μην-ύω G3377
To disclose, report, or make known what was previously hidden or unknown.
This verb means to reveal, report, or inform, with a particular nuance of disclosing something not previously known or bringing hidden information to light. Its New Testament uses span from Jesus's indirect disclosure that God is the God of the living (Luke 20:37, 'Moses showed'), to the religious authorities seeking someone to inform on Jesus's whereabouts (John 11:57), to a nephew's urgent intelligence report about an assassination plot (Acts 23:30), to someone informing a believer about the idolatrous origin of food offered at a meal (1 Cor 10:28). The multilingual evidence -- French 'dénoncer' (to denounce/report), Spanish 'avisara' (to warn), German 'mitteilen' (to communicate) -- highlights different facets of the disclosure act.
Senses
1. sense 1 — To disclose, report, or make known something hidden or previously unknown, whether through formal testimony, warning, or revelation. French 'dénoncer' emphasizes the reporting or informing aspect, Spanish 'indicó/avisara' captures the pointing-out and warning nuances, and German 'mitteilen' highlights communication. In Luke 20:37 Moses 'indicates' God's nature at the burning bush; in John 11:57 the authorities demand informants report Jesus's location; in Acts 23:30 a plot is disclosed to the commander; and in 1 Corinthians 10:28 someone reveals that food has been offered to idols. 4×
AR["أَظهَرَ", "المُخبِرِ", "لَمَّا-أُعْلِمْتُ", "يُخْبِرُ"]·ben["উপর", "জানানো,", "জানায়", "জানিতে-পারিয়া"]·DE["mitteilen", "μηνυθείσης", "ἐμήνυσεν"]·EN["having-been-disclosed", "having-informed", "he-should-report", "revealed"]·FR["dénoncer"]·heb["הוֹדִיעַ", "יַגִּיד", "מוֹדִיעַ", "נוֹדַע"]·HI["बताए", "बताने-वाले", "बताया", "बतायेजानेपर"]·ID["Diberitahu", "memberitahukan", "menunjukkan", "yang-memberitahu"]·IT["annunciare", "informare"]·jav["dipun-wartosi", "ingkang-matur,", "lapuraken,", "nedahaken"]·KO["알려준-자와", "알려지고", "알렸다", "알리라고"]·PT["indicou", "informando,"]·RU["сообщил", "сообщённом", "указавшего,", "указал"]·ES["avisara", "habiendo-sido-informado", "indicó", "informando"]·SW["ajulishe", "alionyesha", "aliyekuambia,", "ilipoelezwa"]·TR["bildirilince", "bildirsin", "gösterdi", "vicdani-"]·urd["بتائے", "بتانے-والے", "خبر-ملنے-پر", "ظاہر-کیا"]
Related Senses
H0559 1. say, speak, tell (5297×)G3004 1. say, tell, speak (2226×)H1696 1. speak, say, tell (Piel) (1105×)H7121 1. call, summon, name (575×)H6680 1. command, order, charge (483×)H6030b 1. answer, respond, reply (289×)G2980 1. speak, talk (277×)H5046 1. Hifil: to tell, report (237×)G0611 1. answer or respond verbally (232×)H1288 1. Piel: bless, invoke blessing (227×)H7650 1. swear, take an oath (Niphal) (154×)H3789 1. Qal passive participle: written, recorded (112×)H1984b 1. praise, laud (Piel) (111×)H7592 1. ask, inquire, question (96×)H3034 1. give thanks, praise (Hifil) (94×)G1321 1. teach, instruct actively (92×)H3789 2. Qal active: write, compose (89×)G1125 1. to write, compose (a letter or document) (84×)H5046 2. Hifil: to declare, proclaim (79×)H7892a 1. song, musical composition (78×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
μην-ύω (see. near the end), Doric dialect μᾱν- Refs 5th c.BC+: future -ύσω Refs 5th c.BC+. γ᾽, etc.: aorist ἐμήνῡσα Refs 5th c.BC+perfect μεμήνῡκαRefs 5th c.BC+:—passive, perfect μεμήνῡται Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist ἐμηνύθην Refs 5th c.BC+: future μηνυθήσομαι Refs 2nd c.AD+:—disclose what is secret, reveal: generally, make known, declare, μ. τινί τι Refs 5th c.BC+; τι Refs 5th c.BC+; τί μηνύεις νέο;…