Strong G611ἀποκρίνω
to answer
- Transliteration
- apokrinomai
- Pronunciation
- ap-ok-ree'-nom-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἀποκρίνω, ἀποκρίνομαι,
[in LXX chiefly for ענה;]
in cl.,
1. to separate, distinguish.
2. to choose.
Mid., to answer: Mat.27:12, Mrk.14:61, Luk.3:16 23:9, Jhn.5:17, 19 Act.3:12. In late Gk. the pass, also is used in this sense, and pass. forms are the more frequently in NT (M, Pr., 39, 161; MM, see word);
__(a) in general sense: absol., Mrk.12:34; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.22:46; with dative of person(s), Mat.12:38; before πρός, Act.25:16;
__(b) Hebraistically
__(i) like ענה, to begin to speak, take up the conversation (Kennedy, Sources, 124f.): Mat.11:25, al.,
__(ii) redundant, as in the Heb. phrase וַיַּעַן וַיּאֹמֶר (Dalman, Words, 24f., 38; M, Pr., 14; Bl., §58, 4; 74, 2; Cremer, 374): ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπε, Mat.4:4; ἔφη, 8:8; λέγει, Mrk.3:33; in Jo most frequently (ἀπεκ. κ. εἶπε, 1:49. )
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for ענה;]
in cl.,
1. to separate, distinguish.
2. to choose.
Mid., to answer: Mat.27:12, Mrk.14:61, Luk.3:16 23:9, Jhn.5:17, 19 Act.3:12. In late Gk. the pass, also is used in this sense, and pass. forms are the more frequently in NT (M, Pr., 39, 161; MM, see word);
__(a) in general sense: absol., Mrk.12:34; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.22:46; with dative of person(s), Mat.12:38; before πρός, Act.25:16;
__(b) Hebraistically
__(i) like ענה, to begin to speak, take up the conversation (Kennedy, Sources, 124f.): Mat.11:25, al.,
__(ii) redundant, as in the Heb. phrase וַיַּעַן וַיּאֹמֶר (Dalman, Words, 24f., 38; M, Pr., 14; Bl., §58, 4; 74, 2; Cremer, 374): ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπε, Mat.4:4; ἔφη, 8:8; λέγει, Mrk.3:33; in Jo most frequently (ἀπεκ. κ. εἶπε, 1:49. )
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G611 appears in 248 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- answer239
- answereth4
- thou4
- shall2
- answering1
- ye1
First verses
- Matthew 3:15And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
- Matthew 4:4But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.
- Matthew 8:8The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
- Matthew 11:4Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see:
- Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
- Matthew 12:38Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.
- Matthew 12:39But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas:
- Matthew 12:48But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?
- Matthew 13:11He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
- Matthew 13:37He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;
- Matthew 14:28And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water.
- Matthew 15:3But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition?
- Matthew 15:13But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
- Matthew 15:15Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.
- Matthew 15:23But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us.
- Matthew 15:24But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
- Matthew 15:26But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children’s bread, and to cast it to dogs.
- Matthew 15:28Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.
- Matthew 16:2He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
- Matthew 16:16And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀποκρίνω [ῑ],
future -κρῐνῶ, set apart, probably in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 5.7, 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 23, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 12.8; χωρὶς ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 302c, +others)]:—passive, to be parted or separated, ἀποκρινθέντε parted from the throng (of two πρόμαχοι), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.12 (nowhere else in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus); πίθηκος ᾔει θηρίων ἀποκριθείς 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 89.3)]; of the elements in cosmogony, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 9.4, 5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus 2, 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 167; ἀπεκρίθη.. τοῦ βαρβάρου ἔθνεος τὸ Ἑλληνικόν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.60; χωρίς θηρίων ἡ δίαιτα ἀποκέκριται [prev. author] 2.36)]; ἀποκεκρίσθαι εἰς ἓν ὄνομα to be separated and brought under one name, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.3)]; οὐ βεβαίως ἀπεκρίθησαν, of combatants, separated without decisive result, [Refs ([prev. author] 4.72.)]
2 in Medicine texts in passive, to be distinctly formed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 23)]; of the embryo, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 561a17)]; τὰ ἐν τῷ σώματι -όμενα bodily secretions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 14; τὰ ἐς τὴν κοιλίην ἀ. [prev. author] “Vict.” 4.89)]; but ἐς τοῦτο πάντα ἀπεκρίθη all illnesses determined or ended in this alone, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49; also ᾗ τὰ περιττώματα ἀποκρίνεται)]are voided, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 665b24, compare “GA” 773b35.)]
3 mark by a distinctive form, distinguish, πρύμνην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.194; νόσημά τι ἀποκεκριμένον)]specific, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 407d, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 369b29.)]
II choose, ἕνα ὑμῶν ἀ. ἐξαίρετον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.130)]; ἀ. τοῦ πεζοῦ, τοῦ στρατοῦ, choose from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.17, 25)]; δυοῖν ἀποκρίνας κακοῖν having set apart, i.e. decreed, one of two, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 640.)]
II.2 exclude, πλήθει τῶν ψήφων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 946a.)]
III reject on examination, κρίνειν καὶ ἀ. [Refs ([prev. work] 751d; ἐγκρίνειν καὶ ἀ. [prev. work] 936a)]; ἀ. τινὰ τῆς νίκης decide that one has lost the victory, decide it against one, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1315b18)]:—middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 966d.)]
IV middle, ἀποκρίνομαι, future -κρῐνοῦμαι, etc.: [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus)] uses perfect and pluperfect passive in middle sense, [Refs (“Prt.” 358a, “Grg.” 463c)], etc., but also in passive sense (see. below):—give answer to, reply to question,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (uncertain 1. in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.49, 8.101 (elsewhere ὑποκρ-),compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1271, “IA” 1354; ἀ. τινί 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1245, etc.: _metaphorically_, ἀ. τοῖς πράγμασιν ὡς ἐπὶ τῶν ἐρωτημάτων 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.16.2)]; ἀ. πρός τινα, πρὸς τὸ ἐρωτώμενον, to a questioner or question, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.42, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 338d; ἀ. εἰ.. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 964; ἀ. ὅτι.. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.90: with _accusative_, ἀποκρίνεσθαι τὸ ἐρωτηθέν)] to answer the question, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.61, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 49a, “Hp.Ma.” 287b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1007a9: with _accusative_ _cognate_, ἀ. οὐδὲ γρῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 17; οὐδὲν ξυμβατικόν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.71; ἀ. ἀπόκρισιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 658c:)] —passive, τοῦτό μοι ἀποκεκρίσθω let this be my answer, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tht.” 187b)]; καλῶς ἄν σοι ἀπεκέκριτο your answer would have been sufficient, [Refs ([prev. author] “Grg.” 453d, compare “Men.” 75c, “Euthd.” 299d.)]
IV.2 answer charges, defend oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 632; ὁ ἀποκρινόμενος)]the defendant, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.18, compare 2.4.3)]; ἀπεκρινάμην frequently in legal documents, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PHib.” 1.31.24 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]
IV.3 aorist passive ἀπεκρίθη, ={ἀπεκρίνατο}, he answered, condemned by [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 86)], is unknown in earlier Attic dialect, except in [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 51, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus2.149b; but occurs in Machoap. 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.349d, “UPZ” 6.30 (2nd c.BC), “SIG” 674.61 (Narthacium, 2nd c.BC), “IG” 4.679 (Hermione, 2nd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.30.7, etc.; once in 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, “AJ” 9.3.1, twice in 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista, “Sol.” 5, “Demon.” 26; regular in LXX (but sometimes ἀπεκρινάμην)] in solemn language, as [Refs (“3 Ki.” 2.1))] and prevails in “NT” especially in the phrase ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν[NT+5th c.BC+ (NT.Matt.3.15; ἀ. λέγει NT.Mark.8.20, +others, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.1.22 codices:)]future ἀποκριθήσομαι in same sense, [LXX+NT+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Isa.14.32, +others, NT.Matt.25.45, 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ εὑρέσεως” 4.6.)]
future -κρῐνῶ, set apart, probably in [Refs 7th c.BC+ (7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus “Supp.” 5.7, 5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 23, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Varia Historia” 12.8; χωρὶς ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 302c, +others)]:—passive, to be parted or separated, ἀποκρινθέντε parted from the throng (of two πρόμαχοι), [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 5.12 (nowhere else in 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus); πίθηκος ᾔει θηρίων ἀποκριθείς 7th c.BC: Archilochus Lyricus 89.3)]; of the elements in cosmogony, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 9.4, 5th c.BC: Anaxagoras Philosophus 2, 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 167; ἀπεκρίθη.. τοῦ βαρβάρου ἔθνεος τὸ Ἑλληνικόν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.60; χωρίς θηρίων ἡ δίαιτα ἀποκέκριται [prev. author] 2.36)]; ἀποκεκρίσθαι εἰς ἓν ὄνομα to be separated and brought under one name, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.3)]; οὐ βεβαίως ἀπεκρίθησαν, of combatants, separated without decisive result, [Refs ([prev. author] 4.72.)]
2 in Medicine texts in passive, to be distinctly formed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “προγνωστικόν” 23)]; of the embryo, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 561a17)]; τὰ ἐν τῷ σώματι -όμενα bodily secretions, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἀρχαίης ἰητρικῇς” 14; τὰ ἐς τὴν κοιλίην ἀ. [prev. author] “Vict.” 4.89)]; but ἐς τοῦτο πάντα ἀπεκρίθη all illnesses determined or ended in this alone, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.49; also ᾗ τὰ περιττώματα ἀποκρίνεται)]are voided, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 665b24, compare “GA” 773b35.)]
3 mark by a distinctive form, distinguish, πρύμνην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.194; νόσημά τι ἀποκεκριμένον)]specific, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 407d, compare 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 369b29.)]
II choose, ἕνα ὑμῶν ἀ. ἐξαίρετον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.130)]; ἀ. τοῦ πεζοῦ, τοῦ στρατοῦ, choose from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.17, 25)]; δυοῖν ἀποκρίνας κακοῖν having set apart, i.e. decreed, one of two, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 640.)]
II.2 exclude, πλήθει τῶν ψήφων[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 946a.)]
III reject on examination, κρίνειν καὶ ἀ. [Refs ([prev. work] 751d; ἐγκρίνειν καὶ ἀ. [prev. work] 936a)]; ἀ. τινὰ τῆς νίκης decide that one has lost the victory, decide it against one, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1315b18)]:—middle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 966d.)]
IV middle, ἀποκρίνομαι, future -κρῐνοῦμαι, etc.: [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus)] uses perfect and pluperfect passive in middle sense, [Refs (“Prt.” 358a, “Grg.” 463c)], etc., but also in passive sense (see. below):—give answer to, reply to question,[Refs 5th c.BC+ (uncertain 1. in 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.49, 8.101 (elsewhere ὑποκρ-),compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 1271, “IA” 1354; ἀ. τινί 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1245, etc.: _metaphorically_, ἀ. τοῖς πράγμασιν ὡς ἐπὶ τῶν ἐρωτημάτων 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Epicteti Dissertationes” 2.16.2)]; ἀ. πρός τινα, πρὸς τὸ ἐρωτώμενον, to a questioner or question, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.42, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 338d; ἀ. εἰ.. 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 964; ἀ. ὅτι.. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.90: with _accusative_, ἀποκρίνεσθαι τὸ ἐρωτηθέν)] to answer the question, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.61, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Crito” 49a, “Hp.Ma.” 287b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Metaphysica” 1007a9: with _accusative_ _cognate_, ἀ. οὐδὲ γρῦ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 17; οὐδὲν ξυμβατικόν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.71; ἀ. ἀπόκρισιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 658c:)] —passive, τοῦτό μοι ἀποκεκρίσθω let this be my answer, [Refs ([prev. author] “Tht.” 187b)]; καλῶς ἄν σοι ἀπεκέκριτο your answer would have been sufficient, [Refs ([prev. author] “Grg.” 453d, compare “Men.” 75c, “Euthd.” 299d.)]
IV.2 answer charges, defend oneself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 632; ὁ ἀποκρινόμενος)]the defendant, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 6.18, compare 2.4.3)]; ἀπεκρινάμην frequently in legal documents, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (“PHib.” 1.31.24 (3rd c.BC), etc.)]
IV.3 aorist passive ἀπεκρίθη, ={ἀπεκρίνατο}, he answered, condemned by [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 86)], is unknown in earlier Attic dialect, except in [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pherecrates Comicus 51, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus Alcaeus2.149b; but occurs in Machoap. 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.349d, “UPZ” 6.30 (2nd c.BC), “SIG” 674.61 (Narthacium, 2nd c.BC), “IG” 4.679 (Hermione, 2nd c.BC), 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 4.30.7, etc.; once in 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus, “AJ” 9.3.1, twice in 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista, “Sol.” 5, “Demon.” 26; regular in LXX (but sometimes ἀπεκρινάμην)] in solemn language, as [Refs (“3 Ki.” 2.1))] and prevails in “NT” especially in the phrase ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν[NT+5th c.BC+ (NT.Matt.3.15; ἀ. λέγει NT.Mark.8.20, +others, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 2.1.22 codices:)]future ἀποκριθήσομαι in same sense, [LXX+NT+2nd c.AD+ (LXX.Isa.14.32, +others, NT.Matt.25.45, 2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ εὑρέσεως” 4.6.)]