Language - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words
Language
[ 1,,G1258, 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 Acts 2:6 it is translated "language;" in the following the RV retains "language," for AV, "tongue," Acts 1:19; Acts 2:8; Acts 21:40; Acts 22:2; Acts 26:14. See TONGUE. In the Sept., Esther 9:26.