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G3377 · Greek · New Testament
μηνύω
menyo
Verb
to disclose / reveal

Definition

Menyo (G3377) means to make known, disclose, or reveal — especially to inform authorities of something. It appears when Paul's nephew reveals the Jewish plot against Paul (Acts 23:30), and Jesus uses it when speaking of the Spirit revealing things.

Usage & Theological Significance

The disclosure (menyo) of the plot against Paul by his nephew (Acts 23) is one of those quiet providential moments that turned the course of redemptive history. A young man, unnamed, hears a conspiracy — forty men bound by oath not to eat until they had killed Paul — and risks everything to report it. This small act preserved the apostle who would write half the New Testament. The word also appears in John 11:57 for reporting Jesus' whereabouts. God uses the willing mouth of one person to redirect the course of the gospel. Disclosure, even of small intelligence, can be the hinge of history.

Key Bible Verses

Acts 23:30 And when it was disclosed to me that there would be a plot against the man, I sent him to you at once.
Luke 20:37 But that the dead are raised, even Moses showed (emenosen), in the passage about the bush.
John 11:57 Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, he should let them know (menuse).
Acts 23:19 The tribune took him by the hand, and going aside asked him privately, 'What is it that you have to tell me?'
Acts 23:21 Do not be persuaded by them, for more than forty of their men are lying in ambush for him.

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