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Greek verb · G2980

λαλέω

laleolal-eh'-o

to utter; to talk, speak, say

294 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: laléō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2980is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 23 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 69
    spellings
  • 2
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G2980

to talk, i.e. utter words

The King James renders it: preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

laleo is rendered "to utter; to talk, speak, say". It stands 294 times in the Greek text, across twenty-three books.

  • Fifty-nine of the uses stand in John, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to utter".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 9:18While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”
  • The Greek text spells it sixty-nine different ways.

The first use

While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”

Matthew 9:18λαλοῦντος

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

What the word means

The word carries two meanings: to utter, and to talk, speak, say.

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
to utterof inanimate thingsTagged as
  • to speak36
  • He was speaking12
  • speaks10
  • I speak9
  • He spoke8
  • we speak8
  • do speak7
  • I have spoken6

and 69 more, 212 uses in all

WhereHebrews 11:4By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did…
to talk, speak, sayabsol., 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),...Tagged as
  • speaking35
  • spoke27
  • is speaking15
  • being spoken3
  • I was speaking1
  • it was speaking1
WhereMatthew 9:33And when the demon had been driven out, the man began to speak. The crowds were amazed and said…

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

The words it stands beside

All 294, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

69 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • ἐλάλησεν29
  • λαλεῖν20
  • ἐλάλει18
  • λαλῆσαι18
  • λαλῶ17
  • λαλοῦντος16
  • λαλῶν16
  • λαλεῖ15
  • ἐλάλησαν11
  • λελάληκα11
  • λαλοῦμεν9
  • ἐλάλησα8

and 57 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular31V-AAI-3S
  • verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)21V-AAN
  • verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)21V-PAN
  • verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singular20V-IAI-3S
  • verb · present active, indicative · 1st person singular18V-PAI-1S
  • verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular18V-PAI-3S
  • verb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular17V-PAP-GSM
  • verb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular16V-PAP-NSM
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural11V-AAI-3P
  • verb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singular11V-RAI-1S
  • verb · present active, indicative · 1st person plural10V-PAI-1P
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular8V-AAI-1S

Matthew

twenty-six uses
  • While Jesus was saying these things, a synagogue leader came and knelt before Him. “My daughter has just died,” he said. “But come and place Your hand on her, and she will live.”

    Matthew 9:18

    • λαλοῦντοςlalountosverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: is speaking
  • And when the demon had been driven out, the man began to speak. The crowds were amazed and said, “Nothing like this has ever been seen in Israel!”

    Matthew 9:33

    • ἐλάλησενelalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: spoke
  • But when they hand you over, do not worry about how to respond or what to say. In that hour you will be given what to say.

    Matthew 10:19

    • λαλήσητεlaleseteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you may speak
    • λαλήσητεlaleseteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you may say
  • For it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

    Matthew 10:20

    • λαλοῦντεςlalountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: speaking
    • λαλοῦνlalounverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: is speaking
  • Then a demon-possessed man who was blind and mute was brought to Jesus, and He healed the man so that he could speak and see.

    Matthew 12:22

    • λαλεῖνlaleinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak
  • You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.

    Matthew 12:34

    • λαλεῖνlaleinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak
    • λαλεῖ.¶laleiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: speaks
  • But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.

    Matthew 12:36

    • λαλήσουσινlalesousinverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will speak
  • While Jesus was still speaking to the crowds, His mother and brothers stood outside, wanting to speak to Him.

    Matthew 12:46

    • λαλοῦντοςlalountosverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: is speaking
    • λαλῆσαιlalesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak
  • Someone told Him, “Look, Your mother and brothers are standing outside, wanting to speak to You.”

    Matthew 12:47

    • λαλῆσαιlalesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak
  • And He told them many things in parables, saying, “A farmer went out to sow his seed.

    Matthew 13:3

    • ἐλάλησενelalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He spoke
  • Then the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Why do You speak to the people in parables?”

    Matthew 13:10

    • λαλεῖςlaleisverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: speak You
  • This is why I speak to them in parables: ‘Though seeing, they do not see; though hearing, they do not hear or understand.’

    Matthew 13:13

    • λαλῶlaloverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I speak
  • He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like leaven that a woman took and mixed into three measures of flour, until all of it was leavened.”

    Matthew 13:33

    • ἐλάλησενelalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: spoke He
  • Jesus spoke all these things to the crowds in parables. He did not tell them anything without using a parable.

    Matthew 13:34

    • ἐλάλησενelalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: spoke
    • ἐλάλειelaleiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He was speaking
  • But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

    Matthew 14:27

    • ἐλάλησενelalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: spoke
  • The crowd was amazed when they saw the mute speaking, the crippled restored, the lame walking, and the blind seeing. And they glorified the God of Israel.

    Matthew 15:31

    • λαλοῦνταςlalountasverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: speaking
  • While Peter was still speaking, a bright cloud enveloped them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to Him!”

    Matthew 17:5

    • λαλοῦντοςlalountosverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: is speaking
  • Then Jesus spoke to the crowds and to His disciples:

    Matthew 23:1

    • ἐλάλησενelalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: spoke
  • Truly I tell you, wherever this gospel is preached in all the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

    Matthew 26:13

    • λαληθήσεταιlalethesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be spoken of
  • While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a large crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests and elders of the people.

    Matthew 26:47

    • λαλοῦντοςlalountosverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: is speaking
  • Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me.

    Matthew 28:18

    • ἐλάλησενelalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: spoke

Mark

nineteen uses
  • And He healed many who were ill with various diseases and drove out many demons. But He would not allow the demons to speak, because they knew who He was.

    Mark 1:34

    • λαλεῖνlaleinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak
  • they gathered in such large numbers that there was no more room, not even outside the door, as Jesus spoke the word to them.

    Mark 2:2

    • ἐλάλειelaleiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He was speaking
  • “Why does this man speak like this? He is blaspheming! Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

    Mark 2:7

    • λαλεῖlaleiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: does speak
  • With many such parables Jesus spoke the word to them, to the extent that they could understand.

    Mark 4:33

    • ἐλάλειelaleiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He was speaking
  • He did not tell them anything without using a parable. But privately He explained everything to His own disciples.

    Mark 4:34

    • ἐλάλειelaleiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was He speaking
  • While He was still speaking, messengers from the house of Jairus arrived and said, “Your daughter is dead; why bother the Teacher anymore?”

    Mark 5:35

    • λαλοῦντοςlalountosverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: is speaking
  • But Jesus overheard their conversation and said to Jairus, “Do not be afraid; just believe.”

    Mark 5:36

    • λαλούμενονlaloumenonverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: spoken
  • for they all saw Him and were terrified. But Jesus spoke up at once: “Take courage! It is I. Do not be afraid.”

    Mark 6:50

    • ἐλάλησενelalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He spoke
  • Immediately the man’s ears were opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak plainly.

    Mark 7:35

    • ἐλάλειelaleiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was speaking
  • The people were utterly astonished and said, “He has done all things well! He makes even the deaf hear and the mute speak!”

    Mark 7:37

    • λαλεῖν.¶laleinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak
  • He spoke this message quite frankly, and Peter took Him aside and began to rebuke Him.

    Mark 8:32

    • ἐλάλει.¶elaleiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He was speaking
  • “Truly I tell you that if anyone says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ and has no doubt in his heart but believes that it will happen, it will be done for him.

    Mark 11:23

    • λαλεῖlaleiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he says
  • Then Jesus began to speak to them in parables: “A man planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a wine vat, and built a watchtower. Then he rented it out to some tenants and went away on a journey.

    Mark 12:1

    • λαλεῖνlaleinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak
  • But when they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand what to say. Instead, speak whatever you are given at that time, for it will not be you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

    Mark 13:11

    • λαλήσητεlaleseteverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person pluraltagged: you may say
    • λαλεῖτεlaleiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do speak
    • λαλοῦντεςlalountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: speaking
  • And truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached in all the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

    Mark 14:9

    • λαληθήσεταιlalethesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will be spoken of
  • But Peter kept insisting, “Even if I have to die with You, I will never deny You.” And all the others said the same thing.

    Mark 14:31

    • ἐλάλειelaleiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was saying
  • While Jesus was still speaking, Judas, one of the Twelve, arrived, accompanied by a crowd armed with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests, scribes, and elders.

    Mark 14:43

    • λαλοῦντοςlalountosverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: is speaking

Luke

thirty-one uses
  • “I am Gabriel,” replied the angel. “I stand in the presence of God, and I have been sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

    Luke 1:19

    • λαλῆσαιlalesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak
  • And now you will be silent and unable to speak until the day this comes to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time.”

    Luke 1:20

    • λαλῆσαιlalesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak
  • When he came out and was unable to speak to them, they realized he had seen a vision in the temple. He kept making signs to them but remained speechless.

    Luke 1:22

    • λαλῆσαιlalesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak
  • Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord’s word to her will be fulfilled.”

    Luke 1:45

    • λελαλημένοιςlelalemenoisverb · perfect passive, participle · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluraltagged: spoken
  • as He promised to our fathers, to Abraham and his descendants forever.”

    Luke 1:55

    • ἐλάλησενelalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He spoke
  • Immediately Zechariah’s mouth was opened and his tongue was released, and he began to speak, praising God.

    Luke 1:64

    • ἐλάλειelaleiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was speaking
  • as He spoke through His holy prophets, those of ages past,

    Luke 1:70

    • ἐλάλησενelalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He spoke
  • When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, “Let us go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has made known to us.”

    Luke 2:15

    • ἐλάλουνelalounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were speaking
  • After they had seen the Child, they spread the message they had received about Him.

    Luke 2:17

    • λαληθέντοςlalethentosverb · aorist passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · neuter singulartagged: having been told
  • And all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them.

    Luke 2:18

    • λαληθέντωνlalethentonverb · aorist passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: having been spoken
  • The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all they had heard and seen, which was just as the angel had told them.

    Luke 2:20

    • ἐλαλήθηelaletheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it was said
  • The Child’s father and mother were amazed at what was spoken about Him.

    Luke 2:33

    • λαλουμένοιςlaloumenoisverb · present passive, participle · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluraltagged: being spoken
  • 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.

    Luke 2:38

    • ἐλάλειelaleiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was speaking
  • But they did not understand the statement He was making to them.

    Luke 2:50

    • ἐλάλησενelalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He spoke
  • 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.

    Luke 4:41

    • λαλεῖνlaleinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak
  • When Jesus had finished speaking, He said to Simon, “Put out into deep water and let down your nets for a catch.”

    Luke 5:4

    • λαλῶνlalonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: speaking
  • But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to themselves, “Who is this man who speaks blasphemy? Who can forgive sins but God alone?”

    Luke 5:21

    • λαλεῖlaleiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: speaks
  • 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.

    Luke 6:45

    • λαλεῖlaleiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: speaks
  • And the dead man sat up and began to speak! Then Jesus gave him back to his mother.

    Luke 7:15

    • λαλεῖνlaleinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak
  • 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.”

    Luke 8:49

    • λαλοῦντοςlalountosverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: is speaking
  • 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.

    Luke 9:11

    • ἐλάλειelaleiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He was speaking
  • 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,

    Luke 11:14

    • ἐλάλησενelalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: spoke
  • As Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited Him to dine with him; so He went in and reclined at the table.

    Luke 11:37

    • λαλῆσαιlalesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: speaking
  • 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.

    Luke 12:3

    • ἐλαλήσατεelalesateverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you have spoken
  • While He was still speaking, a crowd arrived, led by the man called Judas, one of the Twelve. He approached Jesus to kiss Him.

    Luke 22:47

    • λαλοῦντοςlalountosverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: is speaking
  • “Man, I do not know what you are talking about,” Peter replied. While he was still speaking, the rooster crowed.

    Luke 22:60

    • λαλοῦντοςlalountosverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: is speaking
  • He is not here; He has risen! Remember how He told you while He was still in Galilee:

    Luke 24:6

    • ἐλάλησενelalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He spoke
  • Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken!

    Luke 24:25

    • ἐλάλησανelalesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: spoke
  • 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?”

    Luke 24:32

    • ἐλάλειelaleiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He was speaking
  • While they were describing these events, Jesus Himself stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”

    Luke 24:36

    • λαλούντωνlalountonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: are telling
  • 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.”

    Luke 24:44

    • ἐλάλησαelalesaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I spoke

John

fifty-nine uses
  • And when the two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.

    John 1:37

    • λαλοῦντοςlalountosverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: speaking
  • 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.

    John 3:11

    • λαλοῦμενlaloumenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we speak
  • 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.

    John 3:31

    • λαλεῖlaleiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: speaks
  • For the One whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit.

    John 3:34

    • λαλεῖlaleiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: speaks
  • Jesus answered, “I who speak to you am He.”

    John 4:26

    • λαλῶνlalonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: is speaking
  • 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?”

    John 4:27

    • ἐλάλειelaleiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He was speaking
    • λαλεῖςlaleisverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: speak You
  • The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.

    John 6:63

    • λελάληκαlelalekaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: have spoken
  • Yet no one would speak publicly about Him for fear of the Jews.

    John 7:13

    • ἐλάλειelaleiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was speaking
  • If anyone desires to do His will, he will know whether My teaching is from God or whether I speak on My own.

    John 7:17

    • λαλῶlaloverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: speak
  • 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.

    John 7:18

    • λαλῶνlalonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: speaking
  • Yet here He is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying anything to Him. Have the rulers truly recognized that this is the Christ?

    John 7:26

    • λαλεῖlaleiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He speaks
  • “Never has anyone spoken like this man!” the officers answered.

    John 7:46

    • ἐλάλησενelalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: spoke
  • 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.”

    John 8:12

    • ἐλάλησενelalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: spoke
  • 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.

    John 8:20

    • ἐλάλησενelalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He spoke
  • “Who are You?” they asked. “Just what I have been telling you from the beginning,” Jesus replied.

    John 8:25

    • λαλῶlaloverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I am saying
  • “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.”

    John 8:26

    • λαλεῖνlaleinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to say
    • λαλῶlaloverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I say
  • 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.

    John 8:28

    • λαλῶlaloverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I speak
  • As Jesus spoke these things, many believed in Him.

    John 8:30

    • λαλοῦντοςlalountosverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: is speaking
  • I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”

    John 8:38

    • λαλῶlaloverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I speak
  • 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.

    John 8:40

    • λελάληκαlelalekaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: has spoken
  • 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.

    John 8:44

    • λαλῇlaleaverb · present active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he may speak
    • λαλεῖlaleiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he speaks
  • 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.”

    John 9:21

    • λαλήσει.¶laleseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he will speak
  • We know that God spoke to Moses, but we do not know where this man is from.”

    John 9:29

    • λελάληκενlelalekenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has spoken
  • “You have already seen Him,” Jesus answered. “He is the One speaking with you.”

    John 9:37

    • λαλῶνlalonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: speaking
  • Jesus spoke to them using this illustration, but they did not understand what He was telling them.

    John 10:6

    • ἐλάλειelaleiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He was saying
  • The crowd standing there heard it and said that it had thundered. Others said that an angel had spoken to Him.

    John 12:29

    • λελάληκεν.¶lelalekenverb · perfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has spoken
  • 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.

    John 12:36

    • ἐλάλησενelalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: spoke
  • Isaiah said these things because he saw Jesus’ glory and spoke about Him.

    John 12:41

    • ἐλάλησενelalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: spoke
  • 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.

    John 12:48

    • ἐλάλησαelalesaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I spoke
  • I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.

    John 12:49

    • ἐλάλησαelalesaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: spoke
    • λαλήσωlalesoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I may speak
  • And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”

    John 12:50

    • λαλῶlaloverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: speak
    • λαλῶ.¶laloverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I speak
  • Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works.

    John 14:10

    • λαλῶlaloverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I speak
  • All this I have spoken to you while I am still with you.

    John 14:25

    • λελάληκαlelalekaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have said
  • I will not speak with you much longer, for the prince of this world is coming, and he has no claim on Me.

    John 14:30

    • λαλήσωlalesoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will speak
  • You are already clean because of the word I have spoken to you.

    John 15:3

    • λελάληκαlelalekaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have spoken
  • I have told you these things so that My joy may be in you and your joy may be complete.

    John 15:11

    • λελάληκαlelalekaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have spoken
  • If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not be guilty of sin. Now, however, they have no excuse for their sin.

    John 15:22

    • ἐλάλησαelalesaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I said
  • “I have told you these things so that you will not fall away.

    John 16:1

    • λελάληκαlelalekaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have spoken
  • But I have told you these things so that when their hour comes, you will remember that I told you about them. I did not tell you these things from the beginning, because I was with you.

    John 16:4

    • λελάληκαlelalekaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have said
  • Instead, your hearts are filled with sorrow because I have told you these things.

    John 16:6

    • λελάληκαlelalekaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have said
  • However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.

    John 16:13

    • λαλήσειlaleseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He will speak
    • λαλήσειlaleseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He will speak
  • They kept asking, “Why is He saying, ‘a little while’? We do not understand what He is saying.”

    John 16:18

    • λαλεῖ.¶laleiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He is saying
  • I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. An hour is coming when I will no longer speak to you this way, but will tell you plainly about the Father.

    John 16:25

    • λελάληκαlelalekaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have spoken
    • λαλήσωlalesoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will speak
  • His disciples said, “See, now You are speaking plainly and without figures of speech.

    John 16:29

    • λαλεῖςlaleisverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: You speak
  • I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation. But take courage; I have overcome the world!”

    John 16:33

    • λελάληκαlelalekaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have spoken
  • When Jesus had spoken these things, He lifted up His eyes to heaven and said, “Father, the hour has come. Glorify Your Son, that Your Son may glorify You.

    John 17:1

    • ἐλάλησενelalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: spoke
  • But now I am coming to You; and I am saying these things while I am in the world, so that they may have My joy fulfilled within them.

    John 17:13

    • λαλῶlaloverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I speak
  • “I have spoken openly to the world,” Jesus answered. “I always taught in the synagogues and at the temple, where all the Jews come together. I said nothing in secret.

    John 18:20

    • λελάληκαlelalekaverb · perfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: have spoken
    • ἐλάλησαelalesaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I spoke
  • Why are you asking Me? Ask those who heard My message. Surely they know what I said.”

    John 18:21

    • ἐλάλησαelalesaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I spoke
  • Jesus replied, “If I said something wrong, testify as to what was wrong. But if I spoke correctly, why did you strike Me?”

    John 18:23

    • ἐλάλησαelalesaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I spoke
  • So Pilate said to Him, “Do You refuse to speak to me? Do You not know that I have authority to release You and authority to crucify You?”

    John 19:10

    • λαλεῖςlaleisverb · present active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: speak You

Acts

fifty-nine uses
  • And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit enabled them.

    Acts 2:4

    • λαλεῖνlaleinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak
  • And when this sound rang out, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own language.

    Acts 2:6

    • λαλούντωνlalountonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: speaking
  • Astounded and amazed, they asked, “Are not all these men who are speaking Galileans?

    Acts 2:7

    • λαλοῦντεςlalountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: are speaking
  • both Jews and converts to Judaism; Cretans and Arabs—we hear them declaring the wonders of God in our own tongues!”

    Acts 2:11

    • λαλούντωνlalountonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: speaking
  • Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.

    Acts 2:31

    • ἐλάλησενelalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he spoke
  • Heaven must take Him in until the time comes for the restoration of all things, which God announced long ago through His holy prophets.

    Acts 3:21

    • ἐλάλησενelalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: spoke
  • For Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet like me from among your brothers. You must listen to Him in everything He tells you.

    Acts 3:22

    • λαλήσῃlaleseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: He may say
  • Indeed, all the prophets from Samuel on, as many as have spoken, have proclaimed these days.

    Acts 3:24

    • ἐλάλησανelalesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: spoke
  • While Peter and John were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple guard and the Sadducees came up to them,

    Acts 4:1

    • Λαλούντωνlalountonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: When are speaking
  • But to keep this message from spreading any further among the people, we must warn them not to speak to anyone in this name.”

    Acts 4:17

    • λαλεῖνlaleinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak
  • For we cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard.”

    Acts 4:20

    • λαλεῖνlaleinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak
  • And now, Lord, consider their threats, and enable Your servants to speak Your word with complete boldness,

    Acts 4:29

    • λαλεῖνlaleinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak
  • After they had prayed, their meeting place was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.

    Acts 4:31

    • ἐλάλουνelalounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were speaking
  • “Go, stand in the temple courts and tell the people the full message of this new life.”

    Acts 5:20

    • λαλεῖτεlaleiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do speak
  • At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.

    Acts 5:40

    • λαλεῖνlaleinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak
  • but they could not stand up to his wisdom or the Spirit by whom he spoke.

    Acts 6:10

    • ἐλάλει.¶elaleiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was speaking
  • Then they prompted some men to say, “We heard Stephen speak words of blasphemy against Moses and against God.”

    Acts 6:11

    • λαλοῦντοςlalountosverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: is speaking
  • where they presented false witnesses who said, “This man never stops speaking against this holy place and against the law.

    Acts 6:13

    • λαλῶνlalonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: speaking
  • God told him that his descendants would be foreigners in a strange land, and that they would be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.

    Acts 7:6

    • ἐλάλησενelalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Spoke
  • He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.

    Acts 7:38

    • λαλοῦντοςlalountosverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: is speaking
  • Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.

    Acts 7:44

    • λαλῶνlalonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: speaking
  • And after Peter and John had testified and spoken the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel in many of the Samaritan villages.

    Acts 8:25

    • λαλήσαντεςlalesantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having spoken
  • Now an angel of the Lord said to Philip, “Get up and go south to the desert road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.”

    Acts 8:26

    • ἐλάλησενelalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: spoke
  • “Now get up and go into the city, and you will be told what you must do.”

    Acts 9:6

    • λαληθήσεταίlalethesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it will be told
  • Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and described how Saul had seen the Lord, who spoke to him on the road to Damascus, and how Saul had spoken boldly in that city in the name of Jesus.

    Acts 9:27

    • ἐλάλησενelalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He had spoken
  • He talked and debated with the Grecian Jews, but they tried to kill him.

    Acts 9:29

    • ἐλάλειelaleiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He was speaking
  • When the angel who spoke to him had gone, Cornelius called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among his attendants.

    Acts 10:7

    • λαλῶνlalonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: is speaking
  • While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard his message.

    Acts 10:44

    • λαλοῦντοςlalountosverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: when is speaking
  • For they heard them speaking in tongues and exalting God. Then Peter said,

    Acts 10:46

    • λαλούντωνlalountonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: are speaking
  • He will convey to you a message by which you and all your household will be saved.’

    Acts 11:14

    • λαλήσειlaleseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will speak
  • As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.

    Acts 11:15

    • λαλεῖνlaleinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak
  • Meanwhile those scattered by the persecution that began with Stephen traveled as far as Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the message only to Jews.

    Acts 11:19

    • λαλοῦντεςlalountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: speaking
  • But some of them, men from Cyprus and Cyrene, went to Antioch and began speaking to the Greeks as well, proclaiming the good news about the Lord Jesus.

    Acts 11:20

    • ἐλάλουνelalounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: were speaking
  • As Paul and Barnabas were leaving the synagogue, the people urged them to continue this message on the next Sabbath.

    Acts 13:42

    • λαληθῆναιlalethenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be spoken
  • But when the Jews saw the crowds, they were filled with jealousy, and they blasphemously contradicted what Paul was saying.

    Acts 13:45

    • λαλουμένοιςlaloumenoisverb · present passive, participle · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluraltagged: spoken
  • Then Paul and Barnabas answered them boldly: “It was necessary to speak the word of God to you first. But since you reject it and do not consider yourselves worthy of eternal life, we now turn to the Gentiles.

    Acts 13:46

    • λαληθῆναιlalethenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be spoken
  • At Iconium, Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue, where they spoke so well that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed.

    Acts 14:1

    • λαλῆσαιlalesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: speaking
  • This man was listening to the words of Paul, who looked intently at him and saw that he had faith to be healed.

    Acts 14:9

    • λαλοῦντοςlalountosverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: speaking
  • And when they had spoken the word in Perga, they went down to Attalia.

    Acts 14:25

    • λαλήσαντεςlalesantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having spoken
  • After the Holy Spirit had prevented them from speaking the word in the province of Asia, they traveled through the region of Phrygia and Galatia.

    Acts 16:6

    • λαλῆσαιlalesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak
  • On the Sabbath we went outside the city gate along the river, where it was customary to find a place of prayer. After sitting down, we spoke to the women who had gathered there.

    Acts 16:13

    • ἐλαλοῦμενelaloumenverb · imperfect active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we were speaking
  • Among those listening was a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth from the city of Thyatira, who was a worshiper of God. The Lord opened her heart to respond to Paul’s message.

    Acts 16:14

    • λαλουμένοιςlaloumenoisverb · present passive, participle · dative (“to / for”) · neuter pluraltagged: being spoken
  • Then Paul and Silas spoke the word of the Lord to him and to everyone in his house.

    Acts 16:32

    • ἐλάλησανelalesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they spoke
  • So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?

    Acts 17:19

    • λαλουμένηlaloumeneverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: is spoken
  • One night the Lord spoke to Paul in a vision: “Do not be afraid; keep on speaking; do not be silent.

    Acts 18:9

    • λάλειlaleiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do continue speaking
  • He had been instructed in the way of the Lord and was fervent in spirit. He spoke and taught accurately about Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John.

    Acts 18:25

    • ἐλάλειelaleiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he was speaking
  • And when Paul laid his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came upon them, and they spoke in tongues and prophesied.

    Acts 19:6

    • ἐλάλουνelalounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were speaking
  • Even from your own number, men will rise up and distort the truth to draw away disciples after them.

    Acts 20:30

    • λαλοῦντεςlalountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: speaking
  • But Paul answered, “I am a Jew from Tarsus in Cilicia, a citizen of no ordinary city. Now I beg you to allow me to speak to the people.”

    Acts 21:39

    • λαλῆσαιlalesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak
  • My companions saw the light, but they could not understand the voice of the One speaking to me.

    Acts 22:9

    • λαλοῦντόςlalountosverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: speaking
  • Then I asked, ‘What should I do, Lord?’ ‘Get up and go into Damascus,’ He told me. ‘There you will be told all that you have been appointed to do.’

    Acts 22:10

    • λαληθήσεταιlalethesetaiverb · future passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it will be told
  • A great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”

    Acts 23:9

    • ἐλάλησενelalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has spoken
  • So the centurion took him to the commander and said, “Paul the prisoner sent and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.”

    Acts 23:18

    • λαλῆσαίlalesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to say
  • But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen:

    Acts 26:22

    • ἐλάλησανelalesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: said
  • For the king knows about these matters, and I can speak freely to him. I am confident that none of this has escaped his notice, because it was not done in a corner.

    Acts 26:26

    • λαλῶlaloverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I speak
  • On their way out, they said to one another, “This man has done nothing worthy of death or imprisonment.”

    Acts 26:31

    • ἐλάλουνelalounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were speaking
  • So take courage, men, for I believe God that it will happen just as He told me.

    Acts 27:25

    • λελάληταίlelaletaiverb · perfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it has been said
  • The leaders replied, “We have not received any letters about you from Judea, nor have any of the brothers from there reported or even mentioned anything bad about you.

    Acts 28:21

    • ἐλάλησένelalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he said
  • They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:

    Acts 28:25

    • ἐλάλησενelalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: spoke

Romans

three uses
  • Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

    Romans 3:19

    • λαλεῖlaleiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it speaks
  • Do you not know, brothers (for I am speaking to those who know the law), that the law has authority over a man only as long as he lives?

    Romans 7:1

    • λαλῶlaloverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I speak —
  • I will not presume to speak of anything except what Christ has accomplished through me in leading the Gentiles to obedience by word and deed,

    Romans 15:18

    • λαλεῖνlaleinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak

1 Corinthians

thirty-four uses
  • Among the mature, however, we speak a message of wisdom—but not the wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are coming to nothing.

    1 Corinthians 2:6

    • λαλοῦμενlaloumenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we speak
  • No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began.

    1 Corinthians 2:7

    • λαλοῦμενlaloumenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we speak
  • And this is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom, but in words taught by the Spirit, expressing spiritual truths in spiritual words.

    1 Corinthians 2:13

    • λαλοῦμενlaloumenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we speak
  • Brothers, I could not address you as spiritual, but as worldly—as infants in Christ.

    1 Corinthians 3:1

    • λαλῆσαιlalesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak
  • Do I say this from a human perspective? Doesn’t the Law say the same thing?

    1 Corinthians 9:8

    • λαλῶlaloverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: do I speak
  • Therefore I inform you that no one who is speaking by the Spirit of God says, “Jesus be cursed,” and no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the Holy Spirit.

    1 Corinthians 12:3

    • λαλῶνlalonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: speaking
  • Do all have gifts of healing? Do all speak in tongues? Do all interpret?

    1 Corinthians 12:30

    • λαλοῦσινlalousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: do speak
  • If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am only a ringing gong or a clanging cymbal.

    1 Corinthians 13:1

    • λαλῶlaloverb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I shall speak
  • When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I set aside childish ways.

    1 Corinthians 13:11

    • ἐλάλουνelalounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I was speaking
  • For he who speaks in a tongue does not speak to men, but to God. Indeed, no one understands him; he utters mysteries in the Spirit.

    1 Corinthians 14:2

    • λαλῶνlalonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: speaking
    • λαλεῖlaleiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: speaks
    • λαλεῖlaleiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he utters
  • But he who prophesies speaks to men for their edification, encouragement, and comfort.

    1 Corinthians 14:3

    • λαλεῖlaleiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: speaks
  • The one who speaks in a tongue edifies himself, but the one who prophesies edifies the church.

    1 Corinthians 14:4

    • λαλῶνlalonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: speaking
  • I wish that all of you could speak in tongues, but I would rather have you prophesy. He who prophesies is greater than one who speaks in tongues, unless he interprets so that the church may be edified.

    1 Corinthians 14:5

    • λαλεῖνlaleinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak
    • λαλῶνlalonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: speaking
  • Now, brothers, if I come to you speaking in tongues, how will I benefit you, unless I bring you some revelation or knowledge or prophecy or teaching?

    1 Corinthians 14:6

    • λαλῶνlalonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: speaking
    • λαλήσωlalesoverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 1st person singulartagged: I shall speak
  • So it is with you. Unless you speak intelligible words with your tongue, how will anyone know what you are saying? You will just be speaking into the air.

    1 Corinthians 14:9

    • λαλούμενονlaloumenonverb · present passive, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: being spoken
    • λαλοῦντεςlalountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: speaking
  • If, then, I do not know the meaning of someone’s language, I am a foreigner to the speaker, and he is a foreigner to me.

    1 Corinthians 14:11

    • λαλοῦντιlalountiverb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: speaking
    • λαλῶνlalonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: speaking
  • Therefore, the one who speaks in a tongue should pray that he may interpret.

    1 Corinthians 14:13

    • λαλῶνlalonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: speaking
  • I thank God that I speak in tongues more than all of you.

    1 Corinthians 14:18

    • λαλῶlaloverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: speaking
  • But in the church, I would rather speak five coherent words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.

    1 Corinthians 14:19

    • λαλῆσαιlalesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak
  • 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.”

    1 Corinthians 14:21

    • λαλήσωlalesoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will speak
  • 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?

    1 Corinthians 14:23

    • λαλῶσινlalosinverb · present active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: shall speak
  • If anyone speaks in a tongue, two, or at most three, should speak in turn, and someone must interpret.

    1 Corinthians 14:27

    • λαλεῖlaleiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: speaks
  • But if there is no interpreter, he should remain silent in the church and speak only to himself and God.

    1 Corinthians 14:28

    • λαλείτωlaleitoverb · present active, command · 3rd person singulartagged: he should speak
  • Two or three prophets should speak, and the others should weigh carefully what is said.

    1 Corinthians 14:29

    • λαλείτωσανlaleitosanverb · present active, command · 3rd person pluraltagged: should speak
  • Women are to be silent in the churches. They are not permitted to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says.

    1 Corinthians 14:34

    • λαλεῖνlaleinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak
  • 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.

    1 Corinthians 14:35

    • λαλεῖνlaleinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak
  • So, my brothers, be eager to prophesy, and do not forbid speaking in tongues.

    1 Corinthians 14:39

    • λαλεῖνlaleinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak
  • Sober up as you ought, and stop sinning; for some of you are ignorant of God. I say this to your shame.

    1 Corinthians 15:34

    • λαλῶ.¶laloverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I speak

2 Corinthians

ten uses
  • 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.

    2 Corinthians 2:17

    • λαλοῦμεν.¶laloumenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we speak
  • 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,

    2 Corinthians 4:13

    • ἐλάλησαelalesaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have spoken
    • λαλοῦμενlaloumenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: speak
  • 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.

    2 Corinthians 7:14

    • ἐλαλήσαμενelalesamenverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we have spoken
  • In this confident boasting of mine, I am not speaking as the Lord would, but as a fool.

    2 Corinthians 11:17

    • λαλῶlaloverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I am saying
    • λαλῶlaloverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: am I saying
  • Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.

    2 Corinthians 11:23

    • λαλῶlaloverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I speak
  • was caught up to Paradise. The things he heard were too sacred for words, things that man is not permitted to tell.

    2 Corinthians 12:4

    • λαλῆσαιlalesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak
  • 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.

    2 Corinthians 12:19

    • λαλοῦμενlaloumenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we speak
  • since you are demanding proof that Christ is speaking through me. He is not weak in dealing with you, but is powerful among you.

    2 Corinthians 13:3

    • λαλοῦντοςlalountosverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: speaking

Ephesians

three uses
  • Therefore each of you must put off falsehood and speak truthfully to his neighbor, for we are all members of one another.

    Ephesians 4:25

    • λαλεῖτεlaleiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do speak
  • Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,

    Ephesians 5:19

    • λαλοῦντεςlalountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: speaking
  • for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.

    Ephesians 6:20

    • λαλῆσαι.¶lalesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak

Philippians

one use
  • And most of the brothers, confident in the Lord by my chains, now dare more greatly to speak the word without fear.

    Philippians 1:14

    • λαλεῖνlaleinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak

Colossians

two uses
  • 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.

    Colossians 4:3

    • λαλῆσαιlalesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to declare
  • Pray that I may declare it clearly, as I should.

    Colossians 4:4

    • λαλῆσαι.¶lalesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak

1 Thessalonians

four uses
  • 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.

    1 Thessalonians 1:8

    • λαλεῖνlaleinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to say
  • 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.

    1 Thessalonians 2:2

    • λαλῆσαιlalesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak
  • 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.

    1 Thessalonians 2:4

    • λαλοῦμενlaloumenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we speak
  • 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.

    1 Thessalonians 2:16

    • λαλῆσαιlalesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak

1 Timothy

one use
  • 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.

    1 Timothy 5:13

    • λαλοῦσαιlalousaiverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: speaking

Titus

two uses
  • But as for you, speak the things that are consistent with sound doctrine.

    Titus 2:1

    • λάλειlaleiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do speak
  • Speak these things as you encourage and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.

    Titus 2:15

    • λάλειlaleiverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do speak

Hebrews

sixteen uses
  • On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.

    Hebrews 1:1

    • λαλήσαςlalesasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having spoken
  • 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.

    Hebrews 1:2

    • ἐλάλησενelalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has spoken
  • For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,

    Hebrews 2:2

    • λαληθεὶςlaletheisverb · aorist passive, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having been spoken
  • 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,

    Hebrews 2:3

    • λαλεῖσθαιlaleisthaiverb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: declaring
  • For it is not to angels that He has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.

    Hebrews 2:5

    • λαλοῦμενlaloumenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we are speaking
  • Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later.

    Hebrews 3:5

    • λαληθησομένωνlalethesomenonverb · future passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · neuter pluraltagged: to be spoken
  • For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.

    Hebrews 4:8

    • ἐλάλειelaleiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was he speaking
  • 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.”

    Hebrews 5:5

    • λαλήσαςlalesasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having said
  • Even though we speak like this, beloved, we are convinced of better things in your case—things that accompany salvation.

    Hebrews 6:9

    • λαλοῦμενlaloumenverb · present active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we speak
  • For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, a tribe as to which Moses said nothing about priests.

    Hebrews 7:14

    • ἐλάλησεν.¶elalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: spoke
  • 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,

    Hebrews 9:19

    • λαληθείσηςlaletheisesverb · aorist passive, participle · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: When was being spoken
  • 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.

    Hebrews 11:4

    • λαλεῖ.¶laleiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he speaks
  • even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.”

    Hebrews 11:18

    • ἐλαλήθηelaletheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it was said
  • to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

    Hebrews 12:24

    • λαλοῦντιlalountiverb · present active, participle · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: speaking
  • 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?

    Hebrews 12:25

    • λαλοῦνταlalountaverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: speaking
  • Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.

    Hebrews 13:7

    • ἐλάλησανelalesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: spoke

James

three uses
  • My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,

    James 1:19

    • λαλῆσαιlalesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak
  • Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom.

    James 2:12

    • λαλεῖτεlaleiteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do speak
  • Brothers, as an example of patience in affliction, take the prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord.

    James 5:10

    • ἐλάλησανelalesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: spoke

1 Peter

two uses
  • For, “Whoever would love life and see good days must keep his tongue from evil and his lips from deceitful speech.

    1 Peter 3:10

    • λαλῆσαιlalesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak
  • If anyone speaks, he should speak as one conveying the words of God. If anyone serves, he should serve with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

    1 Peter 4:11

    • λαλεῖlaleiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: speaks

2 Peter

two uses
  • For no such prophecy was ever brought forth by the will of man, but men spoke from God as they were carried along by the Holy Spirit.

    2 Peter 1:21

    • ἐλάλησανelalesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: spoke
  • He writes this way in all his letters, speaking in them about such matters. Some parts of his letters are hard to understand, which ignorant and unstable people distort, as they do the rest of the Scriptures, to their own destruction.

    2 Peter 3:16

    • λαλῶνlalonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: speaking

1 John

one use
  • They are of the world. That is why they speak from the world’s perspective, and the world listens to them.

    1 John 4:5

    • λαλοῦσινlalousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they speak

2 John

one use
  • I have many things to write to you, but I would prefer not to do so with paper and ink. Instead, I hope to come and speak with you face to face, so that our joy may be complete.

    2 John 1:12

    • λαλῆσαιlalesaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to speak

3 John

one use
  • Instead, I hope to see you soon and speak with you face to face. Peace to you. The friends here send you greetings. Greet each of our friends there by name.

    3 John 1:14

    • λαλήσομενlalesomenverb · future active, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: we will speak

Jude

two uses
  • to execute judgment on everyone, and to convict all the ungodly of every ungodly act of wickedness and every harsh word spoken against Him by ungodly sinners.”

    Jude 1:15

    • ἐλάλησανelalesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: spoke
  • These men are discontented grumblers, following after their own lusts; their mouths spew arrogance; they flatter others for their own advantage.

    Jude 1:16

    • λαλεῖlaleiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: speaks

Revelation

twelve uses
  • Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands,

    Revelation 1:12

    • ἐλάλειelaleiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was speaking
  • After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.”

    Revelation 4:1

    • λαλούσηςlalousesverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: was speaking
  • Then he cried out in a loud voice like the roar of a lion. And when he cried out, the seven thunders sounded their voices.

    Revelation 10:3

    • ἐλάλησανelalesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: sounded
  • When the seven thunders had spoken, I was about to put it in writing. But I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Seal up what the seven thunders have said, and do not write it down.”

    Revelation 10:4

    • ἐλάλησανelalesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: spoke
    • ἐλάλησανelalesanverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: spoke
  • Then the voice that I had heard from heaven spoke to me again, saying, “Go, take the small scroll that lies open in the hand of the angel standing on the sea and on the land.”

    Revelation 10:8

    • λαλοῦσανlalousanverb · present active, participle · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: was speaking
  • The beast was given a mouth to speak arrogant and blasphemous words, and authority to act for 42 months.

    Revelation 13:5

    • λαλοῦνlalounverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · neuter singulartagged: speaking
  • Then I saw another beast rising out of the earth. This beast had two horns like a lamb, but spoke like a dragon.

    Revelation 13:11

    • ἐλάλειelaleiverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: it was speaking
  • The second beast was permitted to give breath to the image of the first beast, so that the image could speak and cause all who refused to worship it to be killed.

    Revelation 13:15

    • λαλήσῃlaleseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may speak
  • Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the punishment of the great prostitute, who sits on many waters.

    Revelation 17:1

    • ἐλάλησενelalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: spoke
  • Then one of the seven angels with the seven bowls full of the seven final plagues came and said to me, “Come, I will show you the bride, the wife of the Lamb.”

    Revelation 21:9

    • ἐλάλησενelalesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: spoke
  • The angel who spoke with me had a golden measuring rod to measure the city and its gates and walls.

    Revelation 21:15

    • λαλῶνlalonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: speaking

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How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in the first 120 verses where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.

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Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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