Strong G1833ἐξετάζω
to find out
- Transliteration
- exetazō
- Pronunciation
- ex-et-ad'-zo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G1537 and ἐτάζω etazō (to examine); to test thoroughly (by questions) that is ascertain or interrogate: - ask enquire search.
Detailed definition
ἐξ-ετάζω
(ἐτάζω (rare), to examine), [in LXX: Deu.13:14-15 Deu.19:18, 1Ch.28:9 A (דָּרַשׁ), דָּרַשׁ), Psa.11:5-6 (בָּחַן), Wis.6:3, Sir.3:21, al.;]
to examine closely, inquire carefully (of ): before περί (with ἀκριβῶς), Mat.2:8; before τίς, Mat.10:11; with accusative of person(s), Jhn.21:12.†
SYN.: ἀνακρίνω, ἐραυνάω (see DCG, ii, 594b) (AS)
(ἐτάζω (rare), to examine), [in LXX: Deu.13:14-15 Deu.19:18, 1Ch.28:9 A (דָּרַשׁ), דָּרַשׁ), Psa.11:5-6 (בָּחַן), Wis.6:3, Sir.3:21, al.;]
to examine closely, inquire carefully (of ): before περί (with ἀκριβῶς), Mat.2:8; before τίς, Mat.10:11; with accusative of person(s), Jhn.21:12.†
SYN.: ἀνακρίνω, ἐραυνάω (see DCG, ii, 594b) (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1833 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- ask1
- enquire1
- search1
First verses
- Matthew 2:8And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also.
- Matthew 10:11And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.
- John 21:12Jesus saith unto them, Come and dine. And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it was the Lord.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐξετ-άζω,
future ἐξετάσω, rarely ἐξετῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.34, compare “Anecdota Graeca - Bekker” 251)]: aorist ἐξήτασα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 438, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 211 (Lyric poetry))], etc., Doric dialect ἐξήταξα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.28)]: perfect ἐξήτακα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 154d, etc.)]:—passive, future -ετασθήσομαι[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.20:)]aorist -ητάσθην (see. below): perfect -ήτασμαι (see. entry near the end):—examine well or closely, scrutinize, review, ἐ. φίλους, ὅντιν᾽ ἔχουσι νόον [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1016, cf. Ar.[same place], etc.; τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν ξυμμαχίαν ἐ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.7; βίον αὐτοῦ πάντα ἐξετάσω 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.21; ἐκ τοῦ εἰκότος ἐξετασθῆναι δεῖ τὸ πρᾶγμα 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.37)]; ἐ., opposed to ὑπέχειν λόγον, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1354a5)]; τὸ δι᾽ ἀκριβείας -αζόμενον exactly weighed words, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 184c)]; ἐ. τι [διὰ] τῶν εἰδότων make inquiries into a thing from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.8.1: followed by Relat., ἐ. ὅστις ἦν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.82; ἐ. τί καὶ πῶς λέγουσι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 261a; ἐ. τινά, τίνος ἐστὶ γένους 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 11.17.)]
2 of troops, inspect, review, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.33, 35, etc.; στρατιώτας σὺν τοῖς ὅπλοις “Hellenica Oxyrhynchia” 10.1)]:—passive, στρατὸς δὲ θάσσει κἀξετάζεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 391, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.97.)]
3 ἐ. τὴν βουλήν, τὸ βουλευτικόν, = Latin legere senatum, revise the roll of the Senate, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 52.42, 54.13.)]
4 examine, approve, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (PRev.Laws 40.19 (_passive_, 3rd c.BC), etc.)]
5 pass in review, enumerate, ἁμαρτήματα ἀκριβῶς ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.63, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.52,58.)]
II examine or question a person closely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.62, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 586, “OC” 211; τινὰ περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 258d; τινά τι [prev. author] “Grg.” 515b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.35; δικαίως αὐτὸν ἐξετάσω 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.154, compare 18.20; τὸν δεσπότην ὁ δοῦλος ἐξετάζει [prev. author] 45.76)]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 65.)]
III estimate, τι πρός τι one thing with reference to another, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.7; πρὸς ἐκείνους ἐ. καὶ παραβάλλειν ἐμέ [prev. author] 18.314; ἰσοστάσιος ἦν ἡ πορφύρα πρὸς ἄργυρον ἐξεταζομένη 4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 114, compare 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 3.119a; ἐ. τινὰ παρ᾽ ἄλληλα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.265, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.11)]; compare, πρὸς Ἀριστογείτονα ἐμαυτόν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 3.43.)]
IV prove by scrutiny or test, of gold, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Chilo Lyricus 1 (_passive_))]; ἐ. τοὺς κακούς τε κἀγαθούς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 20.14; τοὺς χρησίμους 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.38)]: with participle, ἐξητακὼς στερεοὺς ὑπάρχοντας τοὺς τόπους [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.79.1:)] —more frequently in passive, ἐὰν μὴ παρὼν ἐ. unless he is proved to have been present, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 764a; καὶ λέγων καὶ γράφων ἐξηταζόμην τὰ δέοντα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.173; ἐξήτασαι πεποιηκώς [prev. work]197; ἐξετάζεσθαι φίλος (i.e. ὤν) 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1011; ἐχθρὸς ἐξεταζόμενος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.65; κατήγορος [prev. author] 22.66; μέτριοι ἐν τοῖς ἀνηκέστοις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.74b)]; of things, τὰ φοβερὰ ἐξετασθήσεται μέχρι λόγου τοιαῦτα ὄντα [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.63.)]
V passive, to be numbered, counted, with genitive, ὧν εἷς ἐγὼ βουληθεὶς ἐξετάζεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.2; τῶν ἐχθρῶν εἷς ἐξετάζεσθαι)]to be found in the number of.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.291)]; μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων ἐξητάζετο he appeared among.., [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] 18.217; ἔν τισι 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.59)]; to be placed on a roll, ἐν τοῖς ἱππικοῖς among the [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Equites” at Rome, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 14)]; of the census, ἐξητάσθησαν αἱ πᾶσαι πεντεκαίδεκα [μυριάδες] [Refs ([prev. author])]caes.[Refs (55.)]
V.2 passive, present oneself, appear, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.161; πρὸς τὸν ἄρχοντα.. οὐδέπω.. ἐξήτασται [prev. author] 37.46, compare 18.277.)]
future ἐξετάσω, rarely ἐξετῶ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 9.34, compare “Anecdota Graeca - Bekker” 251)]: aorist ἐξήτασα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Thesmophoriazusae” 438, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 211 (Lyric poetry))], etc., Doric dialect ἐξήταξα [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 14.28)]: perfect ἐξήτακα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 154d, etc.)]:—passive, future -ετασθήσομαι[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 2.20:)]aorist -ητάσθην (see. below): perfect -ήτασμαι (see. entry near the end):—examine well or closely, scrutinize, review, ἐ. φίλους, ὅντιν᾽ ἔχουσι νόον [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 1016, cf. Ar.[same place], etc.; τὴν ὑπάρχουσαν ξυμμαχίαν ἐ. 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.7; βίον αὐτοῦ πάντα ἐξετάσω 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.21; ἐκ τοῦ εἰκότος ἐξετασθῆναι δεῖ τὸ πρᾶγμα 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.37)]; ἐ., opposed to ὑπέχειν λόγον, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1354a5)]; τὸ δι᾽ ἀκριβείας -αζόμενον exactly weighed words, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 184c)]; ἐ. τι [διὰ] τῶν εἰδότων make inquiries into a thing from.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 10.8.1: followed by Relat., ἐ. ὅστις ἦν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 45.82; ἐ. τί καὶ πῶς λέγουσι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 261a; ἐ. τινά, τίνος ἐστὶ γένους 4th c.BC: Epicrates Comicus 11.17.)]
2 of troops, inspect, review, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.33, 35, etc.; στρατιώτας σὺν τοῖς ὅπλοις “Hellenica Oxyrhynchia” 10.1)]:—passive, στρατὸς δὲ θάσσει κἀξετάζεται [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 391, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.97.)]
3 ἐ. τὴν βουλήν, τὸ βουλευτικόν, = Latin legere senatum, revise the roll of the Senate, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 52.42, 54.13.)]
4 examine, approve, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (PRev.Laws 40.19 (_passive_, 3rd c.BC), etc.)]
5 pass in review, enumerate, ἁμαρτήματα ἀκριβῶς ἐ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.63, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.52,58.)]
II examine or question a person closely, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.62, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 586, “OC” 211; τινὰ περί τινος 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 258d; τινά τι [prev. author] “Grg.” 515b, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.35; δικαίως αὐτὸν ἐξετάσω 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.154, compare 18.20; τὸν δεσπότην ὁ δοῦλος ἐξετάζει [prev. author] 45.76)]:—passive, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Ἐπιτρέποντες” 65.)]
III estimate, τι πρός τι one thing with reference to another, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 6.7; πρὸς ἐκείνους ἐ. καὶ παραβάλλειν ἐμέ [prev. author] 18.314; ἰσοστάσιος ἦν ἡ πορφύρα πρὸς ἄργυρον ἐξεταζομένη 4th c.BC: Theopompus Historicus 114, compare 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 3.119a; ἐ. τινὰ παρ᾽ ἄλληλα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.265, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 8.11)]; compare, πρὸς Ἀριστογείτονα ἐμαυτόν [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 3.43.)]
IV prove by scrutiny or test, of gold, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (6th c.BC: Chilo Lyricus 1 (_passive_))]; ἐ. τοὺς κακούς τε κἀγαθούς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 20.14; τοὺς χρησίμους 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 34.38)]: with participle, ἐξητακὼς στερεοὺς ὑπάρχοντας τοὺς τόπους [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.79.1:)] —more frequently in passive, ἐὰν μὴ παρὼν ἐ. unless he is proved to have been present, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 764a; καὶ λέγων καὶ γράφων ἐξηταζόμην τὰ δέοντα 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.173; ἐξήτασαι πεποιηκώς [prev. work]197; ἐξετάζεσθαι φίλος (i.e. ὤν) 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Alcestis” 1011; ἐχθρὸς ἐξεταζόμενος 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.65; κατήγορος [prev. author] 22.66; μέτριοι ἐν τοῖς ἀνηκέστοις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.74b)]; of things, τὰ φοβερὰ ἐξετασθήσεται μέχρι λόγου τοιαῦτα ὄντα [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.63.)]
V passive, to be numbered, counted, with genitive, ὧν εἷς ἐγὼ βουληθεὶς ἐξετάζεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.2; τῶν ἐχθρῶν εἷς ἐξετάζεσθαι)]to be found in the number of.., [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.291)]; μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων ἐξητάζετο he appeared among.., [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] 18.217; ἔν τισι 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 6.59)]; to be placed on a roll, ἐν τοῖς ἱππικοῖς among the [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“Equites” at Rome, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pompeius” 14)]; of the census, ἐξητάσθησαν αἱ πᾶσαι πεντεκαίδεκα [μυριάδες] [Refs ([prev. author])]caes.[Refs (55.)]
V.2 passive, present oneself, appear, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.161; πρὸς τὸν ἄρχοντα.. οὐδέπω.. ἐξήτασται [prev. author] 37.46, compare 18.277.)]