthew 21:11 And the crowds said (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl), “This is the prophet, Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee.”
Matthew 21:13 And he said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to them, “It stands written, ‘My house will be called a house of prayer,’ but you are making it a den of thieves.”
Matthew 21:15 But when the ruling priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the boys who were crying out in the temple, “Hosanna to the Son of David!” they were indignant,
Matthew 21:16 and they said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “Do you hear what they are saying?” (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) “Yes,” replied (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) Jesus, “but have you never read, ‘Out of the mouth of infants and nursing babies you have brought forth praise’?”
Matthew 21:19 And seeing a fig tree by the road, he went over to it and found nothing on it except leaves only. And he said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to it, “May no fruit ever come from you again!” And at once the fig tree withered away.
Matthew 21:20 When the disciples saw this, they were astonished and said (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “How did the fig tree wither away so quickly?”