λαλιά
lalia · way of speaking
Greek word · Strong’s number G2981 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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lalia (λαλιά) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “way of speaking”.
Speech, accent.
How to say it
la·li·a
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Manner of pronouncing; what one says.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- speech ×1
- way of speaking ×1
- what I say ×1
- what you said ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Matthew 26:73
And after a little while those who were standing there came up and said to Peter, “Truly you also are one of them, for even your way of speaking gives you away.”
- Mark 14:70
But he again was denying it. And after a little while again those standing by were saying to Peter, “Truly you are one of them, for you are also a Galilean, and your speech is like theirs.”
- John 4:42
And they were saying to the woman, “It is no longer because of what you said that we believe, for we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this is truly the Savior of the world.”
- John 8:43
Why do you not understand what I say? Because you cannot bear to hear my word.