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Strong's #2059 - ἑρμηνεύω
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- to explain in words, expound
- to interpret
- to translate what has been spoken or written in a foreign tongue into the vernacular
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ἑρμην-εύω,
Dor. ἑρμᾱνεύω SIG 1168.88 (Epid.),
I interpret foreign tongues, X. An. 5.4.4; translate, D.H. Th. 49, etc.; ἀπὸ Πωμαϊκῶν PRyl. 62.30 (iii A. D.): — Pass., Ἑλληνιστί D.H. 2.12, cf. LXX Job 42:17, etc.
II
1. explain, expound, S. OC 398, E. Fr. 636.5, etc.; ὑμῖν ταῦτα Antipho 3.2.1; ὅ τι λέγει Philyll. 11; τὰ τῶν ποιητῶν Pl. Ion 535a: — Med., Id. Epin. 985b: — Pass., Arist. SE 166b11.
2. put into words, express, Th. 2.60, Pl. Lg. 966b, etc.; τι διά τινος Hermog. Id. 2.5; τι πεζῶς Id. Meth. 30: — Pass., D.H. Comp. 25.
3. describe, write about, τὸν Νεῖλον Demetr. Eloc. 121.
III abs., speak clearly, articulate, Hp. Epid. 5.74.
ἑρμηνεύω: (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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ἑρμηνεύω ,
[in LXX: Ezra 4:7 (H8638), Ezra 10:3 Job 42:17β *;]
1. to explain.
2. to interpret: Luke 24:27 (WH, mg.), John 1:39; John 1:43; John 9:7, Hebrews 7:2.†
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To the legal BGU I. 326, cited s.v. ἑρμηνεία, there is added the following official docket—ii. 22 Γάϊος Λούκκιος Γεμινι [ανὸ ]ς νομικὸς Ῥωμαϊκὸς ἡρμήνευσα τὸ προκείμενον ἀντίγραφον καί ἐστιν σύμφωνον τῇ αὐθεντικῇ διαθήκῃ. Cf. the fragment of an unknown Latin work, P Ryl II. 62 (iii/A.D.), which ends—Ὀλύμπ [ιος ] Ἰσ [ι ]δωριανὸς [. . . . . . .] ἑρμήνευσα ἀπὸ Ῥω [μα ]ϊκῶν. The verb is used in a wider sense in BGU I. 140.20 (A.D. 201–2) τὸ αὐστηρότερον ὑπὸ τῶν πρὸ ἐμοῦ αὐτοκρατόρων σταθὲν φιλανθρωπότερ [ο ]ν ἑρμηνεύω : cf. Luke 24:27 D. MGr = ";explain,"; ";comment upon.";
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