1258. dialektos

Strong's Lexicon

dialektos: Language, dialect

Original Word: διάλεκτος
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: dialektos
Pronunciation: dee-al'-ek-tos
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-al'-ek-tos)
Definition: Language, dialect
Meaning: language, speech, conversation, manner of speaking.

Word Origin: Derived from διαλέγομαι (dialegomai), meaning "to converse" or "to speak."

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent for "διάλεκτος," the concept of language and speech is often represented by words like שָׂפָה (saphah, Strong's H8193) meaning "lip" or "language," and לָשׁוֹן (lashon, Strong's H3956) meaning "tongue" or "language."

Usage: The term "διάλεκτος" refers to a specific language or dialect spoken by a group of people. In the New Testament, it is used to denote the distinct languages spoken by different ethnic groups or regions. It emphasizes the diversity of languages present during the early Christian era, particularly in the context of the spread of the Gospel.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the first-century Mediterranean world, the Roman Empire encompassed a vast array of cultures and languages. Greek was the lingua franca, but many regions retained their native languages or dialects. The use of "διάλεκτος" in the New Testament highlights the multicultural and multilingual environment of the early Church, which was tasked with spreading the Gospel across diverse linguistic groups.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from dialegomai
Definition
speech, language
NASB Translation
dialect (3), language (3).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 1258: διάλεκτος

διάλεκτος, διαλεκτου, ἡ (διαλέγω);

1. "conversation, speech, discourse, language (Plato, Demosthenes, others).

2. from Polybius (cf. Aristotle, probl. 10, 38 τοῦ ἀνθρώπου μία φωνή, ἀλλά διαλεκτοι 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 τήν Ἑλλήνων διάλεκτον, Diodorus 1, 37; πᾶσα μέν διάλεκτος, ἡ δ' Ἑλληνικῇ διαφερόντως ὀνομαατων πλουτει, Philo, vit. Moys. ii. § 7; (cf. Muller on Josephus, contra Apion 1, 22, 4 at the end).)

STRONGS NT 1258a: διαλιμπάνω [διαλιμπάνω (or διαλυμπάνω): imperfect διελιμπανον; to intermit, cease: κλαίων οὐ διελίμπανεν, Acts 8:24 WH (rejected) marginal reading; cf. Winers Grammar, 345f (323f); Buttmann, 300 (257). (Tobit 10:7; Galen in Hipp. Epid. 1, 3; cf. Bornem. on Acts, the passage cited; Veitch, under the word λιμπάνω.)]

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

language, tongue.

From dialegomai; a (mode of) discourse, i.e. "dialect" -- language, tongue.

see GREEK dialegomai

Forms and Transliterations

διαλεκτω διαλέκτω διαλέκτῳ διάλευκα διάλευκοι διάλευκον διαλεύκους dialekto dialektō dialéktoi dialéktōi

Englishman's Concordance

Acts 1:19 N-DFS
GRK: τῇ ἰδίᾳ διαλέκτῳ αὐτῶν Ἁκελδαμάχ
NAS: that in their own language that field
KJV: proper tongue, Aceldama,
INT: in the own language of them Akeldama

Acts 2:6 N-DFS
GRK: τῇ ἰδίᾳ διαλέκτῳ λαλούντων αὐτῶν
NAS: them speak in his own language.
KJV: speak in his own language.
INT: the own language speaking them

Acts 2:8 N-DFS
GRK: τῇ ἰδίᾳ διαλέκτῳ ἡμῶν ἐν
NAS: [them] in our own language to which
KJV: own tongue, wherein
INT: the own language of us in

Acts 21:40 N-DFS
GRK: τῇ Ἐβραΐδι διαλέκτῳ λέγων
NAS: to them in the Hebrew dialect, saying,
KJV: unto [them] in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
INT: with the Hebrew language saying

Acts 22:2 N-DFS
GRK: τῇ Ἐβραΐδι διαλέκτῳ προσεφώνει αὐτοῖς
NAS: them in the Hebrew dialect, they became
KJV: in the Hebrew tongue to them,
INT: in the Hebrew language he spoke to them

Acts 26:14 N-DFS
GRK: τῇ Ἐβραΐδι διαλέκτῳ Σαούλ Σαούλ
NAS: to me in the Hebrew dialect, 'Saul,
KJV: in the Hebrew tongue, Saul,
INT: in the Hebrew language Saul Saul

Strong's Greek 1258
6 Occurrences

διαλέκτῳ — 6 Occ.