Language <1,,1258, dialektos>
primarily "a conversation, discourse" (akin to dialegomai, "to discourse or discuss"), came to denote "the language or dialect of a country or district;" in the AV and RV of Act 2:6 it is translated "language;" in the following the RV retains "language," for AV, "tongue," Act 1:19, Act 2:8, Act 21:40, Act 22:2, Act 26:14. See TONGUE. In the Sept., Est 9:26.
