Lexicon diégésis: a narrative Original Word: διήγησις, εως, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: diégésis Phonetic Spelling: (dee-ayg'-es-is) Short Definition: a narrative Definition: a narrative. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 1335 diḗgesis (from 1334 /diēgéomai, "fully lead, thoroughly conduct, narrate") – properly, a full narration (account), as carefully recorded in an authoritative historical account which is thorough (complete, comprehensive). (Note the intensifying force of the prefix, dia.) See 1334 (diēgeoma). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom diégeomaiDefinitiona narrative NASB Translationaccount (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1335: διήγησιςδιήγησις, διηγήσεως, ἡ ( διηγέομαι), "a narration, narrative: Luke 1:1; used of the Gospel narratives also in Eusebius, h. e. 3, 24, 7; 3, 39, 12; cf. Grimm in the Jahrbb. f. deutsche Theol. 1871, p. 36. ( Plato, Aristotle, Polybius; Sir. 6:35 ( ); , etc.; 2 Macc. 2:32 2Macc. 6:17.)
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