ἑρμηνεύω

ἑρμηνεύω — hermēneúō

ἑρμηνεύω: (present passive ἑρμηνεύομαι); (from Ἑρμῆς, who was held to be the god of speech, writing, eloquence, learning);

1. to explain in words, expound: (Sophocles, Euripides), Xenophon, Plato, others.

2. to interpret, i. e. to translate what has been spoken or written in a foreign tongue into the vernacular (Xenophon, an. 5, 4, 4): Joh 1:38 R G T,;; Heb 7:2. (2Es 4:7 for תַּרְגֵּם.) (Compare: διερμηνεύω, μεθερμηνεύω.)