- Original: διάλεκτος - Transliteration: Dialektos - Phonetic: dee-al'-ek-tos - Definition: 1. conversation, speech, discourse, language 2. the tongue or language peculiar to any people - Origin: from G1256 - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G1256 ; a (mode of) discourse that is dialect: - language tongue. Total KJV Occurrences: 6 • language, 1 Act 2:6 • tongue, 5 Act 1:19; Act 2:8; Act 21:40; Act 22:2; Act 26:14