Exegete Definition

ĕksə-jēt
exegetes
noun
An expert in exegesis.
Webster's New World

A person skilled in exegesis; an interpreter.

Wiktionary
verb

(chiefly religion) To interpret; to perform an exegesis.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Exegete

Noun

Singular:
exegete
Plural:
exegetes

Origin of Exegete

  • Greek exēgētēs from exēgeisthai to interpret exegesis

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek ἐξηγητής (eksēgētēs).

    From Wiktionary

Exegete Sentence Examples

  • As an exegete Theodoret belongs to the Antiochene school, of which Diodorus of Tarsus and Theodore of Mopsuestia were the heads.

  • Lucian the great exegete of Antioch and his school derived their inspiration from Paul, and he was through Lucian a forefather of Arianism.

  • As a theologian, in fact, Origen is not merely an orthodox traditionalist and believing exegete, but a speculative philosopher of Neo-Platonic tendencies.

  • As an exegete he exercised a powerful, and on the whole a beneficial, influence on theological investigation.

  • As an exegete and biblical critic no less than as a grammarian he has left his abiding mark.

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