Words the Bible translates as interpret
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 5 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- patarפָּתַרto interpret a dream: to unlock what a puzzling dream means and say what it announces
- diermēneuōδιερμηνεύωto make an obscure or foreign utterance intelligible: to translate it, explain it, or interpret it so a hearer can understand
- hermēneuōἑρμηνεύωto interpretnot studied yet
- epiluōἐπιλύωto resolve what is unresolved: to make a puzzle plain by explaining it, or to bring a matter to a settled decision
- pesharפְּשַׁרto interpretnot studied yet
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