Quick Definition
ἑρμηνεύω v. I translate, interpret
Strong's Definition
from a presumed derivative of 2060 (as the god of language); to translate
KJV Usage: interpret
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | διερμηνευτής · διερμηνεύω · δυσερμήνευτος · ἑρμηνεία · μεθερμηνεύω
33.145 · Communication · Interpret, Mean, Explain
to translate, to interpret to translate from one language to another In a number of languages the equivalent of ‘to translate’ or ‘to interpret’ is an idiomatic expression, for example, ‘it comes out in our language as’ or ‘in our words it means’ or ‘in our mouths it says.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἑρμηνεύω : [pres. pass. ἑρμηνεύομαι] ; (fr. ἙἭ μῆς, who was held to be the god of speech, writing, eloquence, learning) ; 1. to explain in words, expound: [Soph., Eur.], Xen., Plato, al. 2. to interpret, i. e. to translate what has been spoken or written in a foreign tongue into the vernacular (Xen. an. 5, 4,4): Jn.i. 38 (39) RG T, 42 (43); ix. 7; Heb. vii.2. (2 Esdr. iv. 7 for D272.) [Comp.: dc, μεθ-ερμηνεύω.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἑρμηνεύω hermēneuō 3x
to explain, interpret, translate, Jn. 1:42; 9:7; Heb. 7:2*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἑρμηνεύω
[in LXX: Es 4:7 (תִּרְגַּם), Es 10:3 Jb 42:18* ;]
to explain.
to interpret: Lk 24:27 (WH, mg.), Jo 1:39, 43 9:7, He 7:2.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἑρμηνεύω. To the legal BGU I. 326, cited s.v. ἑρμηνεία, there is added the following official docket—%-™ Taios Δούκκιος Τεμινι[ανὸ]ς νομικὸς “Popaikds ἡρμήνευσα τὸ προκείμενον ἀντίγραφον καί ἐστιν σύμφωνον τῇ αὐθεντικῇ διαθήκῃ. Cf. the fragment of an unknown Latin work, P Ryl II. 62, (iii/a.D.), which ends— Oddprr[ios] Ἰσ[ι]δωριανὸς [...... ἢ ἑρμήνευσα ἀπὸ Ῥω[μα]ϊκῶν. The verb is used in a wider sense in BGU I. 14029 (A.D. 201-2) τὸ αὐστηρότερον ὑπὸ τῶν mpd ἐμοῦ αὐτοκρατόρων σταθὲν φιλανθρωπότερ[ο]ν ἑρμηνεύω : οἵ, Lk 2457 Ὁ. MGr=‘‘explain,” “comment upon.” “Ἑρμῆς. P Oxy VI. 886 (iii/a.p.) (= Se/ections, p. 110 f.) contains a magical formula, purporting to be derived from a sacred book ἐν τοῖς τοῦ ‘Eppot ταμίοις, while the method employed is concerned with the 29 letters, which were used by Hermes and by Isis, when she was seeking her brother and husband Osiris—80 ὧν ὁ ‘Epps Kt ἡ Ἶσις ζητοῦσα ἑαυτῆς τὸν ἀδελφὸν Kt ἄνδρα ἤΟσιρειν. In the curious astrological dialogue, P Ryl II. 638 (iii/a.p.), in which various parts of
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἑρμηνεύω (hermēneuō) — to interpret. ἑρμην-εύω, Doric dialect ἑρμᾱνεύω [Refs], interpret foreign tongues, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; translate, [Refs 1st c.BC+]:—passive, Ἑλληνιστί [LXX+1st c.BC+]
II. explain, expound, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, [Refs]:— passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
II.2. put into words, express, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— passive, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
II.3. describe, write about, τὸν Νεῖλον [Refs 4th c.BC+]
III. absolutely, speak clearly, articulate, [Refs 5th c.BC+]