διάλεκτοςdiálektos
a (mode of) discourse, i.e. "dialect"
Greek (New Testament) · G1258
Meanings
1. conversation, discourse, speech.
2. As in Polyb. and later writers, the language or dialect of a particular country or district: Acts 1:19, Acts 2:6, Acts 2:8, Acts 21:40, Acts 22:2, Acts 26:14.
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- Acts 1:19 The news of his death spread to all the people of Jerusalem, and they gave the place the Aramaic name Akeldama, which means “Field of Blood.”)
- Acts 2:6 When they heard the loud noise, everyone came running, and they were bewildered to hear their own languages being spoken by the believers.
- Acts 2:8 and yet we hear them speaking in our own native languages!
- Acts 21:40 The commander agreed, so Paul stood on the stairs and motioned to the people to be quiet. Soon a deep silence enveloped the crowd, and he addressed them in their own language, Aramaic.
- Acts 22:2 When they heard him speaking in their own language, the silence was even greater.
- Acts 26:14 We all fell down, and I heard a voice saying to me in Aramaic, ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is useless for you to fight against my will.’
Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.