μαντεύομαι
manteuomai
Greek G3132 Verb 1
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μαντεύομαι to divine
μαντεύομαι
(μαντίς, a seer, diviner), [in LXX for קָסַם, Deu.18:10, al. ;]
to divine, practise divination: Act.16:16.†
SYN.: προφητεύω, which see, in distinction from which μ. is used in LXX and NT only of false prophets and those who practise the heathen arts of divination and soothsaying (cf. 1Ki.28:8, and see Tr., Syn., § vi) (AS)
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- Acts 16:16 μαντευομένη
One day as we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl with a spirit of divination, who earned a large income for her masters by fortune-telling.
