2001 Translation

ERMĒNEIA, ermēneia

Sounds Like: er-may-NEH-yah

Translations: interpretation, explanation, translation, an interpretation, an explanation, a translation

From the root: ΕΡΜΗΝΕΙΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the act or result of interpreting, explaining, or translating something. It can be used to describe the process of making something clear or understandable, or the meaning derived from such a process. For example, one might speak of the 'interpretation' of a dream or a difficult text.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G2058 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 103:5, 124:4

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Daniel (Old Greek) — 5:1

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• 1 Corinthians — 12:10

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΡΜΗΝΕΙΑ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΕΡΜΗΝΕΙΑΝ — interpretation, a translation, explanation, a meaning
• ΕΡΜΗΝΕΙΑΣ — of interpretation, of translation, of explanation
• ΕΡΜΗΝΙΑΙΣ — to interpretation, to interpretations, for interpretation, for interpretations
• ΕΡΜΗΝΙΑΝ — interpretation, a interpretation, explanation, a explanation

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