exegesis

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• ĕkˌ-sĭ-jēˈ -sĭs
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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐξήγησις (exḗgēsis, “interpretation”), from ἐξηγέομαι (exēgéomai, “to explain, interpret”), from ἐξ (ex, “out”) + ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai, “to lead, guide”).

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَفْسِير (tafsīr) — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Aragonese: exechesi — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Aragonese: exechesis — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Aragonese: esechesis — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Asturian: exéxesis — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Azerbaijani: təfsir — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Bulgarian: тълкувание (tǎlkuvanie) — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Burmese: မြန်မာ (mranma) — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Catalan: exegesi — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Chinese Mandarin: 評註 /评注 (píngzhù) — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Chinese Mandarin: 詮釋 /诠释 (quánshì) — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Chinese Mandarin: 注釋 /注释 (zhùshì) — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Corsican: esegesa — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Danish: eksegese — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Dutch: exegese — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Dutch: uitlegging — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Esperanto: ekzegezo — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Finnish: eksegeesi — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• French: exégèse — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Galician: exexese — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Galician: esexese — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• German: Exegese — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Greek: εξήγηση (exígisi) — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Ancient Greek: ἐξήγησις (exḗgēsis) — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Hebrew: מִדְרָשׁ (midrásh) — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Hindi: व्याख्या (vyākhyā) — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Hungarian: szövegmagyarázat — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Hungarian: exegézis — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Ido: exegezo — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Indonesian: tafsir — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Indonesian: eksegesis — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Interlingua: exegese — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Italian: esegesi — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Italian: spiegazione — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Italian: esplicazione — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Italian: chiarimento — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Italian: chiarificazione — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Japanese: 釈義 (shakugi) — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Japanese: 釈義学 (skakugigaku) — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Japanese: 訓詁 (kunko) — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Latin: exēgēsis — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Latvian: ekseģēze — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Malay: tafsir — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Malayalam: വ്യാഖ്യാനം (vyākhyānaṁ) — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Malayalam: ഭാഷ്യം (bhāṣyaṁ) — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Occitan: exegèsi — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Persian: تفسیر (tafsir) — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Persian: تأویل (ta'vil) — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Polish: egzegeza — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Portuguese: exegese — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Romanian: exegeză — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Russian: экзеге́за (ekzegéza) — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Serbo-Croatian: egzegeza — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Spanish: exégesis — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Spanish: exegesis — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Swedish: exeges — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Thai: นัยวิเคราะห์ — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Turkish: tefsir — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
• Urdu: تفسیر (tafsīr) — interpretation of a text, especially a religious text