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G2058 ἑρμηνεία (hermēneía)
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Quick Definition

ἑρμηνεία, ας, ἡ n.f. translation, interpretation

Strong's Definition

from the same as 2059; translation

KJV Usage: interpretation

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, f. | -ας | ἑρμηνεύω

33.147 · Communication · Interpret, Mean, Explain

translating, interpreting, interpretation capacity or ability to interpret or translate

1CO 12:10 · 1CO 14:26

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἑρμηνεία [ WH -via; 5661, ¢], -as, 9, (ἑρμηνεύω), interpretation (of what has been spoken more or less obscurely by others): 1 Co. xii. 10 [L txt. depp. q. ν.1; xiv. 26. [From Plato down.]

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἑρμηνεία hermēneia 2x

interpretation, explanation, 1 Cor. 14:26; meton. the power or faculty of interpreting, 1 Cor. 12:10*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἑρμηνεία, v.s. ἑρμηνία.

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἑρμηνεία. The Greek translation of a will originally written in Latin is headed—Eppyvlla διαθήκης (BGU IT. 3261 1—ii/a.p.). Attached to it is—“Eppyvla κωδικίλλων διπτύχων (25. 115), Cf. P Oxy XII. 14668 (A.p. 245) and P Thead 1341 (a.p. 322 or 323), and see P Fay 23" (ii/a.D.) for an ἐπιτ(ηρητὴς) ἑρμηνίας. Vett. Val. p. 45 «ὃ: δὲ τοῦ “Eppod σημαίνει παιδείαν, γράμματα, ἔλεγχον, λόγον, ἀδελφότητα, ἑρμηνείαν, κηρυκείαν κτλ. In the MGr Velvendos dialect ὁρμήνεια = ‘ counsel,” ‘‘ advice.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἑρμηνεία (hermēneia) — interpretation. ἑρμην-εία, ἡ, (ἑρμηνεύω) interpretation, explanation, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of thoughts by words, expression, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; mediation, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; style, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; an expression, ἡ ἀκόλουθος ἑ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] Plato's gifts of style, [Refs 1st c.BC+]

2. in Music, expression, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

3. translation, Aristeas 3, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἑ. ἔχειν to mean when translated, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

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