Original Word: δημηγορέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: démégoreó
Pronunciation: day-may-gor-eh'-o
Phonetic Spelling: (day-may-gor-eh'-o)
KJV: make an oration
NASB: delivering an address
Word Origin: [from a compound of G1218 (δῆμος - assembly) and G58 (ἀγορά - market places)]

1. to be a people-gatherer, i.e. to address a public assembly

make an oration.

From a compound of demos and agora; to be a people-gatherer, i.e. To address a public assembly -- make an oration.

see GREEK demos

see GREEK agora

Word Origin
from démégoros (popular orator); from démos and agoreuó (to speak in the assembly, harangue)
Definition
to deliver a public address
NASB Translation
delivering an address (1).

STRONGS NT 1215: δημηγορέω

δημηγορέω, δημηγόρω: (imperfect ἐδημηγορουν); (to be a δημηγόρος, from δῆμος and ἀγορεύω, to harangue the people); to address a public assembly, make a speech to the people: ἐδημηγόρει πρός αὐτούς (A. V. made an oration), Acts 12:21. (Aristophanes, Xenophon, Plato, Demosthenes, others. Proverbs 30:31 (); 4 Macc. 5:15.)

Forms and Transliterations

δημηγορήσαι δημηγορών εδημηγορει εδημηγόρει ἐδημηγόρει edemegorei edemegórei edēmēgorei edēmēgórei

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