to speak

Greek Verb

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)

to speak

Greek Verb

λᾰλ-έω, talk, chat, prattle, ἕπου καὶ μὴ λάλει [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with dative, talk to one, λαλῶν ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς σεαυτῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to λέγω, λαλεῖν ἄριστος, ἀδυνατώτατος λέγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λαλῶν μὲν, λέγων δέ. [Refs 4th c.BC+] b) generally, talk, speak, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) talk of, τινα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, πρᾶγμα κατ᾽ ἀγορὰν λαλούμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) in later writers, ={λέγω}, speak, λαλεῖ οὐθὲν τῶν ἄλλων ζῴων πλὴν ἀνθρώπου [NT+5th c.BC+]; χειρσὶν ἅπαντα λαλήσας, of a pantomime, [NT+3rd c.BC+]passive, λαληθήσεταί σοι ὅ τι σε δεῖ ποιεῖν it shall be told thee, [NT] II) chatter, opposed to articulate speech, as of locusts, chirp, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; μεσημβρίας λαλεῖν τέττιξ (i.e. εἰμί), a very grasshopper to chirp at midday, [Refs 4th c.BC+] III) of musical sounds, αὐλῷ λαλέω [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of trees,[Refs 4th c.BC+]; of Echo, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] sound the μάγαδις, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to talk, i.e. utter words; preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter; a prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb