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adjective

dilogos

Greekδίλογος (dilogos)

Strong’sG1351

double-tongued, deceitful

stem dilog-once in the New Testament1 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

double-tongued

What it means

*† δίλογος, -ον

(< δίς, λέγω),

1. in sense of διλογεῖν, -ία (Xen.), given to repetition.
2. In NT, prob. (cf. δίγλωσσος, Pr 11:13, Si 5:9) double-tongued: I Ti 3:8.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1351 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiddil'-og-os

equivocal, i.e. telling a different story

Fromfrom G1364 and G3056;

King Jamesdouble-tongued.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence casemasculine singularfeminine singularneuter singularmasculine pluralfeminine pluralneuter plural
subject nominativedilogosdilogasdilogemdilogoisdilogaisdilogeim
object accusativedilogondilogandilogoinδιλόγουςdilogain
direct address vocativedilogordilogardilogoirdilogair
of, belonging to genitivedilogoudilogaudilogeudilogoiudilogaiudilogeiu
to, for dativedilogadilogedilogoidilogaidilogei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
dilogstem+oaegender+smnruits job in the sentence case+ione · more than one number

dilog 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

dilogoin“double-tongued”objectaccusative plural

1 Timothy 3:8“double-tongued”Diakonoin hōsautōs semnoin, mē dilogoin, mē oino pollo prosecharōtoin, mē aischrokerdoin,Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.