Genesis 40:5
And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
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2 Peter 1:20
Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation.
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30 occurrences in 26 verses.
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פְּשַׁר
pᵉshar · pesh-ar'
30 times translated as this KJV form31 total Strong's occurrences
an interpretation
Strong's KJV usage: interpretation.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Daniel 2:4Strong's last: Daniel 7:16
Open full H6591 profile →פִּתְרוֹן
pithrôwn · pith-rone'
4 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
interpretation (of a dream)
Strong's KJV usage: interpretation.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 40:5Strong's last: Genesis 41:11
Open full H6623 profile →ἑρμηνεύω
hermēneúō · her-mayn-yoo'-o
3 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
to translate
Strong's KJV usage: :--interpret.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: John 1:42Strong's last: Hebrews 7:2
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hermēneía · her-may-ni'-ah
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
translation
Strong's KJV usage: :--interpretation.
Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 12:10Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 14:26
Open full G2058 profile →διερμηνεύω
diermēneúō · dee-er-main-yoo'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to explain thoroughly, by implication, to translate
Strong's KJV usage: :--expound, interpret(-ation).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 9:36Strong's last: Acts 9:36
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epílysis · ep-il'-oo-sis
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
explanation, i.e. application
Strong's KJV usage: :--interpretation.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Peter 1:20Strong's last: 2 Peter 1:20
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methermēneúō · meth-er-mane-yoo'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form8 total Strong's occurrences
to explain over, i.e. translate
Strong's KJV usage: :--(by) interpret(-ation).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 13:8Strong's last: Acts 13:8
Open full G3177 profile →מְלִיצָה
mᵉlîytsâh · mel-ee-tsaw'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
an aphorism; also a satire
Strong's KJV usage: interpretation, taunting.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 1:6Strong's last: Proverbs 1:6
Open full H4426 profile →פֵּשֶׁר
pêsher · pay'-sher
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: interpretation.
Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 8:1Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 8:1
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pâthar · paw-thar'
1 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
to open up, i.e. (figuratively) interpret (a dream)
Strong's KJV usage: interpret(-ation, -er).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 40:16Strong's last: Genesis 40:16
Open full H6622 profile →שֶׁבֶר
sheber · sheh'-ber
1 times translated as this KJV form44 total Strong's occurrences
a fracture, figuratively, ruin; specifically, a solution (of a dream)
Strong's KJV usage: affliction, breach, breaking, broken(-footed, -handed), bruise, crashing, destruction, hurt, interpretation, vexation.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Judges 7:15Strong's last: Judges 7:15
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H6623
And they dreamed a dream both of them, each man his dream in one night, each man according to the interpretation of his dream, the butler and the baker of the king of Egypt, which were bound in the prison.
H6623
And Joseph said unto him, This is the interpretation of it: The three branches are three days:
H6622
When the chief baker saw that the interpretation was good, he said unto Joseph, I also was in my dream, and, behold, I had three white baskets on my head:
H6623
And Joseph answered and said, This is the interpretation thereof: The three baskets are three days:
H6623
And we dreamed a dream in one night, I and he; we dreamed each man according to the interpretation of his dream.
H7667
And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped, and returned into the host of Israel, and said, Arise; for the LORD hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.
H4426
To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
H6592
Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man's wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.
H6591
Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
H6591
The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.
H6591
But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.
H6591
But if ye shew the dream, and the interpretation thereof, ye shall receive of me gifts and rewards and great honour: therefore shew me the dream, and the interpretation thereof.
H6591
They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.
H6591
But if ye will not make known unto me the dream, there is but one decree for you: for ye have prepared lying and corrupt words to speak before me, till the time be changed: therefore tell me the dream, and I shall know that ye can shew me the interpretation thereof.
H6591
Then Daniel went in, and desired of the king that he would give him time, and that he would shew the king the interpretation.
H6591
Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destroy not the wise men of Babylon: bring me in before the king, and I will shew unto the king the interpretation.
H6591
Then Arioch brought in Daniel before the king in haste, and said thus unto him, I have found a man of the captives of Judah, that will make known unto the king the interpretation.
H6591
The king answered and said to Daniel, whose name was Belteshazzar, Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen, and the interpretation thereof?
H6591
But as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.
H6591
This is the dream; and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king.
H6591
Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain without hands, and that it brake in pieces the iron, the brass, the clay, the silver, and the gold; the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass hereafter: and the dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure.
H6591
Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.
H6591
Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof.
H6591
O Belteshazzar, master of the magicians, because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee, and no secret troubleth thee, tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen, and the interpretation thereof.
H6591
This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation: but thou art able; for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee.
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interpretation
INTERPRETA'TION, noun [Latin interpretatio.]
1. The act of interpreting; explanation of unintelligible words in language that is intelligible. interpretation is the design of translation.
2. The act of expounding or unfolding what is not understood or not obvious; as the interpretation of dreams and prophecy.
Look how we can, or sad or merrily,
Interpretation will misquote our looks.
3. The sense given by an interpreter; exposition. We sometimes find various interpretations of the same passage of Scripture and other ancient writings.
4. The power of explaining.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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