International Standard Bible Encyclopedia DISCOURSE dis-kors': In the Revised Version (British and American) of Acts 20:7, 9, the translation of Greek dialegomai (the King James Version "preach"), elsewhere rendered, according to the implications of the context, "reason" or "dispute," as Acts 17:2; Acts 19:9 (the King James Version "disputing," the Revised Version (British and American) "reasoning"); Jude 1:9. TIMOTHY, EPISTLES TO See PASTORAL EPISTLES.
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