exegesis
/ɛksɪˈdʒiːsɪs//ɛksɪˈd͡ʒisɪs/
exegesis noun: a critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text.
Noun
exegesis (countable and uncountable, plural exegeses)
- A critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text.
- Accordingly Athanasius complains loudly of their exegesis (Ep. Æg. 3–4, cf. Orat. i. 8, 52), and insists (id. i. 54, cf. already de Decr. 14) on the primary necessity of always conscientiously studying the circumstances of time and place, the person addressed, the subject matter, and purpose of the...1885, Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson (original translators and editors), Arthur Cleveland Coxe (editor of American edition), Philip Schaff (also credited as editor), Nicene and Post-Nicene...
- As with Deism and Materialism, the German Rationalism invaded the department of Biblical exegesis.1913, Francis Aveling, “Rationalism”, in Catholic Encyclopedia (1913)
- An explanatory note; a gloss.
exegesis meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
exegesis in Hindi
- interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
- व्याख्या vyākhyā
exegesis in Tamil
- விளக்கவுரை
exegesis in Urdu
- interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
- تفسیر tafsīr
exegesis in Malayalam
- interpretation of a text, especially a religious text
- വ്യാഖ്യാനം vyākhyānaṁ, ഭാഷ്യം bhāṣyaṁ
More languagesFewer languages
- exegesis in Punjabi
- تفسیر tafsīr
- exegesis in Arabic
- تَفْسِير tafsīr
- exegesis in Malay
- tafsir
- exegesis in Indonesian
- tafsir, eksegesis
- exegesis in Persian
- تفسیر tafsir, تأویل ta'vil
- exegesis in Thai
- นัยวิเคราะห์
- exegesis in Myanmar
- မြန်မာ mranma
Examples of exegesis in a sentence
- Accordingly Athanasius complains loudly of their exegesis (Ep. Æg. 3–4, cf.1885, Alexander Roberts and James Donaldson (original translators and editors), Arthur Cleveland Coxe (editor of American edition), Philip...
- Historical scholarship bears exclusively on interpretive reading; when it is properly subordinated as a means, its end is exegesis; all of its techniques are of service to the grammatical art.1940, Mortimer J. Adler, Two Essays on Docility:
Forms of exegesis
| plural | exegeses |
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Origin of exegesis
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐξήγησις (exḗgēsis, “interpretation”), from ἐξηγέομαι (exēgéomai, “to explain, interpret”), from ἐξ (ex, “out”) + ἡγέομαι (hēgéomai, “to lead, guide”).
Questions about exegesis
- What does exegesis mean?
- Exegesis means a critical explanation or interpretation of a text, especially a religious text.
- What is exegesis in Hindi?
- Exegesis in Hindi is व्याख्या (vyākhyā). See Exegesis meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use exegesis in a sentence?
- Accordingly Athanasius complains loudly of their exegesis (Ep. Æg. 3–4, cf.
- What part of speech is exegesis?
- Exegesis is a noun.
- How do you pronounce exegesis?
- Exegesis is pronounced /ɛksɪˈdʒiːsɪs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of exegesis?
- The plural of exegesis is exegeses.
Words near exegesis in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: exegesis (page history and authors); exegesis (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); تفسیر (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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