λαλέω | Bill Mounce

Vocabulary Form

λαλέω

Definition

I speak, say

Erasmian

Modern

Root

λαλε

Frequency

296

3281

Forms

(ἐλάλουν), λαλήσω, ἐλάλησα, λελάληκα, λελάλημαι, ἐλαλήθην

Mnemonic Singing

Take time to be holy;
speak oft with thy Lord.

Song

Notes

This word is onomatopoetic. Its meaning corresponds to the sound of the word ("lala").

Biblical Concordance

John 4:26	Jesus said to her, “I, the one (lalōn \| λαλῶν \| pres act ptcp nom sg masc) speaking (lalōn \| λαλῶν \| pres act ptcp nom sg masc) to you, am he.”
John 4:27	Just then his disciples came back. They were astonished that he (elalei \| ἐλάλει \| imperf act ind 3 sg) was (elalei \| ἐλάλει \| imperf act ind 3 sg) talking (elalei \| ἐλάλει \| imperf act ind 3 sg) with a woman; however, no one said to her, “What do you want?” or to him, “Why are you talking (laleis \| λαλεῖς \| pres act ind 2 sg) with her?”
John 6:63	It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh is useless. The words that I have spoken (lelalēka \| λελάληκα \| perf act ind 1 sg) to you are spirit and life.
John 7:13	No one, however, was (elalei \| ἐλάλει \| imperf act ind 3 sg) speaking (elalei \| ἐλάλει \| imperf act ind 3 sg) openly about him for fear of the Jews.
John 7:17	If anyone is willing to do God’s will, he will know about the teaching, whether it comes from God or whether I am (lalō \| λαλῶ \| pres act ind 1 sg) speaking (lalō \| λαλῶ \| pres act ind 1 sg) on my own authority.
John 7:18	The one (lalōn \| λαλῶν \| pres act ptcp nom sg masc) who (lalōn \| λαλῶν \| pres act ptcp nom sg masc) speaks (lalōn \| λαλῶν \| pres act ptcp nom sg masc) on his own authority seeks his own honor; but the one who seeks the honor of the one who sent him is truthful, and in him there is nothing false.
John 7:26	And look, he (lalei \| λαλεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg) is (lalei \| λαλεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg) speaking (lalei \| λαλεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg) boldly and they are saying nothing to him. Is it possible that our rulers know for sure that this man is the Christ?
John 7:46	The guards answered, “Never has a man spoken (elalēsen \| ἐλάλησεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) like this man!”
John 8:12	Again Jesus spoke (elalēsen \| ἐλάλησεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) to them, saying, “I am the light of the world. The one who follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.”
John 8:20	Jesus spoke (elalēsen \| ἐλάλησεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) these words near the treasury as he was teaching in the temple. No one seized him because his hour had not yet come.
John 8:25	So they said to him, “Who are you?” Jesus said to them, “Just what I (lalō \| λαλῶ \| pres act ind 1 sg) have (lalō \| λαλῶ \| pres act ind 1 sg) been (lalō \| λαλῶ \| pres act ind 1 sg) telling (lalō \| λαλῶ \| pres act ind 1 sg) you from the beginning.
John 8:26	I have many things to (lalein \| λαλεῖν \| pres act inf ) say (lalein \| λαλεῖν \| pres act inf ) about you by way of judgment; but the one who sent me is truthful, and I say (lalō \| λαλῶ \| pres act ind 1 sg) to the world only that which I have heard from him.”
John 8:28	So Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he. I do nothing on my own, but speak (lalō \| λαλῶ \| pres act ind 1 sg) only those things the Father has taught me.
John 8:30	As (lalountos \| λαλοῦντος \| pres act ptcp gen sg masc) he was (lalountos \| λαλοῦντος \| pres act ptcp gen sg masc) saying (lalountos \| λαλοῦντος \| pres act ptcp gen sg masc) these things, many came to believe in him.
John 8:38	I (lalō \| λαλῶ \| pres act ind 1 sg) speak (lalō \| λαλῶ \| pres act ind 1 sg) about (lalō \| λαλῶ \| pres act ind 1 sg) the things I have seen while with my Father, but you do that which you have heard from your father.”
John 8:40	But now you are intent on killing me, a man who has (lelalēka \| λελάληκα \| perf act ind 1 sg) told (lelalēka \| λελάληκα \| perf act ind 1 sg) you the truth that I heard from God. This is not what Abraham did!
John 8:44	You belong to your father the devil, and your will is to carry out the desires of your father. He was a murderer from the beginning and never did stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies (lalē \| λαλῇ \| pres act subj 3 sg), he (lalei \| λαλεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg) is (lalei \| λαλεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg) giving (lalei \| λαλεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg) expression (lalei \| λαλεῖ \| pres act ind 3 sg) to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
John 9:21	but how it is that he now sees we do not know, nor do we know who opened his eyes. Ask him, he is an adult. He will (lalēsei \| λαλήσει \| fut act ind 3 sg) speak (lalēsei \| λαλήσει \| fut act ind 3 sg) for himself.”
John 9:29	We know that God has (lelalēken \| λελάληκεν \| perf act ind 3 sg) spoken (lelalēken \| λελάληκεν \| perf act ind 3 sg) to Moses, but as for this fellow, we do not even know where he comes from.”
John 9:37	Jesus said to him, “You have seen him; in fact, he is the one speaking (lalōn \| λαλῶν \| pres act ptcp nom sg masc) with you.”
John 10:6	Jesus told them this figurative story, but they did not understand what he was saying (elalei \| ἐλάλει \| imperf act ind 3 sg) to them.
John 12:29	The crowd that was standing there and had heard the voice said that it was thunder; others said, “An angel has (lelalēken \| λελάληκεν \| perf act ind 3 sg) spoken (lelalēken \| λελάληκεν \| perf act ind 3 sg) to him.”
John 12:36	While you have the light, believe in the light, so that you may become sons of light.” When Jesus said (elalēsen \| ἐλάλησεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) these things, he went away and hid himself from them.
John 12:41	Isaiah said these things because he saw Christ’s glory and spoke (elalēsen \| ἐλάλησεν \| aor act ind 3 sg) of him.
John 12:48	The one who rejects me and does not receive my sayings has a judge; the word that I have spoken (elalēsa \| ἐλάλησα \| aor act ind 1 sg) will judge him at the last day.