διηγέομαι
diēgeomai
to relate fully
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word διηγέομαι (diēgeomai) is defined as "to relate fully." This meaning suggests a detailed and comprehensive account of events, experiences, or stories. In examining the occurrences of διηγέομαι in the Bible, we see that it is used to describe the act of recounting or retelling a narrative in a thorough manner. This could encompass various types of accounts, from historical events to personal stories. Given this definition and usage, the significance of διηγέομαι may be related to the importance of accurate and detailed storytelling in ancient cultures, which likely played a crucial role in preserving history, culture, and personal experiences.
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Occurrences in Scripture
8 total occurrences across the text
Those who saw it declared to them what happened to him who was possessed by demons, and about the pigs.
Mark 9:9As they were coming down from the mountain, he commanded them that they should tell no one what things they had seen, until after the Son of Man had risen from the dead.
Luke 8:39“Return to your house, and declare what great things God has done for you.” He went his way, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.
Luke 9:10The apostles, when they had returned, told him what things they had done. He took them and withdrew apart to a desert region of a city called Bethsaida.
Acts 8:33In his humiliation, his judgment was taken away. Who will declare His generation? For his life is taken from the earth.”
Acts 9:27But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.
Acts 12:17But he, beckoning to them with his hand to be silent, declared to them how the Lord had brought him out of the prison. He said, “Tell these things to James and to the brothers.” Then he departed and went to another place.
Hebrews 11:32What more shall I say? For the time would fail me if I told of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,