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Lexicon :: Strong's G2925 - krouō

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κρούω
Transliteration
krouō (Key)
Pronunciation
kroo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primary verb
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:954,475

Strong’s Definitions

κρούω kroúō, kroo'-o; apparently a primary verb; to rap:—knock.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x

The KJV translates Strong's G2925 in the following manner: knock (9x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 9x
The KJV translates Strong's G2925 in the following manner: knock (9x).

  1. to knock: at the door

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κρούω kroúō, kroo'-o; apparently a primary verb; to rap:—knock.
STRONGS G2925:
κρούω; 1 aorist participle κρουσας; to knock: τήν θύραν, to knock at the door, Luke 13:25; Acts 12:13 (Aristophanes eccles. 317, 990; Xenophon, symp. 1, 11; Plato, Prot., p. 310 a.; 314 d.; symp. 212 c.; but κόπτειν τήν θύραν is better, according to Phryn. with whom Lobeck agrees, p. 177 (cf. Schmidt (chapter 113, 9), who makes κόπτειν to knock with a heavy blow, κρούειν to knock with the knuckles)); without τήν θύραν (cf. Winer's Grammar, 593 (552)), Matthew 7:7; Luke 11:9, 10; Luke 12:36; Acts 12:16; Revelation 3:20 (on which see θύρα, c. ἐ.).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
7:7
Luke
11:9; 11:10; 12:36; 13:25
Acts
12:13; 12:16
Revelation
3:20

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2925 matches the Greek κρούω (krouō),
which occurs 9 times in 9 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:7 - “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:8 - For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:9 - “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:10 - For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 12:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:36 - like servants waiting for their master to return from a wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks they can immediately open the door for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:25 - Once the owner of the house gets up and closes the door, you will stand outside knocking and pleading, ‘Sir, open the door for us.’ “But he will answer, ‘I don’t know you or where you come from.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:13 - Peter knocked at the outer entrance, and a servant named Rhoda came to answer the door.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 12:16 - But Peter kept on knocking, and when they opened the door and saw him, they were astonished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rev 3:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 3:20 - Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.
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