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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #1830 - ἐξερευνάω

Transliteration

exereunáō

Phonetics

ex-er-yoo-nah'-o

Origin

from (G1537) and (G2045)

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

2:655,255

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to search out, search anxiously and diligently

To search after, thoroughly investigate (first used to tellof a dog sniffing out something with his nose). The prophetssearched to find out the time of Messiah's appearance.

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (1)

1 Peter 1

BSB (1)

1 Peter 1

CSB (1)

1 Peter 1

ESV (1)

1 Peter 1

KJV (1)

1 Peter 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

1 Peter 1

N95 (1)

1 Peter 1

NAS (1)

1 Peter 3

NLT (0)

The New Living Translation
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

1 Peter 1

YLT (1)

1 Peter 1

ASV (1)

searched diligently 1

BSB (1)

investigated carefully 1

CSB (1)

investigated 1

ESV (1)

inquired carefully 1

KJV (1)

diligently 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (1)

inquiries 1

N95 (1)

inquiries 1

NAS (1)

inquiries 1

NLT (0)

The New Living Translation
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (1)

searched diligently 1

YLT (1)

search out 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-AAI-3P 1

ANT

V-AAI-3P 1

BEZ

V-AAI-3P 1

BGB

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

BMT

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

BYZ

V-AAI-3P 1

ELZ

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

NA26

V-3AAIP 1

SBL

V-AAI-3P 1

SCV

V-AAI-3P 1

STV

V-AAI-3P 1

TIS

V-AAI-3P 1

TRG

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐξερευν-άω

(later ἐξερευν-έραυν- LXX Psalms 118:2(119).2, al.), search out, examine, S. OT 258, El. 1100; τὰ περὶ τὴν πόλιν Aen.Tact. 28.4; λογισμὸς τὰς αἰτίας ἐ. Epicur. Ephesians 1 p.64U.; τὰς προσόδους Plb. 14.1.13, cf. LXX l.c., al.; τὰ πρόσφορ' ἤν πως ἐξερευνήσας λάβω E. Hel. 429: — Med., D.C. 52.6; τόπους Plb. 9.5.8, cf. 18.21.1.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἐξεραυνάω T Tr WH for ἐξερευνάω, which see; see ἐραυνάω.]

STRONGS NT 1830: ἐξερευνάω ἐξερευνάω, ἐξερεύνω: 1 aorist ἐξηρεύνησα; to search out, search anxiously and diligently: περί τίνος, 1 Peter 1:10 (where T Tr WH ἐξεραυνάω which see). (1 Macc. 3:48 1 Macc. 9:26; the Sept.; Sophocles, Euripides, Polybius, Plutarch, others.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἐξ -εραυνάω

(Rec. ἐξερευνάω ), -ῶ ,

[in LXX for H2713, H5341, etc.;]

to search out, search carefully: seq. περί , 1 Peter 1:10.†

ἐξερευνάω , see ἐξεραυνάω .

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For the idea of careful, minute search, as in 1 Peter 1:10, cf., in addition to the LXX passages (1 Maccabees 9:26 al.), Pss Sol 17.11 ἐξηρεύνησε (ὁ θεὸς) τὸ σπέρμα αὐτῶν καὶ οὐκ ἀφῆκεν αὐτούς : also Vett. Val. p. 267.5 διαίρεσιν ἐκ πείρας καὶ πόνου ἐξηρευνημένην. On the spelling see s.v. ἐραυνάω.

List of Word Forms

εξερευνήσατε εξερευνησάτω εξερευνήσεις εξερευνήσης εξερευνήσω εξερευνήσωσι εξερευνώντες εξερημούντα εξερημωθήσονται εξερημών εξερημώσαι εξερημώσει εξερημώσω εξερήμωσω εξηραυνησαν ἐξηραύνησαν εξηρευνήθη εξηρεύνησαν εξηρεύνησεν εξηρημωμένας εξηρημωμένοις εξηρήμωσα εξηρήμωσε εξηρήμωται εξήρψεν exeraunesan exeraúnesan exēraunēsan exēraúnēsan