Strong G1834ἐξηγέομαι
to tell
- Transliteration
- exēgeomai
- Pronunciation
- ex-ayg-eh'-om-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐξ-ηγέομαι, -οῦμαι
[in LXX chiefly for סָפַר pi.;]
to lead, show the way; metaphorically, to unfold, narrate, declare: with accusative of thing(s), Luk.24:35 Act.21:19; with dative of person(s), Act.10:8; θεόν (understood), Jhn.1:18; before ὅσα, Act.15:12; καθώς, Act.15:14.†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for סָפַר pi.;]
to lead, show the way; metaphorically, to unfold, narrate, declare: with accusative of thing(s), Luk.24:35 Act.21:19; with dative of person(s), Act.10:8; θεόν (understood), Jhn.1:18; before ὅσα, Act.15:12; καθώς, Act.15:14.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1834 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- declare5
- tell1
First verses
- Luke 24:35And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.
- John 1:18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
- Acts 10:8And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.
- Acts 15:12Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
- Acts 15:14Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
- Acts 21:19And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐξηγ-έομαι,
to be leader of, with genitive person, τῶν δ᾽ ἐξηγείσθω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.806 (for 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.116, see 11.3).)]
2 with accusative person, lead, govern, in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus, τὰς πόλεις 1.76; τὴν Πελοπόννησον [prev. work] 71.)]
2.b absolutely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.151, 9.11.)]
3 with dative person et accusative of things, show one the way to, τοῖσι ἐχθροῖσι τῆς πατρίδος ἅλωσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.135; ἃ δ᾽ ἐξηγεῖσθε τοῖς ξυμμάχοις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.55)]: with dative person only, go before, lead, ἡμῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1589, etc.)]: with accusative loci only, lead the way to, χῶρον [Refs ([prev. work] 1520.)]
4 with genitive of things, ἐ. τῆς πράξεως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.29; with _dative_ _person_ added, πᾶσι κάλλους τε καὶ τελειότητος 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 4.132d.)]
5 ἐ. εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα lead an army into Greece, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.6.34.)]
II dictate a form of words, ἐ. τὸν νόμον τῷ κήρυκι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.70)]; ἐξηγοῦ θεούς dictate, name them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 745.)]
II.2 generally, prescribe, order, ποιήσουσι τοῦτο τὸ ἂν κεῖνος ἐξηγέηται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.23; ὅ τι χρὴ ποιέειν ἐξηγέο σύ [prev. author] 4.9, compare 7.234; ᾗ ὁ νόμος ἐξηγεῖται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 604b)]: of a diviner, with infinitive, order one to do, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 595; τἄλλα δ᾽ ἐξηγοῦ φίλοις [prev. author] “Ch.” 552)]; especially frequently of religious forms and ceremonies, οἷς τῶν ἄλλων θεῶν οἱ Μάγοι ἐξηγοῦντο, ={τοῖς ἄλλοις θεοῖς οὕς}.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.3.11, compare 4.5.51, 7.3.1; τί φ; δίδασκ᾽ ἄπειρον ἐξηγουμένη 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 118, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1284, etc.; οὗτος ὁ θεὸς περὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα.. ἐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 427c, compare 469a.)]
II.3 expound, interpret, ἐ. τὸ οὔνομα καὶ τὴν θυσίην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.49; τὸν ποιητήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 407a; ἃ Ὅμηρος λέγει [prev. author] “Ion” 531a; ὁ τὸν Ἡράκλειτον.. ἐξηγούμενος 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 113.3; τὰ νόμιμα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.69: _absolutely_, ἄγραφοι νόμοι καθ᾽ οὓς Εὐμολπίδαι ἐξηγοῦνται)] according to which they expound things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.10, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.116 (to be read κηρύκων ὤν);compare ἐξηγητής 11.)]
III tell at length, relate in full, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.3, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 216, 702, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.26)]; set forth, explain, τὴν ἔλασιν the line of march, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.4, 7.6; ἃ μετὰ χεῖρας ἔχοι καὶ -ήσασθαι οἷός τε 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.138; τὰ τοῦ νομοθέτου βουλήματα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 802c, compare “R.” 474c)]: with accusative et infinitive, explain that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 320: followed by _relative_, ἐ. ὁτέῳ τρόπῳ.. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.72. etc.; ἐ. περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 2.1.)]
to be leader of, with genitive person, τῶν δ᾽ ἐξηγείσθω [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.806 (for 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.116, see 11.3).)]
2 with accusative person, lead, govern, in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus, τὰς πόλεις 1.76; τὴν Πελοπόννησον [prev. work] 71.)]
2.b absolutely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.151, 9.11.)]
3 with dative person et accusative of things, show one the way to, τοῖσι ἐχθροῖσι τῆς πατρίδος ἅλωσιν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.135; ἃ δ᾽ ἐξηγεῖσθε τοῖς ξυμμάχοις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.55)]: with dative person only, go before, lead, ἡμῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1589, etc.)]: with accusative loci only, lead the way to, χῶρον [Refs ([prev. work] 1520.)]
4 with genitive of things, ἐ. τῆς πράξεως [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.29; with _dative_ _person_ added, πᾶσι κάλλους τε καὶ τελειότητος 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 4.132d.)]
5 ἐ. εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα lead an army into Greece, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 6.6.34.)]
II dictate a form of words, ἐ. τὸν νόμον τῷ κήρυκι [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.70)]; ἐξηγοῦ θεούς dictate, name them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 745.)]
II.2 generally, prescribe, order, ποιήσουσι τοῦτο τὸ ἂν κεῖνος ἐξηγέηται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.23; ὅ τι χρὴ ποιέειν ἐξηγέο σύ [prev. author] 4.9, compare 7.234; ᾗ ὁ νόμος ἐξηγεῖται 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 604b)]: of a diviner, with infinitive, order one to do, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 595; τἄλλα δ᾽ ἐξηγοῦ φίλοις [prev. author] “Ch.” 552)]; especially frequently of religious forms and ceremonies, οἷς τῶν ἄλλων θεῶν οἱ Μάγοι ἐξηγοῦντο, ={τοῖς ἄλλοις θεοῖς οὕς}.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.3.11, compare 4.5.51, 7.3.1; τί φ; δίδασκ᾽ ἄπειρον ἐξηγουμένη 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 118, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 1284, etc.; οὗτος ὁ θεὸς περὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα.. ἐ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 427c, compare 469a.)]
II.3 expound, interpret, ἐ. τὸ οὔνομα καὶ τὴν θυσίην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.49; τὸν ποιητήν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 407a; ἃ Ὅμηρος λέγει [prev. author] “Ion” 531a; ὁ τὸν Ἡράκλειτον.. ἐξηγούμενος 4th c.BC: Antiphanes Comicus 113.3; τὰ νόμιμα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 47.69: _absolutely_, ἄγραφοι νόμοι καθ᾽ οὓς Εὐμολπίδαι ἐξηγοῦνται)] according to which they expound things, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.10, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.116 (to be read κηρύκων ὤν);compare ἐξηγητής 11.)]
III tell at length, relate in full, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.3, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 216, 702, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.26)]; set forth, explain, τὴν ἔλασιν the line of march, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.4, 7.6; ἃ μετὰ χεῖρας ἔχοι καὶ -ήσασθαι οἷός τε 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.138; τὰ τοῦ νομοθέτου βουλήματα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 802c, compare “R.” 474c)]: with accusative et infinitive, explain that.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 320: followed by _relative_, ἐ. ὁτέῳ τρόπῳ.. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.72. etc.; ἐ. περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 2.1.)]