To discuss
διαλογίζομαιStrong’s G1260dialogizomai
Appears in 15 verses of the New Testament
In short
Dialogizomai is the Greek word usually translated “were reasoning”, “reason you” and “reasoning”. It appears in 15 verses of the New Testament.
“And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread.”
Meaning
Usually translated “were reasoning”, “reason you” and “reasoning”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- they were reasoning 4
- reason you 4
- reasoning 1
- are reasoning 1
- were you discussing 1
- was pondering 1
- wondering 1
- to reason 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 6
- Luke 6
- Matthew 3
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 16:8Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread?
- Matthew 21:25The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
- Mark 2:6But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,
- Mark 2:8And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?
- Mark 8:16And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread.
- Mark 8:17And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?
Greek dictionary
διαλογίζομαι dialogizomai · to discuss
δια-λογίζομαι, depon. [in LXX chiefly for חשׁב, frequently in Pss. ;] 1. to balance accounts (Dem.). 2. to consider, reason (Isocr.): Luk.1:29 5:21; ἐν τ. καρδία, Mrk.2:6, 8, Luk.5:22; περί Luk.3:15; ἐν ἑαυτῷ (-οῖς), Mat.16:7-8, Mrk.2:8, Luk.12:17; πρὸς ἑ., Mrk.9:33 11:31, Luk.20:14; παρ᾽ ἑ., Mat.21:25 (ἐν ἑ., T, WH, mg.); πρὸς ἀλλήλους, Mrk.8:16; ὅτι, Mrk.8:17, Jhn.11:50, Rec. (DB, i, 611; Cremer, 400).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “discuss” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DISCUSS, verb transitive
[Latin]
Literally, to drive; to beat or to shake in pieces; to separate by beating or shaking.
- To disperse; to scatter; to dissolve; to repel; as, to discuss a tumor; a medical use of the word.
- To debate; to agitate by argument; to clear of objections and difficulties, with a view to find or illustrate truth; to sift; to examine by disputation; to ventilate; to reason on, for the purpose of separating truth from falsehood.
- To break in pieces. [The primary sense, but not used.]
- To shake off. [Not in use.]
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.