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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

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:10 - “There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, one who uses divination, one who practices witchcraft, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:8 - Then Saul disguised himself by putting on other clothes, and went, he and two men with him, and they came to the woman by night; and he said, “Conjure up for me, please, and bring up for me whom I shall [fn]name to you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 17:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:17 - Then they made their sons and their daughters pass through the fire, and practiced divination and enchantments, and sold themselves to do evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 27:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 27:9 - “But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your [fn]dreamers, your soothsayers or your sorcerers who speak to you, saying, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 12:24

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 12:24 - “For there will no longer be any [fn]false vision or flattering divination within the house of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:6 - “They see [fn]falsehood and lying divination who are saying, ‘The LORD declares,’ when the LORD has not sent them; yet they hope for the fulfillment of their word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 13:23 - therefore, you women will no longer see [fn]false visions or practice divination, and I will deliver My people out of your hand. Thus you will know that I am the LORD.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:21 - “For the king of Babylon stands at the [fn]parting of the way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination; he shakes the arrows, he consults the [fn]household idols, he looks at the liver.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:23 - “And it will be to them like a false divination in their eyes; they have sworn solemn oaths. But he brings iniquity to remembrance, that they may be seized.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:29 - while they see for you false visions, while they divine lies for you—to place you on the necks of the wicked who are slain, whose day has come, in the time of the [fn]punishment of the end.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 22:28 - “Her prophets have smeared whitewash for them, seeing false visions and divining lies for them, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord GOD,’ when the LORD has not spoken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mic 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:11 - Her leaders pronounce judgment for a bribe,
Her priests instruct for a price
And her prophets divine for money.
Yet they lean on the LORD saying,
“Is not the LORD in our midst?
Calamity will not come upon us.”
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