ἐξηγέομαι

ἐξηγέομαι (s. next entry) mid. dep. fut. 3 pl. ἐξηγήσονται; Job 12:8; 1 aor. ἐξηγησάμην. Pass.: aor. 3 sg. ἐξηγήθη (Just., D. 68, 6); inf. ἐξήγηθῆναι (Just., D. 55, 3); pf. ptc. ἐξηγημένα (Just., D. 79, 1; 126, 5) (Hom. et al.) prim. mng. ‘lead’ (s. ἡγέομαι 1), but never so in our lit.

① to relate in detail, tell, report, describe, chiefly narrative (so Hdt.; ins, pap, LXX, EpArist; Philo, Leg. All. 3, 21; Berosus: 680 Fgm. 8a 140 Jac. [in Jos., C. Ap. 1, 140]; Just., D. 58, 4; but 112, 1 ‘interpret’, 68, 7 ‘translate’) τὶ someth. τὰ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ their experiences on the way Lk 24:35. πάντα GPt 11:45. τ. δεσμὸν τ. ἀγάπης τ. θεοῦ describe the bond of the love of God 1 Cl 49:2. τί τινι relate someth. to someone (Judg 7:13) Ac 10:8; Hv 4, 2, 5; GJs 19:3. καθʼ ἓν ἕκαστον one by one Ac 21:19. ἐ. καθὼς ὁ θεὸς ἐπεσκέψατο 15:14. ὅσα ἐποίησεν ὁ θεός vs. 12. ἐξηγουμένου Παύλου ἃ πέπονθεν ἐν Φιλίπποις AcPl Ha 6, 4.

② to set forth in great detail, expound. Oft. as t.t. for the activity of priests and soothsayers who impart information or reveal divine secrets; also used w. ref. to divine beings themselves (Pla., Trag., Thu., X.; Wetstein on J 1:18.—Arrian, Anab. 2, 3, 3 of soothsayers: τὰ θεῖα ἐξηγεῖσθαι; 6, 2, 3; Ael. Aristid. 13 p. 219 D.: τὰ μέλλοντα ὥσπερ μάντις ἐξηγεῖτο, 45, 30 K. of the proclamation of the Sarapis-miracles; Pollux 8, 124 ἐξηγηταὶ δʼ ἐκαλοῦντο οἱ τὰ περὶ τῶν διοσημιῶν καὶ τὰ τῶν ἄλλων ἱερῶν διδάσκοντες=they are termed interpreters/expounders who teach things about portents and other sacred matters; Jos. of the interpr. of the law: Bell. 1, 649; 2, 162, Ant. 18, 81; Lucian, Peregr. 11 τῶν βίβλων τὰς μὲν ἐξηγεῖτο καὶ διεσάφει). ἐκεῖνος ἐξηγήσατο he has made known or brought news of (the invisible God) J 1:18 (so also JMichael, JTS 22, 1921, 14–16 against RHarris, The Origin of the Prologue 1917, 35; s. Hdb.³ ad loc.; APersson, D. Exegeten u. Delphi 1918).—B. 1238. M-M. TW. Spicq.