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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #238 - ἀλληγορέω

Transliteration

allēgoréō

Phonetics

al-lay-gor-eh'-o

Origin

from (G243) and agoreo (to harangue, cf (G58))

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

1:260,42

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to speak allegorically or in a figure

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1)

Galatians 1

BSB (1)

Galatians 1

CSB (1)

Galatians 1

ESV (0)

Galatians 1

KJV (1)

Galatians 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (3)

Galatians 3

N95 (2)

Galatians 2

NAS (2)

Galatians 2

NLT (1)

Galatians 2

WEB (1)

Galatians 1

YLT (1)

Galatians 1

ASV (1)

an allegory 1

BSB (1)

serve as illustrations 1

CSB (1)

illustrations 1

ESV (0)

The English Standard Version
did not use
this Strong's Number

KJV (1)

allegory 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (3)

allegory 1

spoken 1

with 1

N95 (2)

allegorically 1

speaking 1

NAS (2)

allegorically 1

speaking 1

NLT (1)

illustration 1

WEB (1)

an allegory 1

YLT (1)

allegorized 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-PPPNPN 1

ANT

V-PPP-NPN 1

BEZ

V-PPP-NPN 1

BGB

V-PPP-NPN 1

BMT

V-PPP-NPN 1

BYZ

V-PPP-NPN 1

ELZ

V-PPPNPN 1

NA26

V-PPPNPN 1

SBL

V-PPP-NPN 1

SCV

V-PPP-NPN 1

STV

V-PPP-NPN 1

TIS

V-PPP-NPN 1

TRG

V-PPPNPN 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἀλληγορ-έω, (ἀγορεύω)

interpret allegorically, Ἕλληνες Κρόνον ἀλληγοροῦσι τὸν χρόνον Plu. 2.363d, cf. 996b, Heraclit. All. 1: —

1. Pass., to be spoken allegorically, Galatians 4:24; ἀλληγορεῖται ἁ Ἀπόλλων εἰς τὸν Ἥλιον, Sch. S. Aj. 186.

2. abs., speak figuratively or metaphorically, Demetr. Eloc. 151, 285; speak allegorically, J. AJProoem.

3. ἀλληγορ-ητής, οῦ, ὁ, allegorical expounder, Eust. 123.32.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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: Galatians 4:24 (Philo, Josephus, Plutarch, and grammatical writers; (cf. Meyer on Galatians, the passage cited).)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

*† ἀλληγορέω , -ῶ

(<ἄλλος , ἀγορεύω ),

to speak allegorically (Cremer, 96 ff.): Galatians 4:24.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

P Oxy II. 237 v. 15 (A.D. 186) οὐκ ἀλλαχόθεν ἡγήσατο τὴν ἐξέτασιν ἔσεσθαι serves to support John 10:1. The word is classical, though assailed by Atticists (Thayer).

List of Word Forms

αλληγορουμενα αλληγορούμενα ἀλληγορούμενα allegoroumena allegoroúmena allēgoroumena allēgoroúmena