What does ὁμιλέω (homiléō) mean in the Bible?
ὁμιλέω (homiléō) is a Greek word meaning "to talk".
Greek · G3656
ὁμιλέω
To talk
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ὁμιλέω G3656
Pronunciation homiléō
What does ὁμιλέω (homiléō) mean in the Bible?
ὁμιλέω (homiléō) is a Greek word meaning "to talk".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3656?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [and] talked (1), after speaking (1), talked (1), were talking (1).
Where does ὁμιλέω (homiléō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 24:14. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (2), Luke (2).
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 [and] talked 1× Acts 24:26
after speaking 1× Acts 20:11
talked 1× Luke 24:15
were talking 1× Luke 24:14
Show sample aligned rows
Luke 24:14 ὡμίλουν to were talking Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Luke 24:15 ὁμιλεῖν to talked Verb - Present Infinitive Active Acts 20:11 ὁμιλήσας to after speaking Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular Acts 24:26 ὡμίλει to [and] talked Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 24:14
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 2
Luke 2 Acts 2
Source forms
ὁμιλεῖν 1x homilein Luke 24:15
ὁμιλήσας 1x homilēsas Acts 20:11
ὡμίλει 1x hōmilei Acts 24:26
ὡμίλουν 1x hōmiloun Luke 24:14
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Acts 20:11
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural 1x Luke 24:14
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x Acts 24:26
Verb - Present Infinitive Active 1x Luke 24:15
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to talk
Source Gloss
to talk
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
(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.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 24:14 Verb Third Person Plural Imperfect Active Indicative
ὡμίλουν wmiloun
I associate with, talk with
Read verse Luke 24:15 Verb Present Active Infinitive
ὁμιλεῖν omilein
I associate with, talk with
Read verse Acts 20:11 Verb Aorist Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ὁμιλήσας omilhsav
I associate with, talk with
Read verse Acts 24:26 Verb Third Person Singular Imperfect Active Indicative
ὡμίλει wmilei
I associate with, talk with
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.
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 4 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
imperfect 2 aorist 1 present 1
Voice
active 4
Mood
indicative 2 participle 1 infinitive 1
NT Occurrences
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)
Word Origins
ὁμιλέω is built from this root:
ὅμιλος G3658
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