Laleō λαλέω

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Laleō
λαλέω
Transliterationlaleō
Strong's numberG2980
LanguageGreek
Part of speechverb
Glossto speak
Occurrences298 in 274 verses
Most frequent inActs (61)

Laleō (Greek λαλέω, Strong's G2980) is a Greek verb meaning “to speak”. It occurs 298 times in 274 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

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, Words, 25f.), ἐλάλησε λέγων, Mat.14:27, Jhn.8:12, Act.8:26, al.
SYN.: see: λέγω. (AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVspeak (84), spake (66), speaketh (20), spoken (20), speaking (11), talked (8), while (6), he (5), say (5), told (5), thou (4), preached (4), and 50 other renderings
BSBspeak (44), spoke (23), speaking (17), speaks (16), said (9), say (7), he spoke (7), we speak (7), was still speaking (6), spoken (6), had spoken (5), i have spoken (5), and 108 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Laleō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Ephesians

Philippians

Colossians

1 Thessalonians

1 Timothy

Titus

Hebrews

James

1 Peter

2 Peter

1 John

2 John

3 John

Jude

Revelation

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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