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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. John 8:40λελάληκα · has told
    But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.
  2. John 8:44λαλῇ · he lies; λαλεῖ · he speaks
    You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
  3. John 9:21λαλήσει · to speak
    But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.”
  4. John 9:29λελάληκεν · spoke
    We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man is from.”
  5. John 9:37λαλῶν · speaking
    “You have already seen Him,” Jesus answered. “He is the One speaking with you.”
  6. John 10:6ἐλάλει · He was telling
    Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.
  7. John 12:29λελάληκεν · had spoken
    The crowd standing there heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him.
  8. John 12:36ἐλάλησεν · had spoken
    While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of light.” After Jesus had spoken these things, He went away and was hidden from them.
  9. John 12:41ἐλάλησεν · spoke
    Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about Him.
  10. John 12:48ἐλάλησα · I have spoken
    There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
  11. John 12:49ἐλάλησα · spoken; λαλήσω · to say it
    I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.
  12. John 12:50λαλῶ · speak; λαλῶ · to say
    And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”
  13. John 14:10λαλῶ · I do not speak
    Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works.
  14. John 14:25λελάληκα · I have spoken
    All this I have spoken to you while I am still with you.
  15. John 14:30λαλήσω · I will {not} speak
    I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.
  16. John 15:3λελάληκα · I have spoken
    You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.
  17. John 15:11λελάληκα · I have told
    I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.
  18. John 15:22ἐλάλησα · spoken
    If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.
  19. John 16:1λελάληκα · I have told
    “I have told you these things so that you will not fall away.
  20. John 16:4λελάληκα · I have told
    But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.
  21. John 16:6λελάληκα · I have told
    Instead, your hearts are filled with sorrow because I have told you these things.
  22. John 16:13λαλήσει · He will not speak; λαλήσει · He will speak
    However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.
  23. John 16:18λαλεῖ · He is saying
    They kept asking, “Why is He saying, ‘a little while’? We do not understand what He is saying.”
  24. John 16:25λελάληκα · I have spoken; λαλήσω · I will no longer speak
    I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
  25. John 16:29λαλεῖς · You are speaking
    His disciples said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and without figures of speech.
  26. John 16:33λελάληκα · I have told
    I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”
  27. John 17:1ἐλάλησεν · had spoken
    When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.
  28. John 17:13λαλῶ · I am saying
    But now I am coming to You; and I am saying these things while I am in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled within them.
  29. John 18:20λελάληκα · have spoken; ἐλάλησα · I said
    “I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered. “I always taught in the synagogues and at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.
  30. John 18:21ἐλάλησα · My message
    Why are you asking Me? Ask those who heard My message. Surely they know what I said.”
  31. John 18:23ἐλάλησα · I said
    Jesus replied, “If I said something wrong, testify as to what was wrong. But if I spoke correctly, why did you strike Me?”
  32. John 19:10λαλεῖς · Do You refuse to speak
    So Pilate said to Him, “Do You refuse to speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You and authority to crucify You?”
  33. Acts 2:4λαλεῖν · to speak
    And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.
  34. Acts 2:6λαλούντων · speaking
    And when this sound rang out, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own language.
  35. Acts 2:7λαλοῦντες · are speaking
    Astounded and amazed, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans?
  36. Acts 2:11λαλούντων · declaring
    …both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”
  37. Acts 2:31ἐλάλησεν · [David] spoke
    Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.
  38. Acts 3:21ἐλάλησεν · announced
    Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets.
  39. Acts 3:22λαλήσῃ · He tells
    For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.
  40. Acts 3:24ἐλάλησαν · have spoken
    Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have proclaimed these days.
  41. Acts 4:1Λαλούντων · were speaking
    While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,
  42. Acts 4:17λαλεῖν · to speak
    But to keep this message from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in this name.”
  43. Acts 4:20λαλεῖν · speaking about
    For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”
  44. Acts 4:29λαλεῖν · to speak
    And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness,