Strong's Concordance herméneuó: to interpret Original Word: ἑρμηνεύωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: herméneuó Phonetic Spelling: (her-mayn-yoo'-o) Short Definition: I translate, interpret Definition: (a) I translate, explain, (b) I interpret the meaning of. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2059: ἑρμηνεύωἑρμηνεύω: (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 ( From a presumed derivative of Hermes (as the god of language); to translate -- interpret. see GREEK Hermes Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 20593 Occurrences ἑρμηνεύεται — 2 Occ. ἑρμηνευόμενος — 1 Occ. John 1:42 V-PIM/P-3S GRK: Κηφᾶς ὃ ἑρμηνεύεται Πέτρος NAS: Cephas (which is translated Peter). KJV: which is by interpretation, A stone. INT: Cephas which means Peter John 9:7 V-PIM/P-3S Hebrews 7:2 V-PPM/P-NMS |