Strong G1259διαλλάσσω

be reconciled

Transliteration
diallassō
Pronunciation
dee-al-las'-so
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G1223 and G236; to change thoroughly that is (mentally) to conciliate: - reconcile.

Detailed definition

δι-αλλάσσω
[in LXX: 1Ki.29:4 (רָצָה hithp.), I Est.4:31, al.;]
1. to change, exchange.

2. to change enmity for friendship, to reconcile: pass., with dative of person(s), Mat.5:24. "The word denotes mutual concession after mutual hostility, an idea absent from καταλλ-," which see (Lft., Notes, 288; cf. Deiss., LAE, 178.15; Cremer, 91, 632).†
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In the Bible

Strong G1259 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • reconcile1

First verses

  1. Matthew 5:24
    Leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
διαλλ-άσσω,
Attic dialect διαλλάττω, future -ξω: perfect διήλλαχα [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Dionysius Comicus (see. below), 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 70.11.)]
I middle, interchange, τὰς τάξεις [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.47, compare 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 11(10).21)]: absolutely, make an exchange, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.3.32, “Test.Epict.” 2.14.)]
II exchange, i.e.,
II.1 give in exchange, τί τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 14; τί τινι ἀντὶ ἀργυρίου 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 371d)]; τινὰ ὑπέρ τινος one for another, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 10.24; τὴν σκευὴν πρὸς τὸν δεσπότην 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 47.10)]; or,
II.2 take in exchange, δ. ἀετοῦ βίον take an eagle's life for one's own, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 620b; ἐσθῆτα τῇ συμφορᾷ πρέπουσαν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 19)]; δ. Μακεδονίαν change one land for another, i.e. pass through a land, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.3.3 (also _absolutely_, ἐξ ἄλλης εἰς ἄλλην πόλιν δ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Sophista” 223d))]:—middle, τι ἀντί τινος [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 2.3.)]
II.3 simply, change, alter, κελεύθους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 35.15; τοὺς ναυάρχους 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 1.6.4; τοὺς λόγους 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica ad Alexandrum” 1434a38.)]
II.4 absolutely, change, alter, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 17.12; δ. ἀπ᾽ ἀλλήλων)]to be discordant, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης” 1.6)]; διαλλάττοντας different, opposed to ὁμοίους, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “περὶ σημείων καὶ σημειώσεων” 3, +others)]
II.4.b depart this life, die, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Lycurgus Orator “fragment” 33, 1st c.AD: Cornutus Philosophus “de Natura Deorum” 35.)]
II.5 change money, δ. τὸ δηνάριον [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“OGI” 484.10 (2nd c.AD).)]
III especially change enmity for friendship, reconcile one to another, τινά τινι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.95, 6.47, etc.; πόλεις πρὸς ἀλλήλας 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.111: most frequently with _accusative_ _plural_ only, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 436, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.39, Test. cited in 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.47, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.91)]: rarely with accusative singular, make it up with one, διαλλάξεις με φιλάσας [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 23.42)]:—passive with future διαλλαχθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 1395, etc.; διαλλαγήσομαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 471a)]: perfect διήλλαγμαι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 885 (Lyric poetry))]: aorist -ηλλάχθην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 900, -ηλλάγην [prev. work] 1161)]:—to be reconciled, to be made friends, A.[same place], [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 346b, etc.; τοῖς ἀποστᾶσι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.63; πρός τινα περί τινος [prev. author] 3.33; τῆς πρόσθεν ἔχθρας ἐς φίλους 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 896, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 2.26.)]
IV intransitive, with dative person et accusative of things, differ from one in a thing, εἶδος δ. οὐδὲν τοῖσι ἑτέροισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.70; δ. ταῖς ἡλικίαις 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1161a5; κλήσει, οὐ φύσει 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 1.29; πρός τινα 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor “Orationes” 36(48).16: also with _genitive_ _person_, δ. τινός τινι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 2.37.11; ἔν τινι 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Pisc.” 23: _absolutely_, πολὺ διήλλαχεν 4th c.BC: Dionysius Comicus 2.10; τὸ διαλλάσσον τῆς γνώμης 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.10:)]perfect participle διηλλαχώς differing, τῇ ἐγκλίσει AD [prev. cited]
IV.2 excel, πολὺ δ. τῇ ἀρετῇ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1165b24; τινῶν τῷ μεγέθει 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.35, 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Thucydide” 51:)] — so,
V passive, to be different, τοῖς εἴδεσι διηλλαγμένα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.82; πρὸς τὸν καιρόν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Salt.” 19.)]