verb
dialogizomō
Strong’sG1260
I reason, debate, consider
stem dialogiz-16 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books8 forms occur
What it means
A plain-English reading of the word, with the lexicons it draws on — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones — right below it, in full.
AI Summary
διαλογίζομαι means to think something through inwardly, weighing it in the mind — to consider, reason, or deliberate 1234. It is used of someone pondering a matter privately, "in the heart" or "within oneself" 1, and also of people reasoning or debating a question together, back and forth with one another 13. Strong's brings out the sense of reckoning something thoroughly, whether through private reflection or through discussion with others 2.
In the Greek Old Testament the word also carries the distinct sense to impute — to charge or reckon something to a person's account 3.
The word's underlying, literal use was commercial: to balance accounts 13, from which the more general sense of carefully working something out in the mind developed.
Sources: 1 Abbott-Smith 2 Strong's 3 LSJ 4 Dodson. Condensed by anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 on 2026-09-23 — it may still misstate what these say; check them yourself if it matters to you.
The lexicons it was drawn from, in full:
Abbott-Smith — the 1922 lexicon entry, in full
δια-λογίζομαι, depon.
[in LXX chiefly for חשׁב, freq. in Pss.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G1260 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saiddee-al-og-id'-zom-ahee
to reckon thoroughly, i.e. (genitive case) to deliberate (by reflection or discussion)
King Jamescast in mind, consider, dispute, muse, reason, think.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
perfect -λελόγισμαιRefs 4th c.BC+:—balance accounts, πρός τινα Refs 4th c.BC+:—passive, Refs 4th c.BC+
2 calculate exactly, ὁπόσον.. Refs 4th c.BC+; consider, ἀεί τι δ. καλόν Refs 5th c.BC+; κενὰ δ.Refs 4th c.BC+; stop to consider, Refs 4th c.BC+; distinguish between, τὰ καλὰ καὶ τὰ μή Refs 4th c.BC+
II debate, argue, περί τινος Refs 5th c.BC+
III impute, τί τινι LXX
IV with accusative loci. hold a circuit court (Latin conventus) for a district, Refs 2nd c.AD+; ἐν Ἰονλιοπόλει Refs 2nd c.AD+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| dialogizovōδιαλογίζεσθε | happening now · yepresent middle or passive indicative 2nd person plural | discussing | 4× |
| dialogizolōδιαλογίζονται | happening now · theypresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person plural | thinking | 1× |
| dialogizoteδιελογίζετο | was happening · he/she/itimperfect middle or passive indicative 3rd person singular | thought | 2× |
| dialogizoveδιελογίζεσθε | was happening · yeimperfect middle or passive indicative 2nd person plural | discussing | 1× |
| dialogizoleδιελογίζοντο | was happening · theyimperfect middle or passive indicative 3rd person plural | discussed | 5× |
| dialogizorōδιαλογίζεσθαι | happening now · the “to …” formpresent middle or passive infinitive | reason | 1× |
| dialogizorōntoisδιαλογιζόμενοι | happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative plural masculine | questioning | 1× |
| dialogizorōntoiuδιαλογιζομένων | happening now · of, belonging topresent middle or passive participle genitive plural masculine | questioning | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 54, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 13 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | dialogizomō | dialogizome | dialogizomē | dialogizomelē |
| you 2nd person singular | dialogizosō | dialogizose | dialogizosē | dialogizoselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | dialogizotō | dialogizote2×διελογίζετο | dialogizotē | dialogizotelē |
| we 1st person plural | dialogizonō | dialogizone | dialogizonē | dialogizonelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | dialogizovō4×διαλογίζεσθε | dialogizove1×διελογίζεσθε | dialogizovē | dialogizovelē |
| they 3rd person plural | dialogizolō1×διαλογίζονται | dialogizole5×διελογίζοντο | dialogizolē | dialogizolelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | dialogizomeiō | dialogizomeiē |
| you 2nd person singular | dialogizoseiō | dialogizoseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | dialogizoteiō | dialogizoteiē |
| we 1st person plural | dialogizoneiō | dialogizoneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | dialogizoveiō | dialogizoveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | dialogizoleiō | dialogizoleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | dialogizosōr | dialogizosēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | dialogizotōr | dialogizotēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | dialogizovōr | dialogizovēr |
| they 3rd person plural | dialogizolōr | dialogizolēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present |
|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | dialogizomoiō |
| you 2nd person singular | dialogizosoiō |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | dialogizotoiō |
| we 1st person plural | dialogizonoiō |
| ye 2nd person plural | dialogizovoiō |
| they 3rd person plural | dialogizoloiō |
The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | dialogizorō1×διαλογίζεσθαι | dialogizorē |
Used as an adjective — participle, 2 occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| acts on itself, or is acted on middle or passive voice | dialogizorōntos2× | dialogizorēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
dialogiz is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
16 occurrences, every one of them listed
dialogizovō“discussing”happening now · yepresent middle or passive indicative 2nd person plural4×
Matthew 16:8“discussing”gnōskarantos de tos Iēsus legata; Tinem dialogizovō en heautoi, oligopistoir, hoti artoin ouk …Aware of their conversation, Jesus said, “You of little faith, why are you debating among yourselves about having no bread?
Mark 2:8… en heautoi legatō autoi; Tinem houteim dialogizovō en tai kardiai vu?… way within themselves. “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?” He …
Mark 8:17“discussing”kai gnōskarantos legatō autoi; Tinem dialogizovō hoti artoin ouk echavō? oupō noavō …Aware of their conversation, Jesus asked them, “Why are you debating about having no bread? Do you still not see or understand? Do you have such hard …
Luke 5:22“reasoning”… autoiu apokrinirantos legata pros autoin; Tinem dialogizovō en tai kardiai vu?… Jesus replied, “Why are you thinking these things in your hearts?
dialogizolō“thinking”happening now · theypresent middle or passive indicative 3rd person plural1×
Mark 2:8… Iēsus te pneume autou hoti houtōs dialogizolō en heautoi legatō autoi; Tinem houteim …… in His spirit that they were thinking this way within themselves. “Why are …
dialogizote“thought”was happening · he/she/itimperfect middle or passive indicative 3rd person singular2×
Luke 1:29“pondering”… de epi to logo diatarassita kai dialogizote potapos atoiō tos aspasmos houtos.Mary was greatly troubled at his words and wondered what kind of greeting this might be.
Luke 12:17kai dialogizote en heauto legarōntos; Tinem poiameia, hoti …So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do …
dialogizove“discussing”was happening · yeimperfect middle or passive indicative 2nd person plural1×
Mark 9:33… eperōtate autoin; Tinem en ta hoda dialogizove?… He asked them, “What were you discussing on the way?”
dialogizole“discussed”was happening · theyimperfect middle or passive indicative 3rd person plural5×
Matthew 16:7“discussing”tois de dialogizole en heautoi legarōntois hoti Artoin ouk …They discussed this among themselves and concluded, “It is because we did not bring any bread.”
Matthew 21:25“discussed”… ouranou ē ek anthrōpoiu? tois de dialogizole en heautoi legarōntois; Ean leganeia; Ek …… it from heaven or from men?” They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He …
Mark 8:16kai dialogizole pros allēloin hoti artoin ouk echalō.So they began to discuss with one another the fact that …
Mark 11:31“discussed”kai dialogizole pros heautoin legarōntois; Tinem leganeia? ean …They deliberated among themselves what they should answer: “If we say …
Luke 20:14horarantois de auton tois geōrgois dialogizole pros allēloin legarōntois; Houtos atō tos …… the tenants saw the son, they discussed it among themselves and said, ‘This …
dialogizorō“reason”happening now · the “to …” formpresent middle or passive infinitive1×
Luke 5:21“reason”kai archela dialogizorō tois grammatevois kai tois Farisaiois legarōntois; …But the scribes and Pharisees began thinking to …
dialogizorōntois“questioning”happening now · subjectpresent middle or passive participle nominative plural masculine1×
Mark 2:6“questioning”… tinois toiu grammatevoiu ekei kathorōntois kai dialogizorōntois en tai kardiai autoiu;But some of the scribes were sitting there and thinking in their hearts,
dialogizorōntoiu“questioning”happening now · of, belonging topresent middle or passive participle genitive plural masculine1×
Luke 3:15“questioning”Prosdokarōntou de tou laou kai dialogizorōntoiu pantoiu en tai kardiai autoiu peri …The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John could be the Christ.