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Lexicon :: Strong's G611 - apokrinomai

Aa
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)
Dictionary Aids

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 231 times in 231 verses in the MGNT Greek.

Page 5 / 5 (Jhn 18:35–Rev 7:13)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:35 - “Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people and chief priests handed you over to me. What is it you have done?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:36

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:36 - Jesus said, “My kingdom is not of this world. If it were, my servants would fight to prevent my arrest by the Jewish leaders. But now my kingdom is from another place.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 18:37 - “You are a king, then!” said Pilate. Jesus answered, “You say that I am a king. In fact, the reason I was born and came into the world is to testify to the truth. Everyone on the side of truth listens to me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:7 - The Jewish leaders insisted, “We have a law, and according to that law he must die, because he claimed to be the Son of God.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:11 - Jesus answered, “You would have no power over me if it were not given to you from above. Therefore the one who handed me over to you is guilty of a greater sin.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:15 - But they shouted, “Take him away! Take him away! Crucify him!” “Shall I crucify your king?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” the chief priests answered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 19:22 - Pilate answered, “What I have written, I have written.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 20:28 - Thomas said to him, “My Lord and my God!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJhn 21:5 - He called out to them, “Friends, haven’t you any fish?” “No,” they answered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 3:12 - When Peter saw this, he said to them: “Fellow Israelites, why does this surprise you? Why do you stare at us as if by our own power or godliness we had made this man walk?

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 4:19 - But Peter and John replied, “Which is right in God’s eyes: to listen to you, or to him? You be the judges!

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:8 - Peter asked her, “Tell me, is this the price you and Ananias got for the land?” “Yes,” she said, “that is the price.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 5:29 - Peter and the other apostles replied: “We must obey God rather than human beings!

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:24 - Then Simon answered, “Pray to the Lord for me so that nothing you have said may happen to me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:34 - The eunuch asked Philip, “Tell me, please, who is the prophet talking about, himself or someone else?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:13 - “Lord,” Ananias answered, “I have heard many reports about this man and all the harm he has done to your holy people in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:46 - For they heard them speaking in tongues[fn] and praising God. Then Peter said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 11:9 - “The voice spoke from heaven a second time, ‘Do not call anything impure that God has made clean.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:13 - When they finished, James spoke up. “Brothers,” he said, “listen to me.

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:8 - “ ‘Who are you, Lord?’ I asked. “ ‘I am Jesus of Nazareth, whom you are persecuting,’ he replied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:28 - Then the commander said, “I had to pay a lot of money for my citizenship.” “But I was born a citizen,” Paul replied.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:10 - When the governor motioned for him to speak, Paul replied: “I know that for a number of years you have been a judge over this nation; so I gladly make my defense.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:25 - As Paul talked about righteousness, self-control and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and said, “That’s enough for now! You may leave. When I find it convenient, I will send for you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:4 - Festus answered, “Paul is being held at Caesarea, and I myself am going there soon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:9 - Festus, wishing to do the Jews a favor, said to Paul, “Are you willing to go up to Jerusalem and stand trial before me there on these charges?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:12 - After Festus had conferred with his council, he declared: “You have appealed to Caesar. To Caesar you will go!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 25:16 - “I told them that it is not the Roman custom to hand over anyone before they have faced their accusers and have had an opportunity to defend themselves against the charges.

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Unchecked Copy BoxCol 4:6 - Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:13 - Then one of the elders asked me, “These in white robes—who are they, and where did they come from?”

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