Word Summary
diēgēsis: a narrative
Original Word: διήγησιςTransliteration: diēgēsis
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-ayg'-es-is)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: a narrative
Meaning: a narrative
Strong's Concordance
declaration.
From diegeomai; a recital -- declaration.
see GREEK diegeomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1335: διήγησιςδιήγησις,
διηγήσεως,
ἡ (
διηγέομαι), "a narration, narrative:
Luke 1:1; used of the Gospel narratives also in
Eusebius,
h. e. 3, 24, 7; 3, 39, 12; cf. Grimm in the Jahrbb. f. deutsche Theol. 1871, p. 36. (
Plato,
Aristotle,
Polybius; Sir. 6:35 (
); , etc.; 2 Macc. 2:32 2Macc. 6:17.)