μαντεύω — meaning in English

English meaning

• divine adj Relating to or coming from God or a god.
• guess verb To form an answer or opinion without being sure it's correct.
• prophesy verb To predict what will happen, especially by claiming divine or special insight.

Senses

μαντεύω is used for these senses in English:

• guess To solve by a correct conjecture; to conjecture rightly.
• prophesy To foreshow; to herald; to prefigure.

divine — full definition

1. adj Relating to or coming from God or a god.
2. adj Wonderful or delightful, in an exaggerated, almost heavenly sense.
3. verb To work something out through guesswork, intuition, or insight rather than being told directly.

guess — full definition

1. verb To form an answer or opinion without being sure it's correct.
2. verb To suppose or think something is probably true.
3. noun An answer or opinion given without certain knowledge.

Related Greek words