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Expound
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words
or "to set out, expose" (ek, "out," tithemi, "to place"), is used (a) literally, Acts 7:21; (b) metaphorically, in the Middle Voice, to set forth, "expound," of circumstances, Acts 11:4; of the way of God, Acts 18:26; of the kingdom of God, Acts 28:23 .
primarily, "to loose, release," a strengthened form of luo, "to loose," signifies "to solve, explain, expound," Mark 4:34 , "expounded;" in Acts 19:39 , of settling a controversy, RV, "it shall be settled," for AV, "it shall be determined." See DETERMINE. Cp. epilusis, "an interpretation," 2 Peter 1:20 .
"to interpret fully" (dia, "through," intensive, hermeneuo, "to interpret"); (Eng., "hermeneutics"), is translated, "He expounded" in Luke 24:27 , AV, RV, "interpreted;" in Acts 9:36 , "by interpretation," lit., "being interpreted;" see also 1 Corinthians 12:30; 14:5,13,27 . See INTERPRET.
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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Expound'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ved/e/expound.html. 1940.
