διάλεκτος diálektos

Meaning

a (mode of) discourse, i.e. "dialect"

In the King James Version: language, tongue

Derivation: from G1256 (διαλέγομαι);

Where it is used

• Acts 1:19 This became known to all who lived in Jerusalem, so they called that field in their own language Akeldama, that is, Field of Blood.)
• Acts 2:6 And when this sound rang out, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own language.
• Acts 2:8 How is it then that each of us hears them in his own native language?
• Acts 21:40 Having received permission, Paul stood on the steps and motioned to the crowd. A great hush came over the crowd, and he addressed them in Hebrew:
• Acts 22:2 When they heard him speak to them in Hebrew, they became even more quiet. Then Paul declared,
• Acts 26:14 We all fell to the ground, and I heard a voice say to me in Hebrew, ‘Saul, Saul, why do you persecute Me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’