exegete en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈɛksəˌd͡ʒit/ (US)
- /ˈɛksɪˌdʒiːt/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- ĕkˈ-sĭ-jētˌ (Received-Pronunciation)
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Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἐξηγητής (exēgētḗs, “expounder, interpreter”).
Meanings
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A person skilled in exegesis; an interpreter of texts, difficult passages, law, oracles, and similar obscure or esoteric sources.
A text that could not speak to the present was dead, and the exegete had a duty to revive it.
2009, Karen Armstrong, The Case for God, Vintage, published 2010, page 94:In Plato's state all three exegetes will be selected by Apollo. This is contrary to the practice of Hellenistic times, according to the evidence so ably marshaled by Oliver, when only two of the exegetes were named by the oracle.
1960, Glenn R. Morrow, Charles Harry Kahn, Plato's Cretan City: A Historical Interpretation of the Laws, →ISBN:Theophrastus' "superstitious man" finds that a mouse has gnawed a hole in his meal sack and, obviously thinking it a portent, consults the exegete as to what he shall do... The exegete tells him, according to Theophrastus, to take the sack to a leather shop and have it mended. If this is drawn from life, it indicates that the exegetes discharged their functions with humour and common sense.
1960, ibid.:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| exegetes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
Synonyms
exegetist · hermeneuticist · hermeneutician · hermeneut
Translations (35)
ar مُفَسِّر (person skilled in exegesis) · nl exegeet (person skilled in exegesis) · ru экзеге́т (person skilled in exegesis) · ca exegeta (person skilled in exegesis) · gl exexeta (person skilled in exegesis) · de Exeget (person skilled in exegesis) · it esegeta (person skilled in exegesis) · fi eksegeetti (person skilled in exegesis) · an execheta (person skilled in exegesis) · ru толкователь (person skilled in exegesis) · cmn 訓詁家 /训诂家 (person skilled in exegesis) · nl tekstuitlegster (person skilled in exegesis) · pl egzegeta (person skilled in exegesis) · cmn 注釋家 /注释家 (person skilled in exegesis) · co esegeta (person skilled in exegesis) · sh egzègēt (person skilled in exegesis) · es exégeta (person skilled in exegesis) · oc exegèta (person skilled in exegesis) · nl exegete (person skilled in exegesis) · cmn 評註家 /评注家 (person skilled in exegesis) · de Exegetin (person skilled in exegesis) · bg тълкувател (person skilled in exegesis) · sv exeget (person skilled in exegesis) · gl esexeta (person skilled in exegesis) · co esegetu (person skilled in exegesis) · ast exéxeta (person skilled in exegesis) · nl tekstuitlegger (person skilled in exegesis) · fr exégète (person skilled in exegesis) · ro exeget (person skilled in exegesis) · tr müfessir (person skilled in exegesis) · pt exegetista (person skilled in exegesis) · pl egzegetka (person skilled in exegesis) · pt exegeta (person skilled in exegesis) · es exegetista (person skilled in exegesis) · ro exegetă (person skilled in exegesis)