Lexical Summary hermēneuō: to interpret Original Word: ἑρμηνεύωTransliteration: hermēneuō Phonetic Spelling: (her-mayn-yoo'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to interpret Meaning: to interpret Strong's Concordance interpret. From a presumed derivative of Hermes (as the god of language); to translate -- interpret. see GREEK Hermes Thayer's Greek Lexicon 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 ( |
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