Vocabulary Form
λαλέω
Definition

I speak, say

Erasmian
Modern
Root
λαλε
Frequency
296
GK
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

Acts 2:11 Jews and proselytes, Cretans and Arabians — we hear them telling (lalountōn | λαλούντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc) in our own tongues the mighty works of God.”
Acts 2:31 he (elalēsen | ἐλάλησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) foresaw and spoke (elalēsen | ἐλάλησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.
Acts 3:21 whom heaven must receive until the time of restoration of all things, which God spoke (elalēsen | ἐλάλησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) by the mouth of his holy prophets long ago.
Acts 3:22 Moses said, ‘The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet from among your brothers, as he raised me. You must obey him in all things whatsoever he speaks (lalēsē | λαλήσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) to you.
Acts 3:24 And all the prophets from Samuel and those who came after him, also announced these days.
Acts 4:1 And as they were speaking (lalountōn | λαλούντων | pres act ptcp gen pl masc) to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees moved in on them,
Acts 4:17 But that it may spread no further among the people, let us warn them no longer to speak (lalein | λαλεῖν | pres act inf ) in this name to anyone among men.”
Acts 4:20 for we cannot help speaking (lalein | λαλεῖν | pres act inf ) of the things we have seen and heard.”
Acts 4:29 And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants with all boldness to speak (lalein | λαλεῖν | pres act inf ) your word,
Acts 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak (elaloun | ἐλάλουν | imperf act ind 3 pl) the word of God with boldness.
Acts 5:20 “Go and stand in the temple and speak (laleite | λαλεῖτε | pres act imperative 2 pl) to the people all the words of this life.”
Acts 5:40 so summoning the apostles, they beat them and ordered them not to speak (lalein | λαλεῖν | pres act inf ) in the name of Jesus, and they released them.
Acts 6:10 Yet they could not withstand the wisdom and the Spirit with which he was speaking (elalei | ἐλάλει | imperf act ind 3 sg).
Acts 6:11 Then they secretly talked some men into saying, “We have heard him speak (lalountos | λαλοῦντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) blasphemous words against Moses and God.”
Acts 6:13 and they set up false witnesses who said, “This man does not stop saying (lalōn | λαλῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) words against this holy place and the law,
Acts 7:6 And God spoke (elalēsen | ἐλάλησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) thus, that Abraham’s descendants would be sojourners in a foreign land, and that the people would enslave and mistreat them four hundred years.
Acts 7:38 He is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke (lalountos | λαλοῦντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, and he received living oracles to give to us.
Acts 7:44 “The tabernacle of witness was with our fathers in the wilderness just as the one (lalōn | λαλῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) who (lalōn | λαλῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) spoke (lalōn | λαλῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) to Moses ordered him to make it according to the pattern he had seen.
Acts 8:25 Now after solemnly testifying and speaking (lalēsantes | λαλήσαντες | aor act ptcp nom pl masc) the word of the Lord, they returned to Jerusalem, preaching the gospel to many villages of the Samaritans.
Acts 8:26 Now an angel of the Lord said (elalēsen | ἐλάλησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to Philip, saying, “Rise and go toward the south on the road that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is a desert place.
Acts 9:6 But rise and go into the city, and it will be told (lalēthēsetai | λαληθήσεται | fut pass ind 3 sg) you what you must do.”
Acts 9:27 But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles and he related to them how on the road he had seen the Lord, and that the Lord had spoken (elalēsen | ἐλάλησεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken out boldly in the name of Jesus.
Acts 9:29 He was talking (elalei | ἐλάλει | imperf act ind 3 sg) and disputing with the Greek-speaking Jews, but they were looking for a way to kill him.
Acts 10:7 When the angel who spoke (lalōn | λαλῶν | pres act ptcp nom sg masc) to him had gone away, he called two of his servants and a devout soldier from among those who waited on him,
Acts 10:44 While (lalountos | λαλοῦντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) Peter was (lalountos | λαλοῦντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) still speaking (lalountos | λαλοῦντος | pres act ptcp gen sg masc) these words, the Holy Spirit came on all those who were listening to the message.