- Original: λαλιά - Transliteration: Lalia - Phonetic: lal-ee-ah' - Definition: 1. speech, i.e a story 2. dialect, mode of speech, pronunciation a. speech which discloses the speaker's native country - Origin: from G2980 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G2980 ; talk: - saying speech. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • saying, 1 Joh 4:42 • speech, 2 Mat 26:73; Mar 14:70