- Original: ἑρμηνεύω - Transliteration: hermeneuo - Phonetic: her-mayn-yoo'-o - Definition: 1. to explain in words, expound 2. to interpret a. to translate what has been spoken or written in a foreign tongue into the vernacular - Origin: from a presumed derivative of G2060 (as the God of language) - TDNT entry: 13:01,3 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: From a presumed derivative of G2060 (as the God of language); to translate: - interpret. Total KJV Occurrences: 4 • interpretation, 3 Joh 1:42; Joh 9:7; Hebrews 7:2 • interpreted, 1 Joh 1:38