"to say what is either designed or fitted to convey a meaning other than the literal one, to allegorize; ἀλληγορούμενος, adapted to another meaning, otherwise significant, Gal. 4:24*"
Definition and meaning
to say what is either designed or fitted to convey a meaning other than the literal one, to allegorize; ἀλληγορούμενος, adapted to another meaning, otherwise significant, Gal. 4:24*
In the original Greek the word is written: ἀλληγορέω
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of allegoreo (G238) across the King James Bible.
Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.
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Common questions
Strong's G238 (allegoreo) is a Greek word that means: to say what is either designed or fitted to convey a meaning other than the literal one, to allegorize; ἀλληγορούμενος, adapted to another meaning, otherwise significant, Gal. 4:24* It appears 1 times in the King James Bible.
The word allegoreo (G238) appears 1 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G238 is allegoreo, a Greek word defined as: to say what is either designed or fitted to convey a meaning other than the literal one, to allegorize; ἀλληγορούμενος, adapted to another meaning, ot. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
allegoreo is a Greek word found in the New Testament.