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Lexicon :: Strong's G3132 - manteuomai

Aa
μαντεύομαι
Transliteration
manteuomai (Key)
Pronunciation
mant-yoo'-om-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From a derivative of μαίνομαι (G3105) (meaning a prophet, as supposed to rave through inspiration)
Dictionary Aids

Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

Trench's Synonyms: vi. προφητεύω, μαντεύομαι.

Strong’s Definitions

μαντεύομαι manteúomai, mant-yoo'-om-ahee; from a derivative of G3105 (meaning a prophet, as supposed to rave through inspiration); to divine, i.e. utter spells (under pretense of foretelling:—by soothsaying.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G3132 in the following manner: by soothsaying (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G3132 in the following manner: by soothsaying (1x).
  1. to act as a seer

    1. deliver an oracle, prophesy, divine

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μαντεύομαι manteúomai, mant-yoo'-om-ahee; from a derivative of G3105 (meaning a prophet, as supposed to rave through inspiration); to divine, i.e. utter spells (under pretense of foretelling:—by soothsaying.
STRONGS G3132:
μαντεύομαι; (μάντις (a seer; allied to μανία, μαίνομαι; cf. Curtius, § 429)); from Homer down; to act as seer; deliver an oracle, prophesy, divine: Acts 16:16 μαντευομένη, of a false prophetess (A. V. by soothsaying). The Sept. for קָסַם, to practise divination; said of false prophets. (On the heathen character of the suggestions and associations of the word, as distinguished from προφητεύω, see Trench, N. T. Synonyms, § vi.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
16:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3132 matches the Greek μαντεύομαι (manteuomai),
which occurs 12 times in 12 verses in the LXX Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:10 - There shall not be found with thee any one that maketh his son or his daughter to pass through the fire, one that useth divination, one that practiseth augury, or an enchanter, or a sorcerer,
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:8 - And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night: and he said, Divine unto me, I pray thee, by the familiar spirit, and bring me up whomsoever I shall name unto thee.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:17 - And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:9 - But as for you, hearken ye not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:24 - For there shall be no more any false vision nor flattering divination within the house of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:6 - They have seen falsehood and lying divination, that say, Jehovah saith; but Jehovah hath not sent them: and they have made men to hope that the word would be confirmed.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:23 - Therefore ye shall no more see false visions, nor divine divinations: and I will deliver my people out of your hand; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:21 - For the king of Babylon stood at the parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination: he shook the arrows to and fro, he consulted the teraphim, he looked in the liver.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:23 - And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, who have sworn oaths unto them; but he bringeth iniquity to remembrance, that they may be taken.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:29 - while they see for thee false visions, while they divine lies unto thee, to lay thee upon the necks of the wicked that are deadly wounded, whose day is come in the time of the iniquity of the end.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:28 - And her prophets have daubed for them with untempered mortar, seeing false visions, and divining lies unto them, saying, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah, when Jehovah hath not spoken.
Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:11 - The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us.
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