To tell
ἐξηγέομαιStrong’s G1834exēgeomai
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Exēgeomai is the Greek word usually translated “were relating”, “has made known” and “having related”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.”
Meaning
Usually translated “were relating”, “has made known” and “having related”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- were relating 1
- has made known 1
- having related 1
- relating 1
- has related 1
- he was relating 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 4
- Luke 1
- John 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- John 1:18No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
- Acts 10:8And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.
- Acts 15:12Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
- Acts 15:14Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
- Acts 21:19And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
Greek dictionary
ἐξηγέομαι exēgeomai · to tell
ἐξ-ηγέομαι, -οῦμαι [in LXX chiefly for סָפַר pi. ;] to lead, show the way; metaphorically, to unfold, narrate, declare: with accusative of thing(s), Luk.24:35 Act.21:19; with dative of person(s), Act.10:8; θεόν (understood), Jhn.1:18; before ὅσα, Act.15:12; καθώς, Act.15:14.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “tell” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TELL, verb transitive
preterit tense and participle passive told. [Latin telum; Latin appello and peal, Latin pello.]
- To utter; to express in words; to communicate to others.“I will not eat till I have told my errand” Genesis 24:33
- To relate; to narrate; to rehearse particulars; as, to tell a story. Genesis 37:16
- To teach; to inform; to make known; to show by words. tell us the way.
- To discover; to disclose; to betray.“They will tell it to the inhabitants of this land” Numbers 14:14
All definitions and other forms of “tell”
- To count; to number.
- To relate in confession; to confess or acknowledge.“TELL me now what thou hast done” Joshua 7:19
- To publish.“TELL it not in Gath” 2 Samuel 1:20
- To unfold; to interpret; to explain. Ezekiel 24:19
- To make excuses.
- To make known.
- To discover; to find; to discern.
TELL, verb intransitive
To give an account; to make report.
- “--That I may publish with the voice of thanksgiving, and tell of all thy wondrous works” Psalms 26:7
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.