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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.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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 49 times in 49 verses in 'Luk' in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:19 - καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς G611 ἄγγελος εἶπεν αὐτῷ ἐγώ εἰμι Γαβριὴλ παρεστηκὼς ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἀπεστάλην λαλῆσαι πρὸς σὲ καὶ εὐαγγελίσασθαί σοι ταῦτα
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:35 - καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς G611 ἄγγελος εἶπεν αὐτῇ πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἐπελεύσεται ἐπὶ σέ καὶ δύναμις ὑψίστου ἐπισκιάσει σοι διὸ καὶ τὸ γεννώμενον ἅγιον κληθήσεται υἱὸς θεοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:60 - καὶ ἀποκριθεῖσα G611 μήτηρ αὐτοῦ εἶπεν οὐχί ἀλλὰ κληθήσεται Ἰωάννης
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:11 - ἀποκριθεὶς G611 δὲ ἔλεγεν αὐτοῖς ἔχων δύο χιτῶνας μεταδότω τῷ μὴ ἔχοντι καὶ ἔχων βρώματα ὁμοίως ποιείτω
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:16 - ἀπεκρίνατο G611 λέγων πᾶσιν Ἰωάννης ἐγὼ μὲν ὕδατι βαπτίζω ὑμᾶς ἔρχεται δὲ ἰσχυρότερός μου οὗ οὐκ εἰμὶ ἱκανὸς λῦσαι τὸν ἱμάντα τῶν ὑποδημάτων αὐτοῦ αὐτὸς ὑμᾶς βαπτίσει ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ καὶ πυρί
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:4 - καὶ ἀπεκρίθη G611 πρὸς αὐτὸν Ἰησοῦς γέγραπται ὅτι οὐκ ἐπ᾽ ἄρτῳ μόνῳ ζήσεται ἄνθρωπος
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:8 - καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς G611 Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ γέγραπται κύριον τὸν θεόν σου προσκυνήσεις καὶ αὐτῷ μόνῳ λατρεύσεις
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:12 - καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς G611 εἶπεν αὐτῷ Ἰησοῦς ὅτι εἴρηται οὐκ ἐκπειράσεις κύριον τὸν θεόν σου
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:5 - καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς G611 Σίμων εἶπεν ἐπιστάτα δι᾽ ὅλης νυκτὸς κοπιάσαντες οὐδὲν ἐλάβομεν ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ ῥήματί σου χαλάσω τὰ δίκτυα
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:22 - ἐπιγνοὺς δὲ Ἰησοῦς τοὺς διαλογισμοὺς αὐτῶν ἀποκριθεὶς G611 εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς τί διαλογίζεσθε ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ὑμῶν
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 5:31 - καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς G611 Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς οὐ χρείαν ἔχουσιν οἱ ὑγιαίνοντες ἰατροῦ ἀλλὰ οἱ κακῶς ἔχοντες
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 6:3 - καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς G611 πρὸς αὐτοὺς εἶπεν Ἰησοῦς οὐδὲ τοῦτο ἀνέγνωτε ἐποίησεν Δαυὶδ ὅτε ἐπείνασεν αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ μετ᾽ αὐτοῦ ὄντες
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:22 - καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς G611 εἶπεν αὐτοῖς πορευθέντες ἀπαγγείλατε Ἰωάννῃ εἴδετε καὶ ἠκούσατε τυφλοὶ ἀναβλέπουσιν χωλοὶ περιπατοῦσιν λεπροὶ καθαρίζονται καὶ κωφοὶ ἀκούουσιν νεκροὶ ἐγείρονται πτωχοὶ εὐαγγελίζονται
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:40 - καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς G611 Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν Σίμων ἔχω σοί τι εἰπεῖν δέ διδάσκαλε εἰπέ φησίν
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 7:43 - ἀποκριθεὶς G611 Σίμων εἶπεν ὑπολαμβάνω ὅτι τὸ πλεῖον ἐχαρίσατο δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ ὀρθῶς ἔκρινας
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:21 - δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς G611 εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς μήτηρ μου καὶ ἀδελφοί μου οὗτοί εἰσιν οἱ τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ ἀκούοντες καὶ ποιοῦντες
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:50 - δὲ Ἰησοῦς ἀκούσας ἀπεκρίθη G611 αὐτῷ μὴ φοβοῦ μόνον πίστευσον καὶ σωθήσεται
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:19 - οἱ δὲ ἀποκριθέντες G611 εἶπαν Ἰωάννην τὸν βαπτιστήν ἄλλοι δὲ Ἠλίαν ἄλλοι δὲ ὅτι προφήτης τις τῶν ἀρχαίων ἀνέστη
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:20 - εἶπεν δὲ αὐτοῖς ὑμεῖς δὲ τίνα με λέγετε εἶναι Πέτρος δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς G611 εἶπεν τὸν Χριστὸν τοῦ θεοῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:41 - ἀποκριθεὶς G611 δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν γενεὰ ἄπιστος καὶ διεστραμμένη ἕως πότε ἔσομαι πρὸς ὑμᾶς καὶ ἀνέξομαι ὑμῶν προσάγαγε ὧδε τὸν υἱόν σου
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:49 - ἀποκριθεὶς G611 δὲ Ἰωάννης εἶπεν ἐπιστάτα εἴδομέν τινα ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί σου ἐκβάλλοντα δαιμόνια καὶ ἐκωλύομεν αὐτὸν ὅτι οὐκ ἀκολουθεῖ μεθ᾽ ἡμῶν
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:27 - δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς G611 εἶπεν ἀγαπήσεις κύριον τὸν θεόν σου ἐξ ὅλης τῆς καρδίας σου καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ ψυχῇ σου καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ ἰσχύϊ σου καὶ ἐν ὅλῃ τῇ διανοίᾳ σου καὶ τὸν πλησίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:28 - εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὀρθῶς ἀπεκρίθης G611 τοῦτο ποίει καὶ ζήσῃ
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 10:41 - ἀποκριθεὶς G611 δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῇ κύριος Μάρθα Μάρθα μεριμνᾷς καὶ θορυβάζῃ περὶ πολλά
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:7 - κἀκεῖνος ἔσωθεν ἀποκριθεὶς G611 εἴπῃ μή μοι κόπους πάρεχε ἤδη θύρα κέκλεισται καὶ τὰ παιδία μου μετ᾽ ἐμοῦ εἰς τὴν κοίτην εἰσίν οὐ δύναμαι ἀναστὰς δοῦναί σοι
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 11:45 - ἀποκριθεὶς G611 δέ τις τῶν νομικῶν λέγει αὐτῷ διδάσκαλε ταῦτα λέγων καὶ ἡμᾶς ὑβρίζεις
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:2 - καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς G611 εἶπεν αὐτοῖς δοκεῖτε ὅτι οἱ Γαλιλαῖοι οὗτοι ἁμαρτωλοὶ παρὰ πάντας τοὺς Γαλιλαίους ἐγένοντο ὅτι ταῦτα πεπόνθασιν
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:8 - δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς G611 λέγει αὐτῷ κύριε ἄφες αὐτὴν καὶ τοῦτο τὸ ἔτος ἕως ὅτου σκάψω περὶ αὐτὴν καὶ βάλω κόπρια
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:14 - ἀποκριθεὶς G611 δὲ ἀρχισυνάγωγος ἀγανακτῶν ὅτι τῷ σαββάτῳ ἐθεράπευσεν Ἰησοῦς ἔλεγεν τῷ ὄχλῳ ὅτι ἓξ ἡμέραι εἰσὶν ἐν αἷς δεῖ ἐργάζεσθαι ἐν αὐταῖς οὖν ἐρχόμενοι θεραπεύεσθε καὶ μὴ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ σαββάτου
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:15 - ἀπεκρίθη G611 δὲ αὐτῷ κύριος καὶ εἶπεν ὑποκριταί ἕκαστος ὑμῶν τῷ σαββάτῳ οὐ λύει τὸν βοῦν αὐτοῦ τὸν ὄνον ἀπὸ τῆς φάτνης καὶ ἀπαγαγὼν ποτίζει
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 13:25 - ἀφ᾽ οὗ ἂν ἐγερθῇ οἰκοδεσπότης καὶ ἀποκλείσῃ τὴν θύραν καὶ ἄρξησθε ἔξω ἑστάναι καὶ κρούειν τὴν θύραν λέγοντες κύριε ἄνοιξον ἡμῖν καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς G611 ἐρεῖ ὑμῖν οὐκ οἶδα ὑμᾶς πόθεν ἐστέ
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:3 - καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς G611 Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν πρὸς τοὺς νομικοὺς καὶ Φαρισαίους λέγων ἔξεστιν τῷ σαββάτῳ θεραπεῦσαι οὔ
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 14:5 - καὶ πρὸς αὐτοὺς εἶπεν τίνος ὑμῶν υἱὸς βοῦς εἰς φρέαρ πεσεῖται καὶ οὐκ εὐθέως ἀνασπάσει αὐτὸν ἐν ἡμέρᾳ τοῦ σαββάτου
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 15:29 - δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς G611 εἶπεν τῷ πατρὶ αὐτοῦ ἰδοὺ τοσαῦτα ἔτη δουλεύω σοι καὶ οὐδέποτε ἐντολήν σου παρῆλθον καὶ ἐμοὶ οὐδέποτε ἔδωκας ἔριφον ἵνα μετὰ τῶν φίλων μου εὐφρανθῶ
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:17 - ἀποκριθεὶς G611 δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν οὐχὶ οἱ δέκα ἐκαθαρίσθησαν οἱ δὲ ἐννέα ποῦ
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:20 - ἐπερωτηθεὶς δὲ ὑπὸ τῶν Φαρισαίων πότε ἔρχεται βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ ἀπεκρίθη G611 αὐτοῖς καὶ εἶπεν οὐκ ἔρχεται βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ μετὰ παρατηρήσεως
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 17:37 - καὶ ἀποκριθέντες G611 λέγουσιν αὐτῷ ποῦ κύριε δὲ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς ὅπου τὸ σῶμα ἐκεῖ καὶ οἱ ἀετοὶ ἐπισυναχθήσονται
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 19:40 - καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς G611 εἶπεν λέγω ὑμῖν ἐὰν οὗτοι σιωπήσουσιν οἱ λίθοι κράξουσιν
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:3 - ἀποκριθεὶς G611 δὲ εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτούς ἐρωτήσω ὑμᾶς κἀγὼ λόγον καὶ εἴπατέ μοι
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:7 - καὶ ἀπεκρίθησαν G611 μὴ εἰδέναι πόθεν
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:24 - δείξατέ μοι δηνάριον τίνος ἔχει εἰκόνα καὶ ἐπιγραφήν οἱ δὲ εἶπαν Καίσαρος
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:34 - καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς Ἰησοῦς οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου γαμοῦσιν καὶ γαμίσκονται
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 20:39 - ἀποκριθέντες G611 δέ τινες τῶν γραμματέων εἶπαν διδάσκαλε καλῶς εἶπας
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:51 - ἀποκριθεὶς G611 δὲ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν ἐᾶτε ἕως τούτου καὶ ἁψάμενος τοῦ ὠτίου ἰάσατο αὐτόν
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:68 - ἐὰν δὲ ἐρωτήσω οὐ μὴ ἀποκριθῆτε G611
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:3 - δὲ Πιλᾶτος ἠρώτησεν αὐτὸν λέγων σὺ εἶ βασιλεὺς τῶν Ἰουδαίων δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς G611 αὐτῷ ἔφη σὺ λέγεις
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:9 - ἐπηρώτα δὲ αὐτὸν ἐν λόγοις ἱκανοῖς αὐτὸς δὲ οὐδὲν ἀπεκρίνατο G611 αὐτῷ
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 23:40 - ἀποκριθεὶς G611 δὲ ἕτερος ἐπιτιμῶν αὐτῷ ἔφη οὐδὲ φοβῇ σὺ τὸν θεόν ὅτι ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ κρίματι εἶ
Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:18 - ἀποκριθεὶς G611 δὲ εἷς ὀνόματι Κλεοπᾶς εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν σὺ μόνος παροικεῖς Ἰερουσαλὴμ καὶ οὐκ ἔγνως τὰ γενόμενα ἐν αὐτῇ ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις ταύταις
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