Word study
Discuss
2 Hebrew and 7 Greek words behind this English word
The original-language words that the Berean Standard Bible translates with one of these: discuss, discussing, discussed. English often uses one word where Hebrew or Greek has several, each with its own shade of meaning. Under each word are verses where it is translated this way; choose the word itself for its full study: every verse, how else it is translated, the forms it takes and what the dictionaries say.
At a glance
How often each original word is translated “discuss” or one of its forms.
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Hebrew and Aramaic words (Old Testament)
- דָבַר dâbarspeaktranslated this way 1 time of its 1,113 uses · Strong’s H1696Verb · Translated: speak 209, said 157, spoken 142, spoke 110Full study and all 1,025 verses →
1 Samuel 20:23 And as for the matter you and I have discussed, the LORD is a witness between you and me forever.”
- אָמַר âmarutter, saytranslated this way 1 time of its 4,555 uses · Strong’s H559Verb · Translated: said 1,531, says 576, say 352, replied 341Full study and all 3,827 verses →
Greek words (New Testament)
- διαλογίζομαι dialogízomaiI reason, debate, considertranslated this way 4 times of its 16 uses · Strong’s G1260Verb · Translated: thinking 5, discussed 2, debating 2, deliberated 2Full study and all 15 verses →
Matthew 16:7 They discussed this among themselves and concluded, “It is because we did not bring any bread.”
Mark 8:16 So they began to discuss with one another the fact that they had no bread.
- διαλαλέω dialaléōI converse together, talk oftranslated this way 1 time of its 2 uses · Strong’s G1255Verb · Translated: talking 1, began to discuss 1Full study and all 2 verses →
Luke 6:11 But the scribes and Pharisees were filled with rage and began to discuss with one another what they might do to Jesus.
- συλλαλέω syllaléōI talk withtranslated this way 1 time of its 6 uses · Strong’s G4814Verb · Translated: talking 2, asked 1, began talking 1, discuss 1Full study and all 6 verses →
Luke 22:4 And Judas went to discuss with the chief priests and temple officers how he might betray Jesus to them.
- λέγω légōI say, speaktranslated this way 1 time of its 993 uses · Strong’s G3004Verb · Translated: said 216, tell 164, say 105, saying 86Full study and all 936 verses →
- συζητέω syzētéōI seek together, discuss, disputetranslated this way 1 time of its 10 uses · Strong’s G4802Verb · Translated: began to ask 1, argue 1, discussing 1, arguing 1Full study and all 10 verses →
Mark 9:10 So they kept this matter to themselves, discussing what it meant to rise from the dead.
- ἀντιβάλλω antibállōI throw at in opposition, exchange words withtranslated this way 1 time of its 1 use · Strong’s G474Verb · Translated: discussing so intently 1Full study and its 1 verse →
Luke 24:17 He asked them, “What are you discussing so intently as you walk along?” They stood still, with sadness on their faces.
- λαλέω laléōI speak, saytranslated this way 1 time of its 291 uses · Strong’s G2980Verb · Translated: speak 69, spoke 36, speaking 31, spoken 27Full study and all 268 verses →
1 Timothy 5:13 At the same time they will also learn to be idle, going from house to house and being not only idle, but also gossips and busybodies, discussing things they should not mention .
How to study a word well
- Start from the verse, not the dictionary. Find which Hebrew or Greek word stands in the verse you are studying. One English word often translates several different original words.
- Read every place the word is used. A word means what its writers used it to mean. The list of verses and the count by book show its range, and who uses it most.
- Look at how it is translated. A word rendered five different ways has a wider meaning than any one English word can carry.
- Notice the form. A command is not a statement, and a passive verb is something done to the subject. The form in your verse is part of the meaning.
- See what it keeps company with. The words that appear beside it again and again show how the Bible itself connects ideas.
- Then read the dictionaries. They give the considered view of scholars, with their evidence.
- Come back to the verse. Context decides. A word does not carry every one of its meanings into every verse, and where a word came from does not settle what it means in a sentence written centuries later.
Scripture text and translation counts: Berean Standard Bible. Full entry: Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906, public domain), in the digital edition Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced by unfoldingWord (Joel Ruark, J. de Joode), based on data by Eliran Wong and Stephen Ku; its additions are used under CC BY 4.0. Strong’s Hebrew Dictionary: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew-to-English verse numbering: original work of the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible available at https://github.com/openscriptures/morphhb, CC BY 4.0. We reformatted the data, linked the references to this site’s Bible text and left out words in other scripts that the source holds only as images. These are historical reference works; an entry gives its authors’ view, and a word’s meaning in any verse depends on how it is used there.