noun · feminine
lalias
Greekλαλιά (lalia)
Strong’sG2981
speech, talk, dialect
stem lali-4 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
λαλία, -ᾶς, ἡ,
[in LXX chiefly for דָּבָר, דִּבְרָה;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2981 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidlal-ee-ah'
talk
Fromfrom G2980;
King Jamessaying, speech.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | lalias2×λαλιά | laliais |
| object accusative | lalian2×λαλιὰν | laliain |
| direct address vocative | laliar | laliair |
| of, belonging to genitive | laliau | laliaiu |
| to, for dative | lalia | laliai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
lalia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
4 occurrences, every one of them listed
lalias“accent”subjectnominative singular2×
Matthew 26:73“accent”meta mikrem de prosercharatois tois histanarētois legala to Petro; Alēthōs kai sis ek autoiu asō, kai gar tas lalias su dēlon sin poiatō;After a little while, those standing nearby came up to Peter. “Surely you are one of them,” they said, “for your accent gives you away.”
Mark 14:70“accent”tos de palin arnete. kai meta mikrem palin tois paristanarētois legale to Petro; Alēthōs ek autoiu asō, kai gar Galilaios asō kai tas lalias su homoiazatō;But he denied it again. After a little while, those standing nearby said once more to Peter, “Surely you are one of them, for you too are a Galilean.”
lalian“what … say”objectaccusative singular2×
John 4:42“what … said”ta tē gunaika legale hoti Ouketi dia tan san lalian pisteuanō; autois gar akouanē, kai oidanē hoti houtos atō alēthōs tos sōtēros tou kosmou.They said to the woman, “We now believe not only because of your words; we have heard for ourselves, and we know that this man truly is the Savior of the world.”
John 8:43“what … say”dia tinem tan lalian tan ēman ouk gnōskavō? hoti ouk dunevō akouarō ton logon ton ēmon.Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you are unable to accept My message.