λέγω
to say
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Tense
- Aorist
- Action viewed as a simple whole, without regard to duration — often past (perfective aspect).
- Present
- Ongoing or general action in present time (imperfective aspect).
- Imperfect
- Continuous or repeated action in past time (“was writing”).
Voice
- Active
- The subject performs the action.
- Passive
- The subject receives the action.
Mood
- Indicative
- States a fact or asks a factual question (the mood of reality).
- Participle
- A verbal adjective (“writing,” “having written”).
- Infinitive
- A verbal noun (“to write”), unmarked for person or number.
- Subjunctive
- Expresses probability, purpose, or possibility (the mood of contingency).
- Imperative
- Expresses a command or request.
Case
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
Person
- 3rd person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 1st person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
- 2nd person
- The one addressed (“you”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
- Neuter
- Grammatically neuter.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one.
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Luke
- Luke 12:22 Εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg He said to his disciples, "Therefore I tell you, don't be anxious for your life, what you will eat, nor yet for your body, what you will wear.
- Luke 12:27 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Consider the lilies, how they grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin; yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
- Luke 12:37 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Blessed are those servants, whom the lord will find watching when he comes. Most assuredly I tell you, that he will dress himself, and make them recline, and will come and serve them.
- Luke 12:41 Εἶπεν λέγεις aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 2sg Peter said to him, "Lord, are you telling this parable to us, or to everybody?"
- Luke 12:42 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg The Lord said, "Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give them their portion of food at the right times?
- Luke 12:44 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Truly I tell you, that he will set him over all that he has.
- Luke 12:45 εἴπῃ aor act subj 3sg But if that servant says in his heart, 'My lord delays his coming,' and begins to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken,
- Luke 12:51 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Do you think that I have come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, no, but rather division.
- Luke 12:54 Ἔλεγεν λέγετε impf act ind 3sg pres act ind 2pl He said to the multitudes also, "When you see a cloud rising from the west, immediately you say, 'A shower is coming,' and so it happens.
- Luke 12:55 λέγετε pres act ind 2pl When a south wind blows, you say, 'There will be a scorching heat,' and it happens.
- Luke 12:59 λέγω pres act ind 1sg I tell you, you will by no means get out of there, until you have paid the very last penny."
- Luke 13:2 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus answered them, "Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered such things?
- Luke 13:3 λέγω pres act ind 1sg I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way.
- Luke 13:5 λέγω pres act ind 1sg I tell you, no, but, unless you repent, you will all perish in the same way."
- Luke 13:6 Ἔλεγεν impf act ind 3sg He spoke this parable. "A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.
- Luke 13:7 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to the vine dresser, 'Behold, these three years I have come looking for fruit on this fig tree, and found none. Cut it down. Why does it waste the soil?'
- Luke 13:8 λέγει pres act ind 3sg He answered, 'Lord, leave it alone this year also, until I dig around it, and fertilize it.
- Luke 13:12 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg When Jesus saw her, he called her, and said to her, "Woman, you are freed from your infirmity."
- Luke 13:14 ἔλεγεν impf act ind 3sg The ruler of the synagogue, being indignant because Jesus had healed on the Sabbath, said to the multitude, "There are six days in which men ought to work. Therefore come on those days and be healed, and not on the Sabbath day!"
- Luke 13:15 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Therefore the Lord answered him, "You hypocrites! Doesn't each one of you free his ox or his donkey from the stall on the Sabbath, and lead him away to water?
- Luke 13:17 λέγοντος pres act ptcp gen sg masc As he said these things, all his adversaries were disappointed, and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
- Luke 13:18 Ἔλεγεν impf act ind 3sg He said, "What is the Kingdom of God like? To what shall I compare it?
- Luke 13:20 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Again he said, "To what shall I compare the Kingdom of God?
- Luke 13:23 Εἶπεν εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg aor act ind 3sg One said to him, "Lord, are they few who are saved?" He said to them,
- Luke 13:24 λέγω pres act ind 1sg "Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.
- Luke 13:25 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc When once the master of the house has risen up, and has shut the door, and you begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open to us!' then he will answer and tell you, 'I don't know you or where you come from.'
- Luke 13:26 λέγειν pres act inf Then you will begin to say, 'We ate and drink in your presence, and you taught in our streets.'
- Luke 13:27 λέγω pres act ind 1sg He will say, 'I tell you, I don't know where you come from. Depart from me, all you workers of iniquity.'
- Luke 13:31 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc On that same day, some Pharisees came, saying to him, "Get out of here, and go away, for Herod wants to kill you."
- Luke 13:32 εἶπεν εἴπατε aor act ind 3sg aor act impv 2pl He said to them, "Go and tell that fox, 'Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures today and tomorrow, and the third day I complete my mission.
- Luke 13:35 λέγω εἴπητε pres act ind 1sg aor act subj 2pl Behold, your house is left to you desolate. I tell you, you will not see me, until you say, 'Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!'"
- Luke 14:3 εἶπεν λέγων aor act ind 3sg pres act ptcp nom sg masc Jesus, answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath?"
- Luke 14:5 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He answered them, "Which of you, if your son or an ox fell into a well, wouldn't immediately pull him out on a Sabbath day?"
- Luke 14:7 Ἔλεγεν λέγων impf act ind 3sg pres act ptcp nom sg masc He spoke a parable to those who were invited, when he noticed how they chose the best seats, and said to them,
- Luke 14:12 Ἔλεγεν impf act ind 3sg He also said to the one who had invited him, "When you make a dinner or a supper, don't call your friends, nor your brothers, nor your kinsmen, nor rich neighbors, or perhaps they might also return the favor, and pay you back.
- Luke 14:15 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg When one of those who sat at the table with him heard these things, he said to him, "Blessed is he who will feast in the Kingdom of God!"
- Luke 14:16 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But he said to him, "A certain man made a great supper, and he invited many people.
- Luke 14:17 εἰπεῖν aor act inf He sent out his servant at supper time to tell those who were invited, 'Come, for everything is ready now.'
- Luke 14:18 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg They all as one began to make excuses. "The first said to him, 'I have bought a field, and I must go and see it. Please have me excused.'
- Luke 14:19 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "Another said, 'I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I must go try them out. Please have me excused.'
- Luke 14:20 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "Another said, 'I have married a wife, and therefore I can't come.'
- Luke 14:21 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "That servant came, and told his lord these things. Then the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in the poor, maimed, blind, and lame.'
- Luke 14:22 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "The servant said, 'Lord, it is done as you commanded, and there is still room.'
- Luke 14:23 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "The lord said to the servant, 'Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.
- Luke 14:24 λέγω pres act ind 1sg For I tell you that none of those men who were invited will taste of my supper.'"
- Luke 14:25 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Now great multitudes were going with him. He turned and said to them,
- Luke 14:30 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc saying, 'This man began to build, and wasn't able to finish.'
- Luke 15:2 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc The Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying, "This man welcomes sinners, and eats with them."
- Luke 15:3 εἶπεν λέγων aor act ind 3sg pres act ptcp nom sg masc He told them this parable.
- Luke 15:6 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc When he comes home, he calls together his friends and his neighbors, saying to them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!'
- Luke 15:7 λέγω pres act ind 1sg I tell you that even so there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents, than over ninety-nine righteous people who need no repentance.
- Luke 15:9 λέγουσα pres act ptcp nom sg fem When she has found it, she calls together her friends and neighbors, saying, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found the drachma which I had lost.'
- Luke 15:10 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Even so, I tell you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner repenting."
- Luke 15:11 Εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said, "A certain man had two sons.
- Luke 15:12 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg The younger of them said to his father, 'Father, give me my share of your property.' He divided his livelihood between them.
- Luke 15:21 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg The son said to him, 'Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.'
- Luke 15:22 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "But the father said to his servants, 'Bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.
- Luke 15:27 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to him, 'Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and healthy.'
- Luke 15:29 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But he answered his father, 'Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.
- Luke 15:31 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "He said to him, 'Son, you are always with me, and all that is mine is yours.
- Luke 16:1 Ἔλεγεν impf act ind 3sg He also said to his disciples, "There was a certain rich man who had a manager. An accusation was made to him that this man was wasting his possessions.
- Luke 16:2 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He called him, and said to him, 'What is this that I hear about you? Give an accounting of your management, for you can no longer be manager.'
- Luke 16:3 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "The manager said within himself, 'What will I do, seeing that my lord is taking away the management position from me? I don't have strength to dig. I am ashamed to beg.
- Luke 16:5 ἔλεγεν impf act ind 3sg Calling each one of his lord's debtors to him, he said to the first, 'How much do you owe to my lord?'
- Luke 16:6 εἶπεν εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg aor act ind 3sg He said, 'A hundred batos of oil.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and sit down quickly and write fifty.'
- Luke 16:7 εἶπεν εἶπεν λέγει aor act ind 3sg aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg Then said he to another, 'How much do you owe?' He said, 'A hundred cors of wheat.' He said to him, 'Take your bill, and write eighty.'
- Luke 16:9 λέγω pres act ind 1sg I tell you, make for yourselves friends by means of unrighteous mammon, so that when you fail, they may receive you into the eternal tents.
- Luke 16:15 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to them, "You are those who justify yourselves in the sight of men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is exalted among men is an abomination in the sight of God.
- Luke 16:24 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He cried and said, 'Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue! For I am in anguish in this flame.'
- Luke 16:25 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "But Abraham said, 'Son, remember that you, in your lifetime, received your good things, and Lazarus, in like manner, bad things. But now here he is comforted and you are in anguish.
- Luke 16:27 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "He said, 'I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father's house;
- Luke 16:29 λέγει pres act ind 3sg "But Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.'
- Luke 16:30 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "He said, 'No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.'
- Luke 16:31 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "He said to him, 'If they don't listen to Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded if one rises from the dead.'"
- Luke 17:1 Εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to the disciples, "It is impossible that no occasions of stumbling should come, but woe to him through whom they come!
- Luke 17:4 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying, 'I repent,' you shall forgive him."
- Luke 17:5 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl The apostles said to the Lord, "Increase our faith."
- Luke 17:6 εἶπεν ἐλέγετε aor act ind 3sg impf act ind 2pl The Lord said, "If you had faith like a grain of mustard seed, you would tell this sycamore tree, 'Be uprooted, and be planted in the sea,' and it would obey you.
- Luke 17:10 λέγετε pres act impv 2pl Even so you also, when you have done all the things that are commanded you, say, 'We are unworthy servants. We have done our duty.'"
- Luke 17:13 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc They lifted up their voices, saying, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!"
- Luke 17:14 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg When he saw them, he said to them, "Go and show yourselves to the priests." It happened that as they went, they were cleansed.
- Luke 17:17 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus answered, "Weren't the ten cleansed? But where are the nine?
- Luke 17:19 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Then he said to him, "Get up, and go your way. Your faith has healed you."
- Luke 17:20 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Being asked by the Pharisees when the Kingdom of God would come, he answered them, "The Kingdom of God doesn't come with observation;
- Luke 17:22 Εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to the disciples, "The days will come, when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.
- Luke 17:34 λέγω pres act ind 1sg I tell you, in that night there will be two people in one bed. The one will be taken, and the other will be left.
- Luke 17:37 λέγουσιν εἶπεν pres act ind 3pl aor act ind 3sg They answering, asked him, "Where, Lord?" He said to them, "Where the body is, there will the vultures also be gathered together."
- Luke 18:1 Ἔλεγεν impf act ind 3sg He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up,
- Luke 18:2 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc saying, "There was a judge in a certain city who didn't fear God, and didn't respect man.
- Luke 18:3 λέγουσα pres act ptcp nom sg fem A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, 'Defend me from my adversary!'
- Luke 18:4 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He wouldn't for a while, but afterward he said to himself, 'Though I neither fear God, nor respect man,
- Luke 18:6 εἶπεν λέγει aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg The Lord said, "Listen to what the unrighteous judge says.
- Luke 18:8 λέγω pres act ind 1sg I tell you that he will avenge them quickly. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on the earth?"
- Luke 18:9 Εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He spoke also this parable to certain people who were convinced of their own righteousness, and who despised all others.
- Luke 18:13 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc But the tax collector, standing far away, wouldn't even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, 'God, be merciful to me, a sinner!'
- Luke 18:14 λέγω pres act ind 1sg I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted."
- Luke 18:16 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc Jesus summoned them, saying, "Allow the little children to come to me, and don't hinder them, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as these.
- Luke 18:17 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Most assuredly, I tell you, whoever doesn't receive the Kingdom of God like a little child, he will in no way enter into it."
- Luke 18:18 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc A certain ruler asked him, saying, "Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?"
- Luke 18:19 εἶπεν λέγεις aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 2sg Jesus asked him, "Why do you call me good? No one is good, except one--God.
- Luke 18:21 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said, "I have observed all these things from my youth up."
- Luke 18:22 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg When Jesus heard these things, he said to him, "You still lack one thing. Sell all that you have, and distribute it to the poor. You will have treasure in heaven. Come, follow me."
- Luke 18:24 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus, seeing that he became very sad, said, "How hard it is for those who have riches to enter into the Kingdom of God!
- Luke 18:26 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl Those who heard it said, "Then who can be saved?"
- Luke 18:27 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But he said, "The things which are impossible with men are possible with God."
- Luke 18:28 Εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Peter said, "Look, we have left everything, and followed you."
- Luke 18:29 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg He said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or wife, or brothers, or parents, or children, for the Kingdom of God's sake,
- Luke 18:31 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He took the twelve aside, and said to them, "Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things that are written through the prophets concerning the Son of Man will be completed.
- Luke 18:34 λεγόμενα pres pass ptcp acc pl neut They understood none of these things. This saying was hidden from them, and they didn't understand the things that were said.
- Luke 18:38 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc He cried out, "Jesus, you son of David, have mercy on me!"
- Luke 18:41 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "What do you want me to do?" He said, "Lord, that I may see again."
- Luke 18:42 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus said to him, "Receive your sight. Your faith has healed you."
- Luke 19:5 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg When Jesus came to the place, he looked up and saw him, and said to him, "Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for today I must stay at your house."
- Luke 19:7 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc When they saw it, they all murmured, saying, "He has gone in to lodge with a man who is a sinner."
- Luke 19:8 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, "Behold, Lord, half of my goods I give to the poor. If I have wrongfully exacted anything of anyone, I restore four times as much."
- Luke 19:9 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus said to him, "Today, salvation has come to this house, because he also is a son of Abraham.
- Luke 19:11 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg As they heard these things, he went on and told a parable, because he was near Jerusalem, and they supposed that the Kingdom of God would be revealed immediately.
- Luke 19:12 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said therefore, "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return.
- Luke 19:13 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He called ten servants of his, and gave them ten mina coins, and told them, 'Conduct business until I come.'
- Luke 19:14 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc But his citizens hated him, and sent an envoy after him, saying, 'We don't want this man to reign over us.'
- Luke 19:15 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "It happened when he had come back again, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants, to whom he had given the money, to be called to him, that he might know what they had gained by conducting business.
- Luke 19:16 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc The first came before him, saying, 'Lord, your mina has made ten more minas.'
- Luke 19:17 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "He said to him, 'Well done, you good servant! Because you were found faithful with very little, you shall have authority over ten cities.'
- Luke 19:18 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc "The second came, saying, 'Your mina, Lord, has made five minas.'
- Luke 19:19 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg "So he said to him, 'And you are to be over five cities.'
- Luke 19:20 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc Another came, saying, 'Lord, behold, your mina, which I kept laid away in a handkerchief,
- Luke 19:22 λέγει pres act ind 3sg "He said to him, 'Out of your own mouth will I judge you, you wicked servant! You knew that I am an exacting man, taking up that which I didn't lay down, and reaping that which I didn't sow.
- Luke 19:24 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to those who stood by, 'Take the mina away from him, and give it to him who has the ten minas.'
- Luke 19:25 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl "They said to him, 'Lord, he has ten minas!'
- Luke 19:26 λέγω pres act ind 1sg 'For I tell you that to everyone who has, will more be given; but from him who doesn't have, even that which he has will be taken away from him.
- Luke 19:28 εἰπὼν aor act ptcp nom sg masc Having said these things, he went on ahead, going up to Jerusalem.
- Luke 19:30 εἰπών aor act ptcp nom sg masc saying, "Go your way into the village on the other side, in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, whereon no man ever yet sat. Untie it, and bring it.
- Luke 19:32 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Those who were sent went away, and found things just as he had told them.
- Luke 19:33 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl As they were untying the colt, the owners of it said to them, "Why are you untying the colt?"
- Luke 19:34 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl They said, "The Lord needs it."
- Luke 19:38 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc saying, "Blessed is the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!"
- Luke 19:39 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl Some of the Pharisees from the multitude said to him, "Teacher, rebuke your disciples!"
- Luke 19:40 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg He answered them, "I tell you that if these were silent, the stones would cry out."
- Luke 19:41 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc When he drew near, he saw the city and wept over it,
- Luke 19:46 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc saying to them, "It is written, 'My house is a house of prayer,' but you have made it a 'den of robbers'!"
- Luke 20:2 εἶπαν λέγοντες εἰπὸν aor act ind 3pl pres act ptcp nom pl masc aor act impv 2sg They asked him, "Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?"
- Luke 20:3 εἶπεν εἴπατέ aor act ind 3sg aor act impv 2pl He answered them, "I also will ask you one question. Tell me:
- Luke 20:5 λέγοντες εἴπωμεν pres act ptcp nom pl masc aor act subj 1pl They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why didn't you believe him?'
- Luke 20:6 εἴπωμεν aor act subj 1pl But if we say, 'From men,' all the people will stone us, for they are persuaded that John was a prophet."
- Luke 20:8 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg Jesus said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things."
- Luke 20:9 λέγειν pres act inf He began to tell the people this parable. "A man planted a vineyard, and rented it out to some farmers, and went into another country for a long time.
- Luke 20:13 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg The lord of the vineyard said, 'What shall I do? I will send my beloved son. It may be that seeing him, they will respect him.'
- Luke 20:14 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc "But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.'
- Luke 20:16 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl He will come and destroy these farmers, and will give the vineyard to others." When they heard it, they said, "May it never be!"
- Luke 20:17 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But he looked at them, and said, "Then what is this that is written, 'The stone which the builders rejected, The same was made the chief cornerstone?'
- Luke 20:19 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg The chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on Him that very hour, but they feared the people--for they knew He had spoken this parable against them.
- Luke 20:21 λέγοντες λέγεις pres act ptcp nom pl masc pres act ind 2sg They asked him, "Teacher, we know that you say and teach what is right, and aren't partial to anyone, but truly teach the way of God.
- Luke 20:23 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, "Why do you test me?
- Luke 20:24 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl Show me a denarius. Whose image and inscription are on it?" They answered, "Caesar's."
- Luke 20:25 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to them, "Then give to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's."
- Luke 20:28 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc They asked him, "Teacher, Moses wrote to us that if a man's brother dies having a wife, and he is childless, his brother should take the wife, and raise up children for his brother.
- Luke 20:34 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus said to them, "The children of this age marry, and are given in marriage.
- Luke 20:37 λέγει pres act ind 3sg But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed at the bush, when he called the Lord 'The God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.'
- Luke 20:39 εἶπαν εἶπας aor act ind 3pl aor act ind 2sg Some of the scribes answered, "Teacher, you speak well."
- Luke 20:41 Εἶπεν λέγουσιν aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 3pl He said to them, "Why do they say that the Christ is David's son?
- Luke 20:42 λέγει εἶπεν pres act ind 3sg aor act ind 3sg David himself says in the book of Psalms, 'The Lord said to my Lord, "Sit at my right hand,
- Luke 20:45 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg In the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples,
- Luke 21:3 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg He said, "Truly I tell you, this poor widow put in more than all of them,
- Luke 21:5 λεγόντων εἶπεν pres act ptcp gen pl masc aor act ind 3sg As some were talking about the temple and how it was decorated with beautiful stones and gifts, he said,
- Luke 21:7 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc They asked him, "Teacher, so when will these things be? What is the sign that these things are about to happen?"
- Luke 21:8 εἶπεν λέγοντες aor act ind 3sg pres act ptcp nom pl masc He said, "Watch out that you don't get led astray, for many will come in my name, saying, 'I AM,' and, 'The time is at hand.' Therefore don't follow them.
- Luke 21:10 ἔλεγεν impf act ind 3sg Then he said to them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom.
- Luke 21:29 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He told them a parable. "See the fig tree, and all the trees.
- Luke 21:32 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Most assuredly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all things are accomplished.
- Luke 22:1 λεγομένη pres pass ptcp nom sg fem Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the Passover, drew near.
- Luke 22:8 εἰπών aor act ptcp nom sg masc He sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the Passover for us, that we may eat."
- Luke 22:9 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl They said to him, "Where do you want us to prepare?"
- Luke 22:10 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to them, "Behold, when you have entered into the city, a man carrying a pitcher of water will meet you. Follow him into the house which he enters.
- Luke 22:11 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Tell the master of the house, 'The Teacher says to you, "Where is the guest room, where I may eat the Passover with my disciples?"'
- Luke 22:15 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer,
- Luke 22:16 λέγω pres act ind 1sg for I tell you, I will no longer by any means eat of it until it is fulfilled in the Kingdom of God."
- Luke 22:17 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He received a cup, and when he had given thanks, he said, "Take this, and share it among yourselves,
- Luke 22:18 λέγω pres act ind 1sg for I tell you, I will not drink at all again from the fruit of the vine, until the Kingdom of God comes."
- Luke 22:19 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc He took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and gave to them, saying, "This is my body which is given for you. Do this in memory of me."
- Luke 22:20 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc Likewise, he took the cup after supper, saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is poured out for you.
- Luke 22:25 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to them, "The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those who have authority over them are called 'benefactors.'
- Luke 22:33 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to him, "Lord, I am ready to go with you both to prison and to death!"
- Luke 22:34 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg He said, "I tell you, Peter, the rooster will by no means crow today until you deny that you know me three times."
- Luke 22:35 εἶπεν εἶπαν aor act ind 3sg aor act ind 3pl He said to them, "When I sent you out without purse, and wallet, and shoes, did you lack anything?" They said, "Nothing."
- Luke 22:36 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Then he said to them, "But now, whoever has a purse, let him take it, and likewise a wallet. Whoever has none, let him sell his cloak, and buy a sword.
- Luke 22:37 λέγω pres act ind 1sg For I tell you that this which is written must still be fulfilled in me: 'He was counted with the lawless.' For that which concerns me has an end."
- Luke 22:38 εἶπαν εἶπεν aor act ind 3pl aor act ind 3sg They said, "Lord, behold, here are two swords." He said to them, "That is enough."
- Luke 22:40 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg When he was at the place, he said to them, "Pray that you don't enter into temptation."
- Luke 22:42 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc saying, "Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done."
- Luke 22:46 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg and said to them, "Why do you sleep? Rise and pray that you may not enter into temptation."
- Luke 22:47 λεγόμενος pres pass ptcp nom sg masc While he was still speaking, behold, a multitude, and he who was called Judas, one of the twelve, was leading them. He came near to Jesus to kiss him.
- Luke 22:48 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But Jesus said to him, "Judas, do you betray the Son of Man with a kiss?"
- Luke 22:49 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl When those who were around him saw what was about to happen, they said to him, "Lord, shall we strike with the sword?"
- Luke 22:51 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But Jesus answered, "Let me at least do this"--and he touched his ear, and healed him.
- Luke 22:52 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus said to the chief priests, captains of the temple, and elders, who had come against him, "Have you come out as against a robber, with swords and clubs?
- Luke 22:56 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg A certain servant girl saw him as he sat in the light, and looking intently at him, said, "This man also was with him."
- Luke 22:57 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc He denied Jesus, saying, "Woman, I don't know him."
- Luke 22:59 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc After about one hour passed, another confidently affirmed, saying, "Truly this man also was with him, for he is a Galilean!"
- Luke 22:60 εἶπεν λέγεις aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 2sg But Peter said, "Man, I don't know what you are talking about!" Immediately, while he was still speaking, a rooster crowed.
- Luke 22:61 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg The Lord turned, and looked at Peter. Then Peter remembered the Lord's word, how he said to him, "Before the rooster crows you will deny me three times."
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
At its core, λεγω (légō) means “to say.” The King James Version usually renders it “saying,” while modern versions prefer “i tell” (Berean Standard Bible) and “said” (unfoldingWord Literal Text) — see the renderings breakdown. Spanning 1,941 verses in 25 books, it ranks among the most common words of the Greek New Testament. Scripture first uses it in Matthew 1:16. Catalogued under 6 senses, its meaning is not single-sense. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G3004 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 1,941
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 1,941 distinct verses.
- 25 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 25 of 27 New Testament books.
- #7
- by frequency
- Top 10 most frequent Greek words (rank 7 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 1,941 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 1,941 distinct verses.
- Gospels 1,468 verses · 76%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 649 verses · 33%
- Johannine 488 verses · 25%
- Pauline corpus 108 verses · 6%
- Revelation 94 verses · 5%
- Hebrews 37 verses · 2%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 24 verses · 1%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Saying 384×, Saith 199×, I say 158×
- American Standard Version: Saying 322×, Saith 207×, I say 143×
- Berean Standard Bible: I tell 142×, Said 123×, Saying 63×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Said 556×, Saying 410×, Says 225×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G3004 across 1,349 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 58 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G3004 across 1,274 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 97 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 5 further occurrences.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G3004 across 993 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 108 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 179 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G3004 across 2,448 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 104 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 6 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- affirm over, maintain
- to teach
- to exhort, advise, to command, direct
- to point out with words, intend, mean, mean to say
- to call by name, to call, name
- to speak out, speak of, mention
Word origin
Origin: a root word
A primary verb; properly to lay forth that is (figuratively) relate (in words [usually of systematic or set discourse ; whereas G2036 and G5346 generally refer to an individual expression or speech respectively; while G4483 is properly to break silence merely and G2980 means an extended or random harangue]); by implication to mean : - ask bid boast call describe give out name put forth say (-ing on) shew speak tell utter.
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 85 distinct written forms G3004 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that tense’s occurrences in the concordance.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 25 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G3004, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word λεγω appears 5,715 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 4,644 verses in 38 books.
- 5,715
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 4,644
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 38 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 38 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 1:3 εἶπον
- Exodus 1:9 εἶπον
- Leviticus 1:1 λέγω
- Numbers 1:1 λέγω
- Deuteronomy 1:5 λέγω
- Joshua 1:1 εἶπον
- Judges 1:1 λέγω
- Ruth 1:8 εἶπον
- 1 Samuel 1:8 εἶπον
- 2 Samuel 1:3 εἶπον
- 1 Kings 1:2 εἶπον
- 2 Kings 1:2 εἶπον
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G3004) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 4,644. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 1:3 εἶπον God said, "Let there be light," and there was light.
- Genesis 1:6 εἶπον God said, "Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters."
- Genesis 1:9 εἶπον God said, "Let the waters under the sky be gathered together to one place, and let the dry land appear," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:11 εἶπον God said, "Let the earth put forth grass, herbs yielding seed, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with its seed in it, on the earth," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:14 εἶπον God said, "Let there be lights in the expanse of sky to divide the day from the night; and let them be for signs, and for seasons, and for days and years;
- Genesis 1:20 εἶπον God said, "Let the waters swarm with swarms of living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth in the open expanse of sky."
- Genesis 1:22 λέγω God blessed them, saying, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let birds multiply on the earth."
- Genesis 1:24 εἶπον God said, "Let the earth bring forth living creatures after their kind, cattle, creeping things, and animals of the earth after their kind," and it was so.
- Genesis 1:26 εἶπον God said, "Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth."
- Genesis 1:28 λέγω God blessed them. God said to them, "Be fruitful, multiply, fill the earth, and subdue it. Have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the sky, and over every living thing that moves on the earth."
- Genesis 1:29 εἶπον God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree, which bears fruit yielding seed. It will be your food.
- Genesis 2:16 λέγω Yahweh God commanded the man, saying, "Of every tree of the garden you may freely eat:
- Genesis 2:18 εἶπον Yahweh God said, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."
- Genesis 2:23 εἶπον The man said, "This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh. She will be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man."
- Genesis 3:1 εἶπον Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, "Yes, has God said, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden?'"
- Genesis 3:2 εἶπον The woman said to the serpent, "Of the fruit of the trees of the garden we may eat,
- Genesis 3:3 εἶπον but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God has said, 'You shall not eat of it, neither shall you touch it, lest you die.'"
- Genesis 3:4 εἶπον The serpent said to the woman, "You won't surely die,
- Genesis 3:9 εἶπον Yahweh God called to the man, and said to him, "Where are you?"
- Genesis 3:10 εἶπον The man said, "I heard your voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself."
- Genesis 3:11 εἶπον God said, "Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten from the tree that I commanded you not to eat from?"
- Genesis 3:12 εἶπον The man said, "The woman whom you gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate."
- Genesis 3:13 εἶπον Yahweh God said to the woman, "What is this you have done?" The woman said, "The serpent deceived me, and I ate."
- Genesis 3:14 εἶπον Yahweh God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all cattle, and above every animal of the field. On your belly shall you go, and you shall eat dust all the days of your life.
- Genesis 3:16 εἶπον To the woman he said, "I will greatly multiply your pain in childbirth. In pain you will bring forth children. Your desire will be for your husband, and he will rule over you."
- Genesis 3:17 εἶπον To Adam he said, "Because you have listened to your wife's voice, and have eaten of the tree, of which I commanded you, saying, 'You shall not eat of it,' cursed is the ground for your sake. In toil you will eat of it all the days of your life.
- Genesis 3:22 εἶπον Yahweh God said, "Behold, the man has become like one of us, knowing good and evil. Now, lest he put forth his hand, and also take of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever..."
- Genesis 4:1 εἶπον The man knew Eve his wife. She conceived, and gave birth to Cain, and said, "I have gotten a man with Yahweh's help."
- Genesis 4:6 εἶπον Yahweh said to Cain, "Why are you angry? Why has the expression of your face fallen?
- Genesis 4:8 εἶπον Cain said to Abel, his brother, "Let's go into the field." It happened, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel, his brother, and killed him.
- Genesis 4:9 εἶπον Yahweh said to Cain, "Where is Abel, your brother?" He said, "I don't know. Am I my brother's keeper?"
- Genesis 4:10 εἶπον Yahweh said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood cries to me from the ground.
- Genesis 4:13 εἶπον Cain said to Yahweh, "My punishment is greater than I can bear.
- Genesis 4:15 εἶπον Yahweh said to him, "Therefore whoever slays Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold." Yahweh appointed a sign for Cain, lest any finding him should strike him.
- Genesis 4:23 εἶπον Lamech said to his wives, "Adah and Zillah, Hear my voice, You wives of Lamech, listen to my speech, For I have slain a man for wounding me, A young man for bruising me.
- Genesis 4:25 λέγω Adam knew his wife again. She gave birth to a son, and named him Seth. For, she said, "God has appointed me another child instead of Abel, for Cain killed him."
- Genesis 5:29 λέγω and he named him Noah, saying, "This same will comfort us in our work and in the toil of our hands, because of the ground which Yahweh has cursed."
- Genesis 6:3 εἶπον Yahweh said, "My Spirit will not strive with man forever, because he also is flesh; yet will his days be one hundred twenty years."
- Genesis 6:7 εἶπον Yahweh said, "I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground; man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky; for I am sorry that I have made them."
- Genesis 6:13 εἶπον God said to Noah, "The end of all flesh has come before me, for the earth is filled with violence through them. Behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
- Genesis 7:1 εἶπον Yahweh said to Noah, "Come with all of your household into the ark, for I have seen your righteousness before me in this generation.
- Genesis 8:15 εἶπονλέγω God spoke to Noah, saying,
- Genesis 8:21 εἶπον Yahweh smelled the sweet savor. Yahweh said in his heart, "I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, because the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth; neither will I ever again strike everything living, as I have done.
- Genesis 9:1 εἶπον God blessed Noah and his sons, and said to them, "Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth.
- Genesis 9:8 εἶπονλέγω God spoke to Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
- Genesis 9:12 εἶπον God said, "This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations:
- Genesis 9:17 εἶπον God said to Noah, "This is the token of the covenant which I have established between me and all flesh that is on the earth."
- Genesis 9:25 εἶπον He said, "Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants will he be to his brothers."
- Genesis 9:26 εἶπον He said, "Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Shem; Let Canaan be his servant.
- Genesis 10:9 εἶπον He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it is said, "Like Nimrod, a mighty hunter before Yahweh."
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G3004) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.