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λαλέω

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greekNew TestamentVerb298 occurrences23 books273 verses

Definition

λαλέω, -ῶ,

[in LXX chiefly for דּבר pi., also for אמר, etc. ;]

1. to utter: of inanimate things, Revelation 4:1; 10:4; metaphorically, Hebrews 11:4; 12:24.

2. to talk, speak, say: absol., Matthew 9:33; 12:46, Mark 5:35, Luke 8:49; before ὡς, 1 Corinthians 13:11, Revelation 13:11; εἰς, 1 Corinthians 14:9; ἐκ, Matthew 12:34; with accusative of thing(s), Matthew 10:19, Mark 11:32, John 8:30, al.; with dative of person(s), Matthew 12:46, Luke 24:6, Romans 7:1, al.; with accusative of thing(s) and dative of person(s), Matthew 9:18, John 10:6, al.; with prep., πρός, μετά, περί, Mark 6:50, Luke 1:19; 2:33, al.; ἐν, ἐξ, ἀπό, Matthew 13:3, John 12:49; 14:10, al.; λ. τ. λόγον, Mark 8:32, al.; before orat. dir. (not cl.), Mark 14:31, Hebrews 5:5; 11:18; Hebraistically (Dalman, Words, 25f.), ἐλάλησε λέγων, Matthew 14:27, John 8:12, Acts 8:26, al.

Synonyms: see: λέγω.

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as λαλέω:

Usage patterns

Old TestamentNew Testament

Occurrences

298 total
  1. Luke 1:45λελαλημένοις · word
    Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”
  2. Luke 1:55ἐλάλησεν · He promised
    …as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”
  3. Luke 1:64ἐλάλει · he began to speak
    Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.
  4. Luke 1:70ἐλάλησεν · He spoke
    …as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,
  5. Luke 2:15ἐλάλουν · said
    When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”
  6. Luke 2:17λαληθέντος · they had received
    After they had seen the Child, they spread the message they had received about Him.
  7. Luke 2:18λαληθέντων · said
    And all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.
  8. Luke 2:20ἐλαλήθη · [the angel] had told
    The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, which was just as the angel had told them.
  9. Luke 2:33λαλουμένοις · was spoken
    The Child’s father and mother were amazed at what was spoken about Him.
  10. Luke 2:38ἐλάλει · spoke
    Coming forward at that moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the Child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.
  11. Luke 2:50ἐλάλησεν · He was making
    But they did not understand the statement He was making to them.
  12. Luke 4:41λαλεῖν · to speak
    Demons also came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But He rebuked the demons and would not allow them to speak, because they knew He was the Christ.
  13. Luke 5:4λαλῶν · speaking
    When Jesus had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”
  14. Luke 5:21λαλεῖ · speaks
    But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
  15. Luke 6:45λαλεῖ · speaks
    The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
  16. Luke 7:15λαλεῖν · to speak
    And the dead man sat up and began to speak! Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.
  17. Luke 8:49λαλοῦντος · speaking
    While He was still speaking, someone arrived from the house of the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” he told Jairus. “Do not bother the Teacher anymore.”
  18. Luke 9:11ἐλάλει · [and] spoke
    But the crowds found out and followed Him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and He healed those who needed healing.
  19. Luke 11:14ἐλάλησεν · spoke
    One day Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. And when the demon was gone, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed,
  20. Luke 11:37λαλῆσαι · [Jesus] was speaking
    As Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited Him to dine with him; so He went in and reclined at the table.
  21. Luke 12:3ἐλαλήσατε · you have whispered
    What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.
  22. Luke 22:47λαλοῦντος · was still speaking
    While He was still speaking, a crowd arrived, led by the man called Judas, one of the Twelve. He approached Jesus to kiss Him.
  23. Luke 22:60λαλοῦντος · was still speaking
    “Man, I do not know what you are talking about,” Peter replied. And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed.
  24. Luke 24:6ἐλάλησεν · He told
    He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you while He was still in Galilee:
  25. Luke 24:25ἐλάλησαν · have spoken
    Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
  26. Luke 24:32ἐλάλει · He spoke
    They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
  27. Luke 24:36λαλούντων · were describing
    While they were describing these events, Jesus Himself stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”
  28. Luke 24:44ἐλάλησα · I spoke
    Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
  29. John 1:37λαλοῦντος · say this
    And when the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.
  30. John 3:11λαλοῦμεν · we speak
    Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.
  31. John 3:31λαλεῖ · speaks [as one]
    The One who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks as one from the earth. The One who comes from heaven is above all.
  32. John 3:34λαλεῖ · speaks
    For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
  33. John 4:26λαλῶν · speak
    Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”
  34. John 4:27ἐλάλει · He was speaking; λαλεῖς · are You talking
    Just then His disciples returned and were surprised that He was speaking with a woman. But no one asked Him, “What do You want from her?” or “Why are You talking with her?”
  35. John 6:63λελάληκα · have spoken
    The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
  36. John 7:13ἐλάλει · would speak
    Yet no one would speak publicly about Him for fear of the Jews.
  37. John 7:17λαλῶ · speak
    If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
  38. John 7:18λαλῶν · speaks
    He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood.
  39. John 7:26λαλεῖ · He is, speaking
    Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ?
  40. John 7:46ἐλάλησεν · spoken; λαλεῖ
    “Never has anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered.
  41. John 8:12ἐλάλησεν · spoke
    Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
  42. John 8:20ἐλάλησεν · He spoke
    He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.
  43. John 8:25λαλῶ · I have been telling
    “Who are You?” they asked. “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,” Jesus replied.
  44. John 8:26λαλεῖν · to say; λαλῶ · I tell
    “I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”
  45. John 8:28λαλῶ · speak
    So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me.
  46. John 8:30λαλοῦντος · spoke
    As Jesus spoke these things, many believed in Him.
  47. John 8:38λαλῶ · I speak
    I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”