Strong G1258διάλεκτος
language
- Transliteration
- dialektos
- Pronunciation
- dee-al'-ek-tos
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G1256; a (mode of) discourse that is dialect: - language tongue.
Detailed definition
διά-λεκτος, -ου, ἡ
(διαλέγομαι), [in LXX: Dan LXX 1:4 (לָשׁוֹן), Est.9:26 *;]
1. conversation, discourse, speech (Plat., Dem., al.).
2. As in Polyb. and later writers, the language or dialect of a particular country or district: Act.1:19 2:6, 8 21:40 22:2 26:14.†
(AS)
(διαλέγομαι), [in LXX: Dan LXX 1:4 (לָשׁוֹן), Est.9:26 *;]
1. conversation, discourse, speech (Plat., Dem., al.).
2. As in Polyb. and later writers, the language or dialect of a particular country or district: Act.1:19 2:6, 8 21:40 22:2 26:14.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1258 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- tongue5
- language1
First verses
- Acts 1:19And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
- Acts 2:6Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
- Acts 2:8And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
- Acts 21:40And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
- Acts 22:2(And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
- Acts 26:14And when we were all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice speaking unto me, and saying in the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me? it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
διάλεκτ-ος, ἡ,
discourse, conversation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 30; θεοῖς πρὸς ἀνθρώπους 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 203a)]; discussion, debate, argument, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tht.” 146b)]; opposed to ἔρις, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 454a.)]
2 common language, talk, δ. ἡ πρὸς ἀλλήλους [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1449a26; ἡ εἰωθυῖα δ. [prev. author] “Rh.” 1404b24.)]
II speech, language, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 685; καινὴν δ. λαλῶν 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 171)]; δ. ἀμνίου, opposed to τὰ ἔνδον δράκοντος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 3)]; articulate speech, language, opposed to φωνή, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 535a28; τοῦ ἀνθρώπου μία φωνή, ἀλλὰ διάλεκτοι πολλαί [prev. author] “Pr.” 895a6)]; but also, spoken, opposed to written language, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 11.)]
II.2 the language of a country, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.80.6, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.6, etc.)]: especially dialect, as Ionic, Attic, etc., [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Diogenes Babylonius Stoicus 3.213, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 3, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 1.59, Hdn.Gr. 2.932)]; also, local word or expression, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 31.)]
III way of speaking, accent, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 37.55.)]
III.2 plural, modes of expression, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.24U.)]
IV style, πανηγυρική, ποιητικὴ δ., [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 23, 21)]: especially poetical diction, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 2 “fragment” 33, +others)]
V of musical instruments, quality, 'idiom', [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 420b8.)]
discourse, conversation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 30; θεοῖς πρὸς ἀνθρώπους 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 203a)]; discussion, debate, argument, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tht.” 146b)]; opposed to ἔρις, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 454a.)]
2 common language, talk, δ. ἡ πρὸς ἀλλήλους [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1449a26; ἡ εἰωθυῖα δ. [prev. author] “Rh.” 1404b24.)]
II speech, language, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Fragmenta” 685; καινὴν δ. λαλῶν 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 171)]; δ. ἀμνίου, opposed to τὰ ἔνδον δράκοντος, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hermippus Comicus 3)]; articulate speech, language, opposed to φωνή, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 535a28; τοῦ ἀνθρώπου μία φωνή, ἀλλὰ διάλεκτοι πολλαί [prev. author] “Pr.” 895a6)]; but also, spoken, opposed to written language, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 11.)]
II.2 the language of a country, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.80.6, 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 5.6, etc.)]: especially dialect, as Ionic, Attic, etc., [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Diogenes Babylonius Stoicus 3.213, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 3, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 1.59, Hdn.Gr. 2.932)]; also, local word or expression, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 31.)]
III way of speaking, accent, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 37.55.)]
III.2 plural, modes of expression, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Epistulae” 1p.24U.)]
IV style, πανηγυρική, ποιητικὴ δ., [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Compositione Verborum” 23, 21)]: especially poetical diction, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ ποιημάτων” 2 “fragment” 33, +others)]
V of musical instruments, quality, 'idiom', [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Anima” 420b8.)]