Strong G2980λαλέω
to speak
- Transliteration
- laleō
- Pronunciation
- lal-eh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk that is utter words: - preach say speak (after) talk tell utter. Compare G3004 .
Detailed definition
λαλέω, -ῶ,
[in LXX chiefly for דּבר pi., also for אמר, etc.;]
1. to utter: of inanimate things, Rev.4:1 10:4; metaphorically, Heb.11:4 12:24.
2. to talk, speak, say: absol., Mat.9:33 12:46, Mrk.5:35, Luk.8:49; before ὡς, 1Co.13:11, Rev.13:11; εἰς, 1Co.14:9; ἐκ, Mat.12:34; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.10:19, Mrk.11:32, Jhn.8:30, al.; with dative of person(s), Mat.12:46, Luk.24:6, Rom.7:1, al.; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s), Mat.9:18, Jhn.10:6, al.; with prep., πρός, μετά, περί, Mrk.6:50, Luk.1:19 2:33, al.; ἐν, ἐξ, ἀπό, Mat.13:3, Jhn.12:49 14:10, al.; λ. τ. λόγον, Mrk.8:32, al.; before orat. dir. (not cl.), Mrk.14:31, Heb.5:5 11:18; Hebraistically (Dalman, Words, 25f.), ἐλάλησε λέγων, Mat.14:27, Jhn.8:12, Act.8:26, al.
SYN.: see: λέγω. (AS)
[in LXX chiefly for דּבר pi., also for אמר, etc.;]
1. to utter: of inanimate things, Rev.4:1 10:4; metaphorically, Heb.11:4 12:24.
2. to talk, speak, say: absol., Mat.9:33 12:46, Mrk.5:35, Luk.8:49; before ὡς, 1Co.13:11, Rev.13:11; εἰς, 1Co.14:9; ἐκ, Mat.12:34; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.10:19, Mrk.11:32, Jhn.8:30, al.; with dative of person(s), Mat.12:46, Luk.24:6, Rom.7:1, al.; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s), Mat.9:18, Jhn.10:6, al.; with prep., πρός, μετά, περί, Mrk.6:50, Luk.1:19 2:33, al.; ἐν, ἐξ, ἀπό, Mat.13:3, Jhn.12:49 14:10, al.; λ. τ. λόγον, Mrk.8:32, al.; before orat. dir. (not cl.), Mrk.14:31, Heb.5:5 11:18; Hebraistically (Dalman, Words, 25f.), ἐλάλησε λέγων, Mat.14:27, Jhn.8:12, Act.8:26, al.
SYN.: see: λέγω. (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2980 appears in 271 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- speak110
- spake70
- spoken27
- speaketh19
- say13
- talk10
- tell10
- preach6
- while6
- thou4
- shall3
- should3
First verses
- Matthew 9:18While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.
- Matthew 9:33And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.
- Matthew 10:19But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.
- Matthew 10:20For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
- Matthew 12:22Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.
- Matthew 12:34O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
- Matthew 12:36But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
- Matthew 12:46While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.
- Matthew 12:47Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
- Matthew 13:3And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow;
- Matthew 13:10And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?
- Matthew 13:13Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
- Matthew 13:33Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
- Matthew 13:34All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:
- Matthew 14:27But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.
- Matthew 15:31Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
- Matthew 17:5While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
- Matthew 23:1Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
- Matthew 26:13Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
- Matthew 26:47And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
λᾰλ-έω,
talk, chat, prattle, ἕπου καὶ μὴ λάλει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 1058, compare “V.” 1135; ἡ μὲν χελιδὼν τὸ θέρος.. λαλεῖ 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 208; λαλεῖς.. ἀμελήσας ἀποκρίνασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 287d)]: with dative, talk to one, λαλῶν ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς σεαυτῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 348; αὑτοῖς 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 11; πρὸς αὑτούς 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 9.10; λ. περί τινος 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 2, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 627; ὑπέρ τινος 3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus 26.3)]; opposed to λέγω, λαλεῖν ἄριστος, ἀδυνατώτατος λέγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 95)]; λαλῶν μὲν.., λέγων δέ.. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.118 (assuming variant); λαλεῖν τι ἡμῖν ὅπως ἂν ἡμᾶς ὕπνος λάβῃ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 7.10: hence,)]
b generally, talk, speak, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 110 (variant for{λακεῖν}); καινὴν διάλεκτον λ. 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 171; Ἀττικιστὶ λ. 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 195.4. with _metaphorically_, ζωγραφία λαλοῦσα (of poetry), opposed to ποίησις σιωπῶσα (of painting), 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus cited in 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.346f.)]
2 talk of, τινα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus “fragment” 5.2; ἀλλήλαις λαλέουσι τεὸν γάμον αἱ κυπάρισσοι 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 27.58; ἅμαξαν “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.92)]:—passive, πρᾶγμα κατ᾽ ἀγορὰν λαλούμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 578.)]
3 in later writers, ={λέγω}, speak, λαλεῖ οὐθὲν τῶν ἄλλων ζῴων πλὴν ἀνθρώπου [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 899a1: frequently in LXX, LXX.Gen.12.4, +others; βασιλέως ἐναντίον 2nd c.BC: Ezekiel Poeta Judaeus “Exagoge - Mnemosyne” 118; πρός τινα NT.Act.3.22, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Vit.Auct.” 3, etc.; περὶ τῆς λέξεως 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.32, compare “Rh.” 1.189 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, +others)]; χειρσὶν ἅπαντα λαλήσας, of a pantomime, [NT+3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 14.2124: _absolutely_, εἴ τι μὴ λίθος, τοὔργον, ἐρεῖς, λαλήσει 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 4.33, compare 6.61; ἐλάλησεν ὁ κωφός NT.Matt.9.33:—)]passive, λαληθήσεταί σοι ὅ τι σε δεῖ ποιεῖν it shall be told thee.., [NT (NT.Act.9.6.)]
II chatter, opposed to articulate speech, as of locusts, chirp, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.34)]; μεσημβρίας λαλεῖν τέττιξ (i.e. εἰμί), a very grasshopper to chirp at midday, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristopho Comicus 10.6; ἀνθρωπίνως λ. 3rd c.BC(?): Strato Comicus 1.46.)]
III of musical sounds, αὐλῷ λαλέω [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 20.29)]; of trees,[Refs 4th c.BC+ (see.above 1.2; δι᾽[αὐλοῦ ἢ σάλπιγγος] λ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Audibilibus” 801a29)]; of Echo, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 74.14: also c._accusative_ _cognate_, μάγαδιν λαλεῖν)] sound the μάγαδις, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 35.)]
talk, chat, prattle, ἕπου καὶ μὴ λάλει [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 1058, compare “V.” 1135; ἡ μὲν χελιδὼν τὸ θέρος.. λαλεῖ 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 208; λαλεῖς.. ἀμελήσας ἀποκρίνασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 287d)]: with dative, talk to one, λαλῶν ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς σεαυτῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 348; αὑτοῖς 4th-3rd c.BC: Philemo Comicus 11; πρὸς αὑτούς 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 9.10; λ. περί τινος 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 2, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 627; ὑπέρ τινος 3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus 26.3)]; opposed to λέγω, λαλεῖν ἄριστος, ἀδυνατώτατος λέγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 95)]; λαλῶν μὲν.., λέγων δέ.. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.118 (assuming variant); λαλεῖν τι ἡμῖν ὅπως ἂν ἡμᾶς ὕπνος λάβῃ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 7.10: hence,)]
b generally, talk, speak, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 110 (variant for{λακεῖν}); καινὴν διάλεκτον λ. 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 171; Ἀττικιστὶ λ. 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 195.4. with _metaphorically_, ζωγραφία λαλοῦσα (of poetry), opposed to ποίησις σιωπῶσα (of painting), 4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus cited in 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.346f.)]
2 talk of, τινα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus “fragment” 5.2; ἀλλήλαις λαλέουσι τεὸν γάμον αἱ κυπάρισσοι 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 27.58; ἅμαξαν “Stoicorum Veterum Fragmenta” 2.92)]:—passive, πρᾶγμα κατ᾽ ἀγορὰν λαλούμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 578.)]
3 in later writers, ={λέγω}, speak, λαλεῖ οὐθὲν τῶν ἄλλων ζῴων πλὴν ἀνθρώπου [NT+5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Problemata” 899a1: frequently in LXX, LXX.Gen.12.4, +others; βασιλέως ἐναντίον 2nd c.BC: Ezekiel Poeta Judaeus “Exagoge - Mnemosyne” 118; πρός τινα NT.Act.3.22, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Vit.Auct.” 3, etc.; περὶ τῆς λέξεως 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 5.32, compare “Rh.” 1.189 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus, +others)]; χειρσὶν ἅπαντα λαλήσας, of a pantomime, [NT+3rd c.BC+ (“IG” 14.2124: _absolutely_, εἴ τι μὴ λίθος, τοὔργον, ἐρεῖς, λαλήσει 3rd c.BC: Herodas Mimographus 4.33, compare 6.61; ἐλάλησεν ὁ κωφός NT.Matt.9.33:—)]passive, λαληθήσεταί σοι ὅ τι σε δεῖ ποιεῖν it shall be told thee.., [NT (NT.Act.9.6.)]
II chatter, opposed to articulate speech, as of locusts, chirp, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 5.34)]; μεσημβρίας λαλεῖν τέττιξ (i.e. εἰμί), a very grasshopper to chirp at midday, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristopho Comicus 10.6; ἀνθρωπίνως λ. 3rd c.BC(?): Strato Comicus 1.46.)]
III of musical sounds, αὐλῷ λαλέω [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 20.29)]; of trees,[Refs 4th c.BC+ (see.above 1.2; δι᾽[αὐλοῦ ἢ σάλπιγγος] λ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Audibilibus” 801a29)]; of Echo, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 74.14: also c._accusative_ _cognate_, μάγαδιν λαλεῖν)] sound the μάγαδις, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Anaxandrides Comicus 35.)]