μαντεύομαιmanteúomai

to divine, practise divination: Acts 16:16.

Greek (New Testament) · G3132

Synonyms

προφητεύω, see that word, 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. 1 Samuel 28:8, and see Tr., Syn., § vi).

Same root

μαίνομαιmaínomai · G3105through the idea of insensate craving); to rave as a "maniac"

Where it appears

Appears 1 times in the Bible.

Acts 16:16 One day as we were going down to the place of prayer, we met a slave girl who had a spirit that enabled her to tell the future. She earned a lot of money for her masters by telling fortunes.

Source: G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922), public domain.