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REASON
(Verb)
1. (διαλογίζομαι, (1260)), to bring together different reasons and reckon them
up, to reason, is used in the NT (a)
chiefly of thoughts and considerations which are more or less
objectionable, e.g., of the disciples who reasoned together,
through a mistaken view of Christ’s teaching regarding leaven,
Matt. 16:7, 8 and Mark 8:16,17; of their reasoning as to who was
the greatest among them, Mark 9:33, RV, “were ye reasoning,” AV,
“ye disputed” (for 34, see
Dispute;)
of the Scribes and Pharisees in criticizing Christ’s claim to
forgive sins, Mark 2:6, 8 (twice) and Luke 5:21, 22; of the
chief priests and elders in considering how to answer Christ’s
question regarding John’s baptism, Matt. 21:25; Mark 11:31 (some
mss have
logizomai,
here, which is nowhere else rendered “to reason”); of the wicked
husbandmen, and their purpose to murder the heir and seize his
inheritance, Luke 20:14; of the rich man who “reasoned” within
himself, R.V. (A.V., “thought”), as to where to bestow his
fruits, Luke 12:17 (some mss. have it in John 11:50, the best
have
logizomai;
see
Account, No. 4); (b)
of considerations not objectionable,
2. (διαλέγομαι, (1256)), to think different things with oneself, to ponder,
then, to dispute with others
3. (συλλογίζομαι, (4817)), to compute (sun,
with, and
logizomai;
syllogism), also denotes to reason, and is so rendered in Luke
20:5.¶
4. (συζητέω, (4802)), to seek or examine together (sun,
with,
zēteō,
to seek), to discuss
Vine, W., & Bruce, F.
1981; Published in electronic form by Logos Research
Systems, 1996. Vine's Expository dictionary of
Old and New Testament words . Revell: Old Tappan
NJ
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