akin to lego (SPEAK, No. 1), most frequently rendered "word" (for an analysis see WORD), signifies "speech," as follows: (a) "discourse," e.g., Luk 20:20, RV, "speech" (AV, "words"); Act 14:12 (see SPEAKER); Act 20:7, 1Co 2:1, 1Co 2:4, 1Co 4:19, AV (RV, "word"); 2Co 10:10; (b) "the faculty of speech," e.g., 2Co 11:6; (c) "the manner of speech," e.g., Mat 5:37, RV, "speech" (AV, "communication"); Col 4:6; (d) "manner of instruction," Tit 2:8, 1Co 14:9, RV (AV, "words"); Eph 4:29, RV (AV, "communication"). See SAYING.
<2,,2981, lalia>
akin to laleo (SPEAK, No. 2), denotes "talk, speech," (a) of "a dialect," Mat 26:73, Mar 14:70; (b) "utterances," Joh 4:42, RV, "speaking" (AV, "saying"); Joh 8:43.
<3,,2129, eulogia>
has the meaning "fair speaking, flattering speech" in Rom 16:18, RV, "fair speech" (AV, "fair speeches"). See BLESSING, C, No. 1.
<4,,5542, chrestologia>
which has a similar meaning to No. 3, occurs with it in Rom 16:18 [RV, "smooth ... (speech)"]. See SMOOTH, Note.
Notes: (1) For "persuasiveness of speech," Col 2:4, RV, see PERSUASIVE, B. (2) In Act 14:11 "the speech of Lycaonia" translates the adverb Lukaonisti. Lycaonia was a large country in the center and south of the plateau of Asia Minor; the villages retained the native language, but cities like Lystra probably had a Seleucid tone in their laws and customs (Ramsay on Galatians).
