λέγω | Bill Mounce

Vocabulary Form

λέγω

Definition

I say, speak

Erasmian

Modern

Root

λεγ

Frequency

2353

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

John 3:2	This man came to Jesus by night and said (eipen \| εἶπεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) to him, “Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one is able to perform the miraculous signs that you are doing unless God is with him.”
John 3:3	Jesus answered him, saying (eipen \| εἶπεν \| aor act ind 3 sg), “I (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth, unless a person is born again he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
John 3:4	Nicodemus said (legei \| λέγει \| pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter into his mother’s womb and be born a second time, can he?”
John 3:5	Jesus answered, “I (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth, unless one is born of water and Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
John 3:7	Do not be astonished that I said (eipon \| εἶπον \| aor act ind 1 sg) to you, ‘You must be born again.’
John 3:9	Nicodemus replied, saying (eipen \| εἶπεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) to him, “How can these things be?”
John 3:10	Jesus answered, saying (eipen \| εἶπεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) to him, “Are you the teacher of Israel and you do not understand these things?”
John 3:11	“I (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō \| λέγω \| pres act ind 1 sg) you the solemn truth, we speak about what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony.
John 3:12	If I (eipon \| εἶπον \| aor act ind 1 sg) have (eipon \| εἶπον \| aor act ind 1 sg) told (eipon \| εἶπον \| aor act ind 1 sg) you about (eipon \| εἶπον \| aor act ind 1 sg) earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell (eipō \| εἴπω \| aor act subj 1 sg) you about (eipō \| εἴπω \| aor act subj 1 sg) heavenly things?
John 3:26	So they came to John and said (eipan \| εἶπαν \| aor act ind 3 pl) to him, “Rabbi, that man who was with you on the far side of the Jordan, the one to whom you bore witness — well, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him!”
John 3:27	John responded, saying (eipen \| εἶπεν \| aor act ind 3 sg), “A man cannot receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.
John 3:28	You yourselves bear me witness that I said (eipon \| εἶπον \| aor act ind 1 sg), ‘I am not the Christ,’ but rather, ‘I am the one sent ahead of him.’
John 4:5	So he came to a town in Samaria called (legomenēn \| λεγομένην \| pres pass ptcp acc sg fem) Sychar, near the plot of ground that Jacob had given to his son Joseph.
John 4:7	There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said (legei \| λέγει \| pres act ind 3 sg) to her, “Give me a drink.”
John 4:9	The Samaritan woman said (legei \| λέγει \| pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “How is it that you, a Jew, are asking for a drink from me, a woman from Samaria?” (For Jews use nothing in common with Samaritans.)
John 4:10	Jesus answered her, saying (eipen \| εἶπεν \| aor act ind 3 sg), “If you had known the gift of God and who it was that said (legōn \| λέγων \| pres act ptcp nom sg masc) to you, ‘Give me a drink,’ you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water.”
John 4:11	The woman said (legei \| λέγει \| pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Sir, you have no bucket and the well is deep. How then are you going to draw the living water?
John 4:13	Jesus replied, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again,
John 4:15	The woman said (legei \| λέγει \| pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to keep coming here to draw water.”
John 4:16	Jesus said (legei \| λέγει \| pres act ind 3 sg) to her, “Go, call your husband, and come back here.”
John 4:17	The woman replied “I do not have a husband.” Jesus said (legei \| λέγει \| pres act ind 3 sg) to her, “You (eipas \| εἶπας \| aor act ind 2 sg) are (eipas \| εἶπας \| aor act ind 2 sg) right in saying (eipas \| εἶπας \| aor act ind 2 sg), ‘I do not have a husband,’
John 4:18	for you have had five husbands, and the man you now have is not your husband. You (eirēkas \| εἴρηκας \| perf act ind 2 sg) have (eirēkas \| εἴρηκας \| perf act ind 2 sg) spoken (eirēkas \| εἴρηκας \| perf act ind 2 sg) the truth.”
John 4:19	The woman said (legei \| λέγει \| pres act ind 3 sg) to him, “Sir, I can see that you are a prophet.
John 4:20	Our fathers worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say (legete \| λέγετε \| pres act ind 2 pl) that the place where people should worship is in Jerusalem.”
John 4:21	Jesus said (legei \| λέγει \| pres act ind 3 sg) to her, “Believe me, woman, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.