To dispute
διαλέγωStrong’s G1256dialegō
Appears in 13 verses of the New Testament
In short
Dialegō is the Greek word usually translated “was reasoning”, “reasoning” and “reasoned”. It appears in 13 verses of the New Testament.
“Yet Michael the archangel, when contending with the devil he disputed about the body of Moses, durst not bring against him a railing accusation, but said, The Lord rebuke thee.”
Meaning
Usually translated “was reasoning”, “reasoning” and “reasoned”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- he was reasoning 3
- reasoning 3
- he reasoned 2
- they had been discussing 1
- was talking 1
- as is talking 1
- when reasoning 1
- addresses 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 10
- Mark 1
- Hebrews 1
- Jude 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Mark 9:34But they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest.
- Acts 17:2And Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them, and three sabbath days reasoned with them out of the scriptures,
- Acts 17:17Therefore disputed he in the synagogue with the Jews, and with the devout persons, and in the market daily with them that met with him.
- Acts 18:4And he reasoned in the synagogue every sabbath, and persuaded the Jews and the Greeks.
- Acts 18:19And he came to Ephesus, and left them there: but he himself entered into the synagogue, and reasoned with the Jews.
- Acts 19:8And he went into the synagogue, and spake boldly for the space of three months, disputing and persuading the things concerning the kingdom of God.
Greek dictionary
διαλέγω dialegō · to dispute
δια-λέγομαι (mid. of διαλέγω, to pick out, distinguish, as depon.), [in LXX: Exo.6:27, Isa.63:1 (דּבר pi.), Jdg.8:1 (ריב), 1Es.8:46, Est.5:2, Sir.14:20, 2Ma.11:20 * ;] to converse with, discourse (see Cl. Rev., i, 45), discuss, argue: Act.18:4 19:8,9 20:9; with dative of person(s), Act.17:17 18:19 20:7, Heb.12:5; before πρός, Mrk.9:34, Act.17:17 24:12; περί Act.24:25, Ju 9; ἀπὸ τ. γραφῶν, Act.17:2.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “dispute” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DISPUTE, verb intransitive
[Latin dispute is radically very similar to debate and discuss, both of which are from beating, driving, agitation.]
- To contend in argument; to reason or argue in opposition; to debate; to altercate; and to dispute violently is to wrangle.
- To strive or contend in opposition in a competitor; as, we disputed for the prize.
All definitions and other forms of “dispute”
DISPUTE, verb transitive
- To attempt to disprove by arguments or statements; to attempt to prove to be false, unfounded or erroneous; to controvert; to attempt to overthrow by reasoning.
- To strive or contend for, either by words or actions; as, to dispute the honor of the day; to dispute a prize.
- To call in question the propriety of; to oppose by reasoning.
- To strive to maintain; as, to dispute every inch of ground.
DISPUTE, noun
- Strife or contest in words or by arguments; an attempt to prove and maintain ones own opinions or claims, by arguments or statements, in opposition to the opinions, arguments or claims of another; controversy in words.
- The possibility of being controverted; as in the phrase, this is a fact, beyond all dispute
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.