King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1329
Transliteration: diermēneuō
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-er-main-yoo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to explain thoroughly, by implication to translate
Meaning: to explain thoroughly, by implication to translate
διερμηνεύω; imperfect διηρμηνευον and (without augment cf. Buttmann, 34 (30)) διερμηνευον (Luke 24:27 L Tr marginal reading); 1 aorist (also without augment; so all early manuscripts Hort) διερμήνευσα (Luke, the passage cited T Tr text WH); (present passive διερμηνεύομαι); to interpret (διά intensifying by marking transition (cf. German verdeutlichen); Winer's De verb. comp. etc. Part v., p. 10f);
Word Summary
diermēneuō: to explain thoroughly, by implication to translate
Original Word: διερμηνεύωTransliteration: diermēneuō
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-er-main-yoo'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to explain thoroughly, by implication to translate
Meaning: to explain thoroughly, by implication to translate
Strong's Concordance
expound, interpret. From dia and hermeneuo; to explain thoroughly, by implication, to translate -- expound, interpret(-ation).
see GREEK dia
see GREEK hermeneuo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1329: διερμηνεύωδιερμηνεύω; imperfect διηρμηνευον and (without augment cf. Buttmann, 34 (30)) διερμηνευον (Luke 24:27 L Tr marginal reading); 1 aorist (also without augment; so all early manuscripts Hort) διερμήνευσα (Luke, the passage cited T Tr text WH); (present passive διερμηνεύομαι); to interpret (διά intensifying by marking transition (cf. German verdeutlichen); Winer's De verb. comp. etc. Part v., p. 10f);
1. to unfold the meaning of what is said, explain, expound: τί, Luke 24:27; absolutely, 1 Corinthians 12:30; 1 Corinthians 14:5, 13, 27.
2. to translate into one's native language: Acts 9:36 (2 Macc. 1:36; Polybius 3, 22, 3, and several times in Philo (cf. Siegfried, Glossar. Phil. under the word)).