Quick Definition
speech, talk, dialect
Strong's Definition
talk
Derivation: from G2980 (λαλέω);
KJV Usage: saying, speech
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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: Joh_4:42.
2. dialect, mode of speech, pronunciation (Winer's Grammar, 23): Mar_14:70 Rec.; Mat_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, Joh_8:43 (where cf. Meyer).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
λαλιά lalia 3x
talk, speech; in NT matter of discourse, Joh_4:42 ; Joh_8:43 ;
language, dialect, Mat_26:73
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
λαλία , -ᾶς , ἡ ,
[in LXX chiefly for H1697 , H1700 ;]
1. loquacity = Very talkative.
2. talk, speech, conversation: Mat_26:73 ( cf. Ca 43), Joh_4:42 ; Joh_8:43 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
λαλιά [page 368]
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. Sir_20:5 ) οὐκ ἐκφεύξοντ [αι ] (τ )ὴ (ν ) ἁμαρτίη̄ (cf. Pro_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.).
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
λαλιά λα^λιά, ἡ, [Etym: λαλέω] "talking, talk, chat", Ar. , Anth. "speech, conversation", NTest. ; "talkativeness, loquacity", Aeschin. "a form of speech, dialect", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
λαλία, -ᾶς, ἡ
[in LXX chiefly for דָּבָר, דִּבְרָה ;]
__1. loquacity = Very talkative.
__2. talk, speech, conversation: Mat.26:73 (cf. Ca 43), Jhn.4:42 8:43.†
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