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

Romans 11:4 But what was God’s response (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) to him? “I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”
Romans 11:9 And David says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution for them.
Romans 11:11 So I ask (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg), did they stumble so as to fall? By no means! But because of their transgression salvation has come to the Gentiles so as to make Israel jealous.
Romans 11:13 I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) am (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) speaking (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the Gentiles, I take pride in my ministry,
Romans 11:19 Then you will say (ereis | ἐρεῖς | fut act ind 2 sg), “The branches were broken off so I could be grafted in.”
Romans 12:3 For by the grace given to me I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) to every one among you that he should not think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think with sober judgment, as God has assigned to each a measure of faith.
Romans 12:19 Never avenge yourselves, dear friends, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) the Lord.”
Romans 14:11 For it is written, “As I live, says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) the Lord, every knee will bow to me, and every tongue will give praise to God.”
Romans 15:8 For I tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of the truth of God, in order to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,
Romans 15:10 And again it says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with his people.”
Romans 15:12 And again Isaiah says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “The root of Jesse will come, even he who rises to rule over the Gentiles; in him will the Gentiles hope.”
1 Corinthians 1:10 I appeal to you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all come to agreement and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be united in the same frame of mind and the same judgment.
1 Corinthians 1:12 What I mean (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) is this: each of you is saying (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “I am with Paul,” or, “I am with Apollos,” or, “I am with Cephas,” or, “I am with Christ.”
1 Corinthians 1:15 so that no one can say (eipē | εἴπῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) that you were baptized in my name.
1 Corinthians 3:4 For when one says (legē | λέγῃ | pres act subj 3 sg), “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not like everyone else?
1 Corinthians 6:5 I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) this to your shame! Is there no one among you wise enough to settle a dispute between his brothers,
1 Corinthians 7:6 This I say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) by way of concession, not of command.
1 Corinthians 7:8 Now to the unmarried and to the widows I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) that it is good for them to remain single, as I am.
1 Corinthians 7:12 To the rest I say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) (I, not the Lord): If some brother has a wife who is not a believer, and she is willing to live with him, he should not divorce her.
1 Corinthians 7:35 I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) am (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) saying (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) this for your benefit, not to put a restraint on you, but to promote propriety and undivided devotion to the Lord.
1 Corinthians 8:5 For even if there are so-called (legomenoi | λεγόμενοι | pres pass ptcp nom pl masc) gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as indeed there are many “gods” and many “lords”),
1 Corinthians 9:8 Am I saying these things from a merely human point of view? Or does (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) not the Law say (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) the same?
1 Corinthians 9:10 Or does (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) he (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) not speak (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) entirely for our sake. To be sure, it was written for our sake, because the one plowing should plow in hope and the one threshing thresh in hope of sharing in the crop.
1 Corinthians 10:15 I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) speak (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) as to sensible people; judge for yourselves what I am about to say.
1 Corinthians 10:28 However, if someone should (eipē | εἴπῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) say (eipē | εἴπῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) to you, “This has been offered in sacrifice,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you, and for the sake of conscience —