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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

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Strong's Number G2981 matches the Greek λαλιά (lalia),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:73

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:73 - And a little later those who stood by came up and said to Peter, “Surely you also are one of them, for your speech betrays you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 4:42

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 4:42 - Then they said to the woman, “Now we believe, not because of what you said, for we ourselves have heard Him and we know that this is indeed the Christ,[fn] the Savior of the world.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jhn 8:43

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 8:43 - “Why do you not understand My speech? Because you are not able to listen to My word.
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