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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John 384 verses
- John 6:71 ἔλεγεν impf act ind 3sg Now he spoke of Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, for it was he who would betray him, being one of the twelve.
- John 7:3 εἶπον aor act ind 3pl His brothers therefore said to him, "Depart from here, and go into Judea, that your disciples also may see your works which you do.
- John 7:6 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Jesus therefore said to them, "My time has not yet come, but your time is always ready.
- John 7:9 εἰπὼν aor act ptcp nom sg masc Having said these things to them, he stayed in Galilee.
- John 7:11 ἔλεγον impf act ind 3pl The Jews therefore sought him at the feast, and said, "Where is he?"
- John 7:12 ἔλεγον ἔλεγον impf act ind 3pl impf act ind 3pl There was much murmuring among the multitudes concerning him. Some said, "He is a good man." Others said, "Not so, but he leads the multitude astray."
- John 7:15 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc The Jews therefore marveled, saying, "How does this man know letters, having never been educated?"
- John 7:16 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus therefore answered them, "My teaching is not mine, but his who sent me.
- John 7:21 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus answered them, "I did one work, and you all marvel because of it.
- John 7:25 Ἔλεγον impf act ind 3pl Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, "Isn't this he whom they seek to kill?
- John 7:26 λέγουσιν pres act ind 3pl Behold, he speaks openly, and they say nothing to him. Can it be that the rulers indeed know that this is truly the Christ?
- John 7:28 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying, "You both know me, and know where I am from. I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you don't know.
- John 7:31 ἔλεγον impf act ind 3pl But of the multitude, many believed in him. They said, "When the Christ comes, he won't do more signs than those which this man has done, will he?"
- John 7:33 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Then Jesus said, "I will be with you a little while longer, then I go to him who sent me.
- John 7:35 εἶπον aor act ind 3pl The Jews therefore said among themselves, "Where will this man go that we won't find him? Will he go to the Dispersion among the Greeks, and teach the Greeks?
- John 7:36 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg What is this word that he said, 'You will seek me, and won't find me; and where I am, you can't come?'"
- John 7:37 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc Now on the last and greatest day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried out, "If anyone is thirsty, let him come to me and drink!
- John 7:38 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He who believes in me, as the Scripture has said, from within him will flow rivers of living water."
- John 7:39 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But he said this about the Spirit, which those believing in him were to receive. For the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because Jesus wasn't yet glorified.
- John 7:40 ἔλεγον impf act ind 3pl Many of the multitude therefore, when they heard these words, said, "This is truly the prophet."
- John 7:41 ἔλεγον ἔλεγον impf act ind 3pl impf act ind 3pl Others said, "This is the Christ." But some said, "What, does the Christ come out of Galilee?
- John 7:42 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Hasn't the Scripture said that the Christ comes of the seed of David, and from Bethlehem, the village where David was?"
- John 7:45 εἶπον aor act ind 3pl The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, "Why didn't you bring him?"
- John 7:50 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Nicodemus (he who came to him by night, being one of them) said to them,
- John 7:52 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl They answered him, "Are you also from Galilee? Search, and see that no prophet has arisen out of Galilee."
- John 8:4 λέγουσιν pres act ind 3pl they told him, "Teacher, we found this woman in adultery, in the very act.
- John 8:5 λέγεις pres act ind 2sg Now in our law, Moses commanded us to stone such. What then do you say about her?"
- John 8:6 ἔλεγον impf act ind 3pl They said this testing him, that they might have something to accuse him of. But Jesus stooped down, and wrote on the ground with his finger.
- John 8:7 εἶπε aor act ind 3sg But when they continued asking him, he looked up and said to them, "He who is without sin among you, let him throw the first stone at her."
- John 8:10 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus, standing up, saw her and said, "Woman, where are your accusers? Did no one condemn you?"
- John 8:11 εἶπεν εἶπε aor act ind 3sg aor act ind 3sg She said, "No one, Lord." Jesus said, "Neither do I condemn you. Go your way. From now on, sin no more."
- John 8:12 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc Again, therefore, Jesus spoke to them, saying, "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life."
- John 8:13 εἶπον aor act ind 3pl The Pharisees therefore said to him, "You testify about yourself. Your testimony is not valid."
- John 8:14 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus answered them, "Even if I testify about myself, my testimony is true, for I know where I came from, and where I am going; but you don't know where I came from, or where I am going.
- John 8:19 ἔλεγον impf act ind 3pl They said therefore to him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me, nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also."
- John 8:21 Εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus said therefore again to them, "I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I go, you can't come."
- John 8:22 ἔλεγον λέγει impf act ind 3pl pres act ind 3sg The Jews therefore said, "Will he kill himself, that he says, 'Where I am going, you can't come?'"
- John 8:23 ἔλεγεν impf act ind 3sg He said to them, "You are from beneath. I am from above. You are of this world. I am not of this world.
- John 8:24 εἶπον aor act ind 1sg I said therefore to you that you will die in your sins; for unless you believe that I am he, you will die in your sins."
- John 8:25 ἔλεγον εἶπεν impf act ind 3pl aor act ind 3sg They said therefore to him, "Who are you?" Jesus said to them, "Just what I have been saying to you from the beginning.
- John 8:27 ἔλεγεν impf act ind 3sg They didn't understand that he spoke to them about the Father.
- John 8:28 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus therefore said to them, "When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as my Father taught me, I say these things.
- John 8:31 ἔλεγεν impf act ind 3sg Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, "If you remain in my word, then you are truly my disciples.
- John 8:33 λέγεις pres act ind 2sg They answered him, "We are Abraham's seed, and have never been in bondage to anyone. How do you say, 'You will be made free?'"
- John 8:34 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Jesus answered them, "Most assuredly I tell you, everyone who commits sin is the bondservant of sin.
- John 8:39 εἶπαν λέγει aor act ind 3pl pres act ind 3sg They answered him, "Our father is Abraham." Jesus said to them, "If you were Abraham's children, you would do the works of Abraham.
- John 8:41 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl You do the works of your father." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father, God."
- John 8:42 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Therefore Jesus said to them, "If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came out and have come from God. For I haven't come of myself, but he sent me.
- John 8:45 λέγω pres act ind 1sg But because I tell the truth, you don't believe me.
- John 8:46 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Which of you convicts me of sin? If I tell the truth, why do you not believe me?
- John 8:48 εἶπαν λέγομεν aor act ind 3pl pres act ind 1pl Then the Jews answered him, "Don't we say well that you are a Samaritan, and have a demon?"
- John 8:51 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Most assuredly, I tell you, if a person keeps my word, he will never see death."
- John 8:52 εἶπαν λέγεις aor act ind 3pl pres act ind 2sg Then the Jews said to him, "Now we know that you have a demon. Abraham died, and the prophets; and you say, 'If a man keeps my word, he will never taste of death.'
- John 8:54 λέγετε pres act ind 2pl Jesus answered, "If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father who glorifies me, of whom you say that he is our God.
- John 8:55 εἴπω aor act subj 1sg You have not known him, but I know him. If I said, 'I don't know him,' I would be like you, a liar. But I know him, and keep his word.
- John 8:57 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl The Jews therefore said to him, "You are not yet fifty years old, and have you seen Abraham?"
- John 8:58 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg Jesus said to them, "Most assuredly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM."
- John 9:2 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc His disciples asked him, "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?"
- John 9:6 εἰπὼν aor act ptcp nom sg masc When he had said this, he spat on the ground, made mud with the saliva, anointed the blind man's eyes with the mud,
- John 9:7 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg and said to him, "Go, wash in the pool of Siloam" (which means "Sent"). So he went away, washed, and came back seeing.
- John 9:8 ἔλεγον impf act ind 3pl The neighbors therefore, and those who saw that he was blind before, said, "Isn't this he who sat and begged?"
- John 9:9 ἔλεγον ἔλεγον ἔλεγεν impf act ind 3pl impf act ind 3pl impf act ind 3sg Others were saying, "It is he." Still others were saying, "He looks like him." He said, "I am he."
- John 9:10 ἔλεγον impf act ind 3pl They therefore were asking him, "How were your eyes opened?"
- John 9:11 λεγόμενος εἶπέν pres pass ptcp nom sg masc aor act ind 3sg He answered, "A man called Jesus made mud, anointed my eyes, and said to me, 'Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash.' So I went away and washed, and I received sight."
- John 9:12 εἶπαν λέγει aor act ind 3pl pres act ind 3sg Then they asked him, "Where is he?" He said, "I don't know."
- John 9:15 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Again therefore the Pharisees also asked him how he received his sight. He said to them, "He put mud on my eyes, I washed, and I see."
- John 9:16 ἔλεγον ἔλεγον impf act ind 3pl impf act ind 3pl Some therefore of the Pharisees said, "This man is not from God, because he doesn't keep the Sabbath." Others said, "How can a man who is a sinner do such signs?" There was division among them.
- John 9:17 λέγουσιν λέγεις εἶπεν pres act ind 3pl pres act ind 2sg aor act ind 3sg Therefore they asked the blind man again, "What do you say about him, because he opened your eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet."
- John 9:19 λέγοντες λέγετε pres act ptcp nom pl masc pres act ind 2pl and asked them, "Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then does he now see?"
- John 9:20 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl His parents answered them, "We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind;
- John 9:22 εἶπον aor act ind 3pl His parents said these things because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if any man would confess him as Christ, he would be put out of the synagogue.
- John 9:23 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl Therefore his parents said, "He is of age. Ask him."
- John 9:24 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl So they called the man who was blind a second time, and said to him, "Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner."
- John 9:26 εἶπον aor act ind 3pl They said to him again, "What did he do to you? How did he open your eyes?"
- John 9:27 εἶπον aor act ind 1sg He answered them, "I told you already, and you didn't listen. Why do you want to hear it again? You don't also want to become his disciples, do you?"
- John 9:28 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl They insulted him and said, "You are his disciple, but we are disciples of Moses.
- John 9:30 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg The man answered them, "How amazing! You don't know where he comes from, yet he opened my eyes.
- John 9:34 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl They answered him, "You were altogether born in sins, and do you teach us?" They threw him out.
- John 9:35 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus heard that they had thrown him out, and finding him, he said, "Do you believe in the Son of God?"
- John 9:36 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg He answered, "Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?"
- John 9:37 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus said to him, "You have both seen him, and it is he who speaks with you."
- John 9:39 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus said, "I came into this world for judgment, that those who don't see may see; and that those who see may become blind."
- John 9:40 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl Those of the Pharisees who were with him heard these things, and said to him, "Are we also blind?"
- John 9:41 εἶπεν λέγετε aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 2pl Jesus said to them, "If you were blind, you would have no sin; but now you say, 'We see.' Therefore your sin remains.
- John 10:1 λέγω pres act ind 1sg "Most assuredly, I tell you, one who doesn't enter by the door into the sheep fold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.
- John 10:6 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus spoke this parable to them, but they didn't understand what he was telling them.
- John 10:7 εἶπεν λέγω aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg Jesus therefore said to them again, "Most assuredly, I tell you, I am the sheep's door.
- John 10:20 ἔλεγον impf act ind 3pl Many of them said, "He has a demon, and is insane! Why do you listen to him?"
- John 10:21 ἔλεγον impf act ind 3pl Others said, "These are not the sayings of one possessed by a demon. It isn't possible for a demon to open the eyes of the blind, is it?"
- John 10:24 ἔλεγον εἰπὸν impf act ind 3pl aor act impv 2sg The Jews therefore came around him and said to him, "How long will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."
- John 10:25 εἶπον aor act ind 1sg Jesus answered them, "I told you, and you don't believe. The works that I do in my Father's name, these testify about me.
- John 10:34 εἶπα aor act ind 1sg Jesus answered them, "Isn't it written in your law, 'I said, you are gods?'
- John 10:35 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg If he called them gods, to whom the word of God came (and the Scripture can't be broken),
- John 10:36 λέγετε εἶπον pres act ind 2pl aor act ind 1sg Do you say of him whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world, 'You blaspheme,' because I said, 'I am the Son of God?'
- John 10:41 ἔλεγον εἶπεν impf act ind 3pl aor act ind 3sg Many came to him. They said, "John indeed did no sign, but everything that John said about this man is true."
- John 11:3 λέγουσαι pres act ptcp nom pl fem The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, "Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick."
- John 11:4 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But when Jesus heard it, he said, "This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God's Son may be glorified by it."
- John 11:7 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Then after this he said to the disciples, "Let's go into Judea again."
- John 11:8 λέγουσιν pres act ind 3pl The disciples told him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and are you going there again?"
- John 11:11 εἶπεν λέγει aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg He said these things, and after that, he said to them, "Our friend, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep."
- John 11:12 εἶπον aor act ind 3pl The disciples therefore said, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover."
- John 11:13 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep.
- John 11:14 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg So Jesus said to them plainly then, "Lazarus is dead.
- John 11:16 εἶπεν λεγόμενος aor act ind 3sg pres pass ptcp nom sg masc Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, "Let's go also, that we may die with him."
- John 11:21 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Therefore Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn't have died.
- John 11:23 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again."
- John 11:24 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Martha said to him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day."
- John 11:25 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, though he die, yet will he live.
- John 11:27 λέγει pres act ind 3sg She said to him, "Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, God's Son, he who comes into the world."
- John 11:28 εἰποῦσα εἰποῦσα aor act ptcp nom sg fem aor act ptcp nom sg fem When she had said this, she went away, and called Mary, her sister, secretly, saying, "The Teacher is here, and is calling you."
- John 11:32 λέγουσα pres act ptcp nom sg fem Therefore when Mary came to where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn't have died."
- John 11:34 εἶπεν λέγουσιν aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 3pl and said, "Where have you laid him?" They told him, "Lord, come and see."
- John 11:36 ἔλεγον impf act ind 3pl The Jews therefore said, "See how much affection he had for him!"
- John 11:37 εἶπον aor act ind 3pl Some of them said, "Couldn't this man, who opened the eyes of him who was blind, have also kept this man from dying?"
- John 11:39 λέγει λέγει pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3sg Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to him, "Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days."
- John 11:40 λέγει εἶπόν pres act ind 3sg aor act ind 1sg Jesus said to her, "Didn't I tell you that if you believed, you would see God's glory?"
- John 11:41 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg So they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, "Father, I thank you that you listened to me.
- John 11:42 εἶπον aor act ind 1sg I know that you always listen to me, but because of the multitude that stands around I said this, that they may believe that you sent me."
- John 11:43 εἰπὼν aor act ptcp nom sg masc When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"
- John 11:44 λέγει pres act ind 3sg He who was dead came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Free him, and let him go."
- John 11:46 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl But some of them went away to the Pharisees, and told them the things which Jesus had done.
- John 11:47 ἔλεγον impf act ind 3pl The chief priests therefore and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said, "What are we doing? For this man does many signs.
- John 11:49 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But a certain one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, "You know nothing at all,
- John 11:51 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Now he didn't say this of himself, but being high priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation,
- John 11:54 λεγομένην pres pass ptcp acc sg fem Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews, but departed from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim. He stayed there with his disciples.
- John 11:56 ἔλεγαν impf act ind 3pl Then they sought for Jesus and spoke one with another, as they stood in the temple, "What do you think--that he isn't coming to the feast at all?"
- John 12:4 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Then Judas Iscariot, Simon's son, one of his disciples, who would betray him, said,
- John 12:6 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Now he said this, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and having the money box, used to steal what was put into it.
- John 12:7 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg But Jesus said, "Leave her alone. She has kept this for the day of my burial.
- John 12:19 εἶπαν aor act ind 3pl The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, "See how you accomplish nothing. Behold, the world has gone after him."
- John 12:21 λέγοντες pres act ptcp nom pl masc These, therefore, came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, "Sir, we want to see Jesus."
- John 12:22 λέγει λέγουσιν pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 3pl Philip came and told Andrew, and in turn, Andrew came with Philip, and they told Jesus.
- John 12:23 λέγων pres act ptcp nom sg masc Jesus answered them, "The time has come for the Son of Man to be glorified.
- John 12:24 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Most assuredly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears much fruit.
- John 12:27 εἴπω aor act subj 1sg "Now my soul is troubled. What shall I say? 'Father, save me from this time?' But for this cause I came to this time.
- John 12:29 ἔλεγεν ἔλεγον impf act ind 3sg impf act ind 3pl The multitude therefore, who stood by and heard it, said that it had thundered. Others said, "An angel has spoken to him."
- John 12:30 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus answered, "This voice hasn't come for my sake, but for your sakes.
- John 12:33 ἔλεγεν impf act ind 3sg But he said this, signifying by what kind of death he should die.
- John 12:34 λέγεις pres act ind 2sg The multitude answered him, "We have heard out of the law that the Christ remains forever. How do you say, 'The Son of Man must be lifted up?' Who is this Son of Man?"
- John 12:35 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus therefore said to them, "Yet a little while the light is with you. Walk while you have the light, that darkness doesn't overtake you. He who walks in the darkness doesn't know where he is going.
- John 12:38 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke, "Lord, who has believed our report? To whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?"
- John 12:39 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg For this cause they couldn't believe, for Isaiah said again,
- John 12:41 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Isaiah said these things when he saw his glory, and spoke of him.
- John 12:44 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus cried out and said, "Whoever believes in me, believes not in me, but in him who sent me.
- John 12:49 εἴπω aor act subj 1sg For I spoke not from myself, but the Father who sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.
- John 13:6 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Then he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, "Lord, do you wash my feet?"
- John 13:7 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus answered him, "You don't know what I am doing now, but you will understand later."
- John 13:8 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Peter said to him, "You will never wash my feet!" Jesus answered him, "If I don't wash you, you have no part with me."
- John 13:9 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head!"
- John 13:10 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Jesus said to him, "Someone who has bathed only needs to have his feet washed, but is completely clean. You are clean, but not all of you."
- John 13:11 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg For he knew him who would betray him, therefore he said, "You are not all clean."
- John 13:12 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg So when he had washed their feet, put his outer garment back on, and sat down again, he said to them, "Do you know what I have done to you?
- John 13:13 λέγετε pres act ind 2pl You call me, 'Teacher' and 'Lord.' You say so correctly, for so I am.
- John 13:16 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Most assuredly I tell you, a servant is not greater than his lord, neither one who is sent greater than he who sent him.
- John 13:18 λέγω pres act ind 1sg I don't speak concerning all of you. I know whom I have chosen. But that the Scripture may be fulfilled, 'He who eats bread with me has lifted up his heel against me.'
- John 13:19 λέγω pres act ind 1sg From now on, I tell you before it happens, that when it happens, you may believe that I AM.
- John 13:20 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Most assuredly I tell you, he who receives whomever I send, receives me; and he who receives me, receives him who sent me."
- John 13:21 εἰπὼν εἶπεν λέγω aor act ptcp nom sg masc aor act ind 3sg pres act ind 1sg When Jesus had said this, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, "Most assuredly I tell you that one of you will betray me."
- John 13:22 λέγει pres act ind 3sg The disciples looked at one another, perplexed about whom he spoke.
- John 13:24 λέγει εἰπὲ λέγει pres act ind 3sg aor act impv 2sg pres act ind 3sg Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, and said to him, "Tell us who it is of whom he speaks."
- John 13:25 λέγει pres act ind 3sg He, leaning back, as he was, on Jesus' breast, asked him, "Lord, who is it?"
- John 13:27 λέγει pres act ind 3sg After the piece of bread, then Satan entered into him. Then Jesus said to him, "What you do, do quickly."
- John 13:28 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Now no man at the table knew why he said this to him.
- John 13:29 λέγει pres act ind 3sg For some thought, because Judas had the money box, that Jesus said to him, "Buy what things we need for the feast," or that he should give something to the poor.
- John 13:31 λέγει pres act ind 3sg When he had gone out, Jesus said, "Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him.
- John 13:33 εἶπον λέγω aor act ind 1sg pres act ind 1sg Little children, I will be with you a little while longer. You will seek me, and as I said to the Jews, 'Where I am going, you can't come,' so now I tell you.
- John 13:36 Λέγει pres act ind 3sg Simon Peter said to him, "Lord, where are you going?" Jesus answered, "Where I am going, you can't follow now, but you will follow afterwards."
- John 13:37 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Peter said to him, "Lord, why can't I follow you now? I will lay down my life for you."
- John 13:38 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Jesus answered him, "Will you lay down your life for me? Most assuredly I tell you, the rooster won't crow until you have denied me three times.
- John 14:2 εἶπον aor act ind 1sg In my Father's house are many mansions. If it weren't so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.
- John 14:5 Λέγει pres act ind 3sg Thomas says to him, "Lord, we don't know where you are going. How can we know the way?"
- John 14:6 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
- John 14:8 Λέγει pres act ind 3sg Philip said to him, "Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us."
- John 14:9 λέγει λέγεις pres act ind 3sg pres act ind 2sg Jesus said to him, "Have I been with you such a long time, and do you not know me, Philip? He who has seen me has seen the Father. How do you say, 'Show us the Father?'
- John 14:10 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Don't you believe that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I tell you, I speak not from myself; but the Father who lives in me does his works.
- John 14:12 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Most assuredly I tell you, he who believes in me, the works that I do, he will do also; and greater works than these will he do; because I am going to my Father.
- John 14:22 Λέγει pres act ind 3sg Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, "Lord, what has happened that you are about to reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?"
- John 14:23 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus answered him, "If a man loves me, he will keep my word. My Father will love him, and we will come to him, and make our home with him.
- John 14:26 εἶπον aor act ind 1sg But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.
- John 14:28 εἶπον aor act ind 1sg You heard how I told you, 'I go away, and I come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said 'I am going to my Father;' for the Father is greater than I.
- John 15:15 λέγω pres act ind 1sg No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn't know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
- John 15:20 εἶπον aor act ind 1sg Remember the word that I said to you: 'A servant is not greater than his lord.' If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you. If they kept my word, they will keep yours also.
- John 16:4 εἶπον εἶπον aor act ind 1sg aor act ind 1sg But I have told you these things, so that when the time comes, you may remember that I told you about them. I didn't tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
- John 16:7 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Nevertheless I tell you the truth: It is to your advantage that I go away, for if I don't go away, the Counselor won't come to you. But if I go, I will send him to you.
- John 16:12 λέγειν pres act inf "I have yet many things to tell you, but you can't bear them now.
- John 16:15 εἶπον aor act ind 1sg All things whatever the Father has are mine; therefore I said that he takes of mine, and will declare it to you.
- John 16:17 Εἶπον λέγει aor act ind 3pl pres act ind 3sg Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, "What is this that he says to us, 'A little while, and you won't see me, and again a little while, and you will see me;' and, 'Because I go to the Father?'"
- John 16:18 ἔλεγον λέγει impf act ind 3pl pres act ind 3sg They said therefore, "What is this that he says, 'A little while?' We don't know what he is saying."
- John 16:19 εἶπεν εἶπον aor act ind 3sg aor act ind 1sg Therefore Jesus perceived that they wanted to ask him, and he said to them, "Do you inquire among yourselves concerning this, that I said, 'A little while, and you won't see me, and again a little while, and you will see me?'
- John 16:20 λέγω pres act ind 1sg Most assuredly I tell you, that you will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice. You will be sorrowful, but your sorrow will be turned into joy.
- John 16:23 λέγω pres act ind 1sg "In that day you will ask me no questions. Most assuredly I tell you, whatever you may ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
- John 16:26 λέγω pres act ind 1sg In that day you will ask in my name; and I don't say to you, that I will pray to the Father for you,
- John 16:29 Λέγουσιν λέγεις pres act ind 3pl pres act ind 2sg His disciples said to him, "Behold, now you speak plainly, and speak no figures of speech.
- John 17:1 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg Jesus said these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you;
- John 18:1 εἰπὼν aor act ptcp nom sg masc When Jesus had spoken these words, he went out with his disciples over the brook Kidron, where was a garden, into which he and his disciples entered.
- John 18:4 λέγει pres act ind 3sg Jesus therefore, knowing all the things that were happening to him, went forth, and said to them, "Who are you looking for?"
- John 18:5 λέγει pres act ind 3sg They answered him, "Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus said to them, "I AM." Judas also, who betrayed him, was standing with them.
- John 18:6 εἶπεν aor act ind 3sg When therefore he said to them, "I AM," they went backward, and fell to the ground.
- John 18:7 εἶπον aor act ind 3pl Again therefore he asked them, "Who are you looking for?" They said, "Jesus of Nazareth."
- John 18:8 εἶπον aor act ind 1sg Jesus answered, "I told you that I AM. If therefore you seek me, let these go their way,"
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.