Word of the Day for Thursday January 5, 2005 exegete \EK-suh-jeet\, noun: A person who explains or interprets difficult parts of written works. All the things said in this passage are clear and should be paid attention to, without an exegete interpreting. --[1]Galen, Commentary on [2]Hippocrates' On the Nature of Man He is far more a man of prayer, a witness, a confessor and a prophet, than a learned exegete and close thinking scholastic. --Adolf Deissmann, [3]St. Paul, A Study in Social and Religious History _________________________________________________________ Exegete is from Greek exegetes, from exegeisthai, "to interpret," and is related to [4]exegesis. References 1. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=galen 2. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=hippocrates 3. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1592444717/ref=nosim/lexico 4. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=exegesis Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation http://dictionary.reference.com/search?r=9&q=exegete