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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1 Corinthians 14:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But in the church, I would rather speak five coherent words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.
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1 Corinthians 14:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
It is written in the Law: “By strange tongues and foreign lips I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.”
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1 Corinthians 14:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So if the whole church comes together and everyone speaks in tongues, and some who are uninstructed or some unbelievers come in, will they not say that you are out of your minds?
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1 Corinthians 14:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If anyone speaks in a tongue, two, or at most three, should speak in turn, and someone must interpret.
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1 Corinthians 14:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if there is no interpreter, he should remain silent in the church and speak only to himself and God.
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1 Corinthians 14:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.
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1 Corinthians 14:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.
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1 Corinthians 14:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If they wish to inquire about something, they are to ask their own husbands at home; for it is dishonorable for a woman to speak in the church.
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1 Corinthians 14:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So, my brothers, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.
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1 Corinthians 15:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.
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2 Corinthians 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For we are not like so many others, who peddle the word of God for profit. On the contrary, in Christ we speak before God with sincerity, as men sent from God.
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2 Corinthians 4:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And in keeping with what is written, “I believed, therefore I have spoken,” we who have the same spirit of faith also believe and therefore speak,
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2 Corinthians 7:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Indeed, I was not embarrassed by anything I had boasted to him about you. But just as everything we said to you was true, so our boasting to Titus has proved to be true as well.
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2 Corinthians 11:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.
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2 Corinthians 11:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
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2 Corinthians 12:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were inexpressible, things that man is not permitted to tell.
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2 Corinthians 12:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Have you been thinking all along that we were making a defense to you? We speak before God in Christ, and all of this, beloved, is to build you up.
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2 Corinthians 13:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you but is powerful among you.
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Ephesians 4:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.
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Ephesians 5:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,
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Ephesians 6:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.
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Philippians 1:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And most of the brothers, confident in the Lord by my chains, now dare more greatly to speak the word without fear.
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Colossians 4:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
as you pray also for us, that God may open to us a door for the word, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains.
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Colossians 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Pray that I may declare it clearly, as I should.
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1 Thessalonians 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For not only did the message of the Lord ring out from you to Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone out to every place, so that we have no need to say anything more.
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1 Thessalonians 2:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As you are aware, we had already endured suffering and shameful treatment in Philippi. But in the face of strong opposition, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God.
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1 Thessalonians 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Instead, we speak as those approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, not in order to please men but God, who examines our hearts.
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1 Thessalonians 2:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
hindering us from telling the Gentiles how they may be saved. As a result, they continue to heap up their sins to full capacity; the utmost wrath has come upon them.
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1 Timothy 5:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention.
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Titus 2:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But as for you, speak the things that are consistent with sound doctrine.
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Titus 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Speak these things as you encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.
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Hebrews 1:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.
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Hebrews 1:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.
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Hebrews 2:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,
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Hebrews 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
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Hebrews 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For it is not to angels that He has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.
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Hebrews 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later.
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Hebrews 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.
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Hebrews 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So also Christ did not take upon Himself the glory of becoming a high priest, but He was called by the One who said to Him: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father.”
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Hebrews 6:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Even though we speak like this, beloved, we are convinced of better things in your case—things that accompany salvation.
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Hebrews 7:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, a tribe as to which Moses said nothing about priests.
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Hebrews 9:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,
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Hebrews 11:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.
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Hebrews 11:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”
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Hebrews 12:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
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Hebrews 12:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?
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Hebrews 13:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
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James 1:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
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James 2:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom.
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James 5:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.
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