μυέω mueō · G3453
to initiate
μυέω, -ῶ; (μύω, to shut the mouth), [in LXX: 3Ma.2:30 * ; ] ; to initiate into the mysteries (so chiefly in cl.; LXX, l.with); hence, to instruct: pass., Php.4:12 (RV, I have learned the secret).†; (AS)
Definition: TBESG (Abbott-Smith)
Classical Greek (Liddell–Scott–Jones) excerpt
μῠέω, ; (μύω, which see) initiate into the mysteries, μυῶν.. ἄλλους ξένους []:—more frequently in passive, to be initiated, ὁ βουλόμενος μυεῖται []; οἱ μεμυημένοι[]; μυηθῆναι ἀφ᾽ ἑστίας, see at {ἑστί; τοῦ ἀφ᾽ ἑστίας μυουμένου} probably in []; θεοπρόποι ἦλθον.., οἵτινες μυηθέντες ἐνεβάτευσαν []: with accusative cognate, to be initiated in a thing, τὰ μυστήρια μυεῦνται []; ὅστις τὰ Καβείρων ὄργια μεμύηται in the mysteries of the Cabiri, []; τὰ μεγάλα (i.e. μυστήρια) μεμύησαι, πρὶν τὰ σμικρά []; …
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Source: TBESG G3453; TFLSJ G3453
Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).
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