Strong's Greek Concordance

G238: ἀλληγορέω

allēgoréō · “to use an analogy”

Definition

to allegorize

KJV translates it as: be an allegory (the Greek word itself)

Word origin: from G243 (ἄλλος) and (to harangue (compare G58 (ἀγορά)));

Extended definition

ἀλληγορέω, -ῶ
(ἄλλος, ἀγορεύω)
to speak allegorically (Cremer, 96 ff.): Gal.4:24.†
(AS)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).

How G238 is translated

  • allegorized; ×1

Bible verses with G238 (allēgoréō)

Allēgoréō appears in 1 verse.

  • Galatians 4:24

    Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar.