Greek · G1260 · unreviewed

διαλογίζομαι

To discuss

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διαλογίζομαι G1260

Pronunciation dialogízomai

What does διαλογίζομαι (dialogízomai) mean in the Bible?

διαλογίζομαι (dialogízomai) is a Greek word meaning "to discuss". δια-λογίζομαι, depon. Reveals political calculation rather than spiritual discernment.

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Meaning

to discuss

Extended definition

Internal reasoning or deliberation, often conflicted or skeptical, weighing matters in one's heart or mind.

1to balance accounts (Dem.).

2to 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).

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith

Why This Word Matters

Reveals political calculation rather than spiritual discernment. Luke 20:1–8

Highlights sustained prayer before decisive action. Luke 6:12–16

Grammatical Forms

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

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×

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

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

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Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

New Testament Witnesses

Luke 20:1–8 διελογίζοντο dialogízomai

reasoned internally

Luke 6:12–16 διανυκτερεύων dialogízomai

spending the night

Additional Occurrences

Luke 20:1–8 διαλογίσασθε dialogízomai

Reasoned among themselves

Mark 11:27–33 διαλογίζομαι dialogízomai

to reason, debate internally

Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Mark 2 — The Son of Man Has Authority: Forgiveness, Fellowship, and Lordship Matthew 16 — The Confession of the Christ, the Church Christ Builds, and the Cross-Shaped Way of Discipleship

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

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