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Received-Pronunciation:
ĕkˈ-sĭ-jētˌ
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Received-Pronunciation:
/ˈɛksɪˌdʒiːt/
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/ˈɛksəˌd͡ʒit/
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A person skilled in exegesis; an interpreter of texts, difficult passages, law, oracles, and similar obscure or esoteric sources.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: exegetist, hermeneut, hermeneutician, hermeneuticist
Antonyms: none provided
(chiefly religion) To interpret; to perform an exegesis on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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Antonyms: none provided
a person skilled in exegesis (especially of religious texts)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: expert
From Ancient Greek ἐξηγητής (exēgētḗs, “expounder, interpreter”).
Across languages
Translations 50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Arabic :
مُفَسِّر
(mufassir)
— person skilled in exegesis
Aragonese :
execheta
— person skilled in exegesis
Asturian :
exéxeta
— person skilled in exegesis
Bulgarian :
тълкувател
(tǎlkuvatel)
— person skilled in exegesis
Catalan :
exegeta
— person skilled in exegesis
Chinese Mandarin :
注釋家 /注释家
(zhùshìjiā)
— person skilled in exegesis
Chinese Mandarin :
評註家 /评注家
(píngzhùjiā)
— person skilled in exegesis
Chinese Mandarin :
訓詁家 /训诂家
(xùngǔjiā)
— person skilled in exegesis
Corsican :
esegetu
— person skilled in exegesis
Corsican :
esegeta
— person skilled in exegesis
Dutch :
tekstuitlegger
— person skilled in exegesis
Dutch :
tekstuitlegster
— person skilled in exegesis
Dutch :
exegeet
— person skilled in exegesis
Dutch :
exegete
— person skilled in exegesis
Finnish :
eksegeetti
— person skilled in exegesis
French :
exégète
— person skilled in exegesis
Galician :
exexeta
— person skilled in exegesis
Galician :
esexeta
— person skilled in exegesis
German :
Exeget
— person skilled in exegesis
German :
Exegetin
— person skilled in exegesis
Italian :
esegeta
— person skilled in exegesis
Occitan :
exegèta
— person skilled in exegesis
Polish :
egzegeta
— person skilled in exegesis
Polish :
egzegetka
— person skilled in exegesis
Portuguese :
exegeta
— person skilled in exegesis
Portuguese :
exegetista
— person skilled in exegesis
Romanian :
exeget
— person skilled in exegesis
Romanian :
exegetă
— person skilled in exegesis
Russian :
экзеге́т
(ekzegét)
— person skilled in exegesis
Russian :
толкователь
(tolkovatelʹ)
— person skilled in exegesis
Serbo-Croatian :
egzègēt
— person skilled in exegesis
Spanish :
exégeta
— person skilled in exegesis
Spanish :
exegetista
— person skilled in exegesis
Swedish :
exeget
— person skilled in exegesis
Turkish :
müfessir
— person skilled in exegesis
Arabic :
فَسَّرَ
(fassara)
— to perform an exegesis on
Chinese Mandarin :
訓詁 /训诂
(xùngǔ)
— to perform an exegesis on
Chinese Mandarin :
註疏 /注疏
(zhùshū)
— to perform an exegesis on
Finnish :
selittää
— to perform an exegesis on
German :
exegesieren (etwas)
— to perform an exegesis on
German :
exegieren (etwas)
— to perform an exegesis on
Ido :
exegezar
— to perform an exegesis on
Norwegian Bokmål :
eksegere
— to perform an exegesis on
Norwegian Bokmål :
utlegge
— to perform an exegesis on
Norwegian Nynorsk :
eksegere
— to perform an exegesis on
Norwegian Nynorsk :
legge ut
— to perform an exegesis on
Portuguese :
exegetar
— to perform an exegesis on
Spanish :
exegetar
— to perform an exegesis on
Turkish :
yorumlamak
— to perform an exegesis on
Turkish :
tefsir etmek
— to perform an exegesis on
