Strong G1256διαλέγω
to dispute
- Transliteration
- dialegomai
- Pronunciation
- dee-al-eg'-om-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
δια-λέγομαι
(mid. of διαλέγω, to pick out, distinguish, as depon.), [in LXX: Exo.6:27, Isa.63:1 (דּבר pi.), Jdg.8:1 (ריב), 1Es.8:46, Est.5:2, Sir.14:20, 2Ma.11:20 *;]
to converse with, discourse (see Cl. Rev., i, 45), discuss, argue: Act.18:4 19:8,9 20:9; with dative of person(s), Act.17:17 18:19 20:7, Heb.12:5; before πρός, Mrk.9:34, Act.17:17 24:12; περί Act.24:25, Ju 9; ἀπὸ τ. γραφῶν, Act.17:2.†
(AS)
(mid. of διαλέγω, to pick out, distinguish, as depon.), [in LXX: Exo.6:27, Isa.63:1 (דּבר pi.), Jdg.8:1 (ריב), 1Es.8:46, Est.5:2, Sir.14:20, 2Ma.11:20 *;]
to converse with, discourse (see Cl. Rev., i, 45), discuss, argue: Act.18:4 19:8,9 20:9; with dative of person(s), Act.17:17 18:19 20:7, Heb.12:5; before πρός, Mrk.9:34, Act.17:17 24:12; περί Act.24:25, Ju 9; ἀπὸ τ. γραφῶν, Act.17:2.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1256 appears in 13 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- dispute6
- reason4
- be1
- preach1
- preaching1
- speaketh1
First verses
- Mark 9:34But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.
- Acts 17:2And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
- Acts 17:17Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
- Acts 18:4And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
- Acts 18:19And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
- Acts 19:8And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.
- Acts 19:9But when divers were hardened, and believed not, but spake evil of that way before the multitude, he departed from them, and separated the disciples, disputing daily in the school of one Tyrannus.
- Acts 20:7And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow; and continued his speech until midnight.
- Acts 20:9And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft, and was taken up dead.
- Acts 24:12And they neither found me in the temple disputing with any man, neither raising up the people, neither in the synagogues, nor in the city:
- Acts 24:25And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
- Hebrews 12:5And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him:
- Jude 1:9Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
διαλέγω,
pick out, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.107, 113, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 8.9, etc.)]; πτῶμα glean fallen olives, [Refs (“PFay.” 102.20)]; compare διαλέγειν· ἀνακαθαίρειν, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]; select, separate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 735b)]; examine, check documents, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PFay.” 11.26 (2nd c.BC), etc.)]
II διαλέγων τὴν ὀπήν picking open the hole, to escape, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 720)]; compare διαλέξαι· διορύξαι, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
B as deponent verb, διαλέγομαι: future διαλέξομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.5 and 112;)] also -λεχθήσομαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 9.34, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.252)]; -λεγήσομαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Inscription Perg.” 5 (3rd c.BC))]: aorist διελεξάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 343)]; Aeolic dialect imperative ζάλεξαι [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 16.3; also διελέχθην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.51)], and always in Attic dialect Inscrr., [Refs (“IG” 22.657, etc.)]: less frequently aorist 2 διελέγην [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 154a34, 159a5, 2nd c.BC: Scymnus Geographus 7, “IG” 5(1).5.5 (_Laconian dialect_), “GDI” 5163a2 (from Crete), “PPetr.” 3p.130 (3rd c.BC), “IG” 22.1236)]; 3rd.pers. plural διέλεγεν [Refs (“CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 3656.7 (Cyzic.))]: perfect διείλεγμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 158c, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.81)]: pluperfect διείλεκτο [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.119)], but in passive sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 9.5)]:—hold converse with, with dative person, μοι ταῦτα φίλος διελέξατο θυμός [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.407, compare 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 80, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.50, 51, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 425, etc.; πρὸς ἀλλήλους 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 272c, etc.)]; δ. τί τινι or πρός τινα, discuss a question with another, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.10.1, 1.6.1)]; δ. ὅρους talk in definitions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 92b32; δ. περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.8, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.252; ἀνὴρ ἀνδρὶ δ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.93)]; δ. τινὶ μὴ ποιεῖν argue with one against doing, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 5.59; εἰ τουτὶ τὸ ῥῆμα, ἀλλὰ μὴ τουτὶ διελέχθην ἐγώ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.232)]; οἱ νόμοι οὐδὲν τούτῳ δ. have nothing to say to him, concern him not, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 43.59; ὁ νομοθέτης οὔπω τινὶ δ. 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.17; δ. πρός τι)]to argue on.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 159a7)]; or against.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 185a6)]: absolutely, to discourse, reason, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.5.12; δ. περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.109, etc., frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, “Ap.” 33a, +others; γλῶσσα εὔτροχος ἐν τῷ δ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 7)]; reason, calculate, ={διαλογίζομαι}, [Refs ([prev. author] “Marc.” 18)]:—the active in middle sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 40; οἱ διαλεγόμενοι, of logicians, Polystr. p.6 W., +others)]
B.2 in Philosophy, practise dialectic, elicit conclusions by discussion, οὐκ ἐρίζειν ἀλλὰ δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 454a, compare 511c, “Tht.” 167e, etc.)]
B.3 later, discourse, lecture, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 2.21.3.)]
B.4 use a dialect or language, κατὰ ταὐτά τισι δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.142; Φοινικιστί 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.80.6)]; write in prose, opposed to ποιεῖν, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 20.)]
B.4.b speak articulately, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 535b2.)]
B.5 in Attic dialect, euphemistic for συνουσιάζω, have intercourse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 890, “Pl.” 1082, 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Fragmenta” 171, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 20, Hierocl. p.64A.)]
B.6 have dealings with, [Refs (“OGI” 484.23 (Pergam.).)]
pick out, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.107, 113, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 8.9, etc.)]; πτῶμα glean fallen olives, [Refs (“PFay.” 102.20)]; compare διαλέγειν· ἀνακαθαίρειν, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]; select, separate, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 735b)]; examine, check documents, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“PFay.” 11.26 (2nd c.BC), etc.)]
II διαλέγων τὴν ὀπήν picking open the hole, to escape, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 720)]; compare διαλέξαι· διορύξαι, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD(?): Hesychius Legal icographus)]
B as deponent verb, διαλέγομαι: future διαλέξομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.5 and 112;)] also -λεχθήσομαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 9.34, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.252)]; -λεγήσομαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“Inscription Perg.” 5 (3rd c.BC))]: aorist διελεξάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 343)]; Aeolic dialect imperative ζάλεξαι [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica “Papyrus fragments” in E. Diehl, 16.3; also διελέχθην 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.51)], and always in Attic dialect Inscrr., [Refs (“IG” 22.657, etc.)]: less frequently aorist 2 διελέγην [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 154a34, 159a5, 2nd c.BC: Scymnus Geographus 7, “IG” 5(1).5.5 (_Laconian dialect_), “GDI” 5163a2 (from Crete), “PPetr.” 3p.130 (3rd c.BC), “IG” 22.1236)]; 3rd.pers. plural διέλεγεν [Refs (“CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 3656.7 (Cyzic.))]: perfect διείλεγμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 158c, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.81)]: pluperfect διείλεκτο [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.119)], but in passive sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 9.5)]:—hold converse with, with dative person, μοι ταῦτα φίλος διελέξατο θυμός [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.407, compare 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 80, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.50, 51, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 425, etc.; πρὸς ἀλλήλους 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 272c, etc.)]; δ. τί τινι or πρός τινα, discuss a question with another, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 2.10.1, 1.6.1)]; δ. ὅρους talk in definitions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Analytica Posteriora” 92b32; δ. περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 3.8, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.252; ἀνὴρ ἀνδρὶ δ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.93)]; δ. τινὶ μὴ ποιεῖν argue with one against doing, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 5.59; εἰ τουτὶ τὸ ῥῆμα, ἀλλὰ μὴ τουτὶ διελέχθην ἐγώ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.232)]; οἱ νόμοι οὐδὲν τούτῳ δ. have nothing to say to him, concern him not, [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 43.59; ὁ νομοθέτης οὔπω τινὶ δ. 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.17; δ. πρός τι)]to argue on.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Topica” 159a7)]; or against.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Ph.” 185a6)]: absolutely, to discourse, reason, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 4.5.12; δ. περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.109, etc., frequently in 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus, “Ap.” 33a, +others; γλῶσσα εὔτροχος ἐν τῷ δ. 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 7)]; reason, calculate, ={διαλογίζομαι}, [Refs ([prev. author] “Marc.” 18)]:—the active in middle sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 40; οἱ διαλεγόμενοι, of logicians, Polystr. p.6 W., +others)]
B.2 in Philosophy, practise dialectic, elicit conclusions by discussion, οὐκ ἐρίζειν ἀλλὰ δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 454a, compare 511c, “Tht.” 167e, etc.)]
B.3 later, discourse, lecture, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 2.21.3.)]
B.4 use a dialect or language, κατὰ ταὐτά τισι δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.142; Φοινικιστί 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.80.6)]; write in prose, opposed to ποιεῖν, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 20.)]
B.4.b speak articulately, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 535b2.)]
B.5 in Attic dialect, euphemistic for συνουσιάζω, have intercourse, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 890, “Pl.” 1082, 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “Fragmenta” 171, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Solon” 20, Hierocl. p.64A.)]
B.6 have dealings with, [Refs (“OGI” 484.23 (Pergam.).)]