Greek noun (feminine) · G1258
διάλεκτος
dialektosdee-al'-ek-tos
conversation, discourse, speech; As in Polyb. and later writers, the
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: diálektos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1258is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 1spelling
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1258
a (mode of) discourse, i.e. "dialect"
The King James renders it: language, tongue.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
dialektos is rendered "conversation, discourse, speech; As in Polyb. and later writers, the". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across one book.
- Six of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "conversation, discourse, speech".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 1:19This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so they called that field in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)
The first use
This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so they called that field in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)
Acts 1:19διαλέκτῳ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Six of the word's six uses are in Acts.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: conversation, discourse, speech, and As in Polyb. and later writers, the.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| conversation, discourse, speech | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereActs 1:19This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem… |
| As in Polyb. and later writers, thelanguage or dialect of a particular country or district | Tagged as
| WhereActs 1:19This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| διαλογίζομαι | dialogizomai | to discuss | Uses16 |
| διαλογισμός | dialogismos | reasoning | Uses14 |
| διαλέγομαι | dialegomai | to dispute | Uses13 |
| διαλαλέω | dialaleo | to discuss | Uses2 |
| διαλύω | dialyo | to disperse | Uses1 |
| διαλείπω | dialeipo | to stop | Uses1 |
| διαλλάσσω | diallasso | be reconciled | Uses1 |
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
1 spelling and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- διαλέκτῳ6
The grammar of each form
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singular6N-DSF
Acts
six uses
This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so they called that field in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)
- διαλέκτῳdialektonoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: language
And when this sound rang out, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own language.
- διαλέκτῳdialektonoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: language
How is it then that each of us hears them in his own native language?
- διαλέκτῳdialektonoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: language
Having received permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. A great hush came over the crowd, and he addressed them in Hebrew:
- διαλέκτῳdialektonoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: language
When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more silent. Then Paul declared,
- διαλέκτῳdialektonoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: language
We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’
- διαλέκτῳdialektonoun · dative (“to / for”) · feminine singulartagged: language
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.