Strong's Concordance dilogos: given to repetition, double-tongued Original Word: δίλογος, ονPart of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: dilogos Phonetic Spelling: (dil'-og-os) Definition: given to repetition, double-tongued Usage: double-tongued, deceitful. HELPS Word-studies 1351 dílogos (an adjective, derived from 1364 /dís, "twice" and 3004 /légō, "to speak to a conclusion") – properly, "double-saying," i.e. deceitful by saying one thing but meaning another – literally, "two-sayings" ("double-tongued," used only in 1 Tim 3:8). 1351 /dílogos ("double-speaking") describes someone leaving a deliberate misimpression – acting like a spiritual "weathervane" by reversing their position (taking different sides of an issue whenever it is convenient or expedient). This person is unstable (vacillating), "speaking out of both sides of their mouth." [1351 /dílogos ("double-tongued") does "not occur in the LXX or in classical writers. It means saying one thing and meaning another, and making different representations to different people about the same thing" (WS, 1028).] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom dis and logos Definition given to repetition, double-tongued NASB Translation double-tongued (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1351: δίλογοςδίλογος, διλογον (δίς and λέγω); 1. saying the same thing twice, repeating: Pollux 2, 118, p. 212, Hemst. edition; whence διλόγειν and διλογία, Xenophon, de re equ. 8, 2. 2. double-tongued, double in speech, saying one thing with one person, another with another (with intent to deceive): 1 Timothy 3:8. From dis and logos; equivocal, i.e. Telling a different story -- double-tongued. see GREEK dis see GREEK logos |
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