STRONGS G2059:
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 (
John 1:39) R G T,
John 1:42 (
John 1:43);
John 9:7;
Hebrews 7:2. (2 Esdr. 4:7 for
תַּרְגֵּם.)
[
Compare: δι-,
μεθερμηνεύω.]
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