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SR GNT Mat 22:43 Λέγει (Legei) ‘he is saying to them how therefore’ Strongs=30040 Lemma=legō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=present voice=active person=3rd number=singular
Year=33 AD

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Other uses (28) of identical word form Λέγει (V-IPA3··S) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘Λέγει’ (V-IPA3··S) has 3 different glosses: ‘is saying’, ‘he is saying’, ‘she is saying’.

Yhn (Jhn) 1:39 ‘he is saying to them be coming and’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 1:39 word 1

OET-LV: 39 He _is _saying to _them: Be _coming and you _all _will _be _seeing. Therefore they _came and saw where he _is _remaining, and they _remained with him the that day, the_hour was about the_tenth. (JHN_1:39)

OET-RV: 39 “Come and see,” Yeshua replied. So they went with him and saw where he lived, and then they stayed there that night, because it was already late afternoon. (JHN 1:39)

Yhn (Jhn) 2:7 ‘is saying to them Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) fill’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 2:7 word 2

OET-LV: 7 Is _saying to _them the Yaʸsous: Fill the waterpots with _water. And they _filled them to upward. (JHN_2:7)

OET-RV: 7 So Yeshua told them to fill the jars with water, and they filled them up. (JHN 2:7)

Yhn (Jhn) 4:16 ‘he is saying to her be going call’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 4:16 word 1

OET-LV: 16 He _is _saying to _her: Be _going, call the husband of _you and come here. (JHN_4:16)

OET-RV: 16 Yeshua said, “First, go and get your husband and then come back here.” (JHN 4:16)

Yhn (Jhn) 6:8 ‘is saying to him one of’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 6:8 word 1

OET-LV: 8 one of the apprentices/followers of _him, Andreas the brother of _Simōn Petros Is _saying to _him, (JHN_6:8)

OET-RV: 8 Now one of Yeshua’s apprentices, Simon Peter’s brother, Andrew, said to Yeshua, (JHN 6:8)

Yhn (Jhn) 7:50 ‘is saying Nikodaʸmos to them’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 7:50 word 1

OET-LV: 50 Nikodaʸmos the one having _come to him earlier, being one of them Is _saying, to them, (JHN_7:50)

OET-RV: 50 Now Nicodemus (the one who had previously visited Yeshua) spoke up, (JHN 7:50)

Yhn (Jhn) 9:12 ‘where is that one he is saying not I have known’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 9:12 word 8

OET-LV: 12 And they _said to _him: Where is that one? He _is _saying: I _have_ not _known. (JHN_9:12)

OET-RV: 12 “Where is he now?” they asked.
¶ “I don’t know,” said the man. (JHN 9:12)

Yhn (Jhn) 11:27 ‘she is saying to him yes master’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 11:27 word 1

OET-LV: 27 She _is _saying to _him: Yes, master, I have _believed that you are the chosen _one /messiah, the son of_ the _god, the one coming into the world. (JHN_11:27)

OET-RV: 27 Martha replied, “Yes, master, I do believe that you’re the messiah, God’s son, the one sent into this world.” (JHN 11:27)

Yhn (Jhn) 13:6 ‘to Simōn Petros he is saying to him master you’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 13:6 word 9

OET-LV: 6 Therefore he _is _coming to Simōn Petros. He _is _saying to _him: master, are_ you _washing the feet of _me? (JHN_13:6)

OET-RV: 6 After he’d washed a few, he got to Simon Peter who asked him, “Master, are you going to wash my feet?” (JHN 13:6)

Yhn (Jhn) 18:26 ‘is saying one of the’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 18:26 word 1

OET-LV: 26 one of the slaves of _the chief _priest, being a_relative of _whom Petros cut _off his ear Is _saying: Not I saw you in the garden with him? (JHN_18:26)

OET-RV: 26 One of the servants of the chief priest who was a relative of the man whose ear Peter had cut off said, “Didn’t I see you in the garden with that Yeshua?” (JHN 18:26)

Yhn (Jhn) 20:13 ‘woman why you are weeping she is saying to them because they took_away’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 20:13 word 11

OET-LV: 13 And those are _saying to _her: Woman, why are _you _weeping? She _is _saying to _them: Because they _took _away the master of _me, and I _have_ not _known where they _laid him. (JHN_20:13)

OET-RV: 13 They spoke to her, “Woman, why are you crying?”
¶ “Because they’ve taken away my master,” she replied, “and I don’t know where they’ve put him.” (JHN 20:13)

Yhn (Jhn) 21:15 ‘me more than these he is saying to him yes master’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 21:15 word 20

OET-LV: 15 Therefore when they _ate _lunch, the Yaʸsous is _saying to_ the _Simōn Petros: Simōn son of _Yōannaʸs, are _you _loving me more than these? He _is _saying to _him: Yes, master, you have _known that I _am _loving you. He _is _saying to _him: Be _feeding the lambs of _me. (JHN_21:15)

OET-RV: 15 While they were eating, Yeshua asked Simon Peter, “Simon, son of Yohan, do you love me more than these?”
¶ Peter answered, “Yes, master, you know that I love you.”
¶ Yeshua responded, “Feed my lambs.” (JHN 21:15)

Yhn (Jhn) 21:15 ‘that I am loving you he is saying to him be feeding the’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 21:15 word 29

Yhn (Jhn) 21:16 ‘he is saying to him again secondly’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 21:16 word 2

OET-LV: 16 He _is _saying to _him again secondly: Simōn son of _Yōannaʸs, are _you _loving me? He _is _saying to _him: Yes, master, you have _known that I _am _loving you. He _is _saying to _him: Be _shepherding the sheep of _me. (JHN_21:16)

OET-RV: 16 Then he asked again, “Simon, son of Yohan, do you love me?”
¶ Peter replied, “Yes, master, you know that I love you.”
¶ Yeshua responded, “Shepherd my sheep.” (JHN 21:16)

Yhn (Jhn) 21:16 ‘of Yōannaʸs you are loving me he is saying to him yes master’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 21:16 word 15

Yhn (Jhn) 21:16 ‘that I am loving you he is saying to him be shepherding the’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 21:16 word 24

Yhn (Jhn) 21:17 ‘he is saying to him the third time’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 21:17 word 1

OET-LV: 17 He _is _saying to _him the third time: Simōn son of _Yōannaʸs, are _you _loving me? the Petros was _sorrowed because he _said to _him the third time: Are _you _loving me? And he _is _saying to _him: master, you have _known all things, you are _knowing that I _am _loving you. Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) is _saying to _him: Be _feeding the lambs of _me. (JHN_21:17)

OET-RV: 17 Then he asked a third time, “Simon, son of Yohan, do you love me?”
¶ Peter was now upset that he’d been asked a third time if he loved him, and he answered, “Master, you know everything.”
¶ “Feed my sheep,” Yeshua responded. (JHN 21:17)

Mat 16:15 ‘he is saying to them you_all but’ SR GNT Mat 16:15 word 1

OET-LV: 15 He _is _saying to _them: But you _all, whom are _saying me to _be? (MAT_16:15)

OET-RV: 15 “But you yourselves,” he asked, “Who do you say I am?” (MAT 16:15)

Mat 17:25 ‘he is saying yes and having come’ SR GNT Mat 17:25 word 1

OET-LV: 25 He _is _saying: Yes. And having _come into the house, the Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) preceded him saying: What is _supposing to _you, Simōn? The kings of _the earth are _receiving revenues or poll _tax from whom _all? From the sons of _them or from the strangers? (MAT_17:25)

OET-RV: 25 “Yes, he will.” replied Peter.
¶ Then when he went inside the house, before he could say anything Yeshua asked him, “What do you think, Simon? Do earthly kings extract taxes from their own children, or from strangers?” (MAT 17:25)

Mat 19:8 ‘he is saying to them Mōsaʸs/(Mosheh) for’ SR GNT Mat 19:8 word 2

OET-LV: 8 He _is _saying to _them, that For/Because the hard _heart of _you _all, Mōsaʸs permitted to _you _all to _send _away the wives of _you _all, but from the_beginning it _has_ not _become thus. (MAT_19:8)

OET-RV: 8 “It was because of your hard hearts that Mosheh allowed you to send away your wife,” Yeshua answered, “but it wasn’t like that at the beginning. (MAT 19:8)

Mat 19:18 ‘he is saying to him which ones and’ SR GNT Mat 19:18 word 1

OET-LV: 18 He _is _saying to _him: Which ones? And the Yaʸsous said, the You_˓will˒_ not _be _murdering, you_˓will˒_ not _be _committing _adultery, you_˓will˒_ not _be _stealing, you_˓will˒_ not _be _giving _false _testimony, (MAT_19:18)

OET-RV: 18 “Which ones?” he asked.
¶ “Don’t murder,” Yeshua answered, “don’t mess with another person’s spouse, don’t steal, don’t lie in court, (MAT 19:18)

Mat 20:7 ‘no_one us hired he is saying to them be going also’ SR GNT Mat 20:7 word 7

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 20:21 ‘to her what you are wanting she is saying to him say that’ SR GNT Mat 20:21 word 9

OET-LV: 21 And he said to _her: What are _you _wanting? She _is _saying to _him: Say that these the two sons of _me may _sit _down, one on the_right and one on the_left of _you in the kingdom of _you. (MAT_20:21)

OET-RV: 21 “What is it that you’re wanting?” Yeshua asked.
¶ “Promise that my two sons will be able to sit beside you in the kingdom,” she said, “one on the right and one on the left.” (MAT 20:21)

Mat 20:23 ‘he is saying to them the on_one_hand’ SR GNT Mat 20:23 word 2

OET-LV: 23 He _is _saying to _them: On _one _hand you _all _will _be _drinking the cup of _me, on _the _other _hand which to _sit _down on the_right of _me and on the_left, is not mine to _give, but for _whom it _has _been _prepared by the father of _me. (MAT_20:23)

OET-RV: 23 “Well, you will indeed share the suffering with me,” Yeshua responded. “But on the other hand, sitting on my right and my left is not my decision to make, because my father will have prepared those places.” (MAT 20:23)

Mat 26:25 ‘I am My_great_one he is saying to him you said it’ SR GNT Mat 26:25 word 13

OET-LV: 25 And Youdas/(Yəhūdāh) who giving_ him _over, answering said: Surely _not I am, my _great_one? He _is _saying to _him: You said it. (MAT_26:25)

OET-RV: 25 “Surely it won’t be me, honoured teacher?” asked Yudas, the one who would hand him in.
¶ “You said it,” he replied. (MAT 26:25)

Luke 16:7 ‘a hundred koros/(kor)_measures of wheat he is saying to him receive of you’ SR GNT Luke 16:7 word 18

OET-LV: 7 Then to _another he _said: And how _much are_ you _owing? And he said: A_hundred koros/(kor)_measures of _wheat. He _is _saying to _him: Receive of _you the bills and write eighty. (LUK_16:7)

OET-RV: 7 Then he asked the next one, ‘How much do you owe?’ ‘A hundred containers of wheat,’ the man replied. ‘Get the contract form and change it to eighty,’ said the manager. (LUK 16:7)

Luke 19:22 ‘he is saying to him out_of the’ SR GNT Luke 19:22 word 1

OET-LV: 22 He _is _saying to _him: I _will _be _judging you out _of the mouth of _you, evil slave. You _had _known that I am a_ austere _man, taking _up what I_ not _laid, and reaping what I_ not _sowed? (LUK_19:22)

OET-RV: 22 ‘I’ll judge you by your own words,’ the master said, ‘you evil slave! You knew that I’m a hard man, picking up what I didn’t put down, and harvesting what I didn’t sow. (LUK 19:22)

Rev 14:13 ‘from now yes is saying the spirit in_order_that’ SR GNT Rev 14:13 word 23

OET-LV: 13 And I _heard of_a_voice out _of the heaven saying: Write: Blessed are the dead which in the_master dying _off from now. Yes, Is _saying the spirit: in _order _that they _will _be _being _rested from the labours of _them, the for works of _them is _following with them. (REV_14:13)

OET-RV: 13 Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write, ‘Blessed are the those who die trusting in the master from now on.’ ”
¶ “Yes,” says the spirit, “so they will rest from their work, because the record of their activities will follow with them.” (REV 14:13)

Rev 22:20 ‘is saying the one testifying these things’ SR GNT Rev 22:20 word 1

OET-LV: 20 Is _saying the one testifying these things: Yes, I _am _coming quickly. Truly. Be _coming, master Yaʸsous. (REV_22:20)

OET-RV: 20 The one who testified about these things says: ‘Yes, I’m coming quickly.’
¶ May it be so. Come, master Yeshua. (REV 22:20)

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