λαλέω laleō · G2980
to speak
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, …
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
λᾰλ-έω, ; talk, chat, prattle, ἕπου καὶ μὴ λάλει []: with dative, talk to one, λαλῶν ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς σεαυτῷ []; opposed to λέγω, λαλεῖν ἄριστος, ἀδυνατώτατος λέγειν []; λαλῶν μὲν.., λέγων δέ.. []; b generally, talk, speak, []; 2 talk of, τινα []:—passive, πρᾶγμα κατ᾽ ἀγορὰν λαλούμενον []; 3 in later writers, ={λέγω}, speak, λαλεῖ οὐθὲν τῶν ἄλλων ζῴων πλὴν ἀνθρώπου []; χειρσὶν ἅπαντα λαλήσας, of a pantomime, []passive, λαληθήσεταί σοι ὅ τι σε δεῖ ποιεῖν it shall be told thee.., []; II chatter, …
Where it's used 298 times
Matthew 9:18 · Matthew 9:33 · Matthew 10:19 · Matthew 10:20 · Matthew 12:22 · Matthew 12:34 · Matthew 12:36 · Matthew 12:46 · Matthew 12:47 · Matthew 13:3 · Matthew 13:10 · Matthew 13:13 · Matthew 13:33 · Matthew 13:34 · Matthew 14:27 · Matthew 15:31 · Matthew 17:5 · Matthew 23:1 · Matthew 26:13 · Matthew 26:47 · Matthew 28:18 · Mark 1:34 · Mark 2:2 · Mark 2:7 · Mark 4:33 · Mark 4:34 · Mark 5:35 · Mark 5:36 · Mark 6:50 · Mark 7:35 · Mark 7:37 · Mark 8:32 · Mark 11:23 · Mark 12:1 · Mark 13:11 · Mark 14:9 · Mark 14:31 · Mark 14:43 · Mark 16:17 · Mark 16:19 · Luke 1:19 · Luke 1:20 · Luke 1:22 · Luke 1:45 · Luke 1:55 · Luke 1:64 · Luke 1:70 · Luke 2:15 · Luke 2:17 · Luke 2:18 · Luke 2:20 · Luke 2:33 · Luke 2:38 · Luke 2:50 · Luke 4:41 · Luke 5:4 · Luke 5:21 · Luke 6:45 · Luke 7:15 · Luke 8:49 … and 238 more
Source: TBESG G2980; TFLSJ G2980
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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