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.)