ΔΙΕΛΕΓΕΤΟ, διελεγετο
DIELEGETO, dielegeto
Sounds Like: dee-eh-LEH-geh-toh
Translations: he was discussing, he was disputing, he was reasoning, he was conversing, he was preaching
From the root: ΔΙΑΛΕΓΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb, formed from διά (dia, 'through, across') and λέγω (legō, 'to speak, to say'). It means to discuss, dispute, reason, or converse with someone. It implies an ongoing or repeated action in the past, often involving a back-and-forth exchange of ideas or arguments. It can be used to describe someone engaging in a dialogue, debating a point, or teaching/preaching by means of discussion.
Inflection: Imperfect, Indicative, Middle or Passive Voice, 3rd Person Singular
Strong’s number: G1256 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 100:3
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΛΕΓΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ΔΙΑΛΕΓΕΣΘΑΙ — to discuss, to dispute, to reason, to preach, to speak, to converse
- ΔΙΑΛΕΓΕΣΘΕ — you speak, you discuss, you reason, you dispute, you preach, you converse
- ΔΙΑΛΕΓΕΤΑΙ — he speaks, he discusses, he converses, he preaches
- ΔΙΑΛΕΓΗΝΑΙ — to discuss, to dispute, to reason, to speak with, to converse
- ΔΙΑΛΕΓΟΜΑΙ — to discuss, to dispute, to reason, to preach, to speak
- ΔΙΑΛΕΓΟΜΕ — speaking, conversing, discussing, reasoning, preaching, arguing
- ΔΙΑΛΕΓΟΜΕΝΑ — speaking, discussing, disputing, reasoning, conversing
- ΔΙΑΛΕΓΟΜΕΝΗ — speaking, conversing, discussing, reasoning, a speaking, a conversing, a discussing, a reasoning
- ΔΙΑΛΕΓΟΜΕΝΗΣ — of speaking, of conversing, of discussing, of preaching
- ΔΙΑΛΕΓΟΜΕΝΟΙ — speaking, conversing, discussing, reasoning, preaching
- ΔΙΑΛΕΓΟΜΕΝΟΝ — speaking, conversing, discussing, disputing, preaching, one who speaks, one who converses
- ΔΙΑΛΕΓΟΜΕΝΟΣ — speaking, discussing, reasoning, disputing, conversing
- ΔΙΑΛΕΓΟΜΕΝΟΥ — (of) speaking, (of) discoursing, (of) discussing, (of) reasoning
- ΔΙΑΛΕΓΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — speaking, discussing, reasoning, disputing, those speaking, those discussing, those reasoning, those disputing
- ΔΙΑΛΕΓΟΝΤΑΙ — they speak, they discuss, they dispute, they preach
- ΔΙΑΛΕΞΟΙΝΤΟ — they might converse, they might discuss, they might dispute, they might argue
- ΔΙΑΛΕΞΟΜΕΝΗ — about to speak, going to speak, who will speak, who is about to speak, who is going to speak
- ΔΙΑΛΕΞΟΜΕΝΟΝ — about to speak, about to discuss, about to converse
- ΔΙΑΛΕΞΟΜΕΝΟΣ — about to speak, about to discuss, about to converse, about to reason, about to dispute
- ΔΙΑΛΕΞΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — to speak with, to converse with, to discuss with, to dispute with, to argue with
- ΔΙΑΛΕΧΘΕΙΣ — having spoken, having conversed, having discussed, having reasoned, having preached
- ΔΙΑΛΕΧΘΕΙΣΑ — having spoken, having conversed, having discussed, having reasoned
- ΔΙΑΛΕΧΘΕΝΤΟΣ — having spoken, having conversed, having discussed, having reasoned
- ΔΙΑΛΕΧΘΕΝΤΩΝ — having conversed, having discussed, having disputed, of those who conversed, of those who discussed, of those who disputed
- ΔΙΑΛΕΧΘΗΝΑΙ — to converse, to discuss, to dispute, to preach, to speak with
- ΔΙΑΛΕΧΘΗΣΕΣΘΑΙ — to converse, to discuss, to dispute, to preach, to speak, to reason
- ΔΙΑΛΕΧΘΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will speak, will converse, will discuss, will reason
- ΔΙΑΛΕΧΘΗΣΟΜΕΝΟΝ — about to be discussed, about to be spoken to, about to be reasoned with
- ΔΙΑΛΕΧΘΩΜΕΝ — let us discuss, let us converse, let us dispute, let us reason together
- ΔΙΑΛΕΧΘΩΣΙΝ — they may speak, they may discuss, they may converse, they may dispute
- ΔΙΑΛΩ — I discuss, I dispute, I preach, I converse, I reason
- ΔΙΕΙΛΕΓΜΕΝΟΣ — having discussed, having conversed, having reasoned, having disputed
- ΔΙΕΙΛΕΚΤΟ — it was conversed, it was discussed, it was disputed, it was reasoned
- ΔΙΕΙΛΕΧΘΑΙ — to have conversed, to have spoken, to have discussed
- ΔΙΕΙΛΕΧΘΗΣΑΝ — they conversed, they discussed, they reasoned together, they debated
- ΔΙΕΙΠΕ — he spoke, he said, he conversed, he discoursed, he preached, he disputed
- ΔΙΕΛΕΓΟΝΤΟ — they were discussing, they were disputing, they were reasoning, they were conversing
- ΔΙΕΛΕΞΑΝΤΟ — they discussed, they debated, they reasoned, they conversed
- ΔΙΕΛΕΞΑΤΟ — he discussed, he disputed, he reasoned, he preached, he spoke
- ΔΙΕΛΕΧΘΗ — he discussed, she discussed, it discussed, he disputed, she disputed, it disputed, he reasoned, she reasoned, it reasoned, he preached, she preached, it preached
- ΔΙΕΛΕΧΘΗΝ — I spoke, I conversed, I discussed, I reasoned, I preached
- ΔΙΕΛΕΧΘΗΣΑΝ — they discussed, they conversed, they reasoned, they disputed
- ΔΙΕΛΗΛΕΓΜΕΝΩΝ — of those who have discussed, of those who have reasoned, of those who have disputed
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