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

Mark 8:33 But after turning and looking at his disciples, he rebuked Peter and said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “Get behind me, Satan! For you are not thinking the thoughts of God, but those of men.”
Mark 8:34 When he had called the crowd with his disciples, he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “If anyone wants to come be my disciple, he must deny himself, take up his cross and follow me.
Mark 9:1 And he said (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) to them, “I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the truth, there are some standing here who will not taste death until they see the kingdom of God having come with power.”
Mark 9:5 And answering, Peter said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to Jesus, “Rabbi, it is good that we are here. Let us make three shelters: one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah” —
Mark 9:11 And they asked him, saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Why do the scribes say (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl), ‘Elijah must come first’?”
Mark 9:13 But I tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you that Elijah has come, and they did to him whatever they pleased, just as it is written about him.”
Mark 9:18 And whenever it seizes him, it throws him down, and he foams at the mouth and grinds his teeth and becomes rigid. So I asked (eipa | εἶπα | aor act ind 1 sg) your disciples to cast it out, but they were not able.”
Mark 9:19 Answering them he said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “O unbelieving generation! How long must I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him to me.”
Mark 9:21 And Jesus asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Since childhood;
Mark 9:23 And Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to him, “‘If you can’! All things are possible for the one who has faith.”
Mark 9:24 Immediately the father of the boy cried out and said (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg), “I believe; help my unbelief!”
Mark 9:25 When Jesus saw that a crowd was quickly gathering, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) to it, “Mute and deaf spirit, I command you, come out of him and never enter him again!”
Mark 9:26 After crying out and convulsing him violently, the spirit came out; and the boy was like a corpse, so that many were saying (legein | λέγειν | pres act inf ), “He is dead.”
Mark 9:29 And he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “This kind cannot come out except by prayer.”
Mark 9:31 for he was teaching his disciples and saying (elegen | ἔλεγεν | imperf act ind 3 sg) to them, “The Son of Man is going to be delivered into the hands of men, and they will kill him. Then three days after he has been killed, he will rise.
Mark 9:35 And sitting down, he called the twelve and said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to them, “If anyone would be first, he must be last of all and servant of all.”
Mark 9:36 And taking a child, he put him in the midst of them, and taking him in his arms, he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them,
Mark 9:39 But Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Do not stop him, for there is no one who will do a mighty work in my name and be able soon after to speak evil of me.
Mark 9:41 For I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the truth, whoever gives you a cup of water to drink because you bear the name of Christ will most certainly not lose his reward.
Mark 10:3 In response he said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “What did Moses command you?”
Mark 10:4 They said (eipan | εἶπαν | aor act ind 3 pl), “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and to send her away.”
Mark 10:5 But Jesus said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Because of your hardness of heart he wrote this commandment for you.
Mark 10:11 And he said (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to them, “Whoever divorces his wife and marries another woman commits adultery against her.
Mark 10:14 But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, “Let the children come to me. Do not prevent them, for of such is the kingdom of God.
Mark 10:15 I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you the truth, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as a child will never enter it.”