Quick Definition
ἀλληγορέω v. I speak allegorically
Strong's Definition
from 243 and agoreo (to harangue (compare 58)); to allegorize
KJV Usage: be an allegory (the Greek word itself)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἀλλάσσω + ἀγορεύω
33.18 · Communication · Discourse Types
to speak allegorically, to employ an analogy, to use a likeness to employ an analogy or likeness in communicating
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀλληγορέω, -ὦ : [pres. pass. ptep. ἀλληγορούμενος]; i. 6. ἄλλο μὲν ἀγορεύω, ἄλλο δὲ νοέω, “aliud verbis, aliud sensu ostendo” (Quint. instt. 8, 6, 44), to speak allegorically or in a figure: Gal. iv. 24. (Philo, Joseph., Plut., and gram. writ.; [ef. Mey. on Gal. 1. c.].)
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.): Ga 4:24.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀλληγορέω (allēgoreō) — to use an analogy. ἀλληγορ-έω, (ἀγορεύω) interpret allegorically, Ἕλληνες Κρόνον ἀλληγοροῦσι τὸν χρόνον[Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, to be spoken allegorically, [NT]; ἀλληγορεῖται ἁ Ἀπόλλων εἰς τὸν Ἥλιον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. absolutely, speak figuratively or metaphorically, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; speak allegorically, [Refs 1st c.AD+]