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Strong's G2980 λαλέω (laleo)

Laleo means “talk” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H2980 — yabab (“cry out”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G2980
Language Greek
Linked Usages 1,300
Books 72

Strong's G2980 Quick Answer

Strong's G2980 λαλέω (laleo) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. laleo (lal-eh'-o) v. 1. to talk, i.e. utter words [a prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb] It has 1,300 linked Bible usages across 39 books. Visible English usage signals include spoke, lord, said, moses, and saying. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

Meaning
laleo (lal-eh'-o) v. 1. to talk, i.e. utter words [a prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb]
Usage
1,300 linked usages
Books
39 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch
Usage Words
spoke, lord, said, moses, and saying

High-Frequency Study Note

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Meaning and Definition

laleo (lal-eh'-o) v. 1. to talk, i.e. utter words [a prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb] KJV: preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter Compare: G3004, G2036, G5346, G4483

Original Word
λαλέω
Transliteration
laleo
Derivation
Root: λαλέω
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2980. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to speak

Usage: 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)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

spoke lord said moses saying speak thee god pharaoh went before israel

How Strong's G2980 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

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  • The current page covers New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch where indexed.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G2980 (λαλέω) appears 1,119 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

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Strong's G2980 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G2980 in the New Testament

271 indexed usages in New Testament.

Strong's G2980 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

956 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 12:4 Septuagint / Brenton

And Abram went as the Lord spoke to him, and Lot departed with him, and Abram was seventy-five years old, when he went out of Haran.

Genesis 16:13 Septuagint / Brenton

And she called the name of the Lord God who spoke to her, Thou art God who seest me; for she said, For I have openly seen him that appeared to me.

Genesis 17:3 Septuagint / Brenton

And Abram fell upon his face, and God spoke to him, saying,

Strong's G2980 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

64 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Strong's G2980 in 1 Enoch

9 indexed usages in 1 Enoch.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2980.

Genesis 12:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abram went as the Lord spoke to him, and Lot departed with him, and Abram was seventy-five years old, when he went out of Haran.
Genesis 16:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she called the name of the Lord God who spoke to her, Thou art God who seest me; for she said, For I have openly seen him that appeared to me.
Genesis 17:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abram fell upon his face, and God spoke to him, saying,
Genesis 17:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he left off speaking with him, and God went up from Abraham.
Genesis 17:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham took Ishmael his son, and all his homeborn servants, and all those bought with money, and every male of the men in the house of Abraham, and he circumcised their foreskins in the time of that day, according as God spoke to him.
Genesis 18:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For I know that he will order his sons, and his house after him, and they will keep the ways of the Lord, to do justice and judgment, that the Lord may bring upon Abraham all things whatsoever he has spoken to him.
Genesis 18:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham answered and said, Now I have begun to speak to my Lord, and I am earth and ashes.
Genesis 18:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he continued to speak to him still, and said, But if there should be found there forty? And he said, I will not destroy it for the forty’s sake.
Genesis 18:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Will there be anything against me, Lord, if I shall speak? but if there be found there thirty? And he said, I will not destroy it for the thirty’s sake.
Genesis 18:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Since I am able to speak to the Lord, what if there should be found there twenty? And he said, I will not destroy it, if I should find there twenty.
Genesis 18:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said, Will there be anything against me, Lord, if I speak yet once? but if there should be found there ten? And he said, I will not destroy it for the ten’s sake.
Genesis 18:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord departed, when he left off speaking to Abraham, and Abraham returned to his place.
Genesis 19:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Lot went out, and spoke to his sons-in-law who had married his daughters, and said, Rise up, and depart out of this place, for the Lord is about to destroy the city; but he seemed to be speaking absurdly before his sons-in-law.
Genesis 19:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to him, Behold, I have had respect to thee also about this thing, that I should not overthrow the city about which thou hast spoken.
Genesis 20:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and he spoke all these words in their ears, and all the men feared exceedingly.
Genesis 21:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord visited Sarah, as he said, and the Lord did to Sarah, as he spoke.
Genesis 21:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she conceived and bore to Abraham a son in old age, at the set time according as the Lord spoke to him.
Genesis 23:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham spoke to them, saying, If ye have it in your mind that I should bury my dead out of my sight, hearken to me, and speak for me to Ephron the son of Zohar.
Genesis 23:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Abraham hearkened to Ephron, and Abraham rendered to Ephron the money, which he mentioned in the ears of the sons of Heth, four hundred didrachmas of silver approved with merchants.
Genesis 24:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The Lord the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, who took me out of my father’s house, and out of the land whence I sprang, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, I will give this land to thee and to thy seed, he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife to my son from thence.
Genesis 24:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass before he had done speaking in his mind, that behold, Rebekah the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, the wife of Nahor, and the same the brother of Abraham, came forth, having a waterpot on her shoulders.
Genesis 24:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass when he saw the earrings and the bracelets on the hands of his sister, and when he heard the words of Rebekah his sister, saying, Thus the man spoke to me, that he went to the man, as he stood by the camels at the well.
Genesis 24:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he set before them loaves to eat; but he said, I will not eat, until I have told my errand. And he said, Speak on.
Genesis 24:45 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass before I had done speaking in my mind, straightaway Rebekah came forth, having her pitcher on her shoulders; and she went down to the well, and drew water; and I said to her, Give me to drink.
Genesis 24:51 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, Rebekah is before thee, take her and go away, and let her be wife to the son of thy master, as the Lord has said.
Genesis 27:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Rebekah heard Isaac speaking to Esau his son; and Esau went to the plain to procure venison for his father.
Genesis 27:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Rebekah said to Jacob her younger son, Behold, I heard thy father speaking to Esau thy brother, saying,
Genesis 27:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob said to his father, I, Esau thy firstborn, have done as thou toldest me; rise, sit, and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me.
Genesis 28:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And behold I am with thee to preserve thee continually in all the way wherein thou shalt go; and I will bring thee back to this land; for I will not desert thee, until I have done all that I have said to thee.
Genesis 29:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
While he was yet speaking to them, behold, Rachel the daughter of Laban came with her father’s sheep, for she fed the sheep of her father.
Genesis 31:24 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God came to Laban the Syrian in sleep by night, and said to him, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not at any time to Jacob evil things.
Genesis 31:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now my hand has power to hurt thee; but the God of thy father spoke to me yesterday, saying, Take heed to thyself that thou speak not evil words to Jacob.
Genesis 32:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he charged the first and the second and the third, and all that went before him after these flocks, saying, Thus shall ye speak to Esau when ye find him;
Genesis 34:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he was attached to the soul of Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and he spoke kindly to the damsel.
Genesis 34:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Hamor the father of Shechem went forth to Jacob, to speak to him.
Genesis 34:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Hamor spoke to them, saying, Shechem my son has chosen in his heart your daughter; give her therefore to him for a wife,
Genesis 34:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Jacob answered to Shechem and Hamor his father craftily, and spoke to them, because they had defiled Dinah their sister.
Genesis 34:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Hamor and Shechem his son came to the gate of their city, and spoke to the men of their city, saying,
Genesis 35:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God went up from him from the place where he spoke with him.
Genesis 35:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob set up a pillar in the place where God spoke with him, even a pillar of stone; and offered a libation upon it, and poured oil upon it.
Genesis 35:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob called the name of the place in which God spoke with him, Bethel.
Genesis 37:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And his brethren having seen that his father loved him more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak anything peaceable to him.
Genesis 39:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when she talked with Joseph day by day, and he hearkened not to her to sleep with her, so as to be with her,
Genesis 39:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew servant, whom thou broughtest in to us, came in to me to mock me, and said to me, I will lie with thee.
Genesis 39:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And it came to pass, when his master heard all the words of his wife, that she spoke to him, saying, Thus did thy servant to me, that he was very angry.
Genesis 41:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the chief cupbearer spoke to Pharaoh, saying, I this day remember my fault:
Genesis 41:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Pharaoh spoke to Joseph, saying, In my dream methought I stood by the bank of the river;
Genesis 42:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when Joseph saw his brethren, he knew them, and estranged himself from them, and spoke hard words to them; and said to them, Whence are ye come? And they said, Out of the land of Canaan, to buy food.
Genesis 42:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Reuben answered them, saying, Did I not speak to you, saying, Hurt not the boy, and ye heard me not? and, behold, his blood is required.
Genesis 42:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
The man, the lord of the land, spoke harsh words to us, and put us in prison as spies of the land.
Genesis 43:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And having approached the man who was over the house of Joseph, they spoke to him in the porch of the house,
Genesis 44:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said to him, Why does our lord speak according to these words? far be it from thy servants to do according to this word.
Genesis 44:16 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Judah said, What shall we answer to our lord, or what shall we say, or wherein should we be justified? whereas God has discovered the unrighteousness of thy servants; behold, we are slaves to our lord, both we and he with whom the cup has been found.
Genesis 44:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Judah drew near him, and said, I pray, Sir, let thy servant speak a word before thee, and be not angry with thy servant, for thou art next to Pharaoh.
Genesis 45:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Behold, your eyes see, and the eyes of my brother Benjamin, that it is my mouth that speaks to you.
Genesis 45:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he kissed all his brethren, and wept on them; and after these things his brethren spoke to him.
Genesis 45:27 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
But they spoke to him all the words uttered by Joseph, whatsoever he said to them; and having seen the chariots which Joseph sent to take him up, the spirit of Jacob their father revived.
Genesis 49:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
All these are the twelve sons of Jacob; and their father spoke these words to them, and he blessed them; he blessed each of them according to his blessing.
Genesis 50:4 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when the days of mourning were past, Joseph spoke to the princes of Pharaoh, saying, If I have found favor in your sight, speak concerning me in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
Genesis 50:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Thus say ye to Joseph, Forgive them their injustice and their sin, forasmuch as they have done thee evil; and now pardon the injustice of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept while they spoke to him.
Genesis 50:21 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he said to them, Fear not, I will maintain you, and your families: and he comforted them, and spoke kindly to them.
Exodus 4:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses said to the Lord, I pray, Lord, I have not been sufficient in former times, neither from the time that thou hast begun to speak to thy servant: I am weak in speech, and slow tongued.
Exodus 4:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now go and I will open thy mouth, and will instruct thee in what thou shalt say.
Exodus 4:14 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord was greatly angered against Moses, and said, Lo! is not Aaron the Levite thy brother? I know that he will surely speak to thee; and, behold, he will come forth to meet thee, and beholding thee he will rejoice within himself.
Exodus 4:30 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Aaron spoke all these words, which God spoke to Moses, and wrought the miracles before the people.
Exodus 5:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
For from the time that I went to Pharaoh to speak in thy name, he has afflicted this people, and thou hast not delivered thy people.
Exodus 6:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And God spoke to Moses and said to him, I am the Lord.
Exodus 6:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses spoke thus to the sons of Israel, and they hearkened not to Moses for faintheartedness, and for their hard tasks.
Exodus 6:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Go in, speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt, that he send forth the children of Israel out of his land.
Exodus 6:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses spoke before the Lord, saying, Behold, the children of Israel hearkened not to me, and how shall Pharaoh hearken to me? and I am not eloquent.
Exodus 6:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
in the day in which the Lord spoke to Moses in the land of Egypt;
Exodus 6:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, I am the Lord: speak to Pharaoh king of Egypt whatsoever I say to thee.
Exodus 7:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt say to him all things that I charge thee, and Aaron thy brother shall speak to Pharaoh, that he should send forth the children of Israel out of his land.
Exodus 7:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses was eighty years old, and Aaron his brother was eighty-three years old, when he spoke to Pharaoh.
Exodus 7:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Now if Pharaoh should speak to you, saying, Give us a sign or a wonder, then shalt thou say to thy brother Aaron, Take thy rod and cast it upon the ground before Pharaoh, and before his servants, and it shall become a serpent.
Exodus 7:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he hearkened not to them, as the Lord charged them.
Exodus 8:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when Pharaoh saw that there was relief, his heart was hardened, and he did not hearken to them, as the Lord spoke.
Exodus 8:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
So the charmers said to Pharaoh, This is the finger of God. But the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he hearkened not to them, as the Lord said.
Exodus 9:35 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not send forth the children of Israel, as the Lord said to Moses.
Exodus 11:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Speak therefore secretly in the ears of the people, and let every one ask of his neighbor jewels of silver and gold, and raiment.
Exodus 12:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Speak to all the congregation of the children of Israel, saying, On the tenth of this month let them take each man a lamb according to the houses of their families, every man a lamb for his household.
Exodus 12:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if ye should enter into the land, which the Lord shall give you, as he has spoken, keep this service.
Exodus 14:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Exodus 14:2 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Speak to the children of Israel, and let them turn and encamp before the village, between Migdol and the sea, opposite Baal-zephon: before them shalt thou encamp by the sea.
Exodus 14:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Is not this the word which we spoke to thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone that we may serve the Egyptians? for it is better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in this wilderness.
Exodus 14:15 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, Why criest thou to me? speak to the children of Israel, and let them proceed.
Exodus 16:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when Aaron spoke to all the congregation of the children of Israel, and they turned toward the wilderness, then the glory of the Lord appeared in a cloud.
Exodus 16:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Exodus 16:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
I have heard the murmuring of the children of Israel: speak to them, saying, Toward evening ye shall eat flesh, and in the morning ye shall be satisfied with bread; and ye shall know that I am the Lord your God.
Exodus 16:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses said to them, Is not this the word which the Lord spoke? Tomorrow is the Sabbath, a holy rest to the Lord: bake that ye will bake, and seethe that ye will seethe, and all that is over leave to be laid by for the morrow.
Exodus 19:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, Lo! I come to thee in a pillar of a cloud, that the people may hear me speaking to thee, and may believe thee forever: and Moses reported the words of the people to the Lord.
Exodus 19:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sounds of the trumpet were waxing very much louder. Moses spoke, and God answered him with a voice.
Exodus 20:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord spoke all these words, saying:
Exodus 20:19 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
and said to Moses, Speak thou to us, and let not God speak to us, lest we die.
Exodus 20:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord said to Moses, Thus shalt thou say to the house of Jacob, and thou shalt report it to the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have spoken to you from heaven.
Exodus 24:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses went in and related to the people all the words of God and the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, saying, All the words which the Lord has spoken, we will do and be obedient.
Exodus 24:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he took the book of the covenant and read it in the ears of the people, and they said, All things whatsoever the Lord has spoken we will do and hearken therein.
Exodus 25:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Exodus 25:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I will make myself known to thee from thence, and I will speak to thee above the propitiatory between the two cherubs, which are upon the ark of testimony, even in all things which I shall charge thee concerning the children of Israel.
Exodus 28:3 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And speak thou to all those who are wise in understanding, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom and perception; and they shall make the holy apparel of Aaron for the sanctuary, in which apparel he shall minister to me as priest.
Exodus 29:42 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
a perpetual sacrifice throughout your generations, at the door of the tabernacle of witness before the Lord; wherein I will be known to thee from thence, so as to speak to thee.
Exodus 30:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Exodus 30:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Exodus 30:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Exodus 30:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou shalt speak to the children of Israel, saying, This shall be to you a holy anointing oil throughout your generations.
Exodus 31:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Exodus 31:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Exodus 31:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he gave to Moses when he left off speaking to him in Mount Sinai the two tables of testimony, tables of stone written upon with the finger of God.
Exodus 32:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, Go quickly, descend hence, for thy people whom thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt have transgressed;
Exodus 32:13 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
remembering Abraham and Isaac and Jacob thy servants, to whom thou hast sworn by thyself, and hast spoken to them, saying, I will greatly multiply your seed as the stars of heaven for multitude, and all this land which thou spokest of to give to them, so that they shall possess it forever.
Exodus 32:28 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the sons of Levi did as Moses spoke to them, and there fell of the people in that day to the number of three thousand men.
Exodus 33:9 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when Moses entered into the tabernacle, the pillar of the cloud descended, and stood at the door of the tabernacle, and God talked to Moses.
Exodus 33:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord spoke to Moses face to face, as if one should speak to his friend; and he retired into the camp: but his servant Joshua the son of Nun, a young man, departed not forth from the tabernacle.
Exodus 34:29 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when Moses went down from the mountain, there were the two tables in the hands of Moses—as then he went down from the mountain, Moses knew not that the appearance of the skin of his face was glorified, when God spoke to him.
Exodus 34:31 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Moses called them, and Aaron and all the rulers of the synagogue turned toward him, and Moses spoke to them.
Exodus 34:32 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And afterward all the children of Israel came to him, and he commanded them all things, whatsoever the Lord had commanded him in the mount of Sinai.
Exodus 34:33 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And when he ceased speaking to them, he put a veil on his face.
Exodus 34:34 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And whenever Moses went in before the Lord to speak to him, he took off the veil till he went out, and he went forth and spoke to all the children of Israel whatsoever the Lord commanded him.
Exodus 40:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying,
Leviticus 1:1 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the Lord called Moses again and spoke to him out of the tabernacle of witness, saying, Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them,

All Indexed Usage Links

Showing the first 1,000 indexed links because this Strong's number is unusually frequent.

Genesis 61 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 58 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 59 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Numbers 105 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 54 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 14 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 29 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ruth 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Kingdoms 35 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 34 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
3 Kingdoms 64 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 43 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
1 Chronicles 9 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 29 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 12 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Job 46 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Psalms 52 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 6 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 7 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 41 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 79 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Ezekiel 56 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Daniel 21 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Hosea 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joel 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Amos 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Obadiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jonah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Micah 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zephaniah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Haggai 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Zechariah 19 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Matthew 21 usages, New Testament
Mark 17 usages, New Testament
Luke 30 usages, New Testament

Strong's G2980 FAQ

What does laleo (λαλέω) mean?

Laleo (Strong's G2980) is a Greek word most simply glossed "talk". laleo (lal-eh'-o) v. 1. to talk, i.e. utter words [a prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb]

How many times is laleo (λαλέω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 1,300 linked usages for Strong's G2980 across 39 books.

Where can I study laleo (λαλέω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2980 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 1 Enoch.

What English words translate laleo (λαλέω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as spoke, lord, said, moses, saying, and speak. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G2980 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 956 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, 64 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and 9 in 1 Enoch for Strong's G2980, with linked reader references where each row is available.