Strong's Lexicon

G2058

G2058 — ἑρμηνεία

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekhermeneianounOccurrences: 2

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G2058
Word:ἑρμηνεία
Part of Speech:noun
Etymology:from a presumed derivative of G2060 (as the god of language)
Language:Greek
Occurrences:2
Transliteration:hermeneia
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:her-may-nei'-ah
Meaning:1. translation
KJV Renderings:interpretation

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἑρμηνεία (WH ἑρμηνια; see Iota), ἑρμηνειας, (ἑρμηνεύω), interpretation (of what has been spoken more or less obscurely by others): 1Co 12:10 (L text διερμ. which see); 1Co 14:26. (From Plato down.)

STRONGS NT 2058a: ἑρμηνευτήςἑρμηνευτής, ἑρμηνευτου, (ἑρμηνεύω, which see), an interpreter: 1Co 14:28 L Tr WH marginal reading (Plato, politic., p. 290 c.; for îÅìÄéõ in Gen 42:23.)

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

ἑρμηνεία (interpretation)

1 Corinthians 12:10

KJV: To another the working of miracles to another prophecy to another discerning of spirits to another kinds of tongues to another the interpretation of tongues
GK: άλλω δε ενεργήματα δυνάμεων άλλω δε προφητεία άλλω δε διακρίσεις πνευμάτων ετέρω δε γένη γλωσσών άλλω δε ερμηνεία γλωσσών

1 Corinthians 14:26

KJV: How is it then brethren when ye come together every one of you hath a psalm hath a doctrine hath a tongue hath a revelation hath an interpretation Let all things be done unto edifying
GK: τι ούν εστιν αδελφοί όταν συνέρχησθε έκαστος υμών ψαλμόν έχει διδαχήν έχει γλώσσαν έχει αποκάλυψιν έχει ερμηνείαν έχει πάντα προς οικοδομήν γενέσθω
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