Word Summary
allēgoreō: to speak allegorically
Original Word: ἀλληγορέωTransliteration: allēgoreō
Phonetic Spelling: (al-lay-gor-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to speak allegorically
Meaning: to speak allegorically
Strong's Concordance
to allegorize
From allos and agoreo (to harangue (compare agora)); to allegorize -- be an allegory (the Greek word itself).
see GREEK allos
see GREEK agora
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 238: ἀλληγορέωἀλληγορέω,
(ῶ: (present passive participle
ἀλληγοροὺμενος); i. e.,
ἄλλο μέν ἀγορεύω,
ἄλλο δέ νοέω, "
aliud verbis, aliud sensu ostendo (
Quintilian instt. 8, 6, 44),
to speak allegorically or
in a figure:
Galatians 4:24 (
Philo,
Josephus,
Plutarch, and grammatical writers; (cf. Meyer on Galatians, the passage cited).)