διαλέγω dialegō

Greek word for “to dispute” · Strong’s G1256 · used 13 times in 13 verses

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Meaning

δια-λέγομαι; (mid. of διαλέγω, to pick out, distinguish, as depon.);

How it is translated

Glosses given for dialegō in context, with how often each is used:

• reasoning 6
• reasoned 2
• talking 2
• had been discussing 1
• when reasoning 1
• addresses 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Acts 17 (2), Acts 18 (2), Acts 19 (2), Acts 20 (2), Acts 24 (2), Mark 9 (1), Hebrews 12 (1), Jude 1 (1)

Forms

• διελέγετο 4
• διελέξατο 2
• διαλεγόμενος 2
• διαλεγομένου 2
• διελέχθησαν 1
• διαλεγόμενον 1
• διαλέγεται 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with dialegō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• συναγωγή sunagōgē “synagogue” 5
• κατά kata “according to” 5
• σάββατον sabbaton “Sabbath” 3
• Παῦλος Paulos “Paul” 3
• εἰσέρχομαι eiserchomai “to enter” 3
• Ἰουδαῖος Ioudaios “Jew” 3
• πείθω peithō “to persuade” 2
• περί peri “about” 3
• τρεῖς treis “Three” 2
• ὁδός hodos “road” 2
• μέλλω mellō “to ensue” 2
• τε te “and/both” 2

Key verses

The verses using dialegō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Mark 9:34 — But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.
• Acts 17:2 — And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
• Acts 17:17 — Therefore 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 18:4 — And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
• Acts 18:19 — And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
• Acts 19:8 — And 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 19:9 — But 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…
• Acts 20:7 — And 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…
• Acts 20:9 — And 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…
• Acts 24:25 — And 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,…
• Hebrews 12:5 — And 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…
• Jude 1:9 — Yet 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…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.