Quick Definition
double-tongued, deceitful
Strong's Definition
equivocal, i.e. telling a different story
Derivation: from G1364 (δίς) and G3056 (λόγος);
KJV Usage: double-tongued
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δίλογος, διλογον (δίς and λέγω);
1. saying the same thing twice, repeating: Pollux 2, 118, p. 212, Hemst. edition; whence διλόγειν and διλογία, Xenophon, de re equ. 8, 2.
2. double-tongued, double in speech, saying one thing with one person, another with another (with intent to deceive): 1Ti_3:8.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δίλογος dilogos 1x
pr. saying the same thing twice; in NT double-tongued, speaking one thing and meaning another, deceitful in words, 1Ti_3:8
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† διλογος , -ον
( < δίς , λέγω ),
1. in sense of διλογεῖν , -ία ( Xen .), given to repetition.
2. In NT, prob. ( cf. δίγλωσσος , Pro_11:13 , Sir_5:9 ) double-tongued: 1Ti_3:8 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δίλογος [page 163]
δίλογος must be recorded as one of the small class that cannot be illustrated. Διλογία repetition and διλογεῖν repeat are quoted from Xenophon and later writers, δίλογος itself in the same sense from Pollux. But the Pauline sense is still unsupported : see Nδgeli, p. 52.
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
δίλογος δί-λογος, ον (adj di-log os_on ) [Etym: δίς] "double-tongued, doubtful", NTest.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
διλογος, -ον
(δίς, λέγω),
__1. in sense of διλογεῖν, -ία (Xen.), given to repetition.
__2. In NT, prob. (cf. δίγλωσσος, Pro.11:13, Sir.5:9) double-tongued: 1Ti.3:8.†
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