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historico-grammatical

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

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Pertaining to, using or based on the textual analysis technique of using context and literary form to establish the meaning of the text at the time it was written.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Qualifier: hermeneutics; textual analysis; hermeneutics; textual analysis

Examples

  • In biblical exegesis, the historico-grammatical approach tries to avoid extremes: that of dismissing the use of figurative language in the text on the one hand, versus dismissing the possibility of the miraculous and the supernatural on the other; that of ignoring what the original authors intended, versus ignoring relevance for modern readers; that of forcing the text into a preconceived theology, versus interpreting in isolation from the larger story of the gospel.

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  • Spanish: histórico gramatical — pertaining to, using or based on a textual analysis technique that examines context and literary form
  • Spanish: histórico-gramatical — pertaining to, using or based on a textual analysis technique that examines context and literary form
  • Spanish: gramático-histórico — pertaining to, using or based on a textual analysis technique that examines context and literary form