Quick Definition
μεθερμηνεύω v. I translate, interpret
Strong's Definition
from 3326 and 2059; to explain over, i.e. translate
KJV Usage: (by) interpret(-ation)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | μετά + ἑρμηνεύω
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.’
MAT 1:23 · MRK 5:41 · MRK 15:22 · MRK 15:34 · JHN 1:38 · JHN 1:41 · ACT 4:36 · ACT 13:8
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μεθ-ερμηνεύω : Pass., 3 pers. sing. μεθερμηνεύεται, ptcp. μεθερμηνευόμενον ; to translate into the language of one with whom I wish to communicate, to interpret: Mt.i. 23; Mk. v. 41; xv. 22, 34; Jn. i. 38 (89) LTr WH, 41 (42); Acts iv. 36; xiii. 8. (Polyb., Diod., Plut., [Sir. prol. 1. 19; 8].1.)}" μέθη. -ης, 7, (akin to μέθυ, wine; perh. any intoxicating drink, Lat. temetum; cf. Germ. Meth [mead]), intoxication; drunkenness: Lk. xxi. 34; plur., Ro. xiii. 13; Gal. v. 21. (Hebr. 13, intoxicating drink, Prov. xx. 1; Is. xxviii. 7; and })1dv, intoxication, Ezek. xxiii. 32; xxxix. 19; [Antipho], Xen., Plat., al.) [Cf. Trench § lxi.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
μεθερμηνεύω methermēneuō 8x
to translate, interpret, Mt. 1:23; Mk. 5:41; 15:22, 34; Jn. 1:38, 41; Acts 4:36; 13:8*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
**† μεθερμηνεύω,
[in LXX: Si prol. 23*;]
to translate, interpret: Mt 1:23, Mk 5:41 15:22, 34, Jo 1:38, 42, Ac 4:36 13:8 (cf. ἑρμηνεύω).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
μεθερμηνεύω, ‘‘translate” (from one language into another), is found in P Tebt I. 164%! (late ii/B.c.) ἀντί[γραφον] συγγραφῆς Αἰγυπτίας... μεθηϊρμηνευμένης, translation of a demotic document regarding the sale or cession of land; cf. P Giss I. 365 (B.c. 161) (cited s.v. Ἑλληνιστί), BGU III. rooz2ii-1 (B.C. 55) ἀντίγραφον συνγραφῆς πράσεως Αἰγυπτίας μεθηρμηνευμένης κατὰ τὸ δυνατόν, γεἶτέρζε 5275 (A.D. 11) ἀντίγραφον ἀπ᾽ ἀντιγράφου ὑπογραφῆς Αἰγυπτίας ἱΕλληνιστὶ μεθερμηνευμένης κατὰ τὸ δυνατόν, BGU I. 140! (Im| perial letter written at Alexandria (?) in the time of Hadrian, cf. Wilcken Hermes xxxvii. (1902), p. 84 ff.) ἀν[τγρ(αφον) ἐπιστίολ(ῆς) τοῦ κυρίου μεθ]ηρ[μηνευ]μένης, and P Leid | WH. Sl ΟΠ ΗΙ A.D.) βίβλον, ἣν οὐδεὶς ἴσχυσε μεθερμηνεῦσας (2. -σαι) ἢ πρᾶξαι, 26... 47 ἐκλήθη “Ἑρμῆς, δί οὗ τὰ πάντα μεθερμήνευσται (/. μεθηρμ--Ὁ (farvonom.). See also Aristeas 38 προῃρήμεθα τὸν νόμον ὑμῶν μεθερμηνευθῆναι γράμμασιν “Ἑλληνικοῖς ἐκ τῶν παρ᾽ ὑμῖν λεγομένων ᾿ἙἹβραϊκῶν γραμμάτων.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
μεθερμηνεύω (methermēneuō) — to mean. μεθερμην-εύω, translate, [LXX+1st c.BC+]:—frequently in passive, [NT+2nd c.BC+]