Lexicon herméneuó: to interpret Original Word: ἑρμηνεύωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: herméneuó Phonetic Spelling: (her-mayn-yoo'-o) Short Definition: I translate, interpret Definition: (a) I translate, explain, (b) I interpret the meaning of. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom HermésDefinitionto interpret NASB Translationtranslated (2), translation (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 2059: ἑρμηνεύωἑρμηνεύω: (present passive ἑρμηνεύομαι); (from Ἑρμῆς, who was held to be the god of speech, writing, eloquence, learning); 1. to explain in words, expound: (Sophocles, Euripides), Xenophon, Plato, others. 2. to interpret, i. e. to translate what has been spoken or written in a foreign tongue into the vernacular (Xenophon, an. 5, 4, 4): John 1:38 () R G T, (); ; Hebrews 7:2. (2 Esdr. 4:7 for תַּרְגֵּם.) (Compare: διερμηνεύω, μεθερμηνεύω.)
Strong's interpret. From a presumed derivative of Hermes (as the god of language); to translate -- interpret. see GREEK Hermes |
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