Manteuomai means “by soothsaying” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3132 — yoelah (“Joelah”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3132 μαντεύομαι (manteuomai) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. manteuomai (mant-yoo'-om-ai) v. 1. to divine, i.e. utter spells (under pretense of foretelling [from a derivative of G3105 (meaning a prophet, as supposed to rave through inspiration)] It has 13 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include lord, nor, thee, divination, and false. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
manteuomai (mant-yoo'-om-ai) v. 1. to divine, i.e. utter spells (under pretense of foretelling [from a derivative of G3105 (meaning a prophet, as supposed to rave through inspiration)] KJV: by soothsaying Root(s): G3105
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to divine
Usage: μαντεύομαι (μαντίς, a seer, diviner), [in LXX for קָסַם, Deu.18:10, al. ;] to divine, practise divination: Act.16:16.† SYN.: προφητεύω, which see, in distinction from which μ. is used in LXX and NT only of false prophets and those who practise the heathen arts of divination and soothsaying (cf. 1Ki.28:8, and see Tr., Syn., § vi) (AS)
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Strong's G3132 (μαντεύομαι) appears 12 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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1 indexed usage in New Testament.
And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
12 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
There shall not be found in thee one who purges his son or his daughter with fire, one who uses divination, who deals with omens, and augury,
And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he goes, and two men with him, and they come to the woman by night; and he said to her, Divine to me, I pray thee, by the divining spirit within thee, and bring up to me him whom I shall name to thee.
And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divinations and auspices, and sold themselves to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him.
First 13 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3132.
There shall not be found in thee one who purges his son or his daughter with fire, one who uses divination, who deals with omens, and augury,
And Saul disguised himself, and put on other raiment, and he goes, and two men with him, and they come to the woman by night; and he said to her, Divine to me, I pray thee, by the divining spirit within thee, and bring up to me him whom I shall name to thee.
And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divinations and auspices, and sold themselves to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him.
And hearken ye not to your false prophets, nor to them that divine to you, nor to them that foretell events by dreams to you, nor to your auguries, nor your sorcerers, that say, Ye shall by no means work for the king of Babylon:
For there shall no more be any false vision, nor anyone prophesying flatteries in the midst of the children of Israel.
In the day of the Lord, have not stood, seeing false visions, prophesying vanities, who say, The Lord saith, and the Lord has not sent them, and they began to try to confirm the word.
therefore ye shall not see false visions, and ye shall no more utter prophecies: but I will deliver my people out of your hand; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.
For the king of Babylon shall stand on the old way, at the head of the two ways, to use divination, to make bright the arrow, and to inquire of the graven images, and to examine the victims.
And he was to them as one using divination before them, and he himself recounting his iniquities, that they might be borne in mind.
While thou art seeing vain visions, and while thou art prophesying falsehoods, to bring thyself upon the necks of ungodly transgressors, the day is come, even an end, in a season of iniquity.
And her prophets that daub them shall fall, that see vanities, that prophesy falsehoods, saying, Thus saith the Lord, when the Lord has not spoken.
The heads thereof have judged for gifts, and the priests thereof have answered for hire, and her prophets have divined for silver: and yet they have rested on the Lord, saying, Is not the Lord among us? no evil shall come upon us.
And it came to pass, as we went to prayer, a certain damsel possessed with a spirit of divination met us, which brought her masters much gain by soothsaying:
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Manteuomai (Strong's G3132) is a Greek word most simply glossed "by soothsaying". manteuomai (mant-yoo'-om-ai) v. 1. to divine, i.e. utter spells (under pretense of foretelling [from a derivative of G3105 (meaning a prophet, as supposed to rave through inspiration)]
This page currently indexes 13 linked usages for Strong's G3132 across 7 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3132 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as lord, nor, thee, divination, false, and come. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 12 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament for Strong's G3132, with linked reader references where each row is available.