#56 · 296× in the NT · verb

λαλέω

I speak, I talk

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In the NT

  • ἅ ἤκουσα παρ’ αὐτοῦ ταῦτα λαλῶ εἰς τὸν κόσμον

    what I heard from him, these things I speak to the world

    John 8:26 · dictionary form

  • ἤκουσαν οἱ δύο μαθηταὶ αὐτοῦ λαλοῦντος

    the two disciples heard him speaking

    John 1:37 · gen. sg. participle

  • ὃ οἴδαμεν λαλοῦμεν

    what we know, we speak

    John 3:11 · 1pl present

Morphology

Present active contract (-έω) · 1sg λαλῶ in running text

More 'utter, talk' than λέγω ('say' a specific content). NT writes λαλῶ, not uncontracted λαλέω.

Contract -έω: λαλῶ in the text. More ‘talk / utter’ than λέγω (‘say’ a specific thing). Participle λαλοῦντος is common after ἀκούω.

Further reading

Mounce pages are the 4th edition (2019 hardcover). Smyth 1920 is public domain. Hildebrandt pages follow the free 2019 CLI PDF.