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Definition of Exegete
1. Noun. A person skilled in exegesis (especially of religious texts).
Definition of Exegete
1. n. An exegetist.
Definition of Exegete
1. Noun. A person skilled in exegesis; an interpreter. ¹
2. Verb. (chiefly religion) To interpret; to perform an exegesis. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Exegete
1. one skilled in exegesis [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exegete
Literary usage of Exegete
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Past and Present: A Collection of Jewish Essays by Israel Friedlaender (1919)
"To speak of a man as an exegete is nowadays no more than to speak of a man as
... Therefore, when we speak of Maimonides as an exegete, it is not the same, ..."
2. A Grammar of the New Testament Greek by Alexander Buttmann (1891)
"... we must leave to the exegete,1 turning our attention at once to 1 This mode
of proceeding — the only one which suits the scientific criticism of the ..."
3. A Select Library of the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers of the Christian Church by John Chrysostom, Augustine (1908)
"CHRYSOSTOM AS AN exegete. BY MB RIDDLE, DD THE pre-eminence of ... This historical
position must be recognized in estimating his character as an exegete, ..."