What does ἑρμηνεία (hermēneía) mean in the Bible?
ἑρμηνεία (hermēneía): Divinely-empowered ability to explain obscure or foreign language into intelligible meaning for others
Greek · G2058
ἑρμηνεία
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ἑρμηνεία G2058
Pronunciation hermēneía
What does ἑρμηνεία (hermēneía) mean in the Bible?
ἑρμηνεία (hermēneía): Divinely-empowered ability to explain obscure or foreign language into intelligible meaning for others
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How does the BSB render G2058?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [the] interpretation (1), an interpretation (1).
Where does ἑρμηνεία (hermēneía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 Corinthians 12:10. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 Corinthians (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It [the] interpretation 1× 1 Corinthians 12:10
an interpretation 1× 1 Corinthians 14:26
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First aligned row 1 Corinthians 12:10
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 1
1 Corinthians 2
Source forms
ἑρμηνεία 1x hermēneia 1 Corinthians 12:10
ἑρμηνείαν 1x hermēneian 1 Corinthians 14:26
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 1x 1 Corinthians 14:26
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular 1x 1 Corinthians 12:10
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Divinely-empowered ability to explain obscure or foreign language into intelligible meaning for others
Strong's G2058
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
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Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Divinely-empowered ability to explain obscure or foreign language into intelligible meaning for others
ἑρμηνία (T, cl., -εία), -ας, ἡ, (ἑρμηνεύω), [in LXX (-εία), Sir, prol. 14 Sir.47:17, from LXX Sir.5:1 * ;] interpretation: 1Co.12:10 14:26.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 Corinthians 12:10 Noun Nominative Singular Feminine
ἑρμηνεία ermhneia
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Read verse 1 Corinthians 14:26 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
ἑρμηνείαν ermhneian
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Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (1) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Feminine 1 Cor 12:10 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine 1 Cor 14:26 1×
Word Origins
ἑρμηνεία is built from this root:
ἑρμηνεύω G2059
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain