Strong G3132μαντεύομαι
to divine
- Transliteration
- manteuomai
- Pronunciation
- mant-yoo'-om-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From a derivative of G3105 (meaning a prophet as supposed to rave through inspiration); to divine that is utter spells (under pretence of foretelling): - by soothsaying.
Detailed definition
μαντεύομαι
(μαντίς, a seer, diviner), [in LXX for קָסַם, Deu.18:10, al.;]
to divine, practise divination: Act.16:16.†
SYN.: προφητεύω, which see, in distinction from which μ. is used in LXX and NT only of false prophets and those who practise the heathen arts of divination and soothsaying (cf. 1Ki.28:8, and see Tr., Syn., § vi) (AS)
(μαντίς, a seer, diviner), [in LXX for קָסַם, Deu.18:10, al.;]
to divine, practise divination: Act.16:16.†
SYN.: προφητεύω, which see, in distinction from which μ. is used in LXX and NT only of false prophets and those who practise the heathen arts of divination and soothsaying (cf. 1Ki.28:8, and see Tr., Syn., § vi) (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3132 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- soothsaying1
First verses
- Acts 16:16And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μαντ-εύομαι,
future -εύσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.154, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.38, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1367, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.46, etc.)]: aorist ἐμαντευσάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 21a, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.107; poetry μαντευσάμην 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.31)]: perfect μεμάντευμαι [Refs ([prev. author] “P.” 4.163)]:—passive, see infr. IV: (μάντις):—divine, prophesy, τί μοι θάνατον μαντεύεα; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.420)]; τί νύ μοι μαντεύεαι αἰπὺν ὄλεθρον[Refs 8th c.BC+ (; 16.859; ἐτεὸν μ. 2.300: _absolutely_, οὐ γὰρ ἀπείρητος μαντεύομαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.170, compare 9.510, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.107)]; τινι to one, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.178, etc.)]: with dative modi, draw divinations from or by means of.., ῥάβδοισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.67: with _accusative_ _cognate_, μαντεῖα μ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 716 (assuming variant).)]
2 generally, presage, forebode, surmise, of presentiment, opposed to knowledge, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 411b, “R.” 349a, +others; μαντευσόμεσθα τἀνδρὸς ὡς ὀλωλότος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Ag.” [same place]; ἔστι γὰρ ὃ μαντεύονταί τι πάντες φύσει κοινὸν δίκαιον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1373b7; μ. τὸ συμβησόμενον ἐκ τῶν εἰκότων [prev. author] “GA” 765a27.)]
3 of animals, get scent of, κύων ἄρτον μ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 21.45.)]
II consult an oracle, seek divinations, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.31, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.46, 4.172, etc.; ἐν Δελφοῖσι [prev. author] 6.76; ἐπὶ κασταλίᾳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” [same place]; περί τινος [prev. author] “O.” 6.38, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.36; ὑπέρ τινος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 431; ὁ γὰρ θεὸς μαντευομένῳ μοὔχρησεν ἐν Δελφοῖς ποτε 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 159, compare “Av.” 593)]; ταῦτα καὶ μ. this is the question I ask the oracle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 346; ἐτόλμησε τοῦτο μαντεύσασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 21a)]; μαντείαν μ. παρὰ τῷ θεῷ Aeschin. [prev. cited]
III later, of the god, give an oracle, ταῦθ᾽ ὁρῶ τὸν Δία ὑμῖν μαντευόμενον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.253, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 19, “Sol.” 9.)]
IV in later Greek, active μαντεύω, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 75, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Indica” 11.5, 2nd c.AD(?): Xenophon Ephesius Scriptor Eroticus 5.4, 4th c.AD: Himerius Sophista “Orationes” 10.5, 14.34, 23.23: but)]aorist passive, ἐμαντεύθη an oracle was given, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.114:)]perfect participle, τὰ μεμαντευμένα the words of the oracles, [Refs ([prev. work] 45)]; τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ μαντευσθέντα (sic) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 42(1).122.81 (Epid., 4th c.BC),compare 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 7.1.)]
future -εύσομαι [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.154, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.38, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1367, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.46, etc.)]: aorist ἐμαντευσάμην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 21a, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.107; poetry μαντευσάμην 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.31)]: perfect μεμάντευμαι [Refs ([prev. author] “P.” 4.163)]:—passive, see infr. IV: (μάντις):—divine, prophesy, τί μοι θάνατον μαντεύεα; [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.420)]; τί νύ μοι μαντεύεαι αἰπὺν ὄλεθρον[Refs 8th c.BC+ (; 16.859; ἐτεὸν μ. 2.300: _absolutely_, οὐ γὰρ ἀπείρητος μαντεύομαι 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.170, compare 9.510, 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.107)]; τινι to one, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.178, etc.)]: with dative modi, draw divinations from or by means of.., ῥάβδοισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.67: with _accusative_ _cognate_, μαντεῖα μ. 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 716 (assuming variant).)]
2 generally, presage, forebode, surmise, of presentiment, opposed to knowledge, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Cratylus” 411b, “R.” 349a, +others; μαντευσόμεσθα τἀνδρὸς ὡς ὀλωλότος 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Ag.” [same place]; ἔστι γὰρ ὃ μαντεύονταί τι πάντες φύσει κοινὸν δίκαιον 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1373b7; μ. τὸ συμβησόμενον ἐκ τῶν εἰκότων [prev. author] “GA” 765a27.)]
3 of animals, get scent of, κύων ἄρτον μ. [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 21.45.)]
II consult an oracle, seek divinations, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.31, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.46, 4.172, etc.; ἐν Δελφοῖσι [prev. author] 6.76; ἐπὶ κασταλίᾳ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” [same place]; περί τινος [prev. author] “O.” 6.38, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.36; ὑπέρ τινος 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 431; ὁ γὰρ θεὸς μαντευομένῳ μοὔχρησεν ἐν Δελφοῖς ποτε 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 159, compare “Av.” 593)]; ταῦτα καὶ μ. this is the question I ask the oracle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 346; ἐτόλμησε τοῦτο μαντεύσασθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Apologia” 21a)]; μαντείαν μ. παρὰ τῷ θεῷ Aeschin. [prev. cited]
III later, of the god, give an oracle, ταῦθ᾽ ὁρῶ τὸν Δία ὑμῖν μαντευόμενον [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.253, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 19, “Sol.” 9.)]
IV in later Greek, active μαντεύω, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 75, 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Indica” 11.5, 2nd c.AD(?): Xenophon Ephesius Scriptor Eroticus 5.4, 4th c.AD: Himerius Sophista “Orationes” 10.5, 14.34, 23.23: but)]aorist passive, ἐμαντεύθη an oracle was given, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.114:)]perfect participle, τὰ μεμαντευμένα the words of the oracles, [Refs ([prev. work] 45)]; τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ μαντευσθέντα (sic) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (“IG” 42(1).122.81 (Epid., 4th c.BC),compare 3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 7.1.)]