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Strong's #1215 - δημηγορέω
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- to address a public assembly, make a speech to the people
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δημηγορ-έω,
I practise speaking in the assembly, Ar. Eq. 956, etc.; πρὸ τοῦ πολιτεύεσθαι καὶ δ. ἐμέ D. 18.60; δ. περί τινος Lys. 14.45; δ. πρός τινας Pl. Lg. 817c; ἐν τοῖς ὄχλοις Arist. Fr. 83: c. acc. cogn., δ. καὶ συνηγορεῖν λόγους D. 19.15; δ. λόγον παρά τισι Id. 23.110: — Pass., τὰ δεδημηγορημένα public speeches, Id. 19.9.
II esp. make popular speeches, use clap-trap, ταῦτα δημηγορεῖς Pl. Grg. 482c: abs., ib. 503b, Tht. 162d, R. 350e; τῶν δημηγοριῶν ὧν δ. D. 21.202; δ. πρὸς χάριν, πρὸς ἡδονήν, Id. 3.3, 4.38, cf. Hermog. Meth. 1.
δημηγορέω, δημηγόρω: (imperfect ἐδημηγορουν); (to be a δημηγόρος, from δῆμος and ἀγορεύω, to harangue the people); to address a public assembly, make a speech to the people: ἐδημηγόρει πρός αὐτούς (A. V. made an oration), Acts 12:21. (Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, Demosthenes, others. Proverbs 30:31
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δημηγορέω , -ῶ
(< δῆμος , ἀγορεύω , to speak in the assembly),
[in LXX: Proverbs 30:31, 4 Maccabees 5:15 *;]
to deliver an oration: Acts 12:21.†
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