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Lexicon :: Strong's G611 - apokrinomai

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ἀποκρίνομαι
Transliteration
apokrinomai (Key)
Pronunciation
ap-ok-ree'-nom-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
From ἀπό (G575) and krino
mGNT
231x in 19 unique form(s) TR
249x in 23 unique form(s) LXX
227x in 36 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:944,*

Strong’s Definitions

ἀποκρίνομαι apokrínomai, ap-ok-ree'-nom-ahee; from G575 and κρίνω krínō; to conclude for oneself, i.e. (by implication) to respond; by Hebraism (compare H6030) to begin to speak (where an address is expected):—answer.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 250x

The KJV translates Strong's G611 in the following manner: answer (250x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 250x
The KJV translates Strong's G611 in the following manner: answer (250x).

  1. to give an answer to a question proposed, to answer

  2. to begin to speak, but always where something has preceded (either said or done) to which the remarks refer

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀποκρίνομαι apokrínomai, ap-ok-ree'-nom-ahee; from G575 and κρίνω krínō; to conclude for oneself, i.e. (by implication) to respond; by Hebraism (compare H6030) to begin to speak (where an address is expected):—answer.
STRONGS G611:
ἀποκρίνω: [passive, 1 aorist ἀπεκρίθην; 1 future ἀποκριθήσομαι];
i. to part, separate; passive to be parted, separated (1 aorist ἀπεκρίθην was separated, Homer, Iliad 5:12; Thucydides 2, 49; [4, 72]; Theoph. de caus. plant. 6, 14, 10; [other examples in Veitch, under the word]).
ii. to give sentence against one, decide that he has lost; hence, middle [present ἀποκρίνομαι; 1 aorist 3 person singular ἀπεκρίνατο]; (to give forth a decision from myself [Winers Grammar, 253 (238)]), to give answer, to reply; so from Thucydides down (and even in Herodotus 5, 49 [Gaisf.]; 8, 101 [Gaisf., Bekker], who generally uses ὑποκρίνομαι). But the earlier and more elegant Greek writings do not give this sense to the passive tenses ἀπεκρίθην, ἀποκριθήσομαι. "The example adduced from Plato, Alcib. Secund., p. 149 b. [cf. Stallb., p. 388] is justly discredited by Sturz, De dial. Alex., p. 148, since it is without parallel, the author of the dialogue is uncertain, and, moreover, the common form is sometimes introduced by copyists." Lobeck ad Phryn., p. 108; [cf. Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 186f; Veitch, under the word; Winers Grammar, 23 (22)]. But from Polybius down ἀποκριθῆναι and ἀποκρίνασθαι are used indiscriminately, and in the Bible the passive forms are by far the more common. In the N. T. the aorist middle ἀπεκρίνατο is found only in Matthew 27:12; Mark 14:61; Luke 3:16; Luke 23:9; John 5:17, 19; John 12:23 [R G L Tr marginal reading]; Acts 3:12; in the great majority of places ἀπεκρίθη is used; cf. Winers Grammar, § 39, 2; [Buttmann, 51 (44)].
1. to give an answer to a question proposed, to answer;
a. simply: καλῶς, Mark 12:28; νουνεχῶς, Mark 12:34; ὀρθῶς, Luke 10:28; πρός τι, Matthew 27:14.
b. with the accusative: λόγον, Matthew 22:46; οὐδέν, Matthew 27:12; Mark 14:61; Mark 15:4f.
c. with the dative etc.: ἑνὶ ἑκάστῳ, Colossians 4:6; together with the words which the answerer uses, John 5:7, 11; John 6:7, 68, etc.; the dative omitted: John 7:46; John 8:19, 49, etc. πρός τινα, Acts 25:16. joined with φάναι, or λέγειν, or εἰπεῖν, in the form of a participle, as ἀποκριθείς εἶπε or ἔφη or λέγει: Matthew 4:4; Matthew 8:8; Matthew 15:13; Luke 9:19; Luke 13:2; Mark 10:3, etc.; or ἀπεκρίθη λέγων: Matthew 25:9, 37, 44; Luke 4:4 [R G L]; Luke 8:50 [R G Tr marginal reading brackets]; John 1:26; John 10:33 [Rec.]; John 12:23. But John far more frequently says ἀπεκρίθη καὶ εἶπε: John 1:48 (John 1:49); John 2:19; 4:13; 7:16, 20 [R G], John 7:52, etc.
d. followed by the infinitive: Luke 20:7; followed by the accusative with infinitive: Acts 25:4; followed by ὅτι: Acts 25:16.
2. In imitation of the Hebrew עָנָה (Gesenius, Thesaurus ii., p. 1047) to begin to speak, but always where something has preceded (either said or done) to which the remarks refer [Winer's Grammar, 19]: Matthew 11:25; Matthew 12:38; Matthew 15:15; Matthew 17:4; Matthew 22:1; Matthew 28:5; Mark 9:5 [Mark 9:6 T Tr WH]; Mark 10:24; 11:14; 12:35; Luke 14:3; John 2:18; John 5:17; Acts 3:12; Revelation 7:13. (Sept. [Deuteronomy 26:5]; Isaiah 14:10; Zechariah 1:10; Zechariah 3:4, etc.; 1 Macc. 2:17; 1 Macc. 8:19; 2 Macc. 15:14.) [Compare: ἀνταποκρίνομαι.]
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Deuteronomy
26:5
Isaiah
14:10
Zechariah
1:10; 3:4
Matthew
4:4; 8:8; 11:25; 12:38; 15:13; 15:15; 17:4; 22:1; 22:46; 25:9; 25:37; 25:44; 27:12; 27:12; 27:14; 28:5
Mark
9:5; 9:6; 10:3; 10:24; 11:14; 12:28; 12:34; 12:35; 14:61; 14:61; 15:4
Luke
3:16; 4:4; 8:50; 9:19; 10:28; 13:2; 14:3; 20:7; 23:9
John
1:26; 1:48; 1:49; 2:18; 2:19; 4:13; 5:7; 5:11; 5:17; 5:17; 5:19; 6:7; 6:68; 7:16; 7:20; 7:46; 7:52; 8:19; 8:49; 10:33; 12:23; 12:23
Acts
3:12; 3:12; 25:4; 25:16; 25:16
Colossians
4:6
Revelation
7:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G611 matches the Greek ἀποκρίνομαι (apokrinomai),
which occurs 20 times in 20 verses in 'Act' in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 3:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:12 - And when Peter saw it he addressed the people: “Men of Israel, why do you wonder at this, or why do you stare at us, as though by our own power or piety we have made him walk?

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:19 - But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:8 - And Peter said to her, “Tell me whether you[fn] sold the land for so much.” And she said, “Yes, for so much.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 5:29

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:29 - But Peter and the apostles answered, “We must obey God rather than men.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:24 - And Simon answered, “Pray for me to the Lord, that nothing of what you have said may come upon me.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 8:34

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:34 - And the eunuch said to Philip, “About whom, I ask you, does the prophet say this, about himself or about someone else?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:13 - But Ananias answered, “Lord, I have heard from many about this man, how much evil he has done to your saints at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:46

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:46 - For they were hearing them speaking in tongues and extolling God. Then Peter declared,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:9 - But the voice answered a second time from heaven, ‘What God has made clean, do not call common.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 15:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:13 - After they finished speaking, James replied, “Brothers, listen to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:15 - But the evil spirit answered them, “Jesus I know, and Paul I recognize, but who are you?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 21:13 - Then Paul answered, “What are you doing, weeping and breaking my heart? For I am ready not only to be imprisoned but even to die in Jerusalem for the name of the Lord Jesus.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:8 - And I answered, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And he said to me, ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 22:28

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:28 - The tribune answered, “I bought this citizenship for a large sum.” Paul said, “But I am a citizen by birth.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:10 - And when the governor had nodded to him to speak, Paul replied: “Knowing that for many years you have been a judge over this nation, I cheerfully make my defense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 24:25

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:25 - And as he reasoned about righteousness and self-control and the coming judgment, Felix was alarmed and said, “Go away for the present. When I get an opportunity I will summon you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:4 - Festus replied that Paul was being kept at Caesarea and that he himself intended to go there shortly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:9

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:9 - But Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Do you wish to go up to Jerusalem and there be tried on these charges before me?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:12 - Then Festus, when he had conferred with his council, answered, “To Caesar you have appealed; to Caesar you shall go.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 25:16

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:16 - I answered them that it was not the custom of the Romans to give up anyone before the accused met the accusers face to face and had opportunity to make his defense concerning the charge laid against him.
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