Strong G3453μυέω
to initiate
- Transliteration
- mueō
- Pronunciation
- moo-eh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From the base of G3466; to initiate that is (by implication) to teach: - instruct.
Detailed definition
μυέω, -ῶ
(μύω, to shut the mouth), [in LXX: 3Ma.2:30 *;]
to initiate into the mysteries (so chiefly in cl.; LXX, l.with); hence, to instruct: pass., Php.4:12 (RV, I have learned the secret).†
(AS)
(μύω, to shut the mouth), [in LXX: 3Ma.2:30 *;]
to initiate into the mysteries (so chiefly in cl.; LXX, l.with); hence, to instruct: pass., Php.4:12 (RV, I have learned the secret).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3453 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- instruct1
First verses
- Philippians 4:12I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
μῠέω,
(μύω, which see) initiate into the mysteries, μυῶν.. ἄλλους ξένους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.132, compare “IG” 12.6.113; ἐκ τοῦ μυεῖν καὶ ἐποπτεύειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 333e, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.21; ἐμύησε καὶ μυεῖ τοὺς Ἕλληνας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.607b: with _accusative_ _cognate_, ξένους ἐμύει θεούς 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “contra Apionem” 2.37)]:—more frequently in passive, to be initiated, ὁ βουλόμενος μυεῖται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.65; ὅσοι μεμυήμεθα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 456)]; οἱ μεμυημένοι[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 158, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.28; δεῖ γὰρ μυηθῆναί με πρὶν τεθνηκέναι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 375)]; μυηθῆναι ἀφ᾽ ἑστίας, see at {ἑστί; τοῦ ἀφ᾽ ἑστίας μυουμένου} probably in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“IG” 12.6.108; μυηθεῖσαν ἀφ᾽ ἑστίας “SIG” 853 (Eleusis, 1st c.AD))]; θεοπρόποι ἦλθον.., οἵτινες μυηθέντες ἐνεβάτευσαν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“OGI” 530.15 (Notium, 2nd c.AD))]: with accusative cognate, to be initiated in a thing, τὰ μυστήρια μυεῦνται [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 14)]; ὅστις τὰ Καβείρων ὄργια μεμύηται in the mysteries of the Cabiri, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.51)]; τὰ μεγάλα (i.e. μυστήρια) μεμύησαι, πρὶν τὰ σμικρά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 497c; τὰ ἐρωτικὰ μυηθῆναι [prev. author] “Smp.” 209e, compare “Phdr.” 250c; τὰ λεοντικὰ μ. 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Antro Nympharum - Porphyrii Opuscula” 15: also with _dative_, ἐμυήθην θεοῖς Theophilus Comicus 1.4; μυεῖσθαι γάμῳ 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.4.)]
II generally, teach, instruct, with infinitive, ἐμύησάς τινα ἰδεῖν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.385 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus); ἀλλά μ᾽ ἀνὴρ ἐμύησ᾽ Ἑλικωνίδα (i.e. εἶναι) [prev. work] 9.162)]:—passive, μεμύημαι καὶ χορτάζεσθαι καὶ πεινᾶν [NT+4th c.AD+ (NT.Phil.4.12; κυβερνᾶν μυηθήσομαι 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 2.4.21.)]
(μύω, which see) initiate into the mysteries, μυῶν.. ἄλλους ξένους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.132, compare “IG” 12.6.113; ἐκ τοῦ μυεῖν καὶ ἐποπτεύειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 333e, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 59.21; ἐμύησε καὶ μυεῖ τοὺς Ἕλληνας 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.607b: with _accusative_ _cognate_, ξένους ἐμύει θεούς 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “contra Apionem” 2.37)]:—more frequently in passive, to be initiated, ὁ βουλόμενος μυεῖται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.65; ὅσοι μεμυήμεθα 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 456)]; οἱ μεμυημένοι[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 158, 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.28; δεῖ γὰρ μυηθῆναί με πρὶν τεθνηκέναι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Pax” 375)]; μυηθῆναι ἀφ᾽ ἑστίας, see at {ἑστί; τοῦ ἀφ᾽ ἑστίας μυουμένου} probably in [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“IG” 12.6.108; μυηθεῖσαν ἀφ᾽ ἑστίας “SIG” 853 (Eleusis, 1st c.AD))]; θεοπρόποι ἦλθον.., οἵτινες μυηθέντες ἐνεβάτευσαν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (“OGI” 530.15 (Notium, 2nd c.AD))]: with accusative cognate, to be initiated in a thing, τὰ μυστήρια μυεῦνται [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus 14)]; ὅστις τὰ Καβείρων ὄργια μεμύηται in the mysteries of the Cabiri, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.51)]; τὰ μεγάλα (i.e. μυστήρια) μεμύησαι, πρὶν τὰ σμικρά [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 497c; τὰ ἐρωτικὰ μυηθῆναι [prev. author] “Smp.” 209e, compare “Phdr.” 250c; τὰ λεοντικὰ μ. 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Antro Nympharum - Porphyrii Opuscula” 15: also with _dative_, ἐμυήθην θεοῖς Theophilus Comicus 1.4; μυεῖσθαι γάμῳ 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 1.4.)]
II generally, teach, instruct, with infinitive, ἐμύησάς τινα ἰδεῖν [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Anthologia Graeca” 7.385 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus); ἀλλά μ᾽ ἀνὴρ ἐμύησ᾽ Ἑλικωνίδα (i.e. εἶναι) [prev. work] 9.162)]:—passive, μεμύημαι καὶ χορτάζεσθαι καὶ πεινᾶν [NT+4th c.AD+ (NT.Phil.4.12; κυβερνᾶν μυηθήσομαι 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 2.4.21.)]