King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G238
Transliteration: allēgoreō
Phonetic Spelling: (al-lay-gor-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to speak allegorically
Meaning: to speak allegorically
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).)
Word Summary
allēgoreō: to speak allegorically
Original Word: ἀλληγορέωTransliteration: allēgoreō
Phonetic Spelling: (al-lay-gor-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to speak allegorically
Meaning: to speak allegorically
Strong's Concordance
to allegorizeFrom allos and agoreo (to harangue (compare agora)); to allegorize -- be an allegory (the Greek word itself).
see GREEK allos
see GREEK agora
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 238: ἀλληγορέωἀλληγορέω, (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).)