- to speak
- to utter
- to talk
- speak
- say
STEPBible TBESG
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)
Abbott-Smith
to utter; to talk; speak; say