Greek word study

λαλέωlaléō I speak, say

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

Translated in the King James as: preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter

Appears 295 times in Scripture

Origin: a prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb;

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Where it appears

Matthew 26×
Matt 9:18Matt 9:33Matt 10:19Matt 10:20Matt 12:22Matt 12:34Matt 12:36Matt 12:46Matt 12:47Matt 13:3Matt 13:10Matt 13:13Matt 13:33Matt 13:34Matt 14:27Matt 15:31Matt 17:5Matt 23:1Matt 26:13Matt 26:47Matt 28:18+ 5 more in Matthew
Mark 21×
Mark 1:34Mark 2:2Mark 2:7Mark 4:33Mark 4:34Mark 5:35Mark 5:36Mark 6:50Mark 7:35Mark 7:37Mark 8:32Mark 11:23Mark 12:1Mark 13:11Mark 14:9Mark 14:31Mark 14:43Mark 16:17Mark 16:19+ 2 more in Mark
Luke 31×
Luke 1:19Luke 1:20Luke 1:22Luke 1:45Luke 1:55Luke 1:64Luke 1:70Luke 2:15Luke 2:17Luke 2:18Luke 2:20Luke 2:33Luke 2:38Luke 2:50Luke 4:41Luke 5:4Luke 5:21Luke 6:45Luke 7:15Luke 8:49Luke 9:11Luke 11:14Luke 11:37Luke 12:3Luke 22:47+ 6 more in Luke
John 59×
John 1:37John 3:11John 3:31John 3:34John 4:26John 4:27John 6:63John 7:13John 7:17John 7:18John 7:26John 7:46John 8:12John 8:20John 8:25John 8:26John 8:28John 8:30John 8:38John 8:40John 8:44John 9:21John 9:29John 9:37John 10:6+ 34 more in John
Acts 60×
Acts 2:4Acts 2:6Acts 2:7Acts 2:11Acts 2:31Acts 3:21Acts 3:22Acts 3:24Acts 4:1Acts 4:17Acts 4:20Acts 4:29Acts 4:31Acts 5:20Acts 5:40Acts 6:10Acts 6:11Acts 6:13Acts 7:6Acts 7:38Acts 7:44Acts 8:25Acts 8:26Acts 9:6Acts 9:27+ 35 more in Acts
Romans 3×
Rom 3:19Rom 7:1Rom 15:18
1 Corinthians 34×
1 Cor 2:61 Cor 2:71 Cor 2:131 Cor 3:11 Cor 9:81 Cor 12:31 Cor 12:301 Cor 13:11 Cor 13:111 Cor 14:21 Cor 14:31 Cor 14:41 Cor 14:51 Cor 14:61 Cor 14:91 Cor 14:111 Cor 14:131 Cor 14:181 Cor 14:191 Cor 14:211 Cor 14:231 Cor 14:271 Cor 14:281 Cor 14:291 Cor 14:34+ 9 more in 1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians 9×
2 Cor 2:172 Cor 4:132 Cor 7:142 Cor 11:172 Cor 11:232 Cor 12:42 Cor 12:192 Cor 13:3+ 1 more in 2 Corinthians
Ephesians 2×
Eph 4:25Eph 5:19
Philippians 1×
Phil 1:14
Colossians 2×
Col 4:3Col 4:4
1 Thessalonians 4×
1 Thess 1:81 Thess 2:21 Thess 2:41 Thess 2:16
1 Timothy 1×
1 Tim 5:13
Titus 2×
Titus 2:1Titus 2:15
Hebrews 16×
Heb 1:1Heb 1:2Heb 2:2Heb 2:3Heb 2:5Heb 3:5Heb 4:8Heb 5:5Heb 6:9Heb 7:14Heb 9:19Heb 11:4Heb 11:18Heb 12:24Heb 12:25Heb 13:7
James 3×
James 1:19James 2:12James 5:10
1 Peter 2×
1 Pet 3:101 Pet 4:11
2 Peter 2×
2 Pet 1:212 Pet 3:16
1 John 1×
1 John 4:5
2 John 1×
2 John 1:12
3 John 1×
3 John 1:14
Jude 2×
Jude 1:15Jude 1:16
Revelation 12×
Rev 1:12Rev 4:1Rev 10:3Rev 10:4Rev 10:8Rev 13:5Rev 13:11Rev 13:15Rev 17:1Rev 21:9Rev 21:15+ 1 more in Revelation

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Lexicon data: Open Scriptures Strong’s dictionaries (CC-BY-SA), Dodson Greek Lexicon (public domain). Word alignment: Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain). Self-hosted by Seen.