Strong's Lexicon
G1269
G1269 — διανεύω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1269 |
|---|---|
| Word: | διανεύω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G1223 and G3506 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | dianeuo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | dee-an-yoo'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to nod (or express by signs) across an intervening space |
| KJV Renderings: | beckon |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
διανεύω; to express one’s meaning by a sign, nod to, beckon to, wink at, (διά, because the sign is conceived of as passing through the intervening space to him to whom it is made Winer’s De verb. comp. etc. Part v., p. 4): Luk 1:22. (Psa 34:19 (); Sir 27:22; Diodorus 3, 18; 17, 37; Lucian, ver. hist. 2, 44; Icarom. 15; (others).)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
διανεύω (beckon)
Luke 1:22
- KJV: And when he came out he could not speak unto them and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple for he beckoned unto them and remained speechless
- GK: εξελθών δε ουκ ηδύνατο λαλήσαι αυτοίς και επέγνωσαν ότι οπτασίαν εώρακεν εν τω ναώ και αυτός ην διανεύων αυτοίς και διέμενε κωφός