ἐξηγέομαι
exēgéomai · G1834 · Greek · 6 occurrences
Meanings
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to inform, to relate, to tell fully
To provide detailed information in a systematic manner
ExamplesLuke 24:35 They began to relate their experiences on the road, and how He was recognized by them at the breaking of the bread.
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to make fully and clearly known
To make something fully known by careful explanation or by clear revelation
ExamplesJohn 1:18 No one has seen God at any time; God the only Son, who is in the arms of the Father, He has explained Him.
Acts 15:14 “Simeon has described how God first concerned Himself about taking a people for His name from among the Gentiles.
How it’s used In 5 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
6 occurrences in 7 groups
- ἐκεῖνοςthat, that one, there 1
- ΠαῦλοςPaul 1
- ΣυμεώνSymeon 1
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
- ΒαρνάβαςBarnabas 1
- Not stated: he, she or it 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
4 occurrences in 6 groups
- γινώσκωto know 1
- ἕκαστοςeach 1
- ὁδόςway, road 1
- σημεῖονsign 1
- τέραςwonder, portent 1
- ἅπαςall 1
To or for whomIndirect object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- κατάaccording to, against, down+ εἷςone 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἀκούωto hear 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Semantic domains 2 entries
- To make fully and clearly known28.41
- This verb describes making something fully and clearly understood, used of John's declaration that the only Son, who is in the arms of the Father, has explained God — "He has explained Him" (John 1:18).
- To inform, to relate, to tell fully33.201
- It also describes narrating or relating an account of events, used of the two disciples on the road to Emmaus relating their experiences after recognizing the risen Jesus — "They began to relate their experiences on the road" (Luke 24:35).
Word family 51 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐξηγοῦμαι; imperfect ἐξηγουμην; 1 aorist ἐξηγησαμην; 1. properly, to lead out, be leader,…
1. properly, to lead out, be leader, go before (Homer, et al.).
2. metaphorically, (cf. German ausführen) to draw out in narrative, unfold in teaching;
a. to recount, rehearse: (with the accusative of the thing and the dative of person, Acts 10:8); with the accusative of thing, Lk 24:35; Acts 21:19; without an accusative, followed by relative pronoun or adverb, ὅσα ἐποίησεν, Acts 15:12; καθώς, 14 (so in Greek writings from Herodotus down; the Sept. for סִפֵר, Judg 7:13, etc.).
b. to unfold, declare: Jn 1:18 (namely, the things relating to God; also used in Greek writings of the interpretation of things sacred and divine, oracles, dreams, etc.; cf. Meyer at the passage; Alberti, Observationes etc., p. 207f).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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