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Lexicon :: Strong's G1258 - dialektos

Aa
διάλεκτος
Transliteration
dialektos (Key)
Pronunciation
dee-al'-ek-tos
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
6x in 1 unique form(s) TR
6x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
1x in 1 unique form(s)
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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).

  1. conversation, speech, discourse, language

  2. 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.
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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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

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

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:19 - And it became G1096 known G1110 to all G3956 the residents G2730 of Jerusalem G2419; as G5620 a G5620 result G5620 that field G5564 was called G2564 Hakeldama G184 in their own G2398 language G1258, that is, Field G5564 of Blood G129.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:6 - And when this G3778 sound G5456 occurred G1096, the crowd G4128 came G4905 together G4905 and they were bewildered G4797, because G3754 each G1538 one G1520 of them was hearing G191 them speak G2980 in his own G2398 [fn]language G1258.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:8 - “And how G4459 is it that we each G1538 hear G191 them in our own G2398 [fn]language G1258 [fn]to which G3739 we were born G1080?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:40

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:40 - When he had given G2010 him permission G2010, Paul G3972, standing G2476 on the stairs G304, motioned G2678 to the people G2992 with his hand G5495; and when there [fn]was a great G4183 silence G4602, he spoke G4377 to G4377 them in the [fn]Hebrew G1446 dialect G1258, saying G3004,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:2 -

And when they heard G191 that he was addressing G4377 them in the [fn]Hebrew G1446 dialect G1258, they became G3930 even more G3123 quiet G2271; and he *said G5346,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:14 - “And when we had all G3956 fallen G2667 to the ground G1093, I heard G191 a voice G5456 saying G3004 to me in the [fn]Hebrew G1446 dialect G1258, ‘Saul G4549, Saul G4549, why G5101 are you persecuting G1377 Me? [fn]It is hard G4642 for you to kick G2979 against G4314 the goads G2759.’
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