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G238 ἀλληγορέω (allēgoréō)
Greek
Verb
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Quick Definition

I speak allegorically

Strong's Definition

to allegorize

Derivation: from G243 (ἄλλος) and (to harangue (compare G58 (ἀγορά)));

KJV Usage: be an allegory (the Greek word itself)

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀλληγορέω, (ῶ: (present passive participle ἀλληγοροὺμενος); i. e., ἄλλο μέν ἀγορεύω, ἄλλο δέ νοέω, "aliud verbis, aliud sensu ostendo (Quintilian instt. 8, 6, 44), to speak allegorically or in a figure: Gal_4:24 (Philo, Josephus, Plutarch, and grammatical writers; (cf. Meyer on Galatians, the passage cited).)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀλληγορέω allēgoreō 1x to say what is either designed or fitted to convey a meaning other than the literal one, to allegorize; ἀλληγορούμενος , adapted to another meaning, otherwise significant, Gal_4:24

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

*† ἀλληγορέω , -ῶ ( <ἄλλος , ἀγορεύω ), to speak allegorically ( Cremer , 96 ff .): Gal_4:24 .†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἀλλαχόθεν [page 22] P Oxy II. 237 v. 15 (A.D. 186) οὐκ ἀλλαχόθεν ἡγήσατο τὴν ἐξέτασιν ἔσεσθαι serves to support Joh_10:1 . The word is classical, though assailed by Atticists (Thayer).

Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon

ἀλληγορέω [Etym: ἄλλος, ἀγορεύω] "to speak so as to imply something other than what is said, to interpret allegorically", Plut. :—Pass. "to be spoken allegorically", NTest.

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

ἀλληγορέω, -ῶ (ἄλλος, ἀγορεύω) to speak allegorically (Cremer, 96 ff.): Gal.4:24.† (AS)

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