Strong G196ἀκριβέστατος
strictest
- Transliteration
- akribestatos
- Pronunciation
- ak-ree-bes'-ta-tos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Superlative of ἀκριβης akribēs (a derivative of the same as G206);
most exact: - most straitest.
most exact: - most straitest.
Detailed definition
ἀκριβής, -ές
[in LXX: Dan LXX 2:45 6:12 (יַצִּיב) Dan.4:25, Est.4:5, Sir.18:29 19:25 31:24 32:3 *;]
exact, precise, careful, of things and persons: superl., Act.26:5.†
(AS)
[in LXX: Dan LXX 2:45 6:12 (יַצִּיב) Dan.4:25, Est.4:5, Sir.18:29 19:25 31:24 32:3 *;]
exact, precise, careful, of things and persons: superl., Act.26:5.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G196 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- straitest1
First verses
- Acts 26:5Which knew me from the beginning, if they would testify, that after the most straitest sect of our religion I lived a Pharisee.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Same identity
Detailed Greek dictionary
Related to: ἀκρῑβ-ής, ές,
exact, accurate, precise, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 367, etc.; σημεῖον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.10; δίαιτα 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 1.4)]; τριταῖος returning precisely at its time, [Refs ([prev. author] “Epid.” 1.24)]; γαλήνη complete calm, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 1.25c.)]
II of persons, precise, strict, δικασταί[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.46; ἐπίσκοποι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 762d; δεινὸς καὶ ἀ. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.12)]; ἀ. τοῖς ὄμμασι sharp- sighted, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.194)]; of arguments, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 130; ἀ. μουσική 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 906, etc.)]; τὸ ἀ., ={ἀκρίβεια}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 9; τὸ πάνυ ἀ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.18: frequently in)]adverb -βῶς to a nicety, precisely, ἀ. εἰδέναι, ἐπίστασθαι, καθορᾶν, μαθεῖν, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.32, etc.; ἀ. οἶσθα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 330)]; opposed to ἁπλῶς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.46)]; opposed to τύπῳ (in outline, roughly), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1104a2)]: comparative -έστερον[NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 436c, NT.Act.18.26)]: superlative -έστατα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 484c)]; ἀ. καὶ μόλις with greatest difficulty, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 16:)] —also οὐκ εἰς ἀκριβὲς ἦλθες at the right moment, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 901.)]
II.2 in the strict sense of the word, ὁ ἀ. ἰατρός[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 342d; ὁτῷἀ. λόγῳ ἰατρός [prev. work] 341c.)]
II.2.b pure-bred, genuine, Κόλχος[Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Fragmenta Historica - HGM” p.263D.)]
II.2.c Astron., true, opposed to φαινόμενος, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Hypotyposis astronomicarum positionum” 4.31.)]
II.3 parsimonious, stingy, ἀ. τοὺς τρόπους[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 235)]. adverb -βῶς, διαιτᾶσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.32.)] —Rare except in _Attic dialect_, mostly Prose. (The sense points to ἄκρος as the first part of the word, but -ῑβης remains uncertain)
exact, accurate, precise, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 367, etc.; σημεῖον 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.10; δίαιτα 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἀφορισμοί” 1.4)]; τριταῖος returning precisely at its time, [Refs ([prev. author] “Epid.” 1.24)]; γαλήνη complete calm, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 1.25c.)]
II of persons, precise, strict, δικασταί[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.46; ἐπίσκοποι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 762d; δεινὸς καὶ ἀ. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7.12)]; ἀ. τοῖς ὄμμασι sharp- sighted, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 22.194)]; of arguments, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 130; ἀ. μουσική 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 906, etc.)]; τὸ ἀ., ={ἀκρίβεια}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 9; τὸ πάνυ ἀ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.18: frequently in)]adverb -βῶς to a nicety, precisely, ἀ. εἰδέναι, ἐπίστασθαι, καθορᾶν, μαθεῖν, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.32, etc.; ἀ. οἶσθα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 330)]; opposed to ἁπλῶς, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 5.46)]; opposed to τύπῳ (in outline, roughly), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1104a2)]: comparative -έστερον[NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 436c, NT.Act.18.26)]: superlative -έστατα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 484c)]; ἀ. καὶ μόλις with greatest difficulty, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Alexander” 16:)] —also οὐκ εἰς ἀκριβὲς ἦλθες at the right moment, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 901.)]
II.2 in the strict sense of the word, ὁ ἀ. ἰατρός[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 342d; ὁτῷἀ. λόγῳ ἰατρός [prev. work] 341c.)]
II.2.b pure-bred, genuine, Κόλχος[Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-5th c.AD: Eunapius Historicus “Fragmenta Historica - HGM” p.263D.)]
II.2.c Astron., true, opposed to φαινόμενος, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Hypotyposis astronomicarum positionum” 4.31.)]
II.3 parsimonious, stingy, ἀ. τοὺς τρόπους[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 235)]. adverb -βῶς, διαιτᾶσθαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.32.)] —Rare except in _Attic dialect_, mostly Prose. (The sense points to ἄκρος as the first part of the word, but -ῑβης remains uncertain)