ΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΗ, ερμηνευη
ERMĒNEUĒ, ermēneuē
Sounds Like: her-may-NEH-oo-eh
Translations: to interpret, to translate, to explain, to expound
From the root: ΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to interpret, translate, or explain something. It is used when someone makes clear the meaning of words, concepts, or events, often by rendering them into another language or by providing a detailed explanation. For example, one might interpret a dream, translate a foreign language, or explain a difficult passage of scripture.
Inflection: Present, Active, Subjunctive, Third Person, Singular
Strong’s number: G2059 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Ignatius of Antioch
- Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 6:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΩ.
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.
- ΔΥΣΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΤΟΣ — hard to explain, difficult to interpret, hard to understand
- ΕΡΜΗΝ — interpret, explain, translate
- ΕΡΜΗΝΕΥ — to interpret, to translate, to explain, to make clear
- ΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΕΤΑΙ — it is translated, it is interpreted, it means, it is explained
- ΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΚΕΝΑΙ — to interpret, to translate, to explain, to make clear
- ΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΜΕΝΗΝ — interpreted, translated, explained, a translated, an interpreted, an explained
- ΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΟΜΕΝΟΝ — being interpreted, which means, translated
- ΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΟΜΕΝΟΣ — being translated, being interpreted, being explained
- ΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΣΑΙ — to interpret, to explain, to translate
- ΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΣΑΝΤΑΣ — having interpreted, having translated, having explained
- ΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΣΟΝΤΑΣ — those who will interpret, those who will explain, those who will translate, about to interpret, about to explain, about to translate
- ΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΤΗΣ — interpreter, a interpreter, translator, a translator
- ΕΡΜΗΝΕΥΩ — to interpret, to explain, to translate, to expound
- ΗΡΜΗΝΕΥΣΕ — he interpreted, he translated, he explained
- ΗΡΜΗΝΕΥΤΑΙ — it has been interpreted, it has been translated, it has been explained
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