λαλέω laleō

Greek word for “to speak” · Strong’s G2980 · used 296 times in 272 verses

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Meaning

λαλέω, -ῶ; 1. to utter: of inanimate things, 10:4;

How it is translated

Glosses given for laleō in context, with how often each is used:

• speaking 80
• speak 60
• spoke 41
• speaks 13
• will speak 10
• have spoken 10
• spoken 7
• do speak 6
• saying 6
• said 5
• has spoken 5
• may speak 4

Where it is used

Also in 11 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Corinthians 14 (18), John 8 (9), John 16 (8), Luke 1 (7), Luke 2 (7), John 12 (6), Matthew 12 (5), Matthew 13 (5), Luke 24 (5), John 7 (5)

Forms

• ἐλάλησεν 30
• λαλεῖν 21
• λαλῆσαι 21
• ἐλάλει 20
• λαλῶ 19
• λαλεῖ 18
• λαλοῦντος 16
• λαλῶν 16
• ἐλάλησαν 11
• λελάληκα 11

Words used with it

Words that share verses with laleō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• γλῶσσα glōssa “tongue” 21
• ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 32
• λόγος logos “word” 28
• περί peri “about” 27
• ῥῆμα rhēma “declaration” 17
• πνεῦμα pneuma “spirit/breath” 21
• οὐδείς oudeis “none” 17
• μετά meta “with/after” 21
• ὡς hōs “as/when” 21
• ἔτι eti “still” 12
• ἤ ē “or” 16
• εἴδω eidō “to perceive” 17

Key verses

The verses using laleō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 17:5 — While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well…
• Matthew 28:18 — And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.
• Luke 24:44 — And he said unto them, These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were written in the law…
• John 8:44 — Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no…
• John 16:33 — These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.
• Acts 13:46 — Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, It was necessary that the word of God should first have been spoken to you: but seeing ye put it from you, and…
• Romans 3:19 — Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty…
• 2 Corinthians 11:23 — Are they ministers of Christ? (I speak as a fool) I am more; in labours more abundant, in stripes above measure, in prisons more frequent, in deaths oft.
• Hebrews 1:2 — Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds;
• Hebrews 2:3 — How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;
• Hebrews 12:25 — See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him…
• James 1:19 — Wherefore, my beloved brethren, let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath:

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.