To initiate
μυέωStrong’s G3453mueō
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Mueō is the Greek word usually translated “have learned the secret”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound: every where and in all things I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need.”
Meaning
Usually translated “have learned the secret”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- i have learned the secret 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Philippians 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
μυέω mueō · to initiate
μυέω, -ῶ (μύω, to shut the mouth), [in LXX: 3Ma.2:30 * ;] to initiate into the mysteries (so chiefly in cl.; LXX, l.with); hence, to instruct: pass., Php.4:12 (RV, I have learned the secret).† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “initiate” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
INI'TIATE, verb transitive
[Low Latin initio, to enter or begin, from initum, ineo, to enter; in and eo, to go.]
- To instruct in rudiments or principles; or to introduce into any society or sect by instructing the candidate in its
- To introduce into a new state or society; as, to initiate one into a club.
- To instruct; to acquaint with; as, to initiate one in the higher branches of mathematics.
- To begin upon.
All definitions and other forms of “initiate”
INI'TIATE, verb intransitive
To do the first act; to perform the first rite.
INI'TIATE, adjective
Unpracticed.
- Begun; commenced.
INI'TIATE, noun
One who is initiated.
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.