ἐξηγ-έομαι,
I
1. to be leader of, c. gen. pers., τῶν δ’ ἐξηγείσθω Il. 2.806 (for And. 1.116, v. 11.3).
2. c. acc. pers., lead, govern, in Th., τὰς πόλεις 1.76; τὴν Πελοπόννησον ib. 71. abs., Hdt. 1.151, 9.11.
3. c. dat. pers. et acc. rei, show one the way to, τοῖσι ἐχθροῖσι τῆς πατρίδος ἅλωσιν Hdt. 6.135; ἃ δ’ ἐξηγεῖσθε τοῖς ξυμμάχοις Th. 3.55: c. dat. pers. only, go before, lead, ἡμῖν S. OC 1589, etc.: c. acc. loci only, lead the way to, χῶρον ib. 1520.
4. c. gen. rei, ἐ. τῆς πράξεως X. Cyr. 2.1.29; with dat. pers. added, πᾶσι κάλλους τε καὶ τελειότητος Jul. Or. 4.132d.
5. ἐ. εἰς τὴν Ἑλλάδα lead an army into Greece, X. An. 6.6.34.
II
1. dictate a form of words, ἐ. τὸν νόμον τῷ κήρυκι D. 19.70; ἐξηγοῦ θεούς dictate, name them, E. Med. 745.
2. generally, prescribe, order, ποιήσουσι τοῦτο τὸ ἂν κεῖνος ἐξηγέηται Hdt. 5.23; ὅ τι χρὴ ποιέειν ἐξηγέο σύ Id. 4.9, cf. 7.234; ᾗ ὁ νόμος ἐξηγεῖται Pl. R. 604b: of a diviner, c. inf., order one to do, A. Eu. 595; τἄλλα δ’ ἐξηγοῦ φίλοις Id. Ch. 552; esp. freq. of religious forms and ceremonies, οἷς τῶν ἄλλων θεῶν οἱ Μάγοι ἐξηγοῦντο, = τοῖς ἄλλοις θεοῖς οὕς.. X. Cyr. 8.3.11, cf. 4.5.51, 7.3.1; τί φῶ; δίδασκ’ ἄπειρον ἐξηγουμένη A. Ch. 118, cf. S. OC 1284, etc.; οὗτος ὁ θεὸς περὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα.. ἐ. Pl. R. 427c, cf. 469a.
3. expound, interpret, ἐ. τὸ οὔνομα καὶ τὴν θυσίην Hdt. 2.49; τὸν ποιητήν Pl. Cra. 407a; ἃ Ὅμηρος λέγει Id. Ion 531a; ὁ τὸν Ἡράκλειτον.. ἐξηγούμενος Antiph. 113.3; τὰ νόμιμα D. 47.69: abs., ἄγραφοι νόμοι καθ’ οὓς Εὐμολπίδαι ἐξηγοῦνται according to which they expound things, Lys. 6.10, cf. And. 1.116 (leg. κηρύκων ὤν); cf. ἐξηγητής 11.
III tell at length, relate in full, Hdt. 2.3, A. Pr. 216, 702, Th. 5.26; set forth, explain, τὴν ἔλασιν the line of march, Hdt. 3.4, 7.6; ἃ μετὰ χεῖρας ἔχοι καὶ -ήσασθαι οἷός τε Th. 1.138; τὰ τοῦ νομοθέτου βουλήματα Pl. Lg. 802c, cf. R. 474c: c. acc. et inf., explain that.., S. Aj. 320: folld. by relat., ἐ. ὁτέῳ τρόπῳ.. Hdt. 3.72. etc.; ἐ. περί τινος X. Lac. 2.1.
G1834 — ἐξηγέομαι
ἐξηγοῦμαι; imperfect ἐξηγουμην; 1 aorist ἐξηγησαμην;
1. properly, to lead out, be leader, go before (Homer, et al.).
2. metaphorically, (cf. German ausführen) to draw out in narrative, unfold in teaching;
a. to recount, rehearse: (with the accusative of the thing and the dative of person, [Act 10:8]); with the accusative of thing, [Luk 24:35]; [Act 21:19]; without an accusative, followed by relative pronoun or adverb, ὅσα ἐποίησεν, [Act 15:12]; καθώς, 14 (so in Greek writings from Herodotus down; the Sept. for סִפֵר, [Jdg 7:13], etc.).
b. to unfold, declare: [Joh 1:18] (namely, the things relating to God; also used in Greek writings of the interpretation of things sacred and divine, oracles, dreams, etc.; cf. Meyer at the passage; Alberti, Observationes etc., p. 207f).
ἐξ - ηγέομαι , - οῦμαι ,
[in LXX chiefly for H5608 pi .;]
to lead, show the way; metaph ., to unfold, narrate, declare: c . acc rei , [Luk 24:35] [Act 21:19]; c. dat. pers ., [Act 10:8]; θεόν (understood), [Joh 1:18]; seq . ὅσα , [Act 15:12]; καθώς , [Act 15:14]. †