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.
Grammatical forms 68 distinct
- Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular 613 times (27%)
- Verb, Present, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular 337 times (15%)
- Verb, Present, Active, Indicative, 1st person, Singular 210 times (9%)
- Verb, Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Singular, Masculine 174 times (8%)
- Verb, Present, Active, Participle, Nominative, Plural, Masculine 149 times (7%)
- Verb, Aorist, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural 121 times (5%)
- Verb, Imperfect, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural 74 times (3%)
- Verb, Imperfect, Active, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular 72 times (3%)
+60 more forms (502 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (Robinson–Tischendorf, public domain), counted across 2,252 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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Luke 439 verses
- 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."
- Luke 22:64 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc Having blindfolded him, they struck him on the face and asked him, "Prophesy! Who is the one who struck you?"
- Luke 22:65 ἔλεγον impf act ind 3pl They spoke many other things against him, insulting him.
- Luke 22:66 λέγοντες εἰπὸν pres act ptcp nom pl masc aor act impv 2sg As soon as it was day, the assembly of the elders of the people was gathered together, both chief priests and scribes, and they led him away into their council, saying,
- Luke 22:67 εἶπεν εἴπω aor act ind 3sg aor act subj 1sg "If you are the Christ, tell us." But he said to them, "If I tell you, you won't believe,
- Luke 22:70 εἶπαν λέγετε aor act ind 3pl pres act ind 2pl They all said, "Are you then the Son of God?" He said to them, "You say it, because I AM."
- Luke 22:71 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl They said, "Why do we need any more witness? For we ourselves have heard from his own mouth!"
- Luke 23:2 λέγοντες λέγοντα pres act ptcp nom pl masc pres act ptcp acc sg masc They began to accuse him, saying, "We found this man perverting the nation, forbidding paying taxes to Caesar, and saying that he himself is Christ, a king."
- Luke 23:3 λέγων λέγεις pres act ptcp nom sg masc pres act ind 2sg Pilate asked him, "Are you the King of the Jews?" He answered him, "So you say."
- Luke 23:4 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Pilate said to the chief priests and the multitudes, "I find no basis for a charge against this man."
- Luke 23:5 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc But they insisted, saying, "He stirs up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee even to this place."
- Luke 23:14 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg and said to them, "You brought this man to me as one that perverts the people, and see, I have examined him before you, and found no basis for a charge against this man concerning those things of which you accuse him.
- Luke 23:18 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc But they all cried out together, saying, "Away with this man! Release to us Barabbas!" --
- Luke 23:21 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc but they shouted, saying, "Crucify! Crucify him!"
- Luke 23:22 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to them the third time, "Why? What evil has this man done? I have found no capital crime in him. I will therefore chastise him and release him."
- Luke 23:28 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But Jesus, turning to them, said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, don't weep for me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
- Luke 23:30 λέγειν pres act inf Then they will begin to tell the mountains, 'Fall on us!' and tell the hills, 'Cover us.'
- Luke 23:34 ἔλεγεν impf act ind 3sg Jesus said, "Father, forgive them, for they don't know what they are doing." Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.
- Luke 23:35 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc The people stood watching. The rulers with them also scoffed at him, saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself, if this is the Christ of God, his chosen one!"
- Luke 23:37 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc and saying, "If you are the King of the Jews, save yourself!"
- Luke 23:42 ἔλεγεν impf act ind 3sg He said to Jesus, "Lord, remember me when you come into your Kingdom."
- Luke 23:43 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg Jesus said to him, "Assuredly I tell you, today you will be with me in Paradise."
- Luke 23:46 εἶπεν εἰπὼν aor act ind 3sg aor act ptcp nom sg masc Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, "Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!" Having said this, he breathed his last.
- Luke 23:47 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc When the centurion saw what was done, he glorified God, saying, "Certainly this was a righteous man."
- Luke 24:5 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl Becoming terrified, they bowed their faces down to the earth. They said to them, "Why do you seek the living among the dead?
- Luke 24:7 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc saying that the Son of Man must be delivered up into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again?"
- Luke 24:10 ἔλεγον impf act ind 3pl Now they were Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James. The other women with them told these things to the apostles.
- Luke 24:17 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to them, "What are you talking about as you walk, and are sad?"
- Luke 24:18 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg One of them, named Cleopas, answered him, "Are you the only stranger in Jerusalem who doesn't know the things which have happened there in these days?"
- Luke 24:19 εἶπεν εἶπαν aor act ind 3sg aor act ind 3pl He said to them, "What things?" They said to him, "The things concerning Jesus, the Nazarene, who was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people;
- Luke 24:23 λέγουσαι λέγουσιν pres act ptcp nom pl fem pres act ind 3pl and when they didn't find his body, they came saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, who said that he was alive.
- Luke 24:24 εἶπον aor act ind 3pl Some of us went to the tomb, and found it just like the women had said, but they didn't see him."
- Luke 24:25 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to them, "Foolish men, and slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken!
- Luke 24:29 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc They urged him, saying, "Stay with us, for it is almost evening, and the day is almost over." He went in to stay with them.
- Luke 24:32 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl They said one to another, "Weren't our hearts burning within us, while he spoke to us along the way, and while he opened the Scriptures to us?"
- Luke 24:34 λέγοντας pres act ptcp acc pl masc saying, "The Lord is risen indeed, and has appeared to Simon!"
- Luke 24:38 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to them, "Why are you troubled? Why do doubts arise in your hearts?
- Luke 24:41 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg While they still didn't believe for joy, and wondered, he said to them, "Do you have anything here to eat?"
- Luke 24:44 Εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to them, "This is what I told you, while I was still with you, that all things which are written in the law of Moses, the prophets, and the psalms, concerning me must be fulfilled."
- Luke 24:46 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said to them, "Thus it is written, and thus it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead the third day,
John 384 verses
- John 1:15 λέγων εἶπον pres act ptcp nom sg masc aor act ind 1sg John testified about him. He cried out, saying, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.'"
- John 1:21 λέγει pres act ind 3sg They asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No."
- John 1:22 εἶπαν λέγεις aor act ind 3pl pres act ind 2sg They said therefore to him, "Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"
- John 1:23 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said."
- John 1:25 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl They asked him, "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
- John 1:26 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc John answered them, "I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don't know.
- John 1:29 λέγει pres act ind 3sg The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
- John 1:30 εἶπον aor act ind 1sg This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.'
- John 1:32 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc John testified, saying, "I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him.
- John 1:33 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg I didn't recognize him, but he who sent me to baptize in water, he said to me, 'On whomever you will see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'
- John 1:36 λέγει pres act ind 3sg and he looked at Jesus as he walked, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God!"
- John 1:38 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Jesus turned, and saw them following, and said to them, "What are you looking for?" They said to him, "Rabbi" (which is to say, being interpreted, Teacher), "where are you staying?"
- John 1:39 εἶπαν λέγεται aor act ind 3pl pres pass ind 3sg He said to them, "Come, and see." They came and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day. It was about the tenth hour.
- John 1:40 λέγει pres act ind 3sg One of the two who heard John, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.
- John 1:42 λέγει pres act ind 3sg He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him, and said, "You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas" (which is by interpretation, Peter).
- John 1:43 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg On the next day, he was determined to go out into Galilee, and he found Philip. Jesus said to him, "Follow me."
- John 1:44 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Now Philip was from Bethsaida, of the city of Andrew and Peter.
- John 1:46 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Nathanael said to him, "Can any good thing come out of Nazareth?" Philip said to him, "Come and see."
- John 1:47 εἶπεν λέγει aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said about him, "Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom is no deceit!"
- John 1:48 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Nathanael said to him, "How do you know me?" Jesus answered him, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."
- John 1:49 λέγει εἶπεν pres act ind 3sg aor act ind 3sg Nathanael answered him, "Rabbi, you are the Son of God! You are King of Israel!"
- John 1:51 εἶπεν εἶπόν aor act ind 3sg aor act ind 1sg He said to him, "Most assuredly, I tell you, hereafter you will see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending on the Son of Man."
- John 1:52 λέγει λέγω pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg
- John 2:3 λέγει pres act ind 3sg When the wine ran out, Jesus' mother said to him, "They have no wine."
- John 2:4 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does that have to do with you and me? My hour has not yet come."
- John 2:5 λέγει λέγῃ pres act ind 3sg pres act subj 3sg His mother said to the servants, "Whatever he says to you, do it."
- John 2:7 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Jesus said to them, "Fill the water pots with water." They filled them up to the brim.
- John 2:8 λέγει pres act ind 3sg He said to them, "Now draw some out, and take it to the ruler of the feast." So they took it.
- John 2:10 λέγει pres act ind 3sg and said to him, "Everyone serves the good wine first, and when the guests have drunk freely, then that which is worse. You have kept the good wine until now!"
- John 2:16 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg To those who sold the doves, he said, "Take these things out of here! Don't make my Father's house a marketplace!"
- John 2:18 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl The Jews therefore answered him, "What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?"
- John 2:19 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus answered them, "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up."
- John 2:20 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl The Jews therefore said, "Forty-six years was this temple in building, and will you raise it up in three days?"
- John 2:21 ἔλεγεν impf act ind 3sg But he spoke of the temple of his body.
- John 2:22 ἔλεγεν εἶπεν impf act ind 3sg aor act ind 3sg When therefore he was raised from the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this, and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus had said.
- John 3:2 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg The same came to him by night, and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God, for no one can do these signs that you do, unless God is with him."
- John 3:3 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg Jesus answered him, "Most assuredly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can't see the Kingdom of God."
- John 3:4 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Nicodemus said to him, "How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb, and be born?"
- John 3:5 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Jesus answered, "Most assuredly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God!
- John 3:7 εἶπόν aor act ind 1sg Don't marvel that I said to you, 'You must be born anew.'
- John 3:9 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Nicodemus answered him, "How can these things be?"
- John 3:10 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus answered him, "Are you the teacher of Israel, and don't understand these things?
- John 3:11 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Most assuredly I tell you, we speak that which we know, and testify of that which we have seen, and you don't receive our witness.
- John 3:12 εἶπον εἴπω aor act ind 1sg aor act subj 1sg If I told you earthly things and you don't believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?
- John 3:26 εἶπον aor act ind 3pl They came to John, and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, the same baptizes, and everyone is coming to him."
- John 3:27 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg John answered, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven.
- John 3:28 εἶπον aor act ind 1sg You yourselves testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before him.'
- John 4:5 λεγομένην pres pass ptcp acc sg fem So he came to a city of Samaria, called Sychar, near the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son, Joseph.
- John 4:7 λέγει pres act ind 3sg A woman of Samaria came to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give me a drink."
- John 4:9 λέγει pres act ind 3sg The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, "How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)
- John 4:10 εἶπεν λέγων aor act ind 3sg pres act ptcp nom sg masc Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."
- John 4:11 λέγει pres act ind 3sg The woman said to him, "Sir, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. From where then have you that living water?
- John 4:13 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus answered her, "Everyone who drinks of this water will thirst again,
- John 4:15 λέγει pres act ind 3sg The woman said to him, "Sir, give me this water, so that I don't get thirsty, neither come all the way here to draw."
- John 4:16 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Jesus said to her, "Go, call your husband, and come here."
- John 4:17 εἶπεν λέγει εἶπες aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg aor act ind 2sg The woman answered, "I have no husband." Jesus said to her, "You said well, 'I have no husband,'
- John 4:19 λέγει pres act ind 3sg The woman said to him, "Sir, I perceive that you are a prophet.
- John 4:20 λέγετε pres act ind 2pl Our fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship."
- John 4:21 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Jesus said to her, "Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father.
- John 4:25 λέγει λεγόμενος pres act ind 3sg pres pass ptcp nom sg masc The woman said to him, "I know that Messiah comes," (he who is called Christ). "When he has come, he will declare to us all things."
- John 4:26 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Jesus said to her, "I am he, the one who speaks to you."
- John 4:27 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg At this, his disciples came. They marveled that he was speaking with a woman; yet no one said, "What are you looking for?" or, "Why do you speak with her?"
- John 4:28 λέγει pres act ind 3sg So the woman left her water pot, and went away into the city, and said to the people,
- John 4:29 εἶπέν aor act ind 3sg "Come, see a man who told me everything that I did. Can this be the Christ?"
- John 4:31 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc In the meanwhile, the disciples urged him, saying, "Rabbi, eat."
- John 4:32 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But he said to them, "I have food to eat that you don't know about."
- John 4:33 ἔλεγον impf act ind 3pl The disciples therefore said one to another, "Has anyone brought him something to eat?"
- John 4:34 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of him who sent me, and to accomplish his work.
- John 4:35 λέγετε λέγω pres act ind 2pl pres act ind 1sg Don't you say, 'There are yet four months until the harvest?' Behold, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and look at the fields, that they are white for harvest already.
- John 4:39 εἶπέν aor act ind 3sg From that city many of the Samaritans believed in him because of the word of the woman, who testified, "He told me everything that I did."
- John 4:42 ἔλεγον impf act ind 3pl They said to the woman, "Now we believe, not because of your speaking; for we have heard for ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Savior of the world."
- John 4:48 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus therefore said to him, "Unless you see signs and wonders, you will in no way believe."
- John 4:49 λέγει pres act ind 3sg The nobleman said to him, "Sir, come down before my child dies."
- John 4:50 λέγει εἶπεν pres act ind 3sg aor act ind 3sg Jesus said to him, "Go your way. Your son lives." The man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way.
- John 4:52 εἶπον aor act ind 3pl So he inquired of them the hour when he began to get better. They said therefore to him, "Yesterday at the seventh hour, the fever left him."
- John 4:53 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg So the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, "Your son lives." He believed, as did his whole house.
- John 5:2 λεγόμενον pres pass ptcp acc sg neut Now in Jerusalem by the sheep gate, there is a pool, which is called in Hebrew, "Bethesda," having five porches.
- John 5:6 λέγει pres act ind 3sg When Jesus saw him lying there, and knew that he had been sick for a long time, he asked him, "Do you want to be made well?"
- John 5:8 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Jesus said to him, "Arise, take up your mat, and walk."
- John 5:10 ἔλεγον impf act ind 3pl So the Jews said to him who was cured, "It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat."
- John 5:11 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He answered them, "He who made me well, the same said to me, 'Take up your mat, and walk.'"
- John 5:12 εἰπών aor act ptcp nom sg masc Then they asked him, "Who is the man who said to you, 'Take up your mat, and walk'?"
- John 5:14 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, "Behold, you are made well. Sin no more, so that nothing worse happens to you."
- John 5:15 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg The man went away, and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
- John 5:18 ἔλεγεν impf act ind 3sg For this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.
- John 5:19 ἔλεγεν λέγω impf act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg Jesus therefore answered them, "Most assuredly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.
- John 5:24 λέγω pres act ind 1sg "Most assuredly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn't come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.
- John 5:25 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Most assuredly, I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God's voice; and those who hear will live.
- John 5:34 λέγω pres act ind 1sg But the testimony which I receive is not from man. However, I say these things that you may be saved.
- John 6:5 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude was coming to him, said to Philip, "Where are we to buy bread, that these may eat?"
- John 6:6 ἔλεγεν impf act ind 3sg This he said to test him, for he himself knew what he would do.
- John 6:8 λέγει pres act ind 3sg One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, said to him,
- John 6:10 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus said, "Have the people sit down." Now there was much grass in that place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand.
- John 6:12 λέγει pres act ind 3sg When they were filled, he said to his disciples, "Gather up the broken pieces which are left over, that nothing be lost."
- John 6:14 ἔλεγον impf act ind 3pl When therefore the people saw the sign which Jesus did, they said, "This is truly the prophet who comes into the world."
- John 6:20 λέγει pres act ind 3sg But he said to them, "I AM. Don't be afraid."
- John 6:25 εἶπον aor act ind 3pl When they found him on the other side of the sea, they asked him, "Rabbi, when did you come here?"
- John 6:26 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly I tell you, you seek me, not because you saw signs, but because you ate of the loaves, and were filled.
- John 6:28 εἶπον aor act ind 3pl They said therefore to him, "What must we do, that we may work the works of God?"
- John 6:29 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus answered them, "This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he has sent."
- John 6:30 εἶπον aor act ind 3pl They said therefore to him, "What then do you do for a sign, that we may see, and believe you? What work do you do?
- John 6:32 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg Jesus therefore said to them, "Most assuredly, I tell you, it wasn't Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven.
- John 6:34 εἶπον aor act ind 3pl They said therefore to him, "Lord, always give us this bread."
- John 6:35 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus said to them, "I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will not be hungry, and he who believes in me will never be thirsty.
- John 6:36 εἶπον aor act ind 1sg But I told you that you have seen me, and yet you don't believe.
- John 6:41 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg The Jews therefore murmured concerning him, because he said, "I am the bread which came down out of heaven."
- John 6:42 ἔλεγον λέγει impf act ind 3pl pres act ind 3sg They said, "Isn't this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, 'I have come down out of heaven?'"
- John 6:43 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Therefore Jesus answered them, "Don't murmur among yourselves.
- John 6:47 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Most assuredly, I tell you, he who believes in me has eternal life.
- John 6:52 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc The Jews therefore contended with one another, saying, "How can this man give us his flesh to eat?"
- John 6:53 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg Jesus therefore said to them, "Most assuredly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don't have life in yourselves.
- John 6:59 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg These things he said in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum.
- John 6:60 εἶπον aor act ind 3pl Therefore many of his disciples, when they heard this, said, "This is a hard saying! Who can listen to it?"
- John 6:61 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But Jesus knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them, "Does this cause you to stumble?
- John 6:65 ἔλεγεν impf act ind 3sg He said, "For this cause have I said to you that no one can come to me, unless it is given to him by my Father."
- John 6:67 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus said therefore to the twelve, "You don't also want to go away, do you?"
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.
