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Koine Greek wordlink #56861

SR GNT Luke 19:40 Λέγω (Legō) ‘and answering he said I am saying to you_all that if’ Strongs=30040 Lemma=legō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=present voice=active person=1st number=singular
Year=33 AD

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Other uses (13) of identical word form Λέγω (V-IPA1··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘Λέγω’ (V-IPA1··S) has 3 different glosses: ‘I am saying’, ‘I am speaking’, ‘I am telling’.

Yhn (Jhn) 13:18 ‘about all of you_all I am speaking I have known whom_all’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 13:18 word 5

OET-LV: 18 I _am _speaking not about all of _you. I have _known whom _all I _chose, but in _order _that the scripture may _be _fulfilled: The one eating the bread with me, lifted _up the heel of _him against me. (JHN_13:18)

OET-RV: 18 “But I’m not talking about all of you. I know each one that I chose, but this that was written in the scriptures must be fulfilled,
⇔ ‘The one sharing food with me, lifted up his boot against me.’ (JHN 13:18)

Luke 7:9 ‘after him crowd said I am saying to you_all not_even in’ SR GNT Luke 7:9 word 18

OET-LV: 9 And having _heard these things the Yaʸsous, marvelled at _him, and having _been _turned to _the crowd following after _him said: I _am _saying to _you _all, not _even in the Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl) I _found so _much faith. (LUK_7:9)

OET-RV: 9 When he heard that, Yeshua was amazed and turned to face the crowd that was following him and said, “I can tell you that never before in all of Yisrael have I encountered so much faith!” (LUK 7:9)

Luke 7:28 ‘I am saying to you_all greater among those’ SR GNT Luke 7:28 word 2

OET-LV: 28 I _am _saying to _you _all, no _one is greater among those born of _women Yōannaʸs, but the the_least in the kingdom of_ the _god is greater than he. (LUK_7:28)

OET-RV: 28 I’m telling all of you, no one who’s been born from a woman is greater than Yohan, yet the lowest person in God’s kingdom is greater than him.” (LUK 7:28)

Luke 10:12 ‘I am saying to you_all that for Sodoma/(Şədom)’ SR GNT Luke 10:12 word 1

OET-LV: 12 I _am _saying to _you _all that will _be more _tolerable for_Sodoma/(Şədom) in the that, day, than the for_ that _city. (LUK_10:12)

OET-RV: 12 I’m telling you that it will be more bearable for the people of Sodom in that day than for the people in that place. (LUK 10:12)

Luke 11:8 ‘I am saying to you_all if even’ SR GNT Luke 11:8 word 1

OET-LV: 8 I _am _saying to _you _all, even if ˓will˒_ not _be _giving to _him having _risen _up, because _of that to _be friend of _him, surely because _of the persistence of _him having _been _raised, will _be _giving to _him of _as _much _as he _is _needing. (LUK_11:8)

OET-RV: 8 I’m telling all of you that even if that friend wouldn’t get up and give them anything because of their friendship, then the friend will certainly get up and give them some food if they persist in knocking. (LUK 11:8)

Luke 12:59 ‘I am saying to you by_no_means not’ SR GNT Luke 12:59 word 1

OET-LV: 59 I _am _saying to _you, by _no _means you _may_ not _come _out from _there until you _may _give _back even the last lepton_coin. (LUK_12:59)

OET-RV: 59 I’m telling you that you won’t get out of there until every last penny has been repaid.” (LUK 12:59)

Luke 15:7 ‘I am saying to you_all that thus’ SR GNT Luke 15:7 word 1

OET-LV: 7 I _am _saying to _you _all that thus joy in the heaven will _be over one sinner repenting, than over ninety nine righteous ones, who are _having no need of _repentance. (LUK_15:7)

OET-RV: 7 I’m telling you all that there’s similar celebration in heaven when one person turns from their disobedience and obeys God—more than over ninety-nine guiltless people who have no need to change. (LUK 15:7)

Luke 17:34 ‘I am saying to you_all in this night’ SR GNT Luke 17:34 word 1

OET-LV: 34 I _am _saying to _you _all, in _this the night will _be two on one bed, the one will _be _being _taken, and the other will _be _being _left. (LUK_17:34)

OET-RV: 34 I’m telling you, two people will be in one bed on that night and one will be taken and the other one will be left behind. (LUK 17:34)

Luke 18:8 ‘I am saying to you_all that he will_be executing’ SR GNT Luke 18:8 word 1

OET-LV: 8 I _am _saying to _you _all that he _will _be _executing the vengeance of _them in quickness. However the son of_ the _man having _come, consequently ˓will˒_he _be _finding the faith on the earth? (LUK_18:8)

OET-RV: 8 I’m telling you that he’ll quickly bring justice to the situation. However, when humanity’s child comes, will he find faith on the earth?” (LUK 18:8)

Luke 18:14 ‘I am saying to you_all came_downhill this one’ SR GNT Luke 18:14 word 1

OET-LV: 14 I _am _saying to _you _all, this one came _down to the house of _him having _been _justified, contrary _to that one. Because everyone which exalting himself will _be _being _humbled, but the one humbling himself will _be _being _exalted. (LUK_18:14)

OET-RV: 14 I’m telling you all that this man went home after being declared guiltless, not the other one, because all those who praise themselves will be humbled, and those who humble themselves will be praised.” (LUK 18:14)

Luke 19:26 ‘I am saying to you_all that to everyone’ SR GNT Luke 19:26 word 1

OET-LV: 26 I _am _saying to _you _all that to _everyone the one having, will _be _being _given, but from the one not having, even what he _is _having will _be _being _taken _away. (LUK_19:26)

OET-RV: 26 ‘I’m telling you all,’ the master replied, ‘that everyone who has, will be given more, but the person who doesn’t have, even what they have will be taken away from them. (LUK 19:26)

Luke 22:34 ‘he and said I am telling to you Petros by_no_means’ SR GNT Luke 22:34 word 4

OET-LV: 34 And he said: I _am _telling to _you, Petros, the_rooster ˓will˒_ by _no _means _be _crowing today, until three-times you _will _be _renouncing to _have _known me. (LUK_22:34)

OET-RV: 34 “I can tell you, Peter,” replied Yeshua, “that the rooster certainly won’t crow today until you’ve gone and three times denied even knowing me.” (LUK 22:34)

Rom 15:8 ‘I am saying for the chosen_one/messiah a servant’ SR GNT Rom 15:8 word 1

OET-LV: 8 I _am _saying for the_chosen _one /messiah a_servant to _have _become of_the_circumcision for the_truth of_god, in _order that to _confirm the promises to _the fathers (ROM_15:8)

OET-RV: 8 I can tell you that Messiah became a servant of the circumcised Jews so that God’s truth will be seen by its confirming of the promises that were made to our ancestors, (ROM 15:8)

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