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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #2981 - λαλιά

Transliteration

laliá

Phonetics

lal-ee-ah'

Origin

from (G2980)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer's

speech, i.e a story
dialect, mode of speech, pronunciation
1. speech which discloses the speaker's native country

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 562 ‑ אֹמֶר (o'‑mer); 1697 ‑ דָּבָר (daw‑bawr'); 1700 ‑ דִּבְרָה (dib‑raw'); 4926 ‑ מִשְׁמָע (mish‑maw');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (4)

Matthew

Mark

John

NAS (5)

Matthew

John

HCS (3)

Matthew

John

BSB (3)

Matthew

John

ESV (3)

Matthew

John

WEB (5)

Matthew

Mark

John

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

λᾰλ-ιά,

poet. λᾰλ-ιή, ἡ,

1. talk, chat, λαλιὰν ἀσκῆσαι, ἐπιτηδεῦσαι, Ar. Nu. 931 (anap.), Ra. 1069; πέρας ποιεῖ λαλιᾶς Men. 66.3, cf. Hermesian. 7.78, AP 7.440 (Leon.); common talk, report, Plb. 3.20.5; τῆς εὐανδρίας τινός LXX 2 Maccabees 8:7; ἀχέων APl. 4.134 (Mel.); λαλιάν τινα ποιεῖν LXX Si. 42.11; in good sense, discussion, ἡ περὶ βυβλίων λ. Plb. 31.23.4, cf. 36.12.3; speech, conversation, John 8:43; matter, subject, LXX Ecclesiastes 3:18.

2. loquacity, Aeschin. 2.49, Thphr. Char. 7, Arist. Phgn. 806b18, Men. Sam. 46.

II a form of speech, dialect, Matthew 26:73; ἡ λ. σου ὡραία LXX Ca. 4.3; style, Phld. Rh. 2.27 S.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

λαλία , -ᾶς , ἡ ,

[in LXX chiefly for H1697, H1700;]

1. loquacity = Very talkative.

2. talk, speech, conversation: Matthew 26:73 (cf. Ca 43), John 4:42; John 8:43.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

From its classical sense ";talkativeness,"; ";chatter,"; λαλιά comes to be used in the NT simply for ";speech,"; ";talk"; : cf. Joseph.B.J. ii. 8. 5 οὐδὲ κραυγή ποτε τὸν οἶκον, οὔτε θόρυβος μολύνει, τὰς δὲ λαλιὰς ἐν τάξει παραχωροῦσιν ἀλλήλοις. As showing however the danger accompanying much ";talking"; we may cite the early Christian letter, P Heid 6.13 (iv/A.D.) (= Selections, p. 126) ἵνα οὖν μὴ πολλὰ γράφω καὶ φλυραρήσω (l. φλυαρήσω), ἐν γὰρ [πο ]λλῇ λαλιᾷ (cf. Sirach 20:5) οὐκ ἐκφεύξοντ [αι ] (τ)ὴ (ν) ἁμαρτίη ̄ (cf. Proverbs 10:19), παρακαλ (ῶ) [ο ]ὖν, δέσποτα, ἵνα μνημον [ε ]ύῃς μοι εἰς τὰς ἁγίας σου εὐχάς, ";in order that I may not by much writing prove myself an idle babbler, for ‘in the multitude of words they shall not escape sin,’ I beseech you, master, to remember me in your holy prayers."; For a new literary reference for the adj. λάλος, see the fragment of an anthology, P Tebt I. 1.9 (c. B.C. 100) φιλέρημος δὲ νάπαισιν λάλος ἀνταμείβετ᾽ ἀχώ, ";chattering Echo, lover of solitude, answers in the dells"; (Edd.).

List of Word Forms

λαλια λαλιά λαλιαί λαλιαν λαλιάν λαλιὰν λαλιάς λαλίας lalia laliá lalian laliàn

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