What does διάλεκτος (diálektos) mean in the Bible?
διάλεκτος (diálektos): Specific language or dialect of a region, not generic speech—marks ethnic or national identity in Acts.
Greek · G1258
διάλεκτος
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διάλεκτος G1258
Pronunciation diálektos
What does διάλεκτος (diálektos) mean in the Bible?
διάλεκτος (diálektos): Specific language or dialect of a region, not generic speech—marks ethnic or national identity in Acts.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1258?
The BSB source-word alignment has 6 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include . . . (3), language (3).
Where does διάλεκτος (diálektos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 1:19. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (6).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It . . . 3× Acts 21:40, Acts 22:2, Acts 26:14
language 3× Acts 1:19, Acts 2:6, Acts 2:8
Show sample aligned rows
Acts 1:19 διαλέκτῳ to language Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Acts 2:6 διαλέκτῳ to language Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Acts 2:8 διαλέκτῳ to language Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Acts 21:40 διαλέκτῳ to . . . Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Acts 22:2 διαλέκτῳ to . . . Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Acts 26:14 διαλέκτῳ to . . . Noun - Dative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 1:19
Aligned rows 6
Books represented 1
Acts 6
Source forms
διαλέκτῳ 6x dialektō Acts 1:19, Acts 2:6, Acts 2:8, Acts 21:40
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 6x Acts 1:19, Acts 2:6, Acts 2:8, Acts 21:40
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Specific language or dialect of a region, not generic speech—marks ethnic or national identity in Acts.
Strong's G1258
Lexical occurrences 6 verses Greek text appearances 6 times Word forms 1 form 6 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
language
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Specific language or dialect of a region, not generic speech—marks ethnic or national identity in Acts.
(διαλέγομαι), [in LXX: Dan LXX 1:4 (לָשׁוֹן), Est.9:26 * ;]
1conversation, discourse, speech (Plat., Dem., al.).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
6 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 1:19 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
διαλέκτῳ dialektw
language, speech
Read verse Acts 2:6 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
διαλέκτῳ dialektw
language, speech
Read verse Acts 2:8 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
διαλέκτῳ dialektw
language, speech
Read verse Acts 21:40 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
διαλέκτῳ dialektw
language, speech
Read verse Acts 22:2 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
διαλέκτῳ dialektw
language, speech
Read verse Acts 26:14 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
διαλέκτῳ, dialektw
language, speech
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 6 Case pattern Dative (6) Number pattern Singular (6)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · Feminine Acts 1:19 · Acts 2:6 · Acts 2:8 · Acts 21:40 · Acts 22:2 · Acts 26:14 6×
Word Origins
διάλεκτος is built from this root:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain