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Koine Greek wordlink #71401

SR GNT Yhn 8:55 εἴπω (eipō) ‘have known him and_if I may say that not I have known’ Strongs=30040 Lemma=legō
Word role=verb mood=subjunctive tense=aorist voice=active person=1st number=singular
Refers to Word #71364 Person=Jesus

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Other uses (6) of identical word form εἴπω (V-SAA1..S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘εἴπω’ (V-SAA1..S) has 2 different glosses: ‘I may say’, ‘I may tell’.

Yhn (Jhn) 3:12 ‘you_all are believing how if I may tell to you_all the heavenly things’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 3:12 word 13

Yhn (Jhn) 12:27 ‘has_been disturbed and what I may say father save me’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 12:27 word 8

Yhn (Jhn) 12:49 ‘a command has given what I may say and what I may speak’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 12:49 word 20

Mat 2:13 ‘be there until I may tell to you is going for’ SR GNT Mat 2:13 word 42

Luke 22:67 ‘to them if to you_all I may tell by_no_means not you_all may believe’ SR GNT Luke 22:67 word 17

1Cor 11:22 ‘not having what I may say to you_all I may praise you_all’ SR GNT 1Cor 11:22 word 24

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘legō’ have 147 different glosses: ‘am saying’, ‘am speaking’, ‘am telling’, ‘are saying’, ‘are saying it’, ‘be saying’, ‘be speaking it’, ‘be telling’, ‘being called’, ‘being spoken’, ‘had spoken’, ‘has said’, ‘have said’, ‘having said’, ‘having spoken’, ‘having_been said’, ‘having_been spoken’, ‘is calling’, ‘is saying’, ‘is speaking’, ‘is_being called’, ‘is_being said’, ‘let say’, ‘let_be saying’, ‘may say’, ‘may speak’, ‘may_be saying’, ‘they said’, ‘to say’, ‘to speak’, ‘to tell’, ‘to_be calling’, ‘to_be saying’, ‘to_be speaking’, ‘to_be telling’, ‘to_be_being called’, ‘to_be_being said’, ‘to_have said’, ‘was asking’, ‘was saying’, ‘was speaking’, ‘were saying’, ‘were speaking’, ‘were spoken’, ‘will_be saying’, ‘will_be telling’, ‘I am asking’, ‘I am calling’, ‘I am saying’, ‘I am speaking’, ‘I am telling’, ‘I am telling you’, ‘I have called’, ‘I have said’, ‘I have told’, ‘I may say’, ‘I may tell’, ‘I may_be saying’, ‘I was saying’, ‘I was telling’, ‘I will_be saying’, ‘I will_be speaking’, ‘I will_be telling’, ‘I said’, ‘I said it’, ‘I spoke’, ‘I told’, ‘he had said’, ‘he had spoken’, ‘he has said’, ‘he has spoken’, ‘he having said’, ‘he is calling’, ‘he is saying’, ‘he is speaking’, ‘he is telling’, ‘he may say’, ‘he may_be saying’, ‘he was calling’, ‘he was saying’, ‘he was speaking’, ‘he will_be saying’, ‘he will_be speaking’, ‘he called’, ‘he said’, ‘he spoke’, ‘he told’, ‘him let say’, ‘it has_been said’, ‘it is saying’, ‘it was said’, ‘she is saying’, ‘she was saying’, ‘she said’, ‘they are calling’, ‘they are saying’, ‘they are speaking’, ‘they are telling’, ‘they have said’, ‘they may say’, ‘they may tell’, ‘they may_be saying’, ‘they may_be telling’, ‘they were saying’, ‘they will_be saying’, ‘they said’, ‘they spoke’, ‘we are saying’, ‘we may call’, ‘we may say’, ‘we may_be saying’, ‘we will_be saying’, ‘who were telling’, ‘you are calling’, ‘you are saying’, ‘you are speaking’, ‘you are telling’, ‘you have spoken’, ‘you may say’, ‘you may speak’, ‘you may tell’, ‘you will_be saying’, ‘you will_be speaking’, ‘you said’, ‘you spoke’, ‘you_all are calling’, ‘you_all are saying’, ‘you_all are speaking’, ‘you_all have spoken’, ‘you_all may say’, ‘you_all may tell’, ‘you_all may_be speaking’, ‘you_all were saying’, ‘you_all will_be saying’, ‘you_all said’, ‘calling’, ‘said’, ‘said it’, ‘say’, ‘say it’, ‘saying’, ‘speak’, ‘speaking’, ‘spoke’, ‘tell’, ‘telling’, ‘told’.

Key: V=verb SAA1..S=subjunctive,aorist,active,1st person singular