About The Word Exegesis
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Exegesis
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What's The Definition Of Exegesis?
[n] critical interpretation of a text (especially of the Bible)
[n] an explanation or critical interpretation (especially of the Bible) Synonyms | Synonyms for Exegesis: Related Terms | Find terms related to Exegesis: allegorization | annotation | apparatus criticus | clarification | comment | commentary | commentation | construction | cracking | decipherment | decoding | demonstration | demythologization | editing | elucidation | emendation | enlightenment | euhemerism | exemplification | explanation | explication | expose | exposition | expounding | footnote | gloss | illumination | illustration | interpretation | light | notation | note | note of explanation | rationale | reason | scholium | simplification | solution | unlocking | word of explanation See Also | interpretation | interpretation | reading | version Exegesis In Webster's Dictionary \Ex`e*ge"sis\, n.; pl. {Exegeses}. [NL., fr.Gr. ?,fr. ?
to explain, interpret; ? out + ? to guide, lead, akin, to ?
to lead. See {Agent}.]
1. Exposition; explanation; especially, a critical
explanation of a text or portion of Scripture.
2. (Math.) The process of finding the roots of an equation.
[Obs.]
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