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To divine

μαντεύομαιStrong’s G3132

manteuomai

Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament

In short

Manteuomai is the Greek word usually translated “fortune-telling”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.

“And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:”
Acts 16:16 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “fortune-telling”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • by fortune-telling 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 1

1 book in all.

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    Greek dictionary

    μαντεύομαι manteuomai · to divine

    μαντεύομαι (μαντίς, a seer, diviner), [in LXX for קָסַם, Deu.18:10, al. ;] to divine, practise divination: Act.16:16.† SYN.: προφητεύω, which see, in distinction from which μ. is used in LXX and NT only of false prophets and those who practise the heathen arts of divination and soothsaying (cf. 1Ki.28:8, and see Tr., Syn., § vi) (AS)

    From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “divine” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    DIVINE, adjective

    [Latin, a god.]

    1. Pertaining to the true God; as the divine nature; divine perfections.
    2. Pertaining to a heathen deity, or to false gods.
    3. Partaking of the nature of God.
    4. Proceeding from God; as divine judgments.
    All definitions and other forms of “divine”
    1. Godlike; heavenly; excellent in the highest degree; extraordinary; apparently above what is human.“A divine sentence is in the lips of the king” Proverbs 16:10
    2. Presageful; foreboding; prescient. [Not used.]
    3. Appropriated to God, or celebrating his praise; as divine service; divine songs; divine worship.

    DIVINE, noun

    1. A minister of the gospel; a priest; a clergyman.
    2. A man skilled in divinity; a theologian; as a great divine

    DIVINE, verb transitive

    [Latin]

    1. To foreknow; to foretell; to presage.
    2. To deify. [Not in use.]

    DIVINE, verb intransitive

    1. To use or practice divination.
    2. To utter presages or prognostications.“The prophets thereof divine for money” Micah 3:11
    3. To have presages or forebodings.
    4. To guess or conjecture.

    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.