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SR GNT Mat 27:41 ἔλεγον (elegon) ‘scribes and elders were saying’ Strongs=30040 Lemma=legō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=imperfect voice=active person=3rd number=plural

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Other uses (72) of identical word form ἔλεγον (V-IIA3..P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἔλεγον’ (V-IIA3..P) has 5 different glosses: ‘were saying’, ‘were speaking’, ‘were spoken’, ‘they were saying’, ‘who were telling’.

Yhn (Jhn) 4:33 ‘were saying therefore the apprentices/followers’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 4:33 word 1

Yhn (Jhn) 4:42 ‘to the and women they were saying no_longer because_of your’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 4:42 word 7

Yhn (Jhn) 5:10 ‘were saying therefore the Youdaiōns’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 5:10 word 1

Yhn (Jhn) 6:14 ‘what he did signs were saying this is truly’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 6:14 word 13

Yhn (Jhn) 6:42 ‘and they were saying not this is’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 6:42 word 3

Yhn (Jhn) 7:11 ‘the feast and they were saying where is that one’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 7:11 word 10

Yhn (Jhn) 7:12 ‘crowds the ones on_one_hand were saying good he is others’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 7:12 word 16

Yhn (Jhn) 7:12 ‘he is others on_the_other_hand were saying No but he is deceiving’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 7:12 word 22

Yhn (Jhn) 7:25 ‘were saying therefore some of’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 7:25 word 1

Yhn (Jhn) 7:31 ‘in him and they were saying the chosen_one/messiah whenever’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 7:31 word 15

Yhn (Jhn) 7:40 ‘having heard of messages these they were saying this is truly’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 7:40 word 17

Yhn (Jhn) 7:41 ‘others were saying this is the’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 7:41 word 3

Yhn (Jhn) 7:41 ‘chosen_one/messiah they but were saying not for out_of’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 7:41 word 12

Yhn (Jhn) 8:19 ‘they were saying therefore to him where’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 8:19 word 1

Yhn (Jhn) 8:22 ‘were saying therefore the Youdaiōns’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 8:22 word 1

Yhn (Jhn) 8:25 ‘they were saying therefore to him you’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 8:25 word 2

Yhn (Jhn) 9:8 ‘that a beggar he was were saying not this is’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 9:8 word 15

Yhn (Jhn) 9:9 ‘others were saying this he is others’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 9:9 word 2

Yhn (Jhn) 9:9 ‘this he is others were saying no but similar’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 9:9 word 9

Yhn (Jhn) 9:10 ‘they were saying therefore to him how’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 9:10 word 1

Yhn (Jhn) 9:16 ‘were saying therefore of the’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 9:16 word 1

Yhn (Jhn) 9:16 ‘not he is keeping others were saying how is able a man’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 9:16 word 26

Yhn (Jhn) 10:20 ‘were saying and many of’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 10:20 word 1

Yhn (Jhn) 10:21 ‘others were saying these sayings not’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 10:21 word 4

Yhn (Jhn) 10:24 ‘the Youdaiōns and they were saying to him until when’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 10:24 word 8

Yhn (Jhn) 10:41 ‘to him and they were saying Yōannaʸs on_one_hand sign’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 10:41 word 7

Yhn (Jhn) 11:36 ‘were saying therefore the Youdaiōns’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 11:36 word 1

Yhn (Jhn) 11:47 ‘Farisaios_party the council and they were saying what we are doing because’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 11:47 word 10

Yhn (Jhn) 11:56 ‘therefore Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) and they were saying with one_another in’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 11:56 word 7

Yhn (Jhn) 12:29 ‘thunder to_have become others were saying an messenger to him has spoken’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 12:29 word 19

Yhn (Jhn) 16:18 ‘they were saying therefore what is’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 16:18 word 1

Yhn (Jhn) 19:3 ‘to him and they were saying Greetings king of the’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 19:3 word 6

Yhn (Jhn) 19:21 ‘were saying therefore to Pilatos the’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 19:21 word 1

Yhn (Jhn) 20:25 ‘were saying therefore to him the’ SR GNT Yhn (Jhn) 20:25 word 1

Mark 2:16 ‘and the tax_collectors they were saying to the apprentices/followers of him’ SR GNT Mark 2:16 word 27

Mark 2:24 ‘and the Farisaios_party were saying to him see why’ SR GNT Mark 2:24 word 5

Mark 3:21 ‘they came_out to apprehend him they were saying for he flipped_out’ SR GNT Mark 3:21 word 17

Mark 3:22 ‘from Hierousalaʸm/(Yərūshālayim) having come_downhill were saying Beʼelzeboul he is having and’ SR GNT Mark 3:22 word 9

Mark 3:30 ‘because they were saying a spirit unclean he is having’ SR GNT Mark 3:30 word 2

Mark 4:41 ‘with fear great and they were saying to one_another who’ SR GNT Mark 4:41 word 6

Mark 5:31 ‘and were saying to him the apprentices/followers’ SR GNT Mark 5:31 word 2

Mark 6:15 ‘others but were saying Aʸlias/(ʼĒliy^yāh) he is others’ SR GNT Mark 6:15 word 3

Mark 6:15 ‘he is others and were saying a prophet like one’ SR GNT Mark 6:15 word 9

Mark 6:35 ‘the apprentices/followers of him were saying desolate is the’ SR GNT Mark 6:35 word 15

Mark 11:5 ‘of the ones there having stood were saying to them what you_all are doing’ SR GNT Mark 11:5 word 8

Mark 11:28 ‘and they were saying to him by what’ SR GNT Mark 11:28 word 3

Mark 14:2 ‘they were saying for not at’ SR GNT Mark 14:2 word 1

Mark 14:31 ‘and also all were speaking’ SR GNT Mark 14:31 word 31

Mark 14:70 ‘again the ones having stood_by were saying to Petros truly from’ SR GNT Mark 14:70 word 14

Mark 15:31 ‘with the scribes were saying others he saved himself’ SR GNT Mark 15:31 word 13

Mark 15:35 ‘of the ones having stood_by having heard were saying see Aʸlias/(ʼĒliy^yāh) he is calling’ SR GNT Mark 15:35 word 9

Mark 16:3 ‘and they were saying to themselves who’ SR GNT Mark 16:3 word 2

Mat 9:11 ‘having seen it the Farisaios_party were saying to the apprentices/followers of him’ SR GNT Mat 9:11 word 6

Mat 9:34 ‘the but Farisaios_party were saying by the ruler’ SR GNT Mat 9:34 word 4

Mat 12:23 ‘the crowds and were saying surely_not this one is’ SR GNT Mat 12:23 word 7

Mat 21:11 ‘the and crowds were saying this is the’ SR GNT Mat 21:11 word 5

Mat 26:5 ‘they were saying but not at’ SR GNT Mat 26:5 word 1

Mat 27:47 ‘there having stood having heard were saying Aʸlias/(ʼĒliy^yāh) is calling this man’ SR GNT Mat 27:47 word 8

Mat 27:49 ‘the but rest were saying leave it we may see whether’ SR GNT Mat 27:49 word 4

Luke 4:22 ‘mouth of him and they were saying not the son is’ SR GNT Luke 4:22 word 19

Luke 9:31 ‘having_been seen in glory were spoken the departure of him’ SR GNT Luke 9:31 word 6

Luke 22:65 ‘other things many slandering they were saying to him’ SR GNT Luke 22:65 word 6

Luke 24:10 ‘rest with them who were telling to the ambassadors’ SR GNT Luke 24:10 word 20

Acts 2:13 ‘others but mocking were saying of sweet_wine having_been filled they are’ SR GNT Acts 2:13 word 6

Acts 9:21 ‘all hearing and they were saying not this is’ SR GNT Acts 9:21 word 9

Acts 12:15 ‘to_be having they and were saying the messenger it is’ SR GNT Acts 12:15 word 19

Acts 17:18 ‘with him and some were saying what might_be wanting babbler’ SR GNT Acts 17:18 word 15

Acts 21:4 ‘seven who to Paulos were saying by the spirit’ SR GNT Acts 21:4 word 14

Acts 28:4 ‘of him to one_another they were saying certainly a murderer is’ SR GNT Acts 28:4 word 17

Acts 28:6 ‘him becoming having changed_their_minds they were saying him to_be a god’ SR GNT Acts 28:6 word 27

Yud (Jud) 1:18 ‘that they were saying to you_all in the last’ SR GNT Yud (Jud) 1:18 word 2

Rev 5:14 ‘the four living_creatures were saying Truly and the’ SR GNT Rev 5:14 word 5

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 IIA3..P=indicative,imperfect,active,3rd person plural