1258 - dialektos

Strong's Concordance

Original word: διάλεκτος
Transliteration: dialektos
Definition (short): dialect
Definition (full): speech, language

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from dialegomai
Definition: speech, language
NASB Translation: dialect (3), language (3).
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From dialegomai; a (mode of) discourse, i.e. "dialect" -- language, tongue.

see GREEK dialegomai

KJV: And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.
NASB: And it became known to all who were living in Jerusalem; so that in their own language that field was called Hakeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)
KJV: Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language.
NASB: And when this sound occurred, the crowd came together, and were bewildered because each one of them was hearing them speak in his own language.
KJV: And how hear we every man in our own tongue, wherein we were born?
NASB: "And how is it that we each hear them in our own language to which we were born?
KJV: And when he had given him licence, Paul stood on the stairs, and beckoned with the hand unto the people. And when there was made a great silence, he spake unto them in the Hebrew tongue, saying,
NASB: When he had given him permission, Paul, standing on the stairs, motioned to the people with his hand; and when there was a great hush, he spoke to them in the Hebrew dialect, saying,
KJV: (And when they heard that he spake in the Hebrew tongue to them, they kept the more silence: and he saith,)
NASB: And when they heard that he was addressing them in the Hebrew dialect, they became even more quiet; and he said,