Lexical Definition

‎λαλέω‎ laléō (lal-eh'-o) to speak ^G:V
a prolonged form of an otherwise obsolete verb

preach, say, speak (after), talk, tell, utter.

• to talk, i.e. utter words

Abbott-Smith

λαλέω, -ῶ, [in LXX chiefly for דּבר pi., also for אמר, etc.;]

1. to utter: of inanimate things, Re 4:1 10:4; metaph., He 11:4 12:24.
2. to talk, speak, say: absol., Mt 9:33 12:46, Mk 5:35, Lk 8:49; seq. ὡς, I Co 13:11, Re 13:11; εἰς, I Co 14:9; ἐκ, Mt 12:34; c. acc. rei, Mt 10:19, Mk 11:32, Jo 8:30, al.; c. dat. pers., Mt 12:46, Lk 24:6, Ro 7:1, al.; c. acc. rei et dat. pers., Mt 9:18, Jo 10:6, al.; c. prep., πρός, μετά, περί, Mk 6:50, Lk 1:19 2:33, al.; ἐν, ἐξ, ἀπό, Mt 13:3, Jo 12:49 14:10, al.; λ. τ. λόγον, Mk 8:32, al.; seq. orat. dir. (not cl.), Mk 14:31, He 5:5 11:18; Hebraistically (Dalman, Words, 25 f.), ἐλάλησε λέγων, Mt 14:27, Jo 8:12, Ac 8:26, al.
SYN.: v.s. λέγω.

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

λαλέω-έω,

talk, chat, prattle, ἕπου καὶ μὴ λάλει [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with dative, talk to one, λαλῶν ἐν ταῖς ὁδοῖς σεαυτῷ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; opposed to λέγω, λαλεῖν ἄριστος, ἀδυνατώτατος λέγειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; λαλῶν μὲν.., λέγων δέ.. [Refs 4th c.BC+]

__b generally, talk, speak, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 talk of, τινα [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, πρᾶγμα κατ᾽ ἀγορὰν λαλούμενον [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 in later writers, ={λέγω}, speak, λαλεῖ οὐθὲν τῶν ἄλλων ζῴων πλὴν ἀνθρώπου [NT+5th c.BC+]; χειρσὶν ἅπαντα λαλήσας, of a pantomime, [NT+3rd c.BC+]passive, λαληθήσεταί σοι ὅ τι σε δεῖ ποιεῖν it shall be told thee.., [NT]
__II chatter, opposed to articulate speech, as of locusts, chirp, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; μεσημβρίας λαλεῖν τέττιξ (i.e. εἰμί), a very grasshopper to chirp at midday, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III of musical sounds, αὐλῷ λαλέω [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; of trees,[Refs 4th c.BC+]; of Echo, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] sound the μάγαδις, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: LXX.Gen.12.4 ☩ Acts.3.22 ☩ Matt.9.33 ☩ Acts.9.6}