Quick Definition
δίλογος, ον Adj double-tongued, deceitful
Strong's Definition
equivocal, i.e. telling a different story
Derivation: from G1364 (δίς) and G3056 (λόγος);
KJV Usage: double-tongued
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
adjc. | -ον | δύο + λέγω
88.235 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Hypocrisy, Pretense
double-tongued, two-faced, hypocritical pertaining to contradictory behavior based upon pretense or hypocrisy In some languages the equivalent of δίλογος is ‘to speak in two directions’ or ‘to cover one’s thoughts by means of one’s words.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δίλογος, -ov, (δίς and λέγω) ; twice, repeating: Poll. 2, 118 p. 212 ed. Hemst.; 1. saying the same thing whence διλογεῖν and διλογία, Xen. de re equ. 8, 2. 2. doubletongued, double in speech, saying one thing with one person, another with another (with intent to deceive): 1 Tim. iii. 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, 1 Tim. 3:8*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† δίλογος, -ον
(< δίς, λέγω),
in sense of διλογεῖν, -ία (Xen.), given to repetition.
In NT, prob. (cf. δίγλωσσος, Pr 11:13, Si 5:9) double-tongued: I Ti 3:8.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
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 Nageli, p. 52.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
δίλογος (dilogos) — insincere. δῐ-λογος, ον, double-tongued, doubtful, [NT]