laleō G2980

λαλέω (laleō) means “to speak” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

λαλέω Greek · G2980 294 tagged occurrences in 270 verses

Pronunciation guide: lal-eh'-o Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G2980

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

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

(I talk, chatter in classical Greek, but in NT a more dignified word) I speak, say.

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How translators render G2980

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
to speak	23
speak	18
spoke	18
speaking	16
speaks	14
said	8
had spoken	6
he spoke	6
spoken	6
to say	6
was still speaking	6
i have spoken	5
i have told	5
we speak	5
have spoken	4
he told	4
could speak	3
i speak	3
announced	2
he began to speak	2
he did not tell them anything	2
i am speaking	2
i said	2
they spoke	2
to tell	2
will also be told	2
address	1
and began speaking	1
and said	1
and speak	1
and spoke	1
and tell	1
are presenting	1
are speaking	1
are you talking	1
as jesus spoke	1
began to speak	1
david spoke	1
declaring	1
discussing	1
do i say	1
do you refuse to speak	1
do you speak	1
does not speak	1
from speaking	1
from telling	1
god had said	1
god would not have spoken	1
had proclaimed	1
had said this	1
has spoken	1
has told	1
have said	1
he has spoken	1
he is	1
he is saying	1
he is speaking	1
he lies	1
he promised	1
he speaks	1
he still speaks	1
he talked	1
he tells	1
he utters	1
he was making	1
he was speaking	1
he was telling	1
he will not speak	1
he will speak	1
i am not speaking	1
i am saying	1
i bring	1
i can speak	1
i do not speak	1
i have been telling	1
i say this	1
i spoke	1
i talked	1
i tell	1
i will no longer speak	1
i will not speak	1
i will speak	1
is speaking	1
it	1
it says	1
jesus spoke	1
jesus spoke up	1
jesus was saying	1
jesus was speaking	1
jesus was still speaking	1
keep on speaking	1
mentioned	1
message	1
my message	1
paul and silas spoke	1
peter kept insisting	1
say	1
say this	1
should speak	1
so that we may proclaim	1
sounded	1
speak only	1
speak with you	1
speaker	1
speaking about	1
speaks as one	1
speech	1
spew	1
spoke up	1
that i speak	1
that speaks	1
the angel had told	1
the truth	1
the words of	1
their conversation	1
they had received	1
they had spoken	1
they have spoken	1
they said	1
they speak	1
they will speak	1
to continue	1
to say it	1
told him	1
was saying	1
was speaking	1
was spoken	1
we are speaking	1
we said	1
we speak a message	1
we speak of	1
we spoke	1
were describing	1
were speaking	1
what we speak	1
when he spoke	1
while he was still speaking	1
who is speaking	1
will be told	1
will convey	1
word	1
would be spoken later	1
would speak	1
you are saying	1
you are speaking	1
you have whispered	1
you will be told	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
spake	43
speak	37
to speak	23
he spake	13
speaketh	12
speaking	11
i speak	9
have i spoken	5
have spoken	5
we speak	5
he speaketh	4
i have spoken	4
spake he	4
spoken	4
that speaketh	4
while	4
ye shall speak	4
and spake	3
he talked	3
shall speak	3
speakest thou	3
talked	3
that speak	3
they spake	3
to say	3
as	2
had spoken	2
hath spoken	2
i have said	2
i spake	2
it shall be told	2
it was told	2
shall tell	2
should	2
speak ye	2
that they speak	2
uttered	2
be told	1
before spake	1
did say	1
disputed	1
doth	1
had so said	1
had uttered	1
hath	1
hath told	1
have	1
have been spoken	1
have i said	1
have i told	1
he had spoken to	1
he preached	1
he saith	1
he shall	1
he that said	1
he that speaketh	1
him that speaketh	1
i shall	1
i should speak	1
i will	1
is spoken	1
it saith	1
it was said	1
might be preached	1
of those things which were to be spoken after	1
of those things which were told	1
preached	1
preaching	1
say i	1
shall	1
shall be spoken of	1
shall he speak	1
speak i	1
speak unto	1
speak we	1
speakest	1
talk	1
talkest thou	1
talking	1
that spake	1
that talked	1
that talketh	1
that they should	1
that was spoken	1
they may speak	1
they shall speak	1
they talked	1
those things which were spoken	1
to be spoken	1
to preach	1
to speak with	1
to utter	1
we	1
we shall speak	1
we spake	1
were spoken	1
were told	1
when	1
when they had preached	1
which speak	1
which speaketh	1
which was told	1
will i speak	1
would he	1
ye have spoken	1

Verses containing G2980

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Luke 2:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Coming forward at that moment, she gave thanks to God and spoke about the Child to all who were waiting for the redemption of Jerusalem.
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Luke 2:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But they did not understand the statement He was making to them.
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Luke 4:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Demons also came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But He rebuked the demons and would not allow them to speak, because they knew He was the Christ.
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Luke 5:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Jesus had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”
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Luke 5:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”
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Luke 6:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The good man brings good things out of the good treasure of his heart, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart. For out of the overflow of the heart the mouth speaks.
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Luke 7:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the dead man sat up and began to speak! Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.
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Luke 8:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While He was still speaking, someone arrived from the house of the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” he told Jairus. “Do not bother the Teacher anymore.”
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Luke 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the crowds found out and followed Him. He welcomed them and spoke to them about the kingdom of God, and He healed those who needed healing.
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Luke 11:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
One day Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. And when the demon was gone, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed,
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Luke 11:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited Him to dine with him; so He went in and reclined at the table.
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Luke 12:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.
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Luke 22:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While He was still speaking, a crowd arrived, led by the man called Judas, one of the Twelve. He approached Jesus to kiss Him.
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Luke 22:60 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Man, I do not know what you are talking about,” Peter replied. And immediately, while he was still speaking, the rooster crowed.
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Luke 24:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you while He was still in Galilee:
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Luke 24:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
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Luke 24:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They asked each other, “Were not our hearts burning within us as He spoke with us on the road and opened the Scriptures to us?”
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Luke 24:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While they were describing these events, Jesus Himself stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”
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Luke 24:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is written about Me in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms.”
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John 1:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.
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John 3:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Truly, truly, I tell you, we speak of what we know, and we testify to what we have seen, and yet you people do not accept our testimony.
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John 3:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The One who comes from above is above all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks as one from the earth. The One who comes from heaven is above all.
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John 3:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.
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John 4:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”
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John 4:27 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Just then His disciples returned and were surprised that He was speaking with a woman. But no one asked Him, “What do You want from her?” or “Why are You talking with her?”
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John 6:63 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.
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John 7:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet no one would speak publicly about Him for fear of the Jews.
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John 7:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.
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John 7:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He who speaks on his own authority seeks his own glory, but He who seeks the glory of the One who sent Him is a man of truth; in Him there is no falsehood.
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John 7:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ?
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John 7:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Never has anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered.
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John 8:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Once again, Jesus spoke to the people and said, “I am the light of the world. Whoever follows Me will never walk in the darkness, but will have the light of life.”
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John 8:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He spoke these words while teaching in the temple courts, near the treasury. Yet no one seized Him, because His hour had not yet come.
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John 8:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Who are You?” they asked. “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,” Jesus replied.
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John 8:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the One who sent Me is truthful, and what I have heard from Him, I tell the world.”
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John 8:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me.
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John 8:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As Jesus spoke these things, many believed in Him.
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John 8:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”
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John 8:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But now you are trying to kill Me, a man who has told you the truth that I heard from God. Abraham never did such a thing.
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John 8:44 · BSB · 2 occurrences
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.
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John 9:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But how he can now see or who opened his eyes, we do not know. Ask him. He is old enough to speak for himself.”
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John 9:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man is from.”
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John 9:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“You have already seen Him,” Jesus answered. “He is the One speaking with you.”
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John 10:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.
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John 12:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The crowd standing there heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him.
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John 12:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence
While you have the Light, believe in the Light, so that you may become sons of light.” After Jesus had spoken these things, He went away and was hidden from them.
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John 12:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about Him.
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John 12:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There is a judge for the one who rejects Me and does not receive My words: The word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.
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John 12:49 · BSB · 2 occurrences
I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.
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John 12:50 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”
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