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Lexicon :: Strong's G3132 - manteuomai

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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)
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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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:10 - There shall not be found in thee one who purges his son or his daughter with fire, one who [fn]uses divination, who deals with omens, and augury,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:8 - And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he goes, and two men with him, and they come to the woman by night; and he said to her, Divine to me, I pray thee, by the divining spirit within thee, and bring up to me him whom I shall name to thee.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:17 - And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divinations and auspices, and [fn]sold themselves to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:9 - (LXX 34:9) And hearken ye not to your false prophets, nor to them that divine to you, nor to them that foretel events by dreams to you, nor to your auguries, nor your sorcerers, that say, Ye shall by no means work for the king of Babylon:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:24 - For there shall no more be any false vision, nor any one prophesying flatteries in the midst of the children of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:6 - In the day of the Lord, have not stood, seeing false visions, prophesying vanities, who say, The Lord saith, and the Lord has not sent them, and they began to try to confirm the word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:23 - therefore ye shall not see false visions, and ye shall no more utter prophecies: but I will deliver my people out of your hand; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:21 - (LXX 21:26) For the king of Babylon shall stand on the old way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination, to make bright the arrow, and to enquire of the graven images, and to examine the victims.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:23 - (LXX 21:28) And he was to them as one using divination before them, and he himself recounting his iniquities, that they might be borne in mind.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:29 - (LXX 21:34) While thou art seeing vain visions, and while thou art prophesying falsehoods, to bring thyself upon the necks of ungodly transgressors, the day is come, even an end, in a season of iniquity.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:28 - And her prophets that daub them shall fall, that see vanities, that prophesy falsehoods, saying, Thus saith the Lord, when the Lord has not spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:11 - The heads thereof have judged for gifts, and the priests thereof have answered for hire, and her prophets have divined for silver: and yet they have rested on the Lord, saying, Is not the Lord among us? no evil shall come upon us.
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