Strong's Lexicon
G238
G238 — ἀλληγορέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G238 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀλληγορέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G243 and agoreo "to discourse publicly, to harangue" |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | allegoreo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | al-lay-gor-eh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to allegorize, make into a allegory |
| KJV Renderings: | be an allegory (the Greek word itself) |
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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).)
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀλληγορέω (be an allegory (the Greek word itself))
Galatians 4:24
- KJV: Which things are an allegory for these are the two covenants the one from the mount Sinai which gendereth to bondage which is Agar
- GK: άτινά εστιν αλληγορούμενα αύται γαρ εισιν αι δύο διαθήκαι μία μεν από όρους Σινά εις δουλείαν γεννώσα ήτις εστίν Αγάρ