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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
λαλέω
Greek transliteration: 
laleō
Simplified transliteration: 
laleo
Principal Parts: 
(ἐλάλουν), λαλήσω, ἐλάλησα, λελάληκα, λελάλημαι, ἐλαλήθην
Numbers
Strong's number: 
2980
GK Number: 
3281
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
296
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-1d(2a)
Gloss: 
to speak, talk
Definition: 
to make vocal utterance; to babble, to talk;, in NT absol. to exercise the faculty of speech, Mt. 9:33; to speak, Mt. 10:20; to hold converse with, to talk with, Mt. 12:46; Mk. 6:50; Rev. 1:12; to discourse, to make an address, Lk. 11:37; Acts 11:20; 21:39; to make announcement, to make a declaration, Lk. 1:55; to make mention, Jn. 12:41; Acts 2:31; Heb. 4:8; 2 Pet. 3:16; trans. to speak, address, preach, Mt. 9:18; Jn. 3:11; Tit. 2:1; to give utterance to, utter, Mk. 2:7; Jn. 3:34; to declare, announce, reveal, Lk. 24:25 et al.; to disclose, 2 Cor. 12:4

Greek-English Concordance for λαλέω

Luke 2:20 Then the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, just as it had been told (elalēthē | ἐλαλήθη | aor pass ind 3 sg) them.
Luke 2:33 His father and mother marveled at the things that were being said (laloumenois | λαλουμένοις | pres pass ptcp dat pl neut) about him.
Luke 2:38 At that very hour she came up and began to give thanks to God and continued to speak (elalei | ἐλάλει | imperf act ind 3 sg) of him to all who were waiting expectantly for the redemption of Israel.
Luke 2:50 But they did not understand the saying that he spoke (elalēsen | ἐλάλησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them.
Luke 4:41 Also, demons came out from many, crying out and saying, “You are the Son of God!” But he rebuked them and did not allow them to speak (lalein | λαλεῖν | pres act inf ), because they knew him to be the Christ.
Luke 5:4 When he stopped speaking (lalōn | λαλῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc), he said to Simon, “Put out into the deep water and lower your nets for a catch.”
Luke 5:21 And the scribes and the Pharisees began to ponder, saying, “Who is this who speaks (lalei | λαλεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) blasphemies? Who is able to forgive sins except God alone?”
Luke 6:45 The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks (lalei | λαλεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg).
Luke 7:15 The dead man sat up and began to speak (lalein | λαλεῖν | pres act inf ), and Jesus gave him back to his mother.
Luke 8:49 While (lalountos | λαλοῦντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) he was (lalountos | λαλοῦντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) still speaking (lalountos | λαλοῦντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc), someone came from the house of the synagogue-ruler, saying, “Your daughter is dead; do not bother the Teacher any longer.”
Luke 9:11 When the crowds found out about it, they followed him. So he (elalei | ἐλάλει | imperf act ind 3 sg) welcomed them, and spoke (elalei | ἐλάλει | imperf act ind 3 sg) to them about the kingdom of God and cured those who had need of healing.
Luke 11:14 One day Jesus was casting out a demon that was mute. When the demon came out, the speechless man spoke (elalēsen | ἐλάλησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) and the people were amazed.
Luke 11:37 When Jesus finished speaking (lalēsai | λαλῆσαι | aor act inf ), a Pharisee asked him to have a meal with him, so he went in and reclined at table.
Luke 12:3 All that you said in the darkness will be heard in the light, and what you said (elalēsate | ἐλαλήσατε | aor act ind 2 pl) in private rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
Luke 22:47 While (lalountos | λαλοῦντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) he was (lalountos | λαλοῦντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) still speaking (lalountos | λαλοῦντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc), there came a crowd, and the one called Judas, one of the twelve, was coming on ahead of them. He went up to Jesus to kiss him,
Luke 22:60 But Peter said, “Man, I do not know what you are talking about.” And immediately, while (lalountos | λαλοῦντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) he was (lalountos | λαλοῦντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) still speaking (lalountos | λαλοῦντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc), the rooster crowed.
Luke 24:6 He is not here, but he has been raised. Remember how he spoke (elalēsen | ἐλάλησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to you, while he was still in Galilee,
Luke 24:25 So he said to them, “You foolish people, slow of heart to believe in all that the prophets have spoken! (elalēsan | ἐλάλησαν | aor act ind 3 pl)
Luke 24:32 They said to each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as he spoke (elalei | ἐλάλει | imperf act ind 3 sg) to us on the road, as he opened to us the Scriptures?”
Luke 24:36 While (lalountōn | λαλούντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc) they were (lalountōn | λαλούντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc) saying (lalountōn | λαλούντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc) these things, Jesus himself stood in their midst and said to them, “Peace to you.”
Luke 24:44 Then he said to them, “These are my words which I spoke (elalēsa | ἐλάλησα | aor act ind 1 sg) to you while I was still with you, that everything written in the law of Moses and the prophets and psalms about me must be fulfilled.”
John 1:37 The two disciples heard him say (lalountos | λαλοῦντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) this, and they followed Jesus.
John 3:11 “I tell you the solemn truth, we (laloumen | λαλοῦμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) speak (laloumen | λαλοῦμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) about (laloumen | λαλοῦμεν | pres act ind 1 pl) what we know and testify about what we have seen, but you people do not accept our testimony.
John 3:31 He who comes from above is superior to all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and speaks (lalei | λαλεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) in an earthly way. He who comes from heaven is superior to all.
John 3:34 For the one whom God has sent speaks (lalei | λαλεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit in a limited measure.
John 4:26 Jesus said to her, “I, the one (lalōn | λαλῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) speaking (lalōn | λαλῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) to you, am he.”
John 4:27 Just then his disciples came back. They were astonished that he (elalei | ἐλάλει | imperf act ind 3 sg) was (elalei | ἐλάλει | imperf act ind 3 sg) talking (elalei | ἐλάλει | imperf act ind 3 sg) with a woman; however, no one said to her, “What do you want?” or to him, “Why are you talking (laleis | λαλεῖς | pres act ind 2 sg) with her?”
John 6:63 It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is useless. The words that I have spoken (lelalēka | λελάληκα | perf act ind 1 sg) to you are spirit and life.
John 7:13 No one, however, was (elalei | ἐλάλει | imperf act ind 3 sg) speaking (elalei | ἐλάλει | imperf act ind 3 sg) openly about him for fear of the Jews.
John 7:17 If anyone is willing to do God’s will, he will know about the teaching, whether it comes from God or whether I am (lalō | λαλῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) speaking (lalō | λαλῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) on my own authority.
John 7:18 The one (lalōn | λαλῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) who (lalōn | λαλῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) speaks (lalōn | λαλῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) on his own authority seeks his own honor; but the one who seeks the honor of the one who sent him is truthful, and in him there is nothing false.
John 7:26 And look, he (lalei | λαλεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) is (lalei | λαλεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) speaking (lalei | λαλεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) boldly and they are saying nothing to him. Is it possible that our rulers know for sure that this man is the Christ?
John 7:46 The guards answered, “Never has a man spoken (elalēsen | ἐλάλησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) like this man!”
John 8:12 Again Jesus spoke (elalēsen | ἐλάλησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
John 8:20 Jesus spoke (elalēsen | ἐλάλησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) these words near the treasury as he was teaching in the temple. No one seized him because his hour had not yet come.
John 8:25 So they said to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Just what I (lalō | λαλῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) have (lalō | λαλῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) been (lalō | λαλῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) telling (lalō | λαλῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) you from the beginning.
John 8:26 I have many things to (lalein | λαλεῖν | pres act inf ) say (lalein | λαλεῖν | pres act inf ) about you by way of judgment; but the one who sent me is truthful, and I say (lalō | λαλῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) to the world only that which I have heard from him.”
John 8:28 So Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he. I do nothing on my own, but speak (lalō | λαλῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) only those things the Father has taught me.
John 8:30 As (lalountos | λαλοῦντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) he was (lalountos | λαλοῦντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) saying (lalountos | λαλοῦντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) these things, many came to believe in him.
John 8:38 I (lalō | λαλῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) speak (lalō | λαλῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) about (lalō | λαλῶ | pres act ind 1 sg) the things I have seen while with my Father, but you do that which you have heard from your father.”
John 8:40 But now you are intent on killing me, a man who has (lelalēka | λελάληκα | perf act ind 1 sg) told (lelalēka | λελάληκα | perf act ind 1 sg) you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did!
John 8:44 You belong to your father the devil, and your will is to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and never did stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies (lalē | λαλῇ | pres act subj 3 sg), he (lalei | λαλεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) is (lalei | λαλεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) giving (lalei | λαλεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) expression (lalei | λαλεῖ | pres act ind 3 sg) to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
John 9:21 but how it is that he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him, he is an adult. He will (lalēsei | λαλήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) speak (lalēsei | λαλήσει | fut act ind 3 sg) for himself.”
John 9:29 We know that God has (lelalēken | λελάληκεν | perf act ind 3 sg) spoken (lelalēken | λελάληκεν | perf act ind 3 sg) to Moses, but as for this fellow, we do not even know where he comes from.”
John 9:37 Jesus said to him, “You have seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking (lalōn | λαλῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) with you.”
John 10:6 Jesus told them this figurative story, but they did not understand what he was saying (elalei | ἐλάλει | imperf act ind 3 sg) to them.
John 12:29 The crowd that was standing there and had heard the voice said that it was thunder; others said, “An angel has (lelalēken | λελάληκεν | perf act ind 3 sg) spoken (lelalēken | λελάληκεν | perf act ind 3 sg) to him.”
John 12:36 While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light.” When Jesus said (elalēsen | ἐλάλησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) these things, he went away and hid himself from them.
John 12:41 Isaiah said these things because he saw Christ’s glory and spoke (elalēsen | ἐλάλησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) of him.
John 12:48 The one who rejects me and does not receive my sayings has a judge; the word that I have spoken (elalēsa | ἐλάλησα | aor act ind 1 sg) will judge him at the last day.

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