Strong G3377μηνύω
to disclose
- Transliteration
- mēnuō
- Pronunciation
- may-noo'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
μηνύω
[in LXX: 2Ma.3:7 2Mac 6:11 2Mac 14:37, 3Ma.3:28, 4Ma.4:3 *;]
to disclose, declare, make known: Luk.20:37, 1Co.10:28; in forensic sense, to inform, report: Jhn.11:57; pass., with dative of person(s), Act.23:30.†
(AS)
[in LXX: 2Ma.3:7 2Mac 6:11 2Mac 14:37, 3Ma.3:28, 4Ma.4:3 *;]
to disclose, declare, make known: Luk.20:37, 1Co.10:28; in forensic sense, to inform, report: Jhn.11:57; pass., with dative of person(s), Act.23:30.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3377 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shew3
- tell1
First verses
- Luke 20:37Now that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.
- John 11:57Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should shew it, that they might take him.
- Acts 23:30And when it was told me how that the Jews laid wait for the man, I sent straightway to thee, and gave commandment to his accusers also to say before thee what they had against him. Farewell.
- 1 Corinthians 10:28But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
μην-ύω
(see. near the end), Doric dialect μᾱν- [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus “fragment” 10, “SIG” 417.7 (Delph., 3rd c.BC))]: future -ύσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121)]. γ᾽, etc.: aorist ἐμήνῡσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 264, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.26, etc.:)]perfect μεμήνῡκα[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 22, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 48b, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 28)]:—passive, perfect μεμήνῡται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.10, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.20)]: aorist ἐμηνύθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1563, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 108e)]: future μηνυθήσομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 5.15)]:—disclose what is secret, reveal: generally, make known, declare, μ. τινί τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 254, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.4, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.23)]; τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 102, 1384, etc.)]; τί μηνύεις νέο; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1029)]; τὸ πρᾶγμ᾽ οὐ μεμήνυκ᾽ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus [same place])]; τοὺς ἑτερογνάθους μ. ἡ πέδη indicates, betrays them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 3.5; Λυδία λίθος μανύει χρυσόν 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)] [same place]:—passive, κατὰ τὸ μεμηνυμένον [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Acad. Ind.” p.81 M.)]
2 with accusative et participle, πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα μ. τινὰ ἔχοντα show that he has, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121. γ᾽; ἐξ ἐπιβουλῆς ἀποθανόντα τινὰ μ. 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.5; γεγονὼς ἐμηνύθη πόλεμος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Criti.” [same place]: the)]participle is sometimes omitted, τόδ᾽ ἔργον.. σε μηνύει κακόν (i.e. ὄντα) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1077)]: with accusative et infinitive, [ποιηταὶ] ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχειν μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 366b)]; also ἡ ἐπιστήμη μ. ὡς.. ἑπομένης τῆς ψυχῆς gives indication of the soul as following, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cra.” 412a.)]
3 followed by an interrogative or conjunction, μήνυσον αὐτοῖς τίς ἐστιν [Refs ([prev. author] “Ap.” 24d)]; ἀλλά μοι μηνύσατε εἰ.. inform me whether.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 206)]; μ. ὅτι.. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1101b29.)]
4 absolutely, ὡς ὁ ἔμπροσθεν μεμήνυκεν ἡμῖν λόγος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 277c, compare “Phlb.” 19b.)]
II at Athens, inform, lay information against another, κατά τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.20, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.23)]; τινας Docum. cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.13; ταῦτα And.[prev. passage]; περὶ τῶν μυστηρίων [prev. work] 19; μ. τι κατά τινος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.60; μ. τοῖς ἄρχουσίν τι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 730d; πρός τινας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.11: _absolutely_, ὁ μηνύσας “OGI” 665.29 (Egypt, 1st c.AD): _impersonal_ in)]passive, μηνύεται information is laid, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.28; ὑποτοπήσαντες.. Ἱππίᾳ μεμηνῦσθαι [prev. author] 1.20, compare 6.57, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.10; ὧν πέρι ἄλλων ἐμεμήνυτο 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.61)]:— passive, also of persons, to be informed against, denounced, τῶν μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ μεμηνυμένων[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 53, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.3.10; πρᾶγμα μηνυθέν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1563; μηνυθέντος τοῦ ἐπιβουλεύματος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.89)]. [ῡ always in future, aorist, and perfect; and in Attic dialect so in present and imperfect; ῠ in Epic dialect and Lyric poetry in present and imperfect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 254, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” [same place], “O.” 6.52, “P.” 1.93, “I.” 8(7).60)], B.[same place], but ῡ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 373, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 9.14, and later.])]
(see. near the end), Doric dialect μᾱν- [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus “fragment” 10, “SIG” 417.7 (Delph., 3rd c.BC))]: future -ύσω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121)]. γ᾽, etc.: aorist ἐμήνῡσα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 264, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.26, etc.:)]perfect μεμήνῡκα[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 22, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 48b, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 28)]:—passive, perfect μεμήνῡται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.10, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.20)]: aorist ἐμηνύθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1563, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Critias” 108e)]: future μηνυθήσομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “de Usu Partium” 5.15)]:—disclose what is secret, reveal: generally, make known, declare, μ. τινί τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 254, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.4, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.23)]; τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 102, 1384, etc.)]; τί μηνύεις νέο; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1029)]; τὸ πρᾶγμ᾽ οὐ μεμήνυκ᾽ [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus [same place])]; τοὺς ἑτερογνάθους μ. ἡ πέδη indicates, betrays them, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 3.5; Λυδία λίθος μανύει χρυσόν 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus)] [same place]:—passive, κατὰ τὸ μεμηνυμένον [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Acad. Ind.” p.81 M.)]
2 with accusative et participle, πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα μ. τινὰ ἔχοντα show that he has, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121. γ᾽; ἐξ ἐπιβουλῆς ἀποθανόντα τινὰ μ. 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.5; γεγονὼς ἐμηνύθη πόλεμος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Criti.” [same place]: the)]participle is sometimes omitted, τόδ᾽ ἔργον.. σε μηνύει κακόν (i.e. ὄντα) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1077)]: with accusative et infinitive, [ποιηταὶ] ταῦτα οὕτως ἔχειν μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 366b)]; also ἡ ἐπιστήμη μ. ὡς.. ἑπομένης τῆς ψυχῆς gives indication of the soul as following, [Refs ([prev. author] “Cra.” 412a.)]
3 followed by an interrogative or conjunction, μήνυσον αὐτοῖς τίς ἐστιν [Refs ([prev. author] “Ap.” 24d)]; ἀλλά μοι μηνύσατε εἰ.. inform me whether.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 206)]; μ. ὅτι.. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1101b29.)]
4 absolutely, ὡς ὁ ἔμπροσθεν μεμήνυκεν ἡμῖν λόγος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 277c, compare “Phlb.” 19b.)]
II at Athens, inform, lay information against another, κατά τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.20, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 6.23)]; τινας Docum. cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.13; ταῦτα And.[prev. passage]; περὶ τῶν μυστηρίων [prev. work] 19; μ. τι κατά τινος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.60; μ. τοῖς ἄρχουσίν τι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 730d; πρός τινας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.11: _absolutely_, ὁ μηνύσας “OGI” 665.29 (Egypt, 1st c.AD): _impersonal_ in)]passive, μηνύεται information is laid, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.28; ὑποτοπήσαντες.. Ἱππίᾳ μεμηνῦσθαι [prev. author] 1.20, compare 6.57, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.10; ὧν πέρι ἄλλων ἐμεμήνυτο 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.61)]:— passive, also of persons, to be informed against, denounced, τῶν μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ μεμηνυμένων[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 53, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.3.10; πρᾶγμα μηνυθέν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1563; μηνυθέντος τοῦ ἐπιβουλεύματος 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.89)]. [ῡ always in future, aorist, and perfect; and in Attic dialect so in present and imperfect; ῠ in Epic dialect and Lyric poetry in present and imperfect, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 254, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” [same place], “O.” 6.52, “P.” 1.93, “I.” 8(7).60)], B.[same place], but ῡ, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“hymnus ad Mercurium” 373, 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus 9.14, and later.])]