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Koine Greek wordlink #38898

SR GNT Luke 2:15 ἐλάλουν (elaloun) ‘messengers the shepherds were saying to one_another we may pass_through’ Strongs=29800 Lemma=laleō
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=imperfect voice=active person=3rd number=plural
Year=4 AD TimeSeries=Birth_of_Jesus

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Other uses (4) of identical word form ἐλάλουν (V-IIA3··P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐλάλουν’ (V-IIA3··P) has 3 different glosses: ‘were saying’, ‘were speaking’, ‘they were speaking’.

Acts 4:31 ‘holy spirit and they were speaking the message of god’ SR GNT Acts 4:31 word 21

OET-LV: 31 And having _been _besought of _them, the place in which they _were having _been _gathered _together was _shaken, and all were _filled the holy spirit, and they _were _speaking the message of_ the _god with boldness. (ACT_4:31)

OET-RV: 31 As they finished their requests, the place where they had met was shaken and all of them were filled with the holy spirit, and they went out and boldly proclaimed God’s message. (ACT 4:31)

Acts 11:20 ‘having come into Antioⱪeia were speaking also to the’ SR GNT Acts 11:20 word 15

OET-LV: 20 But were some of them men, Cyprians and ones_from _Kuraʸnaʸ, who having _come into Antioⱪeia, were _speaking also to the Hellaʸnistaʸs, good _message _preaching the master Yaʸsous. (ACT_11:20)

OET-RV: 20 However, some of the believers were from Cyprus and Cyrene, and when they got to Antioch they proclaimed the good news from the master Yeshua to the Greeks. (ACT 11:20)

Acts 19:6 ‘holy on them they were speaking and with tongues and’ SR GNT Acts 19:6 word 20

OET-LV: 6 And of_ the _Paulos having _laying _on on _them ^his_hands, the the holy spirit came on them, and they _were _speaking with _tongues and were _prophesying. (ACT_19:6)

OET-RV: 6 Then Paul placed his hands on them and prayed and the holy spirit came down onto them and they started speaking in other languages and speaking messages from God. (ACT 19:6)

Acts 26:31 ‘and having withdrawn they were speaking to one_another saying’ SR GNT Acts 26:31 word 3

OET-LV: 31 and having _withdrawn they _were _speaking to one _another saying, that This the man any not _one worthy thing of _death or of _bonds is _doing. (ACT_26:31)

OET-RV: 31 and as they left they were saying to each other, “That man hasn’t done anything deserving of death or imprisonment.” (ACT 26:31)

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘laleō’ have 57 different glosses: ‘am speaking’, ‘are speaking’, ‘be speaking’, ‘being spoken’, ‘going_to speak’, ‘has spoken’, ‘have spoken’, ‘having spoken’, ‘having_been spoken’, ‘is speaking’, ‘let_be speaking’, ‘may speak’, ‘may_be speaking’, ‘to speak’, ‘to tell’, ‘to_be speaking’, ‘to_be spoken’, ‘to_be_being spoken’, ‘was saying’, ‘was speaking’, ‘was spoken’, ‘were saying’, ‘were speaking’, ‘will_be speaking’, ‘will_be_being spoken’, ‘I am speaking’, ‘I have spoken’, ‘I may speak’, ‘I may_be speaking’, ‘I was speaking’, ‘I will_be speaking’, ‘I spoke’, ‘he is speaking’, ‘he may speak’, ‘he may_be speaking’, ‘he was speaking’, ‘he will_be speaking’, ‘he spoke’, ‘him let_be speaking’, ‘it has_been spoken’, ‘it is speaking’, ‘it was speaking’, ‘it was spoken’, ‘it will_be_being spoken’, ‘they are speaking’, ‘they were speaking’, ‘they will_be speaking’, ‘they spoke’, ‘we are speaking’, ‘we were speaking’, ‘we will_be speaking’, ‘we spoke’, ‘you are speaking’, ‘you_all may speak’, ‘you_all spoke’, ‘speaking’, ‘spoke’.

Key: V=verb