"to be a leader; to detail, to set forth in language; to tell, narrate, recount, Lk. 24:35; Acts 10:8; to make known, reveal, Jn. 1:18; Acts 15:12, 14; 21:19*"
Definition and meaning
to be a leader; to detail, to set forth in language; to tell, narrate, recount, Lk. 24:35; Acts 10:8; to make known, reveal, Jn. 1:18; Acts 15:12, 14; 21:19*
In the original Greek the word is written: ἐξηγέομαι
Historical context
Luke wrote as a historian addressing a Greek audience. He carefully interviewed eyewitnesses and arranged events in order. The social and economic realities he describes — Roman taxation, Jewish religious hierarchy, the marginalization of women and the poor — are consistent with first-century Judea under Roman administration.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of exegeomai (G1834) across the King James Bible.
And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread.
No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.
And when he had declared all these things unto them, he sent them to Joppa.
Then all the multitude kept silence, and gave audience to Barnabas and Paul, declaring what miracles and wonders God had wrought among the Gentiles by them.
Simeon hath declared how God at the first did visit the Gentiles, to take out of them a people for his name.
And when he had saluted them, he declared particularly what things God had wrought among the Gentiles by his ministry.
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Common questions
Strong's G1834 (exegeomai) is a Greek word that means: to be a leader; to detail, to set forth in language; to tell, narrate, recount, Lk. 24:35; Acts 10:8; to make known, reveal, Jn. 1:18; Acts 15:12, 14; 21:19* It appears 6 times in the King James Bible.
The word exegeomai (G1834) appears 6 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G1834 is exegeomai, a Greek word defined as: to be a leader; to detail, to set forth in language; to tell, narrate, recount, Lk. 24:35; Acts 10:8; to make known, reveal, Jn. 1:18; Acts 15:12, 14;. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
exegeomai is a Greek word found in the New Testament.