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

1 Corinthians 10:29 I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) mean (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) the conscience of the other person, not your own. Why then should my liberty be determined by the conscience of another?
1 Corinthians 11:22 Can it be that you do not have houses in which to eat and drink? Or are you trying to show contempt for the church of God by humiliating those who have nothing? What should I say (eipō | εἴπω | aor act subj 1 sg) to you? Should I commend you? For this I will not commend you.
1 Corinthians 11:24 and after giving thanks, he broke it, and said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “This is my body which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”
1 Corinthians 11:25 In the same way, he took the cup also, after supper, saying (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
1 Corinthians 12:3 Therefore I want you to understand that no one speaking by the Spirit of God says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “Jesus is accursed!” and no one can say (eipein | εἰπεῖν | aor act inf ), “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.
1 Corinthians 12:15 If the foot should say (eipē | εἴπῃ | aor act subj 3 sg), “Since I am not a hand, I am not part of the body,” it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.
1 Corinthians 12:16 And if the ear should say (eipē | εἴπῃ | aor act subj 3 sg), “Since I am not an eye, I am not part of the body,” it would not for that reason cease to be part of the body.
1 Corinthians 12:21 The eye cannot say (eipein | εἰπεῖν | aor act inf ) to the hand, “I have no need of you”; nor again the head to the feet, “I have no need of you.”
1 Corinthians 14:16 Otherwise, if you are praising God by the Spirit, how can (erei | ἐρεῖ | fut act ind 3 sg) anyone in the position of an outsider say (erei | ἐρεῖ | fut act ind 3 sg), “Amen,” to your thanksgiving since he does not know what you are saying (legeis | λέγεις | pres act ind 2 sg)?
1 Corinthians 14:21 In the Law it is written, “By people with strange tongues and by the lips of foreigners will I speak to this people, yet not even in this way will they listen to me, says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) the Lord.”
1 Corinthians 14:23 So if the whole church assembles in the same place and everyone is speaking in tongues, and outsiders or unbelievers come in, will (erousin | ἐροῦσιν | fut act ind 3 pl) they (erousin | ἐροῦσιν | fut act ind 3 pl) not say (erousin | ἐροῦσιν | fut act ind 3 pl) that you are out of your minds?
1 Corinthians 14:34 the women are to be silent in the churches, for they are not permitted to speak. Rather, they are to be submissive, as in fact the law says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg).
1 Corinthians 15:12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead, how can some of you say (legousin | λέγουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) that there is no resurrection of the dead?
1 Corinthians 15:27 For “he has put everything in subjection under his feet.” Now when it says (eipē | εἴπῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) that “everything has been put in subjection,” it is clear that this does not include the one who put everything in subjection to him.
1 Corinthians 15:35 But someone will ask (erei | ἐρεῖ | fut act ind 3 sg), “How are the dead raised? And with what kind of body will they come?”
1 Corinthians 15:51 Listen, I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) tell (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) you a mystery: we will not all die, but we will all be changed —
2 Corinthians 4:6 For it is the God who said (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc), “Out of darkness light will shine,” who has flooded our hearts with the light of the glorious knowledge of God in the face of Christ.
2 Corinthians 6:2 For he says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “In the time of my favor I heard you, in the day of salvation I helped you.” Behold, now is the acceptable time; behold, now is the day of salvation!
2 Corinthians 6:13 Now as a fair exchange — I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) speak (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) as to children — open wide your hearts to us also.
2 Corinthians 6:16 What agreement can the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God; just as God said: (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg) “I will dwell in their midst and walk among them; I will be their God and they will be my people.”
2 Corinthians 6:17 Therefore, “come out from their midst and be separate,” says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) the Lord, and “touch no unclean thing; then I will receive you,
2 Corinthians 6:18 and I will be a father to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me,” says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) the Lord Almighty.
2 Corinthians 7:3 I (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) do (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) not say (legō | λέγω | pres act ind 1 sg) this to condemn you, for I have said previously that you are in our hearts; thus we live and die together.
2 Corinthians 8:8 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 as an order, but as a way of testing the genuineness of your love by comparison with the eagerness of others.
2 Corinthians 9:3 But I am sending these brothers so that what we say in praise of you may not be an empty boast in this instance, that you may be ready just as I said (elegon | ἔλεγον | imperf act ind 3 pl) you would be.