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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

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Occurrences

298 total
  1. Acts 4:31ἐλάλουν · spoke
    After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.
  2. Acts 5:20λαλεῖτε · [and] tell
    “Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”
  3. Acts 5:40λαλεῖν · to speak
    At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.
  4. Acts 6:10ἐλάλει · he spoke
    …but they could not stand up to his wisdom or the Spirit by whom he spoke.
  5. Acts 6:11λαλοῦντος · speak
    Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”
  6. Acts 6:13λαλῶν · speaking
    …where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.
  7. Acts 7:6ἐλάλησεν · told [him]
    God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
  8. Acts 7:38λαλοῦντος · spoke
    He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.
  9. Acts 7:44λαλῶν
    Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.
  10. Acts 8:25λαλήσαντες · spoken
    And after Peter and John had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many of the Samaritan villages.
  11. Acts 8:26ἐλάλησεν · said
    Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”
  12. Acts 9:6λαληθήσεταί · you will be told
    “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”
  13. Acts 9:27ἐλάλησεν · had spoken
    Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and described how Saul had seen the Lord, who had spoken to him on the road to Damascus, and how Saul had spoken boldly in that city in the name of Jesus.
  14. Acts 9:29ἐλάλει · He talked
    He talked and debated with the Grecian Jews, but they tried to kill him.
  15. Acts 10:7λαλῶν · spoke
    When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.
  16. Acts 10:44λαλοῦντος · was still speaking
    While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard his message.
  17. Acts 10:46λαλούντων · speaking
    For they heard them speaking in tongues and exalting God. Then Peter said,
  18. Acts 11:14λαλήσει · will convey
    He will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.’
  19. Acts 11:15λαλεῖν · to speak
    As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.
  20. Acts 11:19λαλοῦντες · speaking
    Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.
  21. Acts 11:20ἐλάλουν · and began speaking
    But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.
  22. Acts 13:42λαληθῆναι · to continue
    As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people urged them to continue this message on the next Sabbath.
  23. Acts 13:45λαλουμένοις · was saying
    But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.
  24. Acts 13:46λαληθῆναι · to speak
    Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.
  25. Acts 14:1λαλῆσαι · they spoke
    At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.
  26. Acts 14:9λαλοῦντος · the words of
    This man was listening to the words of Paul, who looked intently at him and saw that he had faith to be healed.
  27. Acts 14:25λαλήσαντες · they had spoken
    And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.
  28. Acts 16:6λαλῆσαι · from speaking
    After the Holy Spirit had prevented them from speaking the word in the province of Asia, they traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia.
  29. Acts 16:13ἐλαλοῦμεν · we spoke
    On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate along the river, where it was customary to find a place of prayer. After sitting down, we spoke to the women who had gathered there.
  30. Acts 16:14λαλουμένοις · message
    Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.
  31. Acts 16:32ἐλάλησαν · [Paul and Silas] spoke
    Then Paul and Silas spoke the word of the Lord to him and to everyone in his house.
  32. Acts 17:19λαλουμένη · are presenting
    So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?
  33. Acts 18:9λάλει · keep on speaking
    One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.
  34. Acts 18:25ἐλάλει · He spoke
    He had been instructed in the way of the Lord and was fervent in spirit. He spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.
  35. Acts 19:6ἐλάλουν · they spoke
    And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.
  36. Acts 20:30λαλοῦντες · [the truth]
    Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.
  37. Acts 21:39λαλῆσαι · to speak
    But Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Now I beg you to allow me to speak to the people.”
  38. Acts 22:9λαλοῦντός · speaking
    My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.
  39. Acts 22:10λαληθήσεται · will be told
    Then I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ ‘Get up and go into Damascus,’ He told me. ‘There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’
  40. Acts 23:7λαλοῦντος · had said [this]
    As soon as he had said this, a dispute broke out between the Pharisees and Sadducees, and the assembly was divided.
  41. Acts 23:9ἐλάλησεν · has spoken
    A great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”
  42. Acts 23:18λαλῆσαί · to tell
    So the centurion took him to the commander and said, “Paul the prisoner sent and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.”
  43. Acts 26:22ἐλάλησαν · said
    But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:
  44. Acts 26:26λαλῶ · I can speak
    For the king knows about these matters, and I can speak freely to him. I am confident that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner.
  45. Acts 26:31ἐλάλουν · they said
    On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”
  46. Acts 27:25λελάληταί · He told
    So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.
  47. Acts 28:21ἐλάλησέν · mentioned
    The leaders replied, “We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the brothers from there reported or even mentioned anything bad about you.
  48. Acts 28:25ἐλάλησεν · when He spoke
    They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:
  49. Romans 3:19λαλεῖ · it says
    Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
  50. Romans 7:1λαλῶ · I am speaking
    Do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?