To talk
ὁμιλέωStrong’s G3656homileō
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Homileō is the Greek word usually translated “were talking”, “talking” and “having talked”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“And they talked together of all these things which had happened.”
Meaning
Usually translated “were talking”, “talking” and “having talked”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- were talking 1
- talking 1
- having talked 1
- he was talking 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 2
- Acts 2
2 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Luke 24:15And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them.
- Acts 20:11When he therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he departed.
- Acts 24:26He hoped also that money should have been given him of Paul, that he might loose him: wherefore he sent for him the oftener, and communed with him.
Greek dictionary
ὁμιλέω homileō · to talk
ὁμιλέω, -ῶ (ὅμιλος), [in LXX: Pro.5:19 (רָוָה pi.), al. ;] to be in company with, consort with; hence, to converse with: Act.20:11; with dative, Act.24:26; before πρός, Luk.24:14-15.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “talk” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TALK, verb intransitive
tauk.
- To converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.“I will come down and talk with thee” Numbers 11:17“Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way?” Luke 24:32
- To prate; to speak impertinently.
- To talk of, to relate; to tell; to give account.“So shall I talk of thy wondrous works” Psalms 119:27
- To speak; to reason; to confer.“Let me talk with thee of thy judgments” Jeremiah 12:1
All definitions and other forms of “talk”
TALK, noun
tauk. Familiar converse; mutual discourse; that which is uttered by one person in familiar conversation, or the mutual converse of two or more.
- “Should a man full of talk be justified?” Job 11:2
- Report; rumor.
- Subject of discourse.
- Among the Indians of North America, a public conference, as respecting peace or war, negotiation and the like; or an official verbal communication made from them to another nation or its agents, or made to them by the same.
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.