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Greek · G1260, G1438

διελογίζετο ἐν ἑαυτῷ

To discuss · themself

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διαλογίζομαι G1260 to discuss
Pronunciation dialogízomai
Internal reasoning or deliberation, often conflicted or skeptical, weighing matters in one's heart or mind.
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ἑαυτοῦ G1438 themself
Pronunciation heautoû
Reflexive pronoun emphasizing the subject's action upon itself; also used reciprocally for "one another
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What does διελογίζετο ἐν ἑαυτῷ (dielogizeto en heautō) mean in the Bible?

διαλογίζομαι · ἑαυτοῦ is a Greek phrase meaning "he was reasoning within himself".

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What does διαλογίζομαι · ἑαυτοῦ mean in the Bible?

διαλογίζομαι · ἑαυτοῦ is a Greek phrase meaning "he was reasoning within himself".

How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1260, G1438?

G1260, G1438 is connected to 16 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.

Evidence Summary

Greek phrase. he was reasoning within himself

Strong's G1260, G1438
Lexical occurrences 16 verses Word forms 3 forms 16 references

Source Gloss

he was reasoning within himself
Grammatical Forms

How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.

This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.

Form groups 3 Aligned forms 16 Tenses Imperfect, Present Voices Middle
Tenses
Imperfect Present
Voices
Middle
Indicative states a fact or reality 13×
Imperfect Middle Matt 16:7 · Matt 21:25 · Mark 8:16 · Mark 11:31 · Luke 20:14 · Luke 1:29 · Luke 12:17 · Mark 9:33 8×
Present Middle Matt 16:8 · Mark 2:8 · Mark 8:17 · Luke 5:22 5×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 2×
Present Middle Mark 2:6 · Luke 3:15 2×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Present Middle Luke 5:21 1×
16 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Discourse Aspect

How this verb appears across 16 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).

Aspect
ongoing 5 background 8 infinitive 1 participle 2
Tense
imperfect 8 present 8
Voice
middle 16
Mood
indicative 13 participle 2 infinitive 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 16:7 διελογίζοντο imperfect middle indicative background Matthew 16:8 διαλογίζεσθε present middle indicative ongoing Matthew 21:25 διελογίζοντο imperfect middle indicative background Mark 2:6 διαλογιζόμενοι present middle participle participle Mark 2:8 διαλογίζονται present middle indicative ongoing Mark 2:8 διαλογίζεσθε present middle indicative ongoing Mark 8:16 διελογίζοντο imperfect middle indicative background Mark 8:17 διαλογίζεσθε present middle indicative ongoing Mark 9:33 διελογίζεσθε imperfect middle indicative background Mark 11:31 διελογίζοντο imperfect middle indicative background Luke 1:29 διελογίζετο imperfect middle indicative background Luke 3:15 διαλογιζομένων present middle participle participle Luke 5:21 διαλογίζεσθαι present middle infinitive infinitive Luke 5:22 διαλογίζεσθε present middle indicative ongoing Luke 12:17 διελογίζετο imperfect middle indicative background Luke 20:14 διελογίζοντο imperfect middle indicative background

Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.

Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain

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