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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Strong's #611 - ἀποκρίνομαι

Transliteration

apokrínomai

Phonetics

ap-ok-ree'-nom-ahee

Origin

from (G575) and krino

Parts of Speech

verb

TDNT

3:944,

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to give an answer to a question proposed, to answer
to begin to speak, but always where something has preceded (either said or done) to which the remarks refer

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 559 ‑ אָמַר (aw‑mar'); 1875 ‑ דָּרַשׁ (daw‑rash'); 2734 ‑ חָרָה (khaw‑raw'); 3045 ‑ יָדַע (yaw‑dah'); 3384 ‑ יָרָא (yaw‑raw', yaw‑raw'); 3426 ‑ יֵשׁ (yaysh); 5042 ‑ נָבַע (naw‑bah'); 6030 ‑ עָנָה (aw‑naw'); 7650 ‑ שָׁבַע (shaw‑bah'); 7725 ‑ שׁוּב (shoob);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (242)

Matthew 55

Mark 43

Luke 46

John 77

Acts 19

Colossians 1

Revelation 1

BSB (206)

Matthew 55

Mark 30

Luke 46

John 78

Acts 20

Colossians 1

Revelation 1

CSB (203)

Matthew 48

Mark 22

Luke 39

John 73

Acts 20

Colossians 1

ESV (110)

Matthew 52

Mark 38

Luke 46

John 78

Acts 19

Colossians 1

Revelation 1

KJV (251)

Matthew 55

Mark 45

Luke 50

John 78

Acts 21

Colossians 1

Revelation 1

LEB (0)

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

LSB (229)

Matthew 53

Mark 30

Luke 46

John 77

Acts 21

Colossians 1

Revelation 1

N95 (208)

Matthew 37

Mark 27

Luke 45

John 76

Acts 21

Colossians 1

Revelation 1

NAS (213)

Matthew 37

Mark 27

Luke 45

John 76

Acts 21

Colossians 1

Revelation 1

NLT (228)

Matthew 67

Mark 42

Luke 63

John 90

Acts 23

Colossians 1

Revelation 1

WEB (237)

Matthew 57

Mark 40

Luke 42

John 77

Acts 19

Colossians 1

Revelation 1

YLT (207)

Matthew 48

Mark 27

Luke 44

John 71

Acts 15

Colossians 1

Revelation 1

ASV (242)

and answered 1

and he answered 3

and he answereth 1

answer 5

answered 131

answerest thou 4

answereth 5

answering 15

but he answered 3

he 1

he answered 23

he answereth 1

he answering 2

he had answered 1

he said 4

he saith 1

he shall answer 1

i 1

it, he answered 1

nbsp 1

no answer 1

said 5

shall 2

shall answer 2

shall he answer 1

she answered 1

therefore answered 3

therefore answereth 1

they answered 11

they answering 1

they said 1

they told 1

thou hast answered 1

to answer 3

unto 3

BSB (206)

addressed 1

and replied 1

and said 2

answer 1

answered 46

answers 1

asked 10

began his response 1

declared 1

demanded 1

do you not answer 1

gave no answer 1

have you no answer 2

he addressed 1

he answered 6

he gave no answer 1

he replied 10

he said 1

i told 1

in response 1

jesus answered 3

jesus did not answer 1

jesus gave no answer 1

jesus had answered 1

jesus replied 8

jesus told 1

john replied 1

made no further reply 1

made no reply 1

replied 58

responded 1

said 10

said to him 1

she replied 1

spoke 2

the king will answer 1

the man had answered 1

they answered 6

they answered that 1

they asked 1

they replied 5

to answer 3

to say 1

will answer 1

will reply 1

you answer 2

you have answered 1

you will not answer 1

CSB (203)

addressed 1

answer 18

answered 94

answering 1

asked 2

replied 61

responded 20

response 1

said 2

say 3

ESV (110)

addressed 1

answer 13

answered 83

answering 3

declared 1

he 1

make 1

replied 2

reply 1

said 3

told 1

KJV (251)

answer 12

answered 201

answereth 4

answering 29

thou 4

will 1

LEB (0)

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

LSB (229)

answer 20

answered 198

answering 4

answers 1

made 1

nothing 2

replied 2

responded 1

N95 (208)

answer 21

answered 169

answering 8

answers 1

made 1

replied 2

reply 1

respond 1

responded 2

response 1

said 1

NAS (213)

answer 20

answered 132

answering 5

answers 1

in 6

offer 6

offered 1

replied 12

reply 3

replying 1

respond 1

responded 20

responding 2

response 1

said 1

say 1

NLT (228)

addressed 1

answer 10

answered 19

asked 21

back 3

called 1

declared 2

demanded 1

exclaimed 7

explained 1

mocked 1

muttered 1

out 2

prayed 1

remarked 1

replied 86

reply 5

responded 7

response 2

retorted 3

right 1

said 35

say 1

shouted 1

silent 1

spoke 2

told 11

understood 1

WEB (237)

* 1

and answered 1

answer 6

answered 151

answering 6

being 1

but he answered 2

do you 1

have you 2

he answered 23

he gave 1

he had answered 1

he said 1

he will answer 1

no answer 1

responded 1

said 7

she answered 1

then he will answer 1

therefore answered 3

they answered 11

to 2

to answer 3

told 1

will 2

will answer 2

you 1

you have answered 1

you will 1

YLT (207)

answer 9

answer me or send me away 1

answered 75

answereth 1

answering 82

did answer 1

dost thou answer 1

he answered 5

he answered do ye 1

he answering 6

he did not answer 1

he might say 1

i answered 1

jesus answering 4

man answered 1

responded 2

shall he answer 1

shall they answer 1

she answered 1

therefore, answered 1

they answered 6

they answered search 1

they might answer 1

thou didst answer 1

thou dost answer 1

to answer 1

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

V-ADI-1S 2

V-ADI-2S 1

V-ADI-3P 20

V-ADI-3S 94

V-AOM-2P 2

V-AON 1

V-AOP-NPM 8

V-AOP-NSF 1

V-AOP-NSM 109

V-AOP-NSN 1

V-AOS-2P 1

V-AOS-3P 1

V-FOI-3P 2

V-FOI-3S 1

V-PNI-2S 4

V-PNI-3S 1

V-PNN 1

ANT

V-ADI-1S 2

V-ADI-2S 1

V-ADI-3P 20

V-ADI-3S 93

V-AOM-2P 2

V-AON 1

V-AOP-NPM 8

V-AOP-NSF 1

V-AOP-NSM 109

V-AOP-NSN 1

V-AOS-2P 1

V-AOS-3P 1

V-FOI-3P 2

V-FOI-3S 1

V-PNI-2S 4

V-PNI-3S 1

V-PNN 1

BEZ

V-AMI-3S 7

V-API-1S 2

V-API-2S 1

V-API-3P 19

V-API-3S 82

V-APM-2P 2

V-APN- 1

V-APP-NPM 7

V-APP-NSF 1

V-APP-NSM 95

V-APP-NSN 1

V-APS-2P 1

V-APS-3P 1

V-APS-3S 1

V-FPI-3P 2

V-FPI-3S 1

V-PPI-2S 4

V-PPI-3S 3

V-PPN- 1

BGB

V-ADI-1S 2

V-ADI-2S 1

V-ADI-3P 20

V-ADI-3S 92

V-AOM-2P 2

V-AON 1

V-AOP-NPM 8

V-AOP-NSF 1

V-AOP-NSM 106

V-AOP-NSN 1

V-AOS-2P 1

V-AOS-3P 1

V-FOI-3P 2

V-FOI-3S 1

V-PNI-2S 2

V-PNI-3S 1

V-PNN 1

BMT

V-ADI-1S 2

V-ADI-2S 1

V-ADI-3P 20

V-ADI-3S 92

V-AOM-2P 2

V-AON 1

V-AOP-NPM 8

V-AOP-NSF 1

V-AOP-NSM 105

V-AOP-NSN 1

V-AOS-2P 1

V-AOS-3P 1

V-FOI-3P 2

V-FOI-3S 1

V-PNI-2S 2

V-PNI-3S 1

V-PNN 1

BYZ

V-ADI-1S 2

V-ADI-2S 1

V-ADI-3P 20

V-ADI-3S 93

V-AOM-2P 2

V-AON 1

V-AOP-NPM 8

V-AOP-NSF 1

V-AOP-NSM 109

V-AOP-NSN 1

V-AOS-2P 1

V-AOS-3P 1

V-FOI-3P 2

V-FOI-3S 1

V-PNI-2S 4

V-PNI-3S 1

V-PNN 1

ELZ

CONJ 1

V-ADI-2S 1

V-AMI-3S 7

V-APD-2P 2

V-API-1S 2

V-API-3P 19

V-API-3S 83

V-APN 1

V-APPNPM 7

V-APPNSF 1

V-APPNSM 93

V-APPNSN 1

V-APS-2P 1

V-APS-3P 1

V-FPI-3P 2

V-FPI-3S 1

V-PMI-2S 4

V-PMI-3S 3

V-PMN 1

NA26

V-1APIS 2

V-2APDP 2

V-2APIS 1

V-2APSP 1

V-2PMIS 4

V-3AMIS 7

V-3APIP 19

V-3APIS 82

V-3APSP 1

V-3APSS 1

V-3FPIP 2

V-3FPIS 1

V-3PMIS 3

V-APN 1

V-APPNPM 8

V-APPNSF 1

V-APPNSM 94

V-APPNSN 1

V-PMN 1

SBL

V-ADI-1S 2

V-ADI-2S 1

V-ADI-3P 20

V-ADI-3S 94

V-AOM-2P 2

V-AON 1

V-AOP-NPM 8

V-AOP-NSF 1

V-AOP-NSM 109

V-AOP-NSN 1

V-AOS-2P 1

V-AOS-3P 1

V-FOI-3P 2

V-FOI-3S 1

V-PNI-2S 4

V-PNI-3S 1

V-PNN 1

SCV

V-ADI-1S 2

V-ADI-2S 1

V-ADI-3P 20

V-ADI-3S 93

V-AOM-2P 2

V-AON 1

V-AOP-NPM 8

V-AOP-NSF 1

V-AOP-NSM 109

V-AOP-NSN 1

V-AOS-2P 1

V-AOS-3P 1

V-FOI-3P 2

V-FOI-3S 1

V-PNI-2S 4

V-PNI-3S 1

V-PNN 1

STV

V-ADI-1S 2

V-ADI-2S 1

V-ADI-3P 19

V-ADI-3S 88

V-AOM-2P 2

V-AON 1

V-AOP-NPM 7

V-AOP-NSF 1

V-AOP-NSM 96

V-AOP-NSN 1

V-AOS-2P 1

V-AOS-3P 1

V-AOS-3S 1

V-FOI-3P 2

V-FOI-3S 1

V-PNI-2S 4

V-PNI-3S 4

V-PNN 1

TIS

V-ADI-1S 2

V-ADI-2S 1

V-ADI-3P 20

V-ADI-3S 94

V-AOM-2P 2

V-AON 1

V-AOP-NPM 8

V-AOP-NSF 1

V-AOP-NSM 109

V-AOP-NSN 1

V-AOS-2P 1

V-AOS-3P 1

V-FOI-3P 2

V-FOI-3S 1

V-PNI-2S 4

V-PNI-3S 1

V-PNN 1

V-ADI-1S 2

V-ADI-2S 1

V-ADI-3P 19

V-ADI-3S 89

V-AOM-2P 2

V-AON 1

V-AOP-NPM 7

V-AOP-NSF 1

V-AOP-NSM 94

V-AOP-NSN 1

V-AOS-2P 1

V-AOS-3P 1

V-AOS-3S 1

V-FOI-3P 2

V-FOI-3S 1

V-PNI-2S 4

V-PNI-3S 3

V-PNN 1

TRG

CONJ 1

V-ADI-2S 1

V-AMI-3S 7

V-APD-2P 2

V-API-1S 2

V-API-3P 19

V-API-3S 83

V-APN 1

V-APPNPM 7

V-APPNSF 1

V-APPNSM 93

V-APPNSN 1

V-APS-2P 1

V-APS-3P 1

V-FPI-3P 2

V-FPI-3S 1

V-PMI-2S 4

V-PMI-3S 3

V-PMN 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἀποκριìνομαι

From G575 and κρινω krino

κρίνω [ῑ], Ephesians 3:1-21 sg. ind. κρίνησι (δια -) f.l. in Theoc. 25.46: fut. κρῐνῶ, , Ion. κρῐνέω (δια -) Il. 2.387: aor. ἔκρῑνα Od. 18.264, etc.: pf. κέκρῐκα Pl. Lg. 734c, etc.: — Med., fut. κρῐνοῦμαι E. Med. 609, but in pass. sense, Pl. Grg. 521e: aor. ἐκρῑνάμην Il. 9.521, etc.: — Pass., fut. κρῐθήσομαι A. Eu. 677, Antipho 6.37, etc.: aor. ἐκρίθην [ῐ ] Pi. N. 7.7, etc.; 3 pl. κρίθεν Id. P. 4.168, ἔκριθεν A.R. 4.1462; opt. κρινθεῖτε (δια -) Il. 3.102, part. κρινθείς 13.129, Od. 8.48, inf. κρινθήμεναι A.R. 2.148: pf. κέκρῐμαι Pi. O. 2.30, And. 4.35, etc.; inf. κεκρίσθαι (ἀπο -) Pl. Men. 75c: — Aeol. κρίννω dub.in IG 12(2).278 (Mytil.): aor. ἔκριννε ib. 6.28(Mytil., ἐπ-); inf. κρίνναι ib.526b15: — Thess. pres. inf. κρεννέμεν ib.9(2).517.14 (Larissa): —

I separate, put asunder, distinguish, ὅτε τε ξανθὴ Δημήτηρ κρίνῃ.. καρπόν τε καὶ ἄχνας Il. 5.501, etc.; κρῖν' ἄνδρας κατὰ φῦλα 2.362. cf. 446; ἥλιος ἠὼ καὶ δύσιν ἔκρινεν Emp. 154.1; κ. τὸ ἀληθές τε καὶ μή Pl. Tht. 150b; τούς τε ἀγαθοὺς καὶ τοὺς κακούς X. Mem. 3.1.9, etc.: — also Med., ἀντία δ' ἐκρίναντο δέμας καὶ σήματ' ἔθεντο χωρὶς ἀπ' ἀλλήλων Parm. 8.55: — Pass., κρινόμενον πῦρ Emp. 62.2.

II pick out, choose, ἐν δ' ἐρέτας ἔκρινεν ἐείκοσιν Il. 1.309; ἐκ Λυκίης.. φῶτας ἀρίστους 6.188, cf. Od. 4.666, 9.90, 195, 14.217, etc.; κ. τινὰ ἐκ πάντων Hdt. 6.129; κρίνασα δ' ἀστῶν.. τὰ βέλτατα A. Eu. 487; δίδωμί σοι κρίναντι χρῆσθαι S. OC 641, etc.: — Med., κρίνασθαι ἀρίστους to choose the best, Il. 9.521, cf. 19.193, Od. 4.408, 530, etc.: —

1. Pass., to be chosen out, distinguished, ἵνα τε κρίνονται ἄριστοι 24.507; esp.in partt., κεκριμένος picked out, chosen, Il. 10.417, Od. 13.182, al., Hdt. 3.31; κρινθείς Il. 13.129, Od. 8.48; ἀρετᾷ κριθείς distinguished for.., Pi. N. 7.7; κριθέντων ἐν τοῖς ἱερέοις approved.., GDI 2049.15 (Delph.); ἀσπίδα.. κεκριμένην ὕδατι καὶ πολέμῳ proved by sea and land, AP 9.42 (Leon.); ἐν ζῶσι κεκριμένα numbered among.., cj. in E. Supp. 969 (lyr.); εἰς τοὺς ἐφήβους κριθείς Luc. Amos 2:1-16.

2. decide disputes, κρίνων νείκεα πολλά Od. 12.440; ἔκριναν μέγα νεῖκος.. πολέμοιο 18.264: c.acc. cogn., οἳ.. σκολιὰς κρίνωσι θέμιστας judge crooked judgements, Il. 16.387; κ. δίκας Hdt. 2.129; κρῖνε δ' εὐθεῖαν δίκην A. Eu. 433, etc.; πρώτας δίκας κρίνοντες αἵματος ib. 682; κρινεῖ δὲ δὴ τίς ταῦτα; Ar. Ra. 805; κ. κρίσιν Pl. R. 36o e; ἄριστα κ. Th. 6.39; κρίνουσι βοῇ καὶ οὐ ψήφῳ they decide the question.., Id. 1.87; μίσει πλέον ἢ δίκῃ κ. Id. 3.67; τὸ δίκαιον κ. Isoc. 14.10; τῷ τοῦτο κρίνεις; by what do you form this judgement ? Ar. Pl. 48; κ. περί τινος Pi. N. 5.40, Pl. Ap. 35d, Arist. Rh. 1391b9, etc.: — Pass., ἀγὼν κριθήσεται A. Eu. 677; κἂν ἰσόψηφος κριθῇ (sc. ἡ δίκη) ib. 741: impers., κριθησόμενον a decision being about to be taken, Arr. An. 3.9.6. decide a contest, e.g. for a prize, ἀγῶνα κ. Ar. Ra. 873; ἔργον ἐν κύβοις Ἄρης κρινεῖ A. Th. 414: c. acc. pers., κ. τὰς θεάς decide their contest, i.e. judge them, E. IA 72: — Pass., Id. Supp. 601 (lyr.); αἱ μάχαι κρίνονται ταῖς ψυχαῖς X. Cyr. 3.3.19: — Med. and Pass., of persons, have a contest decided, come to issue, κρινώμεθ' Ἄρηϊ Il. 2.385, cf. 18.209; ὁπότε μνηστῆρσι καὶ ἡμῖν.. μένος κρίνηται Ἄρηος Od. 16.269; βίηφι κ. Hes. Th. 882; dispute, contend, Ar. Nu. 66; περὶ ἀρετῆς Hdt. 3.120; οὐ κρινοῦμαι.. σοι τὰ πλείονα E. Med. 609; δίκῃ περί τινος κρίνεσθαι Th. 4.122; κρίνεσθαι μετά τινος v.l. in LXX Jd. 8.1, Job 9:3; πολλαῖς μάχαις κριθείς Nic.Dam. 20 J.; compete in games, c. acc. cogn., κριθέντα Πύθια JRS 3.295 (Antioch. Pisid.): pf. part., decided, clear, strong, κεκριμένος οὖρος Il. 14.19; πόνοι κεκρ. decided, ended, Pi. N. 4.1. win a battle, τὴν μάχην Ἀννίβας ἔκρινε Plb. 3.117.11.

3. adjudge, κράτος τινί S. Aj. 443: — Pass., τοῖς οὔτε νόστος.. κρίθη Pi. P. 8.84; τὰ κριθησόμενα the sum adjudged to be paid, PLips. 38.13 (iv A. D.). abs., judge, give judgement, ἄκουσον.. καὶ κρῖνον Ar. Fr. 473; ἀδίκως κ. Pherecr. 96, cf. Men. Mon. 287, 576. Medic., bring to a crisis, τὸ θερμὸν φίλιόν [ἐστι] καὶ κρῖνον Hp. Aph. 5.22; κ. τὰ νοσήματα Gal. Nat. Fac. 1.13, al.: — Pass., of a sick person, come to a crisis, ἐκρίθη εἰκοσταῖος Hp. Epid. 1.15 (also impers. in Act., ἔκρινε τούτοισιν ἑνδεκαταίοισιν the crisis came.., ib. 18); τοῦ πάθους κριθέντος D.S. 19.24.

4. judge of, estimate, πρὸς ἐμαυτὸν κρίνων [αὐτόν ] judging of him by myself, D. 21.154; πρὸς ἀργύριον τὴν εὐδαιμονίαν κ. Isoc. 4.76: — Pass., ἴσον παρ' ἐμοὶ κέκριται Hdt. 7.16. α'; εὔνοιακαιρῷ κρίνεται Men. 691.

5. expound, interpret in a particular way, τὸ ἐνύπνιον ταύτῃ ἔκριναν Hdt. 1.120, cf. 7.19, A. Pr. 485, etc.: — in Med., ὁ γέρων ἐκρίνατ' ὀνείρους Il. 5.150.

6. c. acc. et inf., decide or judge that.., Hdt. 1.30, 214, Pl. Tht. 17o d, etc.; κρίνω σὲ νικᾶν A. Ch. 903; so, with the inf. omitted, ἀνδρῶν πρῶτον κ. τινά S. OT 34; Ἔρωτα δ' ὅστις μὴ θεὸν κρίνει μέγαν E. Fr. 269; τὴν πόλιν ἀθλιωτάτην ἔκρινας Pl. R. 578b; ἐκ τῶν λόγων μὴ κρῖνε.. σοφόν Philem. 228: — Pass., Ἑλλήνων ἕνα κριθέντ' ἄριστον S. Ph. 1345, cf. Th. 2.40, etc.

7. decide in favour of, prefer, choose, κρίνω δ' ἄφθονον ὄλβον A. Ag. 47 [*], cf. Supp. 396 (both lyr.); τὴν ἐλπίδα τῆς τύχης πάρος S. Tr. 724; τινὰ πρό τινος Pl. R. 399e, cf. Phlb. 57e; τι πρός τι Id. Phd. 110a (Pass.); εἴ σφε κρίνειεν Πάρις E. Tr. 928, cf. Ar. Av. 1103, Ec. 1155; choose between, δύ' ἔσθ' ἃ κρῖναι τὸν γαμεῖν μέλλοντα δεῖ, ἤτοι προσηνῆ γ' ὄψιν ἢ χρηστὸν τρόπον Men. 584.

8. c. inf. only, determine to do a thing, UPZ 42.37 (ii B. C.), Titus 3:12; 1 Corinthians 2:2, etc.; ζῆν μεθ' ὧν κρίνῃ τις ἄν (sc. ζῆν) with whom he chooses to live, Men. 506; but τὸ βιάζεσθαι οὐκ ἔκρινε D.S. 15.32.

9. form a judgement of a thing, μὴ κρῖν' ὁρῶν τὸ κάλλος Men. Mon. 333.

III

1. in Trag., question, αὐτὸν.. ἅπας λεὼς κρίνει παραστάς S. Tr. 195; εἴ νιν πρὸς βίαν κρίνειν θέλοις ib. 388; καὶ κρῖνε κἀξέλεγχ ' Id. Ant. 399; μὴ κρῖνε, μὴ 'ξέταζε Id. Aj. 586; σέ τοι, σὲ κρίνω Id. El. 1445.

2. bring to trial, accuse, D. 2.29, 18.15, 19.233; κ. θανάτου judge (in matters) of life and death, X. Cyr. 1.2.14; κ. τινὰ προδοσίας Lycurg. 113; περὶ προδοσίας Isoc. 15.129; κ. τινὰ κακώσεως ἐπαρχίας, Lat. repetundarum, Plu. Caes. 4: — Pass., to be brought to trial, Th. 6.29; θανάτου (δίκῃ add. cod. B) Id. 3.57; Λεωκράτους τοῦ κρινομένου Lycurg. 1; κρίνομαι πρὸς Σωφρόνην; Men. Epit. 529; τρὶς κρίνεται παρ' ὑμῖν περὶ θανάτου D. 4.47; ἐκρίνετο τὴν περὶ Ὠρωποῦ κρίσιν θανάτου Id. 21.64: c. gen. criminis, κρίνεσθαι δώρων Lys. 27.3: κ. ἐπ' ἀδικήματι Plu. 2.241e: abs., ὁ κεκριμένος Aeschin. 2.159.

3. pass sentence upon, condemn, D. 19.232: — Pass., to be judged, condemned, κακούργου.. ἐστι κριθέντ' ἀποθανεῖν Id. 4.47; μὴ κρίνετε, ἵνα μὴ κριθῆτε Matthew 7:1; τὰ κεκριμένα the judgement of a court, PRyl. 76.8 (ii A. D.). (κρῐ-ν - y ω ἐ-κρῐ-ν-σα, cf. Lat. cerno (from * cr[icaron]-n-), crîbrum (from * crei-dhrom).)

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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, 34; ὀρθῶς, Luke 10:28; πρός τί, 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.: ἑνί 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); (R G Tr marginal reading brackets); John 1:26; John 10:33 (Rec.); . But John far more frequently says ἀπεκρίθη καί εἶπε: John 1:48 (); (R G), , 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 ( T Tr WH); ; Luke 14:3; John 2:18; John 5:17; Acts 3:12; Revelation 7:13. (the 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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ἀπό -κρίνω ,

[in LXX chiefly for H6030;]

in cl.,

1. to separate, distinguish.

2. to choose. Mid., to answer: Matthew 27:12, Mark 14:61, Luke 3:16; Luke 23:9, John 5:17; John 5:19, Acts 3:12. In late Gk. the pass. also is used in this sense, and pass. forms are the more freq. in NT (M, Pr., 39, 161; MM, s.v.);

(a) in general sense: absol., Mark 12:34; c. acc rei, Matthew 22:46; c. dat. pers., Matthew 12:38; seq. πρός , Acts 25:16;

(b) Hebraistically

(i) like H6030, to begin to speak, take up the conversation (Kennedy, Sources, 124 f.): Matthew 11:25, a1.,

(ii) redundant, as in the Heb. phrase H559 H6030 (Dalman, Words, 24 f., 38; M, Proverbs 14:1-35; B1., § 58, 4; 74, 2; Cremer, 374): ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπε , Matthew 4:4; ἔφη Matthew 8:8; λέγει Mark 3:33; in John most freq. ἀπεκ . κ . εἶπε , John 1:49

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Vocabulary of the Greek NT

Syll 928.52 (Magnesia, early ii/B.C.) περὶ ταύ [της τῆς ] χώρας τῆς παρὰ Πριηνέων ἀποκεκριμένης οὔσης shows the old ἀποκρίνω in passive. For the combination of pf. partic. and ὤν, cf. Colossians 1:21. In P Ryl II. 122.11 (A.D. 127) εἰς τὸ κἀμὲ δύνασθαι ἀποκριθῆναι τῶι δημοσίωι, ";enabling me thus to fulfil my duties towards the Treasury"; (Edd.), we have an isolated ex. of the passive aor. not meaning ";answer."; This latter, so overwhelmingly predominant in NT, is rather surprisingly uncommon in the non-literary Κοινή. Early inscriptional instances are Syll 328.11 (B.C. 84) ἀπεκρίθ [ην κα ]λῶς [αὐτ ]όν [τε δεδω ]κέναι καὶ κτλ., ib. 307.61 (B.C. 150–47) ἔδοξεν. . . τούτοις φιλανθρώπως ἀποκριθῆναι, ib. 930.54 (B.C. 112), same phrase : the last two are senatus consulta, starting in Latin. Similarly the dialectic Syll 654.5 (? ii/B.C.) ἀποκριθῆμεν τοῖς πρεσβευταῖς διότι κτλ. Mayser, p. 379, pronounces it ";die eigentliche κοινή -form,"; but he only has five instances, P Par 34.10 (B.C. 157), 35.30 (B.C. 163), 15.35 (B.C. 120), P Leid Uiii. 11 (ii/B.C.), and. P Grenf I. 37.14 (B.C. 108—ἐκρίθη for ἀπεκρ.) : he cannot, however, quote any cases of ἀπεκρινάμην. On the other hand we cannot find any more instances of ἀπεκρίθην from later papyri, except P Lond 121.330 (iii/A.D.) (= I. p. 95), and two Christian documents, P Grenf II. 112.20 (a Festal Epistle, A.D. 577 ?) and PSI 26.1 (see Addenda) (v/A.D.—acts of a martyrdom). Since MGr ἀποκρίθηκα shows that it lived on, its disappearance in the post-Ptolemaic period outside NT is hard to explain. It is not, however, replaced by ἀπεκρινάμην, as to which subsequent information has antiquated the statement in Proleg. p. 161 f. (corrected in Einleitung p. 254 n..1). For the middle aorist occurs very often in papyri, but they are without exception legal reports, in which ἀπεκρείνατο (so usually—also ptc. or inf.) means ";replied,"; of an advocate or a party in a suit. The references had better be appended : P Hib I. 31.24 (c. B.C. 270) . . . ἀ ]π ̣εκρίνᾳ [το. . . , no context, but the whole document proves its connotation), P Amh II. 66.37 (A.D. 124), P Catti. 22 (= Chrest. II. p. 419) (ii/A.D.), P Oxy II. 237vii. 25, .33 (A.D. 186), ib. III. 653 (A.D. 162–3), BGU I. 114i. 22 (ii/A.D.), 136.15 (A.D. 135), and 361iii. 6, .12 (ii/A.D.), ib. II. 388ii. 17, .30 (ii/iii A.D.), ib. III. 969i. 16 (A.D. 142?), P Lips I. 32.1, .5, .6 (iii/A.D.), ib. 33ii. 15 and 36.5 (iv/A.D.), Chrest. II. 78.9 (p. 86, A.D. 376–8), P Théad 14.24 (iv/A.D.) δι᾽ ἑρμηνέ [ως ] ἀπεκρείναν [το (in a procès verbal), BGU III. 936.13 (A.D. 426), PSI 52.33 (vi/A.D.) and 61.33, 62.24 (early vii/A.D.)—all three πᾶσιν τοῖς πρὸς αὐτὸν (or –ὴν) ἐπιζητουμένοις ἀποκρίνασθαι. The only one that need be noted specially is P Giss I. 40ii. 8 (A.D. 212), where Caracalla says ἵνα μή τις στενότε ̣ρ ̣ον παρερμηνεύσῃ τὴν χάριτά μου ἐκ τῶν ῥη [μά ]των το [ῦ ] προτέρου διατάγματος, ἐν ᾧ οὕτως ἀπεκριν [ά ]μην κτλ. This may represent rescripsi, but in any case we cannot miss the formal and weighty tone of the verb.

We proceed to compare these facts with those of Biblical Greek. Thackeray tells us (Gr. p. 239) that ἀπεκρίθην ";is employed throughout the LXX : the classical ἀπεκρινάμην in the few passages where it occurs seems to be chosen as suitable for solemn or poetical language."; Such a passage as 3 Regn 2.1, the last charge of King David to his heir, might be compared with Caracalla’s use of the form. The fairly clear use in the fragment of a law report from P Hib above tells us that the legal use was already possible at the time when the LXX was growing. So we may take its meaning throughout as being (1) ";uttered solemnly,"; (2) ";replied in a court of law."; These two meanings cover all the NT passages : (1) accounts for Luke 3:16, John 5:17; John 5:19, Acts 3:12, (2) for Matthew 27:12, Mark 14:61, Luke 23:9, with John 5:11 (א*) not far away. With the absence of ἀπεκρίθην from the Pauline and other Epistles, and the Apocalypse except for one passage, we may compare the silence of the papyri after ii/B.C. We are inclined to suggest that the word belongs only to early Hellenistic, whence it was taken by the LXX translators to render a common Hebrew phrase, passing thence into the narrative parts of NT as a definite ";Septuagintalism."; From the Gospels and Acts it passed into ecclesiastical diction (cf. Reinhold, p. 77), and so ultimately into MGr. The contrast between the two halves of the NT will thus be parallel with that noted above under ᾅδης.

List of Word Forms

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