διαλογίζομαι
to deliberate
Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
From Thayer's Greek Lexicon
Where this word appears
See every Imperfect-tense verb in the Greek New Testament →
Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Tense
- Imperfect
- Continuous or repeated action in past time (“was writing”).
- Present
- Ongoing or general action in present time (imperfective aspect).
Voice
- Middle or Passive deponent
- Middle/passive in form but active in meaning.
Mood
- Indicative
- States a fact or asks a factual question (the mood of reality).
- Infinitive
- A verbal noun (“to write”), unmarked for person or number.
- Participle
- A verbal adjective (“writing,” “having written”).
Case
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
Person
- 3rd person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd person
- The one addressed (“you”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Plural
- More than one.
- Singular
- One.
Every verse where G1260 appears in the Book of Luke — 6 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Greek form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Greek New Testament; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences of this word are not indexed here.
Luke
- Luke 1:29 διελογίζετο impf mid/pass.dep ind 3sg But when she saw him, she was greatly troubled at the saying, and considered what kind of salutation this might be.
- Luke 3:15 διαλογιζομένων pres mid/pass.dep ptcp gen pl masc As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was the Christ,
- Luke 5:21 διαλογίζεσθαι pres mid/pass.dep inf The scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, "Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?"
- Luke 5:22 διαλογίζεσθε pres mid/pass.dep ind 2pl But Jesus, perceiving their thoughts, answered them, "Why are you reasoning so in your hearts?
- Luke 12:17 διελογίζετο impf mid/pass.dep ind 3sg He reasoned within himself, saying, 'What will I do, because I don't have room to store my crops?'
- Luke 20:14 διελογίζοντο impf mid/pass.dep ind 3pl "But when the farmers saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him, that the inheritance may be ours.'
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
At its core, διαλογιζομαι (dialogízomai) means “to deliberate.” Scripture first uses it in Matthew 16:7. It turns up in 15 verses across 3 books, an uncommon footprint. The word gravitates to Mark (40%), then Luke and Matthew. It shares a root with δια, διαβαινω and διαβαλλω. Dig into 15-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G1260 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 15
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 15 distinct verses.
- 3 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 3 of 27 New Testament books.
- #726
- by frequency
- Top 1000 most frequent Greek words (rank 726 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 15 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 15 distinct verses.
- Gospels 15 verses · 100%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 6 verses · 40%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Reason ye 4×, They reasoned 4×
- American Standard Version: Reason ye 4×, They reasoned 4×, Reasoned 2×
- Berean Standard Bible: Are you debating 2×, Are you thinking 2×, They deliberated 2×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Were reasoning 3×, Are you debating 2×, Are you reasoning 2×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G1260 across 16 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 8 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G1260 across 18 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G1260 across 16 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 10 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G1260 across 17 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 8 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 1 sense Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- to bring together different reasons, to reckon up the reasons, to reason, revolve in one's mind, deliberate
Word origin
Derived from δια (diá) (G1223) — through.
Forms in the corpus
The 8 distinct written forms G1260 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that tense’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| διελογίζοντο dielogízonto | Verb, Imperfect, Middle or Passive deponent, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural | Matthew 16:7 | 5 |
| διαλογίζεσθε dialogízesthe | Verb, Present, Middle or Passive deponent, Indicative, 2nd person, Plural | Matthew 16:8 | 4 |
| διελογίζετο dielogízeto | Verb, Imperfect, Middle or Passive deponent, Indicative, 3rd person, Singular | Luke 1:29 | 2 |
| διαλογίζεσθαι dialogízesthai | Verb, Present, Middle or Passive deponent, Infinitive | Luke 5:21 | 1 |
| διαλογίζονται dialogízontai | Verb, Present, Middle or Passive deponent, Indicative, 3rd person, Plural | Mark 2:8 | 1 |
| διαλογιζομένων dialogizoménōn | Verb, Present, Middle or Passive deponent, Participle, Genitive, Plural, Masculine | Luke 3:15 | 1 |
| διαλογιζόμενοι dialogizómenoi | Verb, Present, Middle or Passive deponent, Participle, Nominative, Plural, Masculine | Mark 2:6 | 1 |
| διελογίζεσθε dielogízesthe | Verb, Imperfect, Middle or Passive deponent, Indicative, 2nd person, Plural | Mark 9:33 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G1260, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- διαβαινω diabaínō G1224 to pass through
- διαβαλλω diabállō G1225 to slander
- διαβεβαιοομαι diabebaióomai G1226 to affirm strongly
- διαβλεπω diablépō G1227 to look through
- διαγγελλω diangéllō G1229 to proclaim
- διαγινομαι diagínomai G1230 to continue
- διαγινωσκω diaginṓskō G1231 to ascertain
- διαγογγυζω diagongýzō G1234 to murmur
- διαγρηγορεω diagrēgoréō G1235 to watch through
- διαγω diágō G1236 to lead through
- διαδεχομαι diadéchomai G1237 to receive in succession
- διαδημα diádēma G1238 diadem
- διαδιδωμι diadídōmi G1239 to distribute
- διαζωννυμι diazṓnnymi G1241 to gird around
- διαιρεω diairéō G1244 to divide
- διακαθαριζω diakatharízō G1245 to cleanse thoroughly
- διακατελεγχομαι diakatelénchomai G1246 to confute
- διακουομαι diakoúomai G1251 to hear fully
- διακρινω diakrínō G1252 to distinguish
- διακωλυω diakōlýō G1254 to hinder
- διαλαλεω dialaléō G1255 to converse
- διαλεγομαι dialégomai G1256 to discuss
- διαλειπω dialeípō G1257 to intermit
- διαλλασσω diallássō G1259 to reconcile
+62 more words share this root (not shown).
Derived from this word
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 89 — not the complete family. They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word διαλογιζομαι appears 9 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 9 verses in 3 books.
- 9
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 9
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 3 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 3 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- 2 Samuel 19:20 διαλογίζομαι
- Psalms 9:23 διαλογίζομαι
- Proverbs 17:12 διαλογίζομαι
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G1260) appears in the Greek Septuagint. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- 2 Samuel 19:20 διαλογίζομαι For your servant does know that I have sinned: therefore, behold, I am come this day the first of all the house of Joseph to go down to meet my lord the king.
- Psalms 9:23 διαλογίζομαι
- Psalms 20:12 διαλογίζομαι
- Psalms 34:20 διαλογίζομαι He protects all of his bones. Not one of them is broken.
- Psalms 35:5 διαλογίζομαι Let them be as chaff before the wind, Yahweh's angel driving them on.
- Psalms 76:6 διαλογίζομαι At your rebuke, God of Jacob, Both chariot and horse are cast into a deep sleep.
- Psalms 118:59 διαλογίζομαι
- Psalms 139:9 διαλογίζομαι If I take the wings of the dawn, And settle in the uttermost parts of the sea;
- Proverbs 17:12 διαλογίζομαι Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man, Rather than a fool in his folly.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G1260) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
