ΔΙΑΛΑΛΕΙΝ, διαλαλειν
DIALALEIN, dialalein
Sounds Like: dee-ah-lah-LEH-in
Translations: to speak, to converse, to talk over, to discuss, to proclaim
From the root: ΔΙΑΛΑΛΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition διά (dia), meaning 'through' or 'apart', and the verb λαλέω (laleō), meaning 'to speak'. It generally means to speak or converse, often implying a thorough discussion or a public proclamation. It can be used to describe people talking together or speaking about something to others.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G1256 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 31:5
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΛΑΛΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΙΑΛΑΛΕΩ — to speak, to converse, to talk, to discuss, to proclaim, to declare
- ΔΙΑΛΑΛΟΥΝΤΩΝ — of those speaking, of those conversing, of those discussing, of those talking
- ΔΙΕΛΑΛΕΙΤΟ — was spoken about, was discussed, was noised abroad, was talked about
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