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Definition of Exegesis
1. Noun. An explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible).
Generic synonyms: Interpretation
Derivative terms: Exegetic, Exegetical
Definition of Exegesis
1. n. Exposition; explanation; especially, a critical explanation of a text or portion of Scripture.
Definition of Exegesis
1. Noun. An exposition or explanation of a text, especially a religious one. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Exegesis
1. critical explanation or analysis [n -GESES] : EXEGETIC [adj]
Medical Definition of Exegesis
1.
Origin: NL, fr.Gr,fr. To explain, interpret; out + to guide, lead, akin, to to lead. See Agent.
1. Exposition; explanation; especially, a critical explanation of a text or portion of Scripture.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Exegesis
Literary usage of Exegesis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing ...by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"HENRI VUILLEUMIER, Th.D., Professor of Hebrew and Old Testament exegesis, University
of Lausanne. JULIUS AUGUST WAGENMANN (f), Th.D., ..."
2. Theological Propædeutic: A General Introduction to the Study of Theology by Philip Schaff, Samuel Macauley Jackson (1893)
"Christian exegesis has, like every other branch of theological science, ...
The exegesis of the Fathers was matured in the victorious conflict with the ..."
3. A Dictionary of Religion and Ethics by Shailer Mathews, Gerald Birney Smith (1921)
"The rules governing exegesis are known as "hermeneutics," but the word is falling
into ... The primary task of exegesis is to furnish the Biblical basis of ..."
4. A Short Survey of the Literature of Rabbinical and Mediæval Judaism by William Oscar Emil Oesterley, George Herbert Box (1920)
"Grammar (Hebrew) in JE ; numerous specimens of mediaeval Jewish exegesis are ...
The rise of a sound and scientific exegesis of the Hebrew Scriptures was ..."
5. The Working Principles of Rhetoric Examined in Their Literary Relations and by John Franklin Genung (1900)
"I. exegesis of Terms. — For exposition applied to words, as they are in themselves
... Observe, such exegesis is applied not to the bare and simple word, ..."
6. A Compendium of Christian Theology: Being Analytical Outlines of a Course of by William Burt Pope (1889)
"The result of all these is exegesis, either pure exposition of the text or applied
in the pastoral teaching of the ministerial functions ; Biblical Theology ..."
7. Chambers's Encyclopædia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge for the People (1878)
"This is termed grammatico-philological exegesis. In the next place, he must be
acquainted with the things denoted by these words, and abo with the history, ..."
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