exegete
[ek-si-jeet]
noun
a person skilled in exegesis.
Also ex·e·get·ist [ek-si-jet-ist] /ˌɛk sɪˈdʒɛt ɪst/.
Origin of exegete
1720–30; < Greek exēgētḗs guide, director, interpreter, equivalent to exēgē- (see exegesis) + -tēs agent suffix
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Related Words for exegete
scholar, artist, writer, philosopher, linguist, commentator, exponent, editor, spokesperson, professor, guide, critic, speaker, delegate, reviewer, analyst, expositor, decoder, biographer, explicatorExamples from the Web for exegete
Historical Examples of exegete
This, in fact, constitutes his real and permanent distinction as an exegete.
History of the Jews, Vol. VI (of 6)Heinrich Graetz
Palmieri was not only a theologian, a moralist and a philosopher, but an exegete.
The Jesuits, 1534-1921Thomas J. Campbell
Both as an exegete and as a typologist he appears as a disciple of the Pharisees.
History of Dogma, Volume 1 (of 7)Adolph Harnack
As an exegete he exercised a powerful, and on the whole a beneficial, influence on theological investigation.
As long as he remained in Spain he was only known as a clever mathematician and astronomer, not as an exegete.
History of the Jews, Vol. III (of 6)Heinrich Graetz
exegete
exegetist (ˌɛksɪˈdʒiːtɪst, -ˈdʒɛt-)
noun
Word Origin for exegete
C18: from Greek exēgētēs, from exēgeisthai to interpret; see exegesis
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