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Koine Greek wordlink #9132

SR GNT Mat 13:51 Λέγουσιν (Legousin) ‘you_all understood these things all they are saying to him yes’ Strongs=30040 Lemma=legō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=present voice=active person=3rd number=plural
Year=31 AD TimeSeries=Seaside_Parables_and_Miracle

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Other uses (12) of identical word form Λέγουσιν (V-IPA3··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘Λέγουσιν’ (V-IPA3··P) is always and only glossed as ‘they are saying’.

Yhn (Jhn) 11:34 ‘where you_all have laid him they are saying to him master be coming’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 11:34 word 6

OET-LV: 34 And he _said: Where have _you _all _laid him? They _are _saying to _him: master, be _coming and see. (JHN_11:34)

OET-RV: 34 but he just asked, “Where has he been laid?”
¶ “Master, come and see,” they replied. (JHN 11:34)

Yhn (Jhn) 21:3 ‘Petros I am going to_be fishing they are saying to him are coming also’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 21:3 word 8

OET-LV: 3 Simōn Petros is _saying to _them: I _am _going to _be _fishing. They _are _saying to _him: We are_ also _coming with you. They _came _out and they _boarded into the boat, and at that the night they _caught nothing. (JHN_21:3)

OET-RV: 3 when Simon Peter said that he was going fishing and the others said that they’d join him.
¶ So they went off and got in the boat, but they didn’t catch anything that night. (JHN 21:3)

Mark 8:19 ‘of fragments full you_all took_up they are saying to him twelve’ SR GNT Mark 8:19 word 18

OET-LV: 19 When I _broke the five loaves for the five _thousand, how _many baskets full of _fragments you _all _took _up? They _are _saying to _him: Twelve. (MRK_8:19)

OET-RV: 19 When I broke up the five buns to feed five thousand people, how many basketfuls of leftovers did you collect?”
¶ “Twelve,” they answered. (MRK 8:19)

Mat 9:28 ‘I am being_able this to do they are saying to him yes master’ SR GNT Mat 9:28 word 30

OET-LV: 28 And having _come into the house, the blind men approached to _him, and the Yaʸsous is _saying to _them: Are _you _all _believing that I _am _being _able to _do this? They _are _saying to _him: Yes, master. (MAT_9:28)

OET-RV: 28 When he went into the house, the blind men went to him and Yeshua said to them, “Do you believe that I’m able to do this?”
¶ They replied, “Yes, master.” (MAT 9:28)

Mat 19:7 ‘they are saying to him why therefore’ SR GNT Mat 19:7 word 1

OET-LV: 7 They _are _saying to _him: Therefore why Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh) commanded to _give a_scroll of _divorce and to _send_ her _away? (MAT_19:7)

OET-RV: 7 “So why did Mosheh allow us to give her a letter of divorce and then to send her away?” they asked him. (MAT 19:7)

Mat 20:7 ‘they are saying to him because no_one’ SR GNT Mat 20:7 word 1

OET-LV: 7 They _are _saying to _him: Because no _one hired us. He _is _saying to _them: You _all be _going also into the vineyard. (MAT_20:7)

OET-RV: 7 ‘Because no one has hired us,’ they said. So he also sent them off to work in the vineyard. (MAT 20:7)

Mat 20:22 ‘I am going to_be drinking they are saying to him we are being_able’ SR GNT Mat 20:22 word 30

OET-LV: 22 But the Yaʸsous answering said: You _all _have_ not _known what you _all _are _requesting. Are _you _all _being _able to _drink the cup which I am _going to _be _drinking? They _are _saying to _him: We _are _being _able. (MAT_20:22)

OET-RV: 22 But Yeshua answered, “You all don’t realise what you’re asking. Do you think you’ll be able to bear the suffering that I will have to suffer?”
¶ “Yes,” they replied, “we can.” (MAT 20:22)

Mat 20:33 ‘they are saying to him master that’ SR GNT Mat 20:33 word 1

OET-LV: 33 They _are _saying to _him: master, that may _be _opening _up the eyes of _us. (MAT_20:33)

OET-RV: 33 “Master,” they said, “open our eyes so we can see.” (MAT 20:33)

Mat 21:31 ‘will of the father they are saying the first is saying’ SR GNT Mat 21:31 word 11

OET-LV: 31 Which of the two did the will of _the father? They _are _saying: The first. The Yaʸsous is _saying to _them: Truly, I _am _saying to _you _all that the tax _collectors and the prostitutes are _going _before you _all into the kingdom of_ the _god. (MAT_21:31)

OET-RV: 31 Which of the two did what the father wanted?”
¶ “The first one,” the hearers answered.
¶ “I can assure you all,” Yeshua continued, “that tax collectors and prostitutes will enter God’s kingdom ahead of you lot, (MAT 21:31)

Mat 21:41 ‘they are saying to him evil ones miserably’ SR GNT Mat 21:41 word 1

OET-LV: 41 They _are _saying to _him: He _will _be _destroying them evil ones miserably, and will _be _renting _out the vineyard to _other tenant _farmers, who will _be _giving _back to _him the fruits in the seasons of _them. (MAT_21:41)

OET-RV: 41 “He’ll brutally destroy those wicked tenants,” they answered, “then he’ll rent the vineyard out to other tenant farmers who will give him his share of the harvest.” (MAT 21:41)

Mat 22:21 ‘they are saying of Kaisar then he is saying’ SR GNT Mat 22:21 word 1

OET-LV: 21 They _are _saying: Of _Kaisar. Then he _is _saying to _them: Therefore give _back the things of _Kaisar to _Kaisar, and the things of_ the _god to_ the _god. (MAT_22:21)

OET-RV: 21 “Caesar’s,” they answered.
¶ “Then give Caesar’s things to Caesar and God’s things to God,” Yeshua responded. (MAT 22:21)

Mat 22:42 ‘of whom son he is they are saying to him of the son of Dawid/(Dāvid)’ SR GNT Mat 22:42 word 11

OET-LV: 42 saying: What is _supposing to _you _all concerning the chosen _one /messiah? Of _whom son is _he? They _are _saying to _him: Of _the son of _Dawid/(Dāvid). (MAT_22:42)

OET-RV: 42 “How do you interpret the scriptures about the messiah? Who will he be a descendant of?”
¶ “A descendant of King David,” they answered. (MAT 22:42)

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