Quick Definition
διάλεκτος, ου, ἡ n.f. language, speech
Strong's Definition
from 1256; a (mode of) discourse, i.e. "dialect"
KJV Usage: language, tongue
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ου | λέγω
33.1 · Communication · Language
language a verbal code, whether oral or written, as a basic means of communication It is possible, though perhaps not probable, that διάλεκτος in ACT 2:6 may be understood not only as a language as such, but as a particular form of such a language, and hence would have a meaning of ‘manner of speaking’ or even ‘accent’ (see 33.102).
ACT 1:19 · ACT 2:6 · ACT 2:8 · ACT 21:40 · ACT 22:2 · ACT 26:14
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διά-λεκτος, -ov, ἡ, (διαλέγω) ; 1. conversation, speech, discourse, language (Plat., Dem., al.). 2. fr. Polyb. [ef. Aristot. probl. 10, 38 τοῦ ἀνθρώπου pia φωνή, ἀλλὰ διάλεκτοι πολλαί] down, the tongue or language peculiar to any people: Acts i. 19; ii. 6,8; xxi. 40; xxii. 2; xxvi. 14. (Polyb.1, 80, 6; 3, 22,3; 40, 6,3 sq.; μεθερμηνεύειν εἰς τὴν "Ἑλλήνων διάλεκτον, Diod. 1, 37; πᾶσα μὲν διάλεκτος, ἡ δ᾽ ἑλληνικὴ διαφερόντως ὀνομάτων πλουτεῖ, Philo, vit. Moys. ii. § 7; [ef. Miiller on Joseph. ec. Ap. 1, 22, 4 fin.].)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
διάλεκτος dialektos 6x
speech; manner of speaking; peculiar language of a nation, dialect, vernacular idiom, Acts 1:19; 2:6, 8; 21:40; 22:2; 26:14
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
διά-λεκτος, -ου, ἡ
(< διαλέγομαι), [in LXX: Da LXX 1:4 (לָשׁוֹן), Es 9:26 * ;]
conversation, discourse, speech (Plat., Dem., al.).
As in Polyb. and later writers, the language or dialect of a particular country or district: Ac 1:19 2:6, 8 21:40 22:2 26:14.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
διάλεκτος | “revision ᾿ or the (books οὐ. the) tax-gatherers by the | Praefect: see Wilcken Ost, i. p. 609. Other examples of | the word are P Lond 27612 (a.p. 15) (=IL. p. 149) ὅπως ἐπὶ τοῦ διαλογισμοῦ [τὴ]ν διάκρισιν δηλώσωσι, P Tebt IT. 302°! (A.D. 71-2) ἱΠερευ[τιϊκῷ λόγῳ πρὸς διάκρισιν, ‘priestly list for examination,” P Strass I. 774 (ii/iiia.p.) διακρίσ(εως) ᾿Αθηναίο(υ), and P Giss I. 485 (a.p. 202-3) ἐκ τῆς γενομένης ὑπ᾽ ἐμοῦ... ἐξετάσεως καὶ διακρίσεως.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
διάλεκτος (dialektos) — language. διάλεκτ-ος, ἡ, discourse, conversation, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; discussion, debate, argument, [Refs]; opposed to ἔρις, [Refs]
2. common language, talk, δ. ἡ πρὸς ἀλλήλους [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II. speech, language, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. ἀμνίου, opposed to τὰ ἔνδον δράκοντος, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; articulate speech, language, opposed to φωνή, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but also, spoken, opposed to written language, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
II.2. the language of a country, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]: especially dialect, as Ionic, Attic, etc., [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; also, local word or expression, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
III. way of speaking, accent, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III.2. plural, modes of expression, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
IV. style, πανηγυρική, ποιητικὴ δ., [Refs 1st c.BC+]: especially poetical diction, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
V. of musical instruments, quality, 'idiom', [Refs 4th c.BC+]