Strong G238ἀλληγορέω
to use an analogy
- Transliteration
- allēgoreo
- Pronunciation
- al-lay-gor-eh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀλληγορέω, -ῶ
(ἄλλος, ἀγορεύω)
to speak allegorically (Cremer, 96 ff.): Gal.4:24.†
(AS)
(ἄλλος, ἀγορεύω)
to speak allegorically (Cremer, 96 ff.): Gal.4:24.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G238 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- allegory1
First verses
- Galatians 4:24Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀλληγορ-έω,
(ἀγορεύω) interpret allegorically, Ἕλληνες Κρόνον ἀλληγοροῦσι τὸν χρόνον[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.363d, compare 996b, 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus “Allegoriae Quaestiones Homericae” 1)]:—passive, to be spoken allegorically, [NT (NT.Gal.4.24)]; ἀλληγορεῖται ἁ Ἀπόλλων εἰς τὸν Ἥλιον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 186.)]
2 absolutely, speak figuratively or metaphorically, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 151, 285)]; speak allegorically, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “AJProoem.”)]
(ἀγορεύω) interpret allegorically, Ἕλληνες Κρόνον ἀλληγοροῦσι τὸν χρόνον[Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.363d, compare 996b, 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus “Allegoriae Quaestiones Homericae” 1)]:—passive, to be spoken allegorically, [NT (NT.Gal.4.24)]; ἀλληγορεῖται ἁ Ἀπόλλων εἰς τὸν Ἥλιον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Scholia 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 186.)]
2 absolutely, speak figuratively or metaphorically, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 151, 285)]; speak allegorically, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “AJProoem.”)]