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Greek

2059. hermeneuo -- to interpret
... to interpret. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: hermeneuo Phonetic Spelling:
(her-mayn-yoo'-o) Short Definition: I translate, interpret Definition: (a) I ...
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3177. methermeneuo -- to translate, to interpret
... to translate, to interpret. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: methermeneuo Phonetic
Spelling: (meth-er-mane-yoo'-o) Short Definition: I translate, interpret ...
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1329. diermeneuo -- to explain thoroughly, by impl. to translate
... translate. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: diermeneuo Phonetic Spelling:
(dee-er-main-yoo'-o) Short Definition: I translate, interpret, explain Definition ...
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5419. phrazo -- to show forth, tell
... to show forth, tell. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: phrazo Phonetic Spelling:
(frad'-zo) Short Definition: I declare, explain, interpret Definition: I ...
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1956. epiluo -- to loose, to solve
... to loose, to solve. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: epiluo Phonetic Spelling:
(ep-ee-loo'-o) Short Definition: I explain, interpret, decide Definition: I ...
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1421. dusermeneutos -- hard of interpretation
... of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: dusermeneutos Phonetic Spelling:
(doos-er-mane'-yoo-tos) Short Definition: difficult to interpret Definition: difficult ...
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4793. sugkrino -- to combine, compare
... sugkrino Phonetic Spelling: (soong-kree'-no) Short Definition: I combine, compare
Definition: I join together, combine, compare, interpret, explain. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6622. pathar -- to interpret
... 6621, 6622. pathar. 6623 . to interpret. Transliteration: pathar Phonetic Spelling:
(paw-thar') Short Definition: interpreted. Word Origin a prim. ...
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8638. tirgam -- to interpret, translate
... 8637, 8638. tirgam. 8639 . to interpret, translate. Transliteration: tirgam
Phonetic Spelling: (teer-gam') Short Definition: translated. ... interpret. ...
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6590. peshar -- to interpret
... 6589, 6590. peshar. 6591 . to interpret. Transliteration: peshar Phonetic Spelling:
(pesh-ar') Short Definition: interpretations. Word Origin (Aramaic) a prim ...
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3887. luts -- ambassador, have in derision, interpreter, make a ...
... A primitive root; properly, to make mouths at, ie To scoff; hence (from the effort
to pronounce a foreign language) to interpret, or (generally) intercede ...
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995. bin -- to discern
... 1), gives understanding (1), has understanding (6), have understanding (1),
have...understanding (1), intelligent (1), interpret (1), investigating (1 ...
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Library

He Further Proceeds Notably to Interpret the Language of the ...
... Book XII. Section 3. He further proceeds notably to interpret the language
of the Gospel. Section 3. He further proceeds notably ...
/.../gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/section 3 he further proceeds.htm

Appion Proceeds to Interpret the Myths.
... Homily VI. Chapter III."Appion Proceeds to Interpret the Myths. "There was
once a time when nothing existed but chaos and a confused ...
/.../unknown/the clementine homilies/chapter iii appion proceeds to interpret.htm

On the Words of the Gospel, Luke xii. 56, 58, "Ye Know How to ...
... 56, 58, "Ye know how to interpret the face of the Earth and the Heaven," etc.; and
of the words, "for as thou art going with thine adversary before the ...
/.../sermons on selected lessons of the new testament/sermon lix on the words.htm

The Jews violate the Eternal Law, and Interpret Ill that of Moses.
... Chapter XII."The Jews violate the eternal law, and interpret ill that
of Moses. I also adduced another passage in which Isaiah ...
/.../chapter xii the jews violate the.htm

Texts Explained; Sixthly, the Context of Proverbs viii. 22 Vz. 22 ...
... Chapter II. Chapter XXII."Texts Explained; Sixthly, the Context of Proverbs viii.
22 Vz. 22-30 It is right to interpret this passage by the Regula Fidei. ...
/.../chapter xxii texts explained sixthly the.htm

Whether Doubts Should be Interpreted for the Best?
... Now with regard to himself, a man should interpret doubtful matters for the worst,
according to Job 9:28, "I feared all my works." Therefore it seems that ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether doubts should be interpreted.htm

Whether He who is under a Law May Act Beside the Letter of the Law ...
... Objection 2: Further, he alone is competent to interpret the law who can make the
law. But those who are subject to the law cannot make the law. ...
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Limits of God's Plan for Human Salvation
... Therefore, just as we should interpret "every herb" to mean "every kind of herb,"
so also we can interpret "all men" to mean "all kinds of men." We could ...
/.../augustine/handbook on faith hope and love/chapter xxvii limits of gods.htm

Hosea
... life: it was not at once that he discovered Gomer to be an unfaithful wife, i.2,
and it must have been later still that he learned to interpret the impulse ...
//christianbookshelf.org/mcfadyen/introduction to the old testament/hosea.htm

Joseph and his Brethren.
... Both had dreams which troubled them much, but Joseph was enabled by God to interpret
their dreams for them. By-and-by Pharaoh, the king, dreamed a dream. ...
/.../anonymous/mother stories from the old testament/joseph and his brethren.htm

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (v. t.) To explain or tell the meaning of; to expound; to translate orally into intelligible or familiar language or terms; to decipher; to define; -- applied esp. to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.; as, to interpret the Hebrew language to an Englishman; to interpret an Indian speech.

2. (v. t.) To apprehend and represent by means of art; to show by illustrative representation; as, an actor interprets the character of Hamlet; a musician interprets a sonata; an artist interprets a landscape.

3. (v. i.) To act as an interpreter.

Thesaurus

Interpret (27 Occurrences)
... to language, but also to dreams, signs, conduct, mysteries, etc.; as, to interpret
the Hebrew language to an Englishman; to interpret an Indian speech. ...
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Dreamed (20 Occurrences)
... Genesis 40:8 They said to him, "We have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who
can interpret it." Joseph said to them, "Don't interpretations belong to God? ...
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Speaketh (367 Occurrences)
... ye all spake with tongues but rather that ye prophesied: for greater is he that
prophesieth than he that speaketh with tongues, except he interpret, that the ...
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Azazel (3 Occurrences)
... Some interpret this word as referring to a demon of the wilderness (compare Psalm
106:37 Deuteronomy 32:17 Leviticus 17:7 2 Chronicles 11:15; Isaiah 13:21 ...
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Understandest (10 Occurrences)
... (KJV ASV WBS). Genesis 41:15 And Pharaoh said to Joseph, I have dreamt a
dream, and there is none to interpret it. And I have heard ...
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Jonah (30 Occurrences)
... Some critics have sought to interpret the book as a parable or allegory,
and not as a history. They have done so for various reasons. ...
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Dreamt (6 Occurrences)
... tell me your dreams, I pray you. (DBY). Genesis 41:15 And Pharaoh said to Joseph,
I have dreamt a dream, and there is none to interpret it. ...
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Canst (62 Occurrences)
... Genesis 41:15 And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I have dreamed a dream, and there is
none that can interpret it: and I have heard say of thee, that thou canst ...
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Appearance (126 Occurrences)
... Luke 12:56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth
and the sky, but how is it that you don't interpret this time? ...
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Unknown (15 Occurrences)
... (KJV WEY WBS YLT). 1 Corinthians 14:13 Wherefore let him that speaketh in
an unknown tongue pray that he may interpret. (KJV WBS YLT). ...
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Bible Concordance

Interpret (27 Occurrences)

Matthew 16:3 In the morning,'It will be foul weather today, for the sky is red and threatening.' Hypocrites! You know how to discern the appearance of the sky, but you can't discern the signs of the times!
(See RSV NIV)

Luke 12:56 You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and the sky, but how is it that you don't interpret this time?
(WEB ASV RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 12:30 Do all have gifts of healings? Do all speak with various languages? Do all interpret?
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 14:5 Now I desire to have you all speak with other languages, but rather that you would prophesy. For he is greater who prophesies than he who speaks with other languages, unless he interprets, that the assembly may be built up.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 14:13 Therefore let him who speaks in another language pray that he may interpret.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 14:27 If any man speaks in another language, let it be two, or at the most three, and in turn; and let one interpret.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 14:28 But if there is no interpreter, let him keep silent in the assembly, and let him speak to himself, and to God.
(Root in WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Hebrews 5:11 About him we have many words to say, and hard to interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing.
(WEB ASV DBY)

Genesis 40:8 They said to him, "We have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it." Joseph said to them, "Don't interpretations belong to God? Please tell it to me."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 41:8 It happened in the morning that his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all of Egypt's magicians and wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 41:12 There was with us there a young man, a Hebrew, servant to the captain of the guard, and we told him, and he interpreted to us our dreams. To each man according to his dream he interpreted.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 41:15 Pharaoh said to Joseph, "I have dreamed a dream, and there is no one who can interpret it. I have heard it said of you, that when you hear a dream you can interpret it."
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Isaiah 28:9 To whom will he give knowledge? and to whom will he make clear the word? Will it be to those who have newly given up milk, and who have only now been taken from the breast?
(See NAS)

Daniel 2:4 Then spoke the Chaldeans to the king in the Syrian language, O king, live forever: tell your servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Daniel 2:5 The king answered the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if you don't make known to me the dream and its interpretation, you shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Daniel 2:6 But if you show the dream and its interpretation, you shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honor: therefore show me the dream and its interpretation.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Daniel 2:7 They answered the second time and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will show the interpretation.
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Daniel 2:9 But if you don't make known to me the dream, there is but one law for you; for you have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, until the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that you can show me its interpretation.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Daniel 2:16 Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would appoint him a time, and he would show the king the interpretation.
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Daniel 2:24 Therefore Daniel went in to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon; he went and said thus to him: Don't destroy the wise men of Babylon; bring me in before the king, and I will show to the king the interpretation.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Daniel 2:26 The king answered Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Are you able to make known to me the dream which I have seen, and its interpretation?
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Daniel 2:36 This is the dream; and we will tell its interpretation before the king.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Daniel 4:6 Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known to me the interpretation of the dream.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Daniel 4:7 Then came in the magicians, the enchanters, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers; and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known to me its interpretation.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Daniel 4:9 Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in you, and no secret troubles you, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and its interpretation.
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Daniel 4:18 This dream I, king Nebuchadnezzar, have seen; and you, Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation, because all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known to me the interpretation; but you are able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in you.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Daniel 5:12 because an excellent spirit, and knowledge, and understanding, interpreting of dreams, and showing of dark sentences, and dissolving of doubts, were found in the same Daniel, whom the king named Belteshazzar. Now let Daniel be called, and he will show the interpretation.
(Root in WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Interpret

Related Terms

Dreamed (20 Occurrences)

Speaketh (367 Occurrences)

Azazel (3 Occurrences)

Understandest (10 Occurrences)

Jonah (30 Occurrences)

Dreamt (6 Occurrences)

Canst (62 Occurrences)

Appearance (126 Occurrences)

Unknown (15 Occurrences)