noun · feminine
hermēneias
Greekἑρμηνεία (hermēneia)
Strong’sG2058
translation, interpretation
stem hermēnei-2 times in the New Testament2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
ἑρμηνεία, v.s. ἑρμηνία.
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2058 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidher-may-ni'-ah
translation
Fromfrom the same as G2059;
King Jamesinterpretation.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | hermēneias1×ἑρμηνεία | hermēneiais |
| object accusative | hermēneian1×ἑρμηνείαν | hermēneiain |
| direct address vocative | hermēneiar | hermēneiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | hermēneiau | hermēneiaiu |
| to, for dative | hermēneia | hermēneiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
hermēneia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
hermēneias“interpretation”subjectnominative singular1×
1 Corinthians 12:10“interpretation”allo energēmeim dunamiaiu, allo profēteias, allo diakrisiais pneumeiu, hetero geneim glōssaiu, allo hermēneias glōssaiu;to another the working of miracles, to another prophecy, to another distinguishing between spirits, to another speaking in various tongues, and to still another the interpretation of tongues.
hermēneian“interpretation”objectaccusative singular1×
1 Corinthians 14:26“interpretation”Tinem oun atō, adelfoir? hotan sunercheveiō, hekastos psalmon echatō, didachan echatō, apokalupsian echatō, glōssan echatō, hermēneian echatō; panteim pros oikodoman ginetōr.What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the church.