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Lexicon :: Strong's G1258 - dialektos

Strong's

Red Letter

διάλεκτος

Transliteration

dialektos (Key)

Pronunciation

dee-al'-ek-tos

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Part of Speech

feminine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From διαλέγομαι (G1256)

Greek Inflections of διάλεκτος [?]

mGNT
6x in 1 unique form(s) TR
6x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
1x in 1 unique form(s)

διαλέκτῳ — 6x

διαλέκτῳ — 1x

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Strong's Info

Strong’s Definitions

διάλεκτος diálektos, dee-al'-ek-tos; from G1256; a (mode of) discourse, i.e. "dialect":—language, tongue.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G1258 in the following manner: tongue (5x), language (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 6x

The KJV translates Strong's G1258 in the following manner: tongue (5x), language (1x).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

conversation, speech, discourse, language
the tongue or language peculiar to any people

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)

διάλεκτος diálektos, dee-al'-ek-tos; from G1256; a (mode of) discourse, i.e. "dialect":—language, tongue.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS G1258:

διάλεκτος, -ου, ἡ, (διαλέγω);
1. conversation, speech, discourse, language (Plato, Demosthenes, others).
2. from Polybius [cf. Aristotle, probl. 10, 38 τοῦ ἀνθρώπου μία φωνή, ἀλλὰ διάλεκτοι πολλαί) down, the tongue or language peculiar to any people: Acts 1:19; Acts 2:6, 8; Acts 21:40; Acts 22:2; Acts 26:14. (Polybius 1, 80, 6; 3, 22, 3; 40, 6, 3f; μεθερμηνεύειν εἰς τὴν Ἑλλήνων διάλεκτον, Diodorus 1, 37; πᾶσα μὲν διάλεκτος, ἡ δ’ ἑλληνικἡ διαφερόντως ὀνομάτων πλουτεῖ, Philo, vit. Moys. ii. § 7; [cf. Mϋller on Josephus, contra Apion 1, 22, 4 at the end].)

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Acts: 1:19; 2:6; 2:8; 21:40; 22:2; 26:14

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Strong's Number G1258 matches the Greek διάλεκτος (dialektos),
which occurs 6 times in 6 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 1:19

Act 1:19 - And^G2532 it was^G1096 known^G1110 unto all^G3956 the dwellers^G2730 at Jerusalem;^G2419 insomuch as^G5620 that^G1565 field^G5564 is called^G2564 in their^G846 proper^G2398 tongue,^G1258 Aceldama,^G184 that is to say,^G5123 The field^G5564 of blood.^G129

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Act 2:6 - Now^G1161 when this^G5026 was^G1096 noised abroad,^G5456 the multitude^G4128 came together,^G4905 and^G2532 were confounded,^G4797 because^G3754 that every^G1538 man^G1520 heard^G191 them^G846 speak^G2980 in his own^G2398 language.^G1258

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Act 2:8 - And^G2532 how^G4459 hear^G191 we^G2249 every^G1538 man in our^G2257 own^G2398 tongue,^G1258 wherein^G1722^G3739 we were born?^G1080

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:40

Act 21:40 - And^G1161 when he had given^G2010 ➔ him^G846 licence,^G2010 Paul^G3972 stood^G2476 on^G1909 the stairs,^G304 and beckoned^G2678 with the hand^G5495 unto the people.^G2992 And^G1161 when there was made^G1096 a great^G4183 silence,^G4602 he spake^G4377 unto them in the Hebrew^G1446 tongue,^G1258 saying,^G3004

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Act 22:2 - (And^G1161 when they heard^G191 that^G3754 he spake^G4377 in the Hebrew^G1446 tongue^G1258 to them,^G846 they kept^G3930 the more^G3123 silence:^G2271 and^G2532 he saith,)^G5346

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Act 26:14 - And^G1161 when we^G2257 were^G2667 ➔ all^G3956 fallen^G2667 to^G1519 the earth,^G1093 I heard^G191 a voice^G5456 speaking^G2980 unto^G4314 me,^G3165 and^G2532 saying^G3004 in the Hebrew^G1446 tongue,^G1258 Saul,^G4549 Saul,^G4549 why^G5101 persecutest thou^G1377 me?^G3165 it is hard^G4642 for thee^G4671 to kick^G2979 against^G4314 the pricks.^G2759

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