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

Hebrews 10:16 “This is the covenant that I will establish with them after those days, declares (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg) the Lord; I will put my laws in their hearts and I will inscribe them on their minds,”
Hebrews 10:30 For we know the one who said (eiponta | εἰπόντα | aor act ptcp acc sg masc), “Vengeance belongs to me, I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”
Hebrews 11:14 For those who (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) speak (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc) in such a way make it clear that they are seeking a land of their own.
Hebrews 11:24 By faith Moses, when he was grown up, disdained to be called (legesthai | λέγεσθαι | pres pass inf ) the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,
Hebrews 11:32 And what more shall I say (legō | λέγω | pres act subj 1 sg)? For time would fail me if I told about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, about both David and Samuel and the prophets,
Hebrews 12:21 And so awesome was the spectacle that Moses said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “I am terrified and trembling.”
Hebrews 12:26 At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Yet once more will I shake not only the earth but also the heaven.”
Hebrews 13:5 Your conduct must be free from the love of money, and be content with what you have; for God himself has said (eirēken | εἴρηκεν | perf act ind 3 sg), “I will never leave you; never will I forsake you.”
Hebrews 13:6 So we can (legein | λέγειν | pres act inf ) say (legein | λέγειν | pres act inf ) with confidence, “The Lord is my helper, I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
James 1:13 No one when tempted should say (legetō | λεγέτω | pres act imperative 3 sg), “I am being tempted by God”; for God cannot be tempted to do evil, and he himself tempts no one else.
James 2:3 and you pay special attention to the one wearing the fine clothes and say (eipēte | εἴπητε | aor act subj 2 pl), “You sit here in a good place,” but to the poor man you say (eipēte | εἴπητε | aor act subj 2 pl), “You stand over there, or sit down here at my feet,”
James 2:11 For he who said (eipōn | εἰπών | aor act ptcp nom sg masc), “Do not commit adultery,” also said (eipen | εἶπεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Do not commit murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.
James 2:14 What good is it, my brothers, if someone claims (legē | λέγῃ | pres act subj 3 sg) to have faith but has no works? Can that kind of faith save him?
James 2:16 and one of you says (eipē | εἴπῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) to them, “Go in peace; stay warm and eat your fill,” and yet you do not give them what their body needs, what good is that?
James 2:18 But someone will say (erei | ἐρεῖ | fut act ind 3 sg), “You have faith and I have works.” Show me your faith without works, and I will show you my faith by my works.
James 2:23 And the scripture was fulfilled that says (legousa | λέγουσα | pres act ptcp nom sg fem), “And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called the friend of God.
James 4:5 Or do you imagine that scripture has no meaning when it says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “God yearns jealously over the spirit that he has placed in us”?
James 4:6 But he gives greater grace. That is why scripture says (legei | λέγει | pres act ind 3 sg), “God opposes the proud but he gives grace to the humble.”
James 4:13 Come now, you who say (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp voc pl masc), “Today or tomorrow we will go to some city and spend a year there and engage in business and make a profit.”
James 4:15 Instead, you ought to say (legein | λέγειν | pres act inf ), “If the Lord so decrees, then we will live and do this or that.”
2 Peter 3:4 and saying (legontes | λέγοντες | pres act ptcp nom pl masc), “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since our fathers fell asleep, everything has gone along as it has from the beginning of creation.”
1 John 1:6 If we say (eipōmen | εἴπωμεν | aor act subj 1 pl) that we have fellowship with him but continue to walk in darkness, we lie and are not putting the truth into practice.
1 John 1:8 If we say (eipōmen | εἴπωμεν | aor act subj 1 pl) that we are without sin, we are deceiving ourselves and the truth is not in us.
1 John 1:10 If we say (eipōmen | εἴπωμεν | aor act subj 1 pl) that we have not sinned, we make him a liar and his word is not in us.
1 John 2:4 The one who says (legōn | λέγων | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), “I know God,” yet does not keep his commandments, is a liar and the truth is not in him.