2980. λαλέω (laleó) -- to talk
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Strong's Concordance
laleó: to talk
Original Word: λαλέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: laleó
Phonetic Spelling: (lal-eh'-o)
Definition: to talk
Usage: (I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from lalos (talkative)
Definition
to talk
NASB Translation
made (1), proclaiming (1), said (6), say (5), saying (7), says (2), speak (95), speak forth (1), speaking (54), speaks (25), spoke (44), spoken (38), stating (1), talked (1), talking (5), tell (1), telling (1), things spoken (2), told (7), uttered (1), whispered* (1).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2980: λαλέω
λαλέω, λαλῶ; imperfect 3 person singular ἐλάλει, plural ἐλάλουν; future λαλήσω; 1 aorist ἐλάλησα; perfect λελάληκα; passive, present λαλοῦμαι; perfect λελάλημαι; 1 aorist ἐλαλήθην; 1 future λαληθήσομαι: (from Sophocles down); found in Biblical Greek much more frequent than in secular authors, in the Sept. times without number for דִּבֵּר or דִּבֶּר, more rarely for אָמַר; properly, to utter a sound (cf. (onomatop. la-la, etc.) German lallen), to emit a voice make oneself heard; hence to utter or form words with the mouth, to speak, having reference to the sound and pronunciation of the words and in general the form of what is uttered. while λεγο refers to the meaning and substance of what is spoken; hence λαλεῖν is employed not only of men, especially when chatting and prattling, but also of animals (of birds, Mosch. 3, 47; of locusts, Theocritus, 5, 34; λαλοῦσι μέν, οὐ φραζουσι δέ, of dogs and apes, Plutarch, mor. ii., p. 909 a.), and so of inanimate things (as trees, Theocritus, 27, 56 (57); of an echo, Dio C. 74, 21, 14). Accordingly, everything λεγόμενον is also λαλούμενον, but not everything λαλούμενον is also λεγόμενον (Eupolis in Plutarch, Alc. 13 λαλεῖν ἄριστος, ἀδυνατωτατος λέγειν); (the difference between the words is evident where they occur in proximity, e. g. Romans 3:19 ὅσα ὁ νόμος λέγει, τοῖς ἐν τῷ νόμῳ λαλεῖ, and the very common ἐλάλησεν ... λέγων, Matthew 13:3, etc.). Moreover, the primary meaning of λαλεῖν, to utter oneself, enables us easily to understand its very frequent use in the sacred writers to denote the utterances by which G o d indicates or gives proof of his mind and will, whether immediately or through the instrumentality of his messengers and heralds. (Perhaps this use may account in part for the fact that, though in classic Greek λαλεῖν is the term for light and familiar speech, and so assumes readily a disparaging notion: in Biblical Greek it is nearly ff not quite free from any such suggestion.) Cf. Day. Schulz die Geistesgaben der ersten Christen, p. 94ff; Tittmann de Synonymis N. T., p. 79f; Trench, Synonyms, § lxxvi.; (and on classical usage Schmidt, Syn. 1:1). But let us look at the N. T. usage in detail:
1. to utter a voice, emit a sound: of things inanimate, as βρονταί, Revelation 10:4; with τάς ἑαυτῶν φωνάς added, each thunder uttered its particular voice (the force and meaning of which the prophet understood, cf. John 12:28f); John 12:3; σάλπιγγος λαλούσης μετ' ἐμοῦ, λέγων (Rec. λέγουσα) followed by direct discourse Revelation 4:1; of the expiatory blood of Christ, metaphorically, to crave the pardon of sins, Hebrews 12:24; of the murdered Abel, long since dead, equivalent to to call for vengeance (see Genesis 4:10, and cf. κράζω, 1 at the end), Hebrews 11:4 according to the true reading λαλεῖ; (G L T Tr WH; the Rec. λαλεῖται must be taken as passive, in the exceptional sense to be talked of, lauded; see below, 5 at the end (πρᾶγμα κατ' ἀγοράν λαλούμενον, Aristophanes Thesm. 578, cf. πάντες αὐτήν λαλοῦσιν, Alciphro fragment 5, ii., p. 222, 10 edition Wagner)).
2. to speak, i. e. to use the tongue or the faculty of speech; to utter articulate sounds: absolutely 1 Corinthians 14:11; of the dumb, receiving the power of speech, Matthew 9:33; Matthew 12:22; Matthew 15:31; Luke 11:14; Revelation 13:15; (τούς (T Tr WH omit)) ἀλάλους λαλεῖν, Mark 7:37; ἐλάλει ὀρθῶς, Mark 7:35; of a deaf-mute man, μή δυνάμενος λαλῆσαι, Luke 1:20 (of idols, στόμα ἔχουσι καί οὐ λαλήσουσι, Psalm 113:13
3. to talk; of the sound and outward form of speech: τῇ ἰδίᾳ διαλέκτῳ, Acts 2:6; ἑτέραις καιναῖς γλώσσαις, Acts 2:4; Mark 16:17 (here Tr text WH text omit καιναῖς), from which the simple γλώσσαις λαλεῖν, and the like, are to be distinguished, see γλῶσσα, 2.
4. to utter, tell: with the accusative of the thing, 2 Corinthians 12:4.
5. to use words in order to declare one's mind and disclose one's thoughts; to speak: absolutely, ἔτι αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος, Matthew 12:46; Matthew 17:5; Matthew 26:47; Mark 5:35; Mark 14:43; Luke 8:49; Luke 22:47, 60; with the adverbs κακῶς, καλῶς, John 18:23; ὡς νήπιος ἐλάλουν, 1 Corinthians 13:11; ὡς δράκων, Revelation 13:11; στόμα πρός στόμα, face to face (German mündlich), 2 John 1:12 (after the Hebrew of Numbers 12:8); εἰς ἀέρα λαλεῖν, 1 Corinthians 14:9; ἐκ τοῦ περισσεύματος τῆς καρδίας τό στωμα λαλεῖ, out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh, namely, so that it expresses the soul's thoughts, Matthew 12:34; Luke 6:45; ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων λαλεῖν, to utter words in accordance with one's inner character, John 8:44. with the accusative of the thing: τί λαλήσω, λαλήσητε, etc., what I shall utter in speech, etc., John 12:50; Matthew 10:19; Mark 9:6 (here T Tr WH ἀποκριθῇ);
6. Since λαλεῖν, strictly denotes the act of one who utters words with the living voice, when writers speak of themselves or are spoken of by others as λαλοῦντες, they are conceived of as present and addressing their readers with the living voice, Romans 7:1; 1 Corinthians 9:8; 2 Corinthians 11:17, 23; 2 Corinthians 12:19; Hebrews 2:5; Hebrews 6:9; 2 Peter 3:16, or λαλεῖν is used in the sense of commanding, Hebrews 7:14. The verb λαλεῖν is not found in the Epistles to Galatians and 2 Thessalonians. (Compare: διαλαλέω, ἐκλαλέω, καταλαλέω, προσλαλέω, συλλαλέω; cf. the catalog of comp. in Schmidt, Syn., chapter i § 60.)
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
preach, say, speak
A prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb; to talk, i.e. Utter words -- preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter. Compare lego.
see GREEK lego
Forms and Transliterations
εἰπόντος ελαλει ελάλει ἐλάλει ελαληθη ελαλήθη ἐλαλήθη ελαλησα ελάλησα ελάλησά ἐλάλησα ελαλησαμεν ελαλήσαμεν ἐλαλήσαμεν ελαλησαν ελάλησαν ἐλάλησαν ελάλησας ελάλησάς ελαλησατε ελαλήσατε ἐλαλήσατε ελάλησε ελάλησέ ελαλησεν ελάλησεν ἐλάλησεν ἐλάλησέν ελαλουμεν ελαλούμεν ἐλαλοῦμεν ελαλουν ελάλουν ἐλάλουν λαλει λαλεί λαλεῖ λάλει λαλειν λαλείν λαλεῖν λαλεις λαλείς λαλεῖς λαλεισθαι λαλείσθαι λαλεῖσθαι λαλείται λαλειτε λαλείτε λαλεῖτε λαλειτω λαλείτω λαλειτωσαν λαλείτωσαν λαλη λαλή λαλῇ λαληθεις λαληθείς λαληθεὶς λαληθεισης λαληθείσης λαληθέν λαληθεντος λαληθέντος λαληθεντων λαληθέντων λαληθή λαληθηναι λαληθήναι λαληθῆναι λαληθησεται λαληθήσεται λαληθήσεταί λαληθησομενων λαληθησομένων λάλημα λαλησαι λαλήσαι λαλήσαί λαλῆσαι λαλῆσαί λαλησαντες λαλήσαντες λαλήσαντι λαλήσαντος λαλησας λαλήσας λαλήσασι λαλήσατε λαλησάτω λαλήσατω λαλησάτωσαν λαλησει λαλήσει λαλήσεις λαλήσετε λαληση λαλήση λαλήσῃ λαλήσης λαλησητε λαλήσητε λαλήσητέ λαλησομεν λαλήσομεν λάλησον λαλήσουσι λαλησουσιν λαλήσουσιν λαλησω λαλήσω λαλήσωμεν λαλήσωσι λαλήσωσιν λαλητόν λαλουμεν λαλούμεν λαλοῦμεν λαλουμενη λαλουμένη λαλουμενοις λαλουμένοις λαλουμενον λαλούμενον λαλουν λαλούν λαλοῦν λαλουντα λαλούντα λαλοῦντα λαλουντας λαλούντας λαλοῦντας λαλουντες λαλούντες λαλοῦντες λαλουντι λαλούντι λαλοῦντι λαλουντος λαλούντος λαλούντός λαλοῦντος λαλοῦντός λαλουντων λαλούντων λαλούσα λαλουσαι λαλούσαι λαλοῦσαι λαλουσαν λαλούσαν λαλοῦσαν λαλουσης λαλούσης λαλουσί λαλούσι λαλουσιν λαλούσιν λαλοῦσιν λαλω λαλώ λαλῶ λαλων λαλών λαλῶν λαλώσι λαλωσιν λαλώσιν λαλῶσιν λελαληκα λελάληκα λελαλήκαμεν λελάληκας λελαλήκασι λελαλήκατε λελάληκε λελάληκέ λελαληκεν λελάληκεν λελαλημενοις λελαλημένοις λελαληται λελάληταί eipontos eipóntos elalei elálei elalesa elalēsa elálesa elálēsa elalesamen elalēsamen elalḗsamen elalesan elalēsan elálesan elálēsan elalesate elalēsate elalḗsate elalesen elalēsen elálesen elálesén elálēsen elálēsén elalethe elalēthē elalḗthe elalḗthē elaloumen elaloûmen elaloun eláloun lale lalē lalei laleî lalêi lalē̂i lálei lalein laleîn laleis laleîs laleisthai laleîsthai laleite laleîte laleito laleitō laleíto laleítō laleitosan laleitōsan laleítosan laleítōsan lalesai lalêsai lalêsaí lalēsai lalē̂sai lalē̂saí lalesantes lalēsantes lalḗsantes lalesas lalēsas lalḗsas lalese lalēsē lalesei lalēsei lalḗsei lalḗsēi lalesete lalēsēte lalḗsete lalḗsēte laleso lalēsō lalḗso lalḗsō lalesomen lalēsomen lalḗsomen lalesousin lalēsousin lalḗsousin laletheis laletheìs lalētheis lalētheìs laletheises laletheíses lalētheisēs lalētheísēs lalethenai lalethênai lalēthēnai lalēthē̂nai lalethenton lalethénton lalēthentōn lalēthéntōn lalethentos lalethéntos lalēthentos lalēthéntos lalethesetai lalethḗsetai lalethḗsetaí lalēthēsetai lalēthḗsetai lalēthḗsetaí lalethesomenon lalethesoménon lalēthēsomenōn lalēthēsoménōn lalo lalô lalō lalō̂ lalon lalôn lalōn lalō̂n lalosin lalôsin lalōsin lalō̂sin laloumen laloûmen laloumene laloumenē lalouméne lalouménē laloumenois lalouménois laloumenon laloúmenon laloun laloûn lalounta laloûnta lalountas laloûntas lalountes laloûntes lalounti laloûnti lalounton lalountōn laloúnton laloúntōn lalountos laloûntos laloûntós lalousai laloûsai lalousan laloûsan lalouses lalousēs laloúses laloúsēs lalousin laloûsin lelaleka lelalēka leláleka lelálēka lelaleken lelalēken leláleken lelálēken lelalemenois lelaleménois lelalēmenois lelalēménois lelaletai lelalētai leláletaí lelálētaí
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Englishman's Concordance
Matthew 9:18 V-PPA-GMS
GRK: Ταῦτα αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος αὐτοῖς ἰδοὺ
NAS: While He was saying these things
KJV: While he spake these things unto them,
INT: These things of him as he is speaking to them behold
Matthew 9:33 V-AIA-3S
GRK: τοῦ δαιμονίου ἐλάλησεν ὁ κωφός
NAS: out, the mute man spoke; and the crowds
KJV: the dumb spake: and
INT: the demon spoke the mute [man]
Matthew 10:19 V-ASA-2P
GRK: ἢ τί λαλήσητε δοθήσεται γὰρ
NAS: what you are to say; for it will be given
KJV: what ye shall speak: for
INT: or what you should speak it will be given indeed
Matthew 10:19 V-ASA-2P
GRK: ὥρᾳ τί λαλήσητε
NAS: you in that hour what you are to say.
KJV: hour what ye shall speak.
INT: hour what you shall speak
Matthew 10:20 V-PPA-NMP
GRK: ἐστὲ οἱ λαλοῦντες ἀλλὰ τὸ
NAS: For it is not you who speak, but [it is] the Spirit
KJV: not ye that speak, but the Spirit
INT: are they who speak but the
Matthew 10:20 V-PPA-NNS
GRK: ὑμῶν τὸ λαλοῦν ἐν ὑμῖν
NAS: of your Father who speaks in you.
KJV: Father which speaketh in you.
INT: of you which speaks through you
Matthew 12:22 V-PNA
GRK: τὸν κωφὸν λαλεῖν καὶ βλέπειν
NAS: that the mute man spoke and saw.
KJV: dumb both spake and saw.
INT: the mute spoke and saw
Matthew 12:34 V-PNA
GRK: δύνασθε ἀγαθὰ λαλεῖν πονηροὶ ὄντες
NAS: evil, speak what is good?
KJV: being evil, speak good things? for
INT: are you able good things to speak evil being
Matthew 12:34 V-PIA-3S
GRK: τὸ στόμα λαλεῖ
NAS: For the mouth speaks out of that which fills
KJV: of the heart the mouth speaketh.
INT: the mouth speaks
Matthew 12:36 V-FIA-3P
GRK: ἀργὸν ὃ λαλήσουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι
NAS: that people speak, they shall give
KJV: men shall speak, they shall give
INT: careless that may speak men
Matthew 12:46 V-PPA-GMS
GRK: Ἔτι αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος τοῖς ὄχλοις
NAS: While He was still speaking to the crowds,
KJV: he yet talked to the people, behold,
INT: But while yet he was speaking to the crowds
Matthew 12:46 V-ANA
GRK: ζητοῦντες αὐτῷ λαλῆσαι
NAS: outside, seeking to speak to Him.
KJV: without, desiring to speak with him.
INT: seeking to him to speak
Matthew 12:47 V-ANA
GRK: ζητοῦντές σοι λαλῆσαι ὁ δὲ
INT: seeking to you to speak moreover
Matthew 13:3 V-AIA-3S
GRK: καὶ ἐλάλησεν αὐτοῖς πολλὰ
NAS: And He spoke many things
KJV: And he spake many things unto them
INT: And he spoke to them many things
Matthew 13:10 V-PIA-2S
GRK: ἐν παραβολαῖς λαλεῖς αὐτοῖς
NAS: to Him, Why do You speak to them in parables?
KJV: Why speakest thou unto them
INT: in parables speak you to them
Matthew 13:13 V-PIA-1S
GRK: παραβολαῖς αὐτοῖς λαλῶ ὅτι βλέποντες
NAS: Therefore I speak to them in parables;
KJV: Therefore speak I to them in
INT: parables to them I speak because seeing
Matthew 13:33 V-AIA-3S
GRK: Ἄλλην παραβολὴν ἐλάλησεν αὐτοῖς Ὁμοία
NAS: He spoke another parable
KJV: parable spake he unto them;
INT: Another parable spoke he to them Like
Matthew 13:34 V-AIA-3S
GRK: Ταῦτα πάντα ἐλάλησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς
NAS: Jesus spoke to the crowds
KJV: these things spake Jesus
INT: These things all spoke Jesus
Matthew 13:34 V-IIA-3S
GRK: παραβολῆς οὐδὲν ἐλάλει αὐτοῖς
NAS: in parables, and He did not speak to them without
KJV: a parable spake he not
INT: a parable not he spoke to them
Matthew 14:27 V-AIA-3S
GRK: εὐθὺς δὲ ἐλάλησεν ὁ Ἰησοῦς
NAS: Jesus spoke to them, saying,
KJV: Jesus spake unto them,
INT: immediately moreover spoke Jesus
Matthew 15:31 V-PPA-AMP
GRK: βλέποντας κωφοὺς λαλοῦντας κυλλοὺς ὑγιεῖς
NAS: the mute speaking, the crippled
KJV: the dumb to speak, the maimed
INT: seeing mute speaking crippled restored
Matthew 17:5 V-PPA-GMS
GRK: ἔτι αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος ἰδοὺ νεφέλη
NAS: While he was still speaking, a bright
KJV: While he yet spake, behold, a bright
INT: While yet he was speaking behold a cloud
Matthew 23:1 V-AIA-3S
GRK: ὁ Ἰησοῦς ἐλάλησεν τοῖς ὄχλοις
NAS: Jesus spoke to the crowds
KJV: Then spake Jesus
INT: Jesus spoke to the crowds
Matthew 26:13 V-FIP-3S
GRK: τῷ κόσμῳ λαληθήσεται καὶ ὃ
NAS: will also be spoken of in memory
KJV: hath done, be told for
INT: the world will be spoken of also that which
Matthew 26:47 V-PPA-GMS
GRK: ἔτι αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος ἰδοὺ Ἰούδας
NAS: While He was still speaking, behold,
KJV: he yet spake, lo, Judas,
INT: yet of him as he is speaking behold Judas