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Greek noun (masculine) · G1261

διαλογισμός

dialogismosdee-al-og-is-mos'

reasoning

14 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: dialogismós

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1261is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 8 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 8
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G1261

discussion, i.e. (internal) consideration (by implication, purpose), or (external) debate

The King James renders it: dispute, doubtful(-ing), imagination, reasoning, thought.

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

dialogismos is rendered "reasoning". It stands 14 times in the Greek text, across eight books.

  • Six of the uses stand in Luke, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 15:19For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.
  • The Greek text spells it eight different ways.

The first use

For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.

Matthew 15:19διαλογισμοὶ

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Six of the word's fourteen uses are in Luke.

The other 19 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • thoughts5
  • an argument1
  • disputings1
  • dissension1
  • doubts1
  • on reasonings1
  • reasoning1
  • reasonings1
  • thinking1
  • with thoughts1

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.

διαλογίζομαιdialogizomaito discussUses16
διαλέγομαιdialegomaito disputeUses13
διάλεκτοςdialektoslanguageUses6
διαλαλέωdialaleoto discussUses2
διαλύωdialyoto disperseUses1
διαλείπωdialeipoto stopUses1
διαλλάσσωdiallassobe reconciledUses1

All 14, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

8 spellings 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

  • διαλογισμοὶ3
  • διαλογισμοὺς3
  • διαλογισμῶν3
  • διαλογισμοί.¶1
  • διαλογισμοῖς1
  • διαλογισμὸν1
  • διαλογισμὸς1
  • διαλογισμοῦ1

The grammar of each form

  • noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural4N-NPM
  • noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural3N-APM
  • noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural3N-GPM
  • noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular1N-ASM
  • noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1N-DPM
  • noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1N-GSM
  • noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1N-NSM

Matthew

one use
  • For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, adultery, sexual immorality, theft, false testimony, and slander.

    Matthew 15:19

    • διαλογισμοὶdialogismoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: thoughts

Mark

one use
  • For from within the hearts of men come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery,

    Mark 7:21

    • διαλογισμοὶdialogismoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: thoughts

Luke

six uses
  • so that the thoughts of many hearts will be revealed—and a sword will pierce your soul as well.”

    Luke 2:35

    • διαλογισμοί.¶dialogismoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: thoughts
  • Knowing what they were thinking, Jesus replied, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?

    Luke 5:22

    • διαλογισμοὺςdialogismousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: reasonings
  • But Jesus knew their thoughts and said to the man with the withered hand, “Get up and stand among us.” So he got up and stood there.

    Luke 6:8

    • διαλογισμοὺςdialogismousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: thoughts
  • Then an argument started among the disciples as to which of them would be the greatest.

    Luke 9:46

    • διαλογισμὸςdialogismosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: an argument
  • But Jesus, knowing the thoughts of their hearts, had a little child stand beside Him.

    Luke 9:47

    • διαλογισμὸνdialogismonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: reasoning
  • “Why are you troubled,” Jesus asked, “and why do doubts arise in your hearts?

    Luke 24:38

    • διαλογισμοὶdialogismoinoun · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: doubts

Romans

two uses
  • For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.

    Romans 1:21

    • διαλογισμοῖςdialogismoisnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine pluraltagged: thinking
  • Accept him whose faith is weak, without passing judgment on his opinions.

    Romans 14:1

    • διαλογισμῶνdialogismonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: on reasonings

1 Corinthians

one use
  • And again, “The Lord knows that the thoughts of the wise are futile.”

    1 Corinthians 3:20

    • διαλογισμοὺςdialogismousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: thoughts

Philippians

one use
  • Do everything without complaining or arguing,

    Philippians 2:14

    • διαλογισμῶνdialogismonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: disputings

1 Timothy

one use
  • Therefore I want the men everywhere to pray, lifting up holy hands, without anger or dissension.

    1 Timothy 2:8

    • διαλογισμοῦdialogismounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: dissension

James

one use
  • have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

    James 2:4

    • διαλογισμῶνdialogismonnoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: with thoughts

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.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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