Verb dialegomai (to discuss, to argue) in the Gospels-Acts

(Translation from NRSV with a few modifications for a more literal meaning)


Mark

9: 34But they were silent, for on the way they had argued (dialegomai) with one another who was the greatest.

Acts

17: 2And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on three sabbath days argued (dialegomai) with them from the scriptures,
17: 17So he argued (dialegomai) in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and also in the marketplace every day with those who happened to be there.
18: 4Every sabbath he would argue (dialegomai) in the synagogue and would try to convince Jews and Greeks.
18: 19When they reached Ephesus, he left them there, but first he himself went into the synagogue and he argued (dialegomai) with the Jews.
19: 8He entered the synagogue and for three months spoke out boldly, and argued (dialegomai) persuasively about the kingdom of God.
19: 9When some stubbornly refused to believe and spoke evil of the Way before the congregation, he left them, taking the disciples with him, and argued (dialegomai) daily in the lecture hall of Tyrannus.
20: 7On the first day of the week, when we met to break bread, Paul was arguing (dialegomai) with them; since he intended to leave the next day, he continued speaking until midnight.
20: 9A young man named Eutychus, who was sitting in the window, began to sink off into a deep sleep while Paul discussed (dialegomai) still longer. Overcome by sleep, he fell to the ground three floors below and was picked up dead.
24: 12They did not find me arguing (dialegomai) with anyone in the temple or stirring up a crowd either in the synagogues or throughout the city.
24: 25And as he discussed (dialegomai) justice, self-control, and the coming judgment, Felix became frightened and said, "Go away for the present; when I have an opportunity, I will send for you."