Lexicon
ὁμιλέω
homileō
G3656
G:V Greek

to talk

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Homileo describes people conversing with one another or continuing a spoken exchange in the recorded scenes.

The attested use describes conversational interaction: people speak with one another about events, continue talking through the night, or engage repeatedly in conversation.

Senses in use

  1. Conversing in an ongoing exchange · dominant

    In Luke 24:14 and Luke 24:15, imperfect plural and present infinitive forms occur while two people speak about what had happened; the APB renders the clauses “talking with one another” and “talking and discussing.” In Acts 20:11, an aorist active participle precedes continued speech until daybreak, while Acts 24:26 uses an imperfect singular form for repeated contact; the APB renders “continued talking” and “conversed with him.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB varies its presentation among “talking,” “talking and discussing,” “continued talking,” and “conversed with him.” These are renderings of whole clauses.

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