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Lexicon :: Strong's G2981 - lalia

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λαλιά
Transliteration
lalia (Key)
Pronunciation
lal-ee-ah'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
3x in 2 unique form(s) TR
4x in 2 unique form(s) LXX
9x in 5 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

Trench's Synonyms: lxxvi. λαλέω, λέγω (λαλιά, λόγος).

Strong’s Definitions

λαλιά laliá, lal-ee-ah'; from G2980; talk:—saying, speech.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G2981 in the following manner: speech (3x), saying (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G2981 in the following manner: speech (3x), saying (1x).

  1. speech, i.e a story

  2. dialect, mode of speech, pronunciation

    1. speech which discloses the speaker's native country

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
λαλιά laliá, lal-ee-ah'; from G2980; talk:—saying, speech.
STRONGS G2981:
λαλιά, λαλιᾶς, ἡ (λάλος, cf. Alexander Buttmann (1873) Ausf. Sprchl. § 119 Anm. 21), in secular authors (from Aristophanes down) loquacity, talkativeness, talk (German Gerede) (see λαλέω, at the beginning); in a good sense conversation; in the N. T.
1. speech, equivalent to story: John 4:42.
2. dialect, mode of speech, pronunciation (Winer's Grammar, 23): Mark 14:70 Rec.; Matthew 26:73; speech which discloses the speaker's native country: hence of the speech by which Christ may be recognized as having come from heaven, John 8:43 (where cf. Meyer).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
26:73
Mark
14:70
John
4:42; 8:43

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2981 matches the Greek λαλιά (lalia),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 7:6 - My days are swifter than a weaver’s shuttle
and come to their end without hope.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 29:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 29:23 - They waited for me as for the rain,
and they opened their mouths as for the spring rain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:1 - “But now, hear my speech, O Job,
and listen to all my words.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 19:3 - There is no speech, nor are there words,
whose voice is not heard.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:18 - I said in my heart with regard to the children of man that God is testing them that they may see that they themselves are but beasts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:14 - In the day of prosperity be joyful, and in the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other, so that man may not find out anything that will be after him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 4:3 - Your lips are like a scarlet thread,
and your mouth is lovely.
Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate
behind your veil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 6:7 - Your cheeks are like halves of a pomegranate
behind your veil.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:3 - And his delight shall be in the fear of the LORD.
He shall not judge by what his eyes see,
or decide disputes by what his ears hear,
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