dialegomai · discuss, reason

What it means

dialegomai (διαλέγομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “discuss, reason”.

Discuss, argue, reason with others.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To talk and debate with others about something.
2. To address someone at length.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• reasoning ×3
• he reasoned ×2
• addresses ×1
• arguing ×1
• reasoned ×1
• talked ×1
• they had argued ×1
• was discussing ×1
• was disputing ×1
• was speaking ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Mark×1
• Acts×10
• Hebrews×1
• Jude×1

• Mark 9:34

  But they were silent; for on the way they had argued with one another about who was the greatest.

• Acts 17:2

  And according to Paul’s custom, he went in to them, and on three Sabbaths he reasoned with them from the Scriptures,

• Acts 17:17

  So he was reasoning in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout, and in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.

• Acts 18:4

  And he reasoned in the synagogue every Sabbath, and tried to persuade Jews and Greeks.

• Acts 18:19

  And they arrived at Ephesus, and he left them there, but he himself went into the synagogue and reasoned with the Jews.

• Acts 19:8

  And he went into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading about the kingdom of God.

• Acts 19:9

  But when some were hardened and refused to believe, speaking evil of the Way before the multitude, he withdrew from them and separated the disciples, reasoning daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.

• Acts 20:7

  And on the first day of the week, when we were gathered to break bread, Paul was speaking to them, intending to depart the next day, and he prolonged his message until midnight.

• Acts 20:9

  And a certain young man named Eutychus, sitting on the window sill, sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on, overcome by sleep, fell down from the third story and was picked up dead.

• Acts 24:12

  and neither in the temple did they find me arguing with anyone or stirring up a crowd, nor in the synagogues nor throughout the city;

• Acts 24:25

  And as he was discussing righteousness and self-control and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and answered, “For the present go; and when I get an opportunity, I will summon you.”

• Hebrews 12:5

  and you have forgotten the encouragement that addresses you as sons: My son, do not think lightly of the discipline of the Lord, nor lose heart when you are rebuked by him;

• Jude 1:9

  But when Michael the archangel, contending with the devil, was disputing about the body of Moses, he did not dare to bring a judgment of blasphemy, but said, May the Lord rebuke you.