Definition

discussion, i.e. (internal) consideration (by implication, purpose), or (external) debate

Etymology

from G1260 (διαλογίζομαι);

Where the KJV renders it

• dispute
• doubtful(-ing)
• imagination
• reasoning
• thought

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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