Strong G2477ἱστορέω
to get acquainted
- Transliteration
- historeō
- Pronunciation
- his-tor-eh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From a derivative of G1492; to be knowing (learned) that is (by implication) to visit for information (interview): - see.
Detailed definition
ἱστορέω, -ῶ
(ἵστωρ, one learned or skilled in) [in LXX: 1Es.1:33 Est.1:42 *;]
1. with accusative of thing(s), to inquire into, learn by inquiry.
2. C. accusative of person(s), to inquire of or about.
3. to narrate, record.
4. In late writers, to visit, become acquainted with: Gal.1:18 (see Ellic., in l, and cf. MM, Exp., xv).†
(AS)
(ἵστωρ, one learned or skilled in) [in LXX: 1Es.1:33 Est.1:42 *;]
1. with accusative of thing(s), to inquire into, learn by inquiry.
2. C. accusative of person(s), to inquire of or about.
3. to narrate, record.
4. In late writers, to visit, become acquainted with: Gal.1:18 (see Ellic., in l, and cf. MM, Exp., xv).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2477 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- see1
First verses
- Galatians 1:18Then after three years I went up to Jerusalem to see Peter, and abode with him fifteen days.
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἱστορ-έω,
(ἵστωρ) inquire into or about a thing, τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.113, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 632, etc.; περί τινος 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.48.12)]; also, inquire about a person, τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1150, 1156; ὅδ᾽ εἴμ᾽ Ὀρέστης.. ὃν ἱστορεῖς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 380, compare “Tr.” 261: followed by _relative_ clause, Αἴγισθον ἔνθ᾽ ᾤκηκεν ἱστορῶ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1101.)]
2 examine, observe, χώραν, πόλιν, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 30, “Pomp.” 40, compare 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 1.11.4)]; τὴν τοῦ Μέμνονος [σύριγγα] [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“OGI” 694.7; τὴν σύνεσίν τινος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 2, etc.; τινὰς ἀπολουμένους 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.109)]: hence, to be informed about, know, κακῶς τὸ μέλλον ἱστορῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 454; πατέρα ἱστορεῖς καλῶς [prev. author] “Eu.” 455, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “παραγγελίαι” 12: _metaphorically_, εἴ τις ἀκτὶς ἡλίου νιν ἱστορεῖ βλέποντα)] has news of him, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 676: followed by _relative_, τὴν πορείαν ἱστορῶν, ὡς δυσδίοδος ὑπάρχει 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.61.3)]; read in history, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.63.7.)]
2 with accusative person, inquire of, ask, ἱστορέων αὐτοὺς ἥντινα δύναμιν ἔχει ὁ Νεῖλος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.19, compare 3.77)]; inquire of an oracle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1547)]; visit a person for the purpose of inquiry, Κηφᾶν [NT (NT.Gal.1.18)]:— passive, to be questioned, κληθέντας ἱστορέεσθαι εἰ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.24; ἱστορούμενος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 415, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1371.)]
2.b with doubleaccusative, inquire of one about a thing, τί μ᾽ ἱστορεῖς τόδε [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ph.” 621, compare 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 1.)]
4 absolutely, inquire, ἀκοῆ ἱ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.29, etc.)]; especially in participle, ἱστορέων εὕρισκε [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.56, etc.; οὔθ᾽ ὁρῶν οὔθ᾽ ἱστορῶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1484)]; followed by a relative word, ἱστόρεόν τε ὅτεῳ τρόπῳ περιγένοιτο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.122.)]
II give an account of what one has learnt, record, τοὺς βίους τῶν χερσαίων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.13.1, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 7, etc.)]; ἱστοροῦσί τινες.. it is stated that.. , [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.75, etc.)]:—frequently in passive, ὁ καρπὸς.. ἐπιλημπτικοὺς ἱστορεῖται ὠφελεῖν [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.83; περί τινος ἱστορεῖται διότι 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.18K.; ἱστορεῖται περὶ Γοργοῦς τοιοῦτον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.227e, compare [prev. author] “Cic.” 1, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 34.3, etc.)]; Ἀπολλόδωρος εἴρηκεν ἀπελθόντας Ὕαντας ἱστορεῖσθαι are represented as having gone, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 10.3.4)]; τῶν ἱστορουμένων οὐδενὸς ἧττον πολυπράγμων the most in dustrious person on record, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.108K.)]
(ἵστωρ) inquire into or about a thing, τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.113, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 632, etc.; περί τινος 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.48.12)]; also, inquire about a person, τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1150, 1156; ὅδ᾽ εἴμ᾽ Ὀρέστης.. ὃν ἱστορεῖς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 380, compare “Tr.” 261: followed by _relative_ clause, Αἴγισθον ἔνθ᾽ ᾤκηκεν ἱστορῶ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1101.)]
2 examine, observe, χώραν, πόλιν, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Theseus” 30, “Pomp.” 40, compare 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 1.11.4)]; τὴν τοῦ Μέμνονος [σύριγγα] [Refs 1st c.AD+ (“OGI” 694.7; τὴν σύνεσίν τινος 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 2, etc.; τινὰς ἀπολουμένους 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 11.109)]: hence, to be informed about, know, κακῶς τὸ μέλλον ἱστορῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 454; πατέρα ἱστορεῖς καλῶς [prev. author] “Eu.” 455, compare 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “παραγγελίαι” 12: _metaphorically_, εἴ τις ἀκτὶς ἡλίου νιν ἱστορεῖ βλέποντα)] has news of him, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 676: followed by _relative_, τὴν πορείαν ἱστορῶν, ὡς δυσδίοδος ὑπάρχει 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.61.3)]; read in history, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.63.7.)]
2 with accusative person, inquire of, ask, ἱστορέων αὐτοὺς ἥντινα δύναμιν ἔχει ὁ Νεῖλος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.19, compare 3.77)]; inquire of an oracle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 1547)]; visit a person for the purpose of inquiry, Κηφᾶν [NT (NT.Gal.1.18)]:— passive, to be questioned, κληθέντας ἱστορέεσθαι εἰ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.24; ἱστορούμενος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 415, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1371.)]
2.b with doubleaccusative, inquire of one about a thing, τί μ᾽ ἱστορεῖς τόδε [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ph.” 621, compare 3rd c.BC: Lycophron Tragicus 1.)]
4 absolutely, inquire, ἀκοῆ ἱ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.29, etc.)]; especially in participle, ἱστορέων εὕρισκε [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.56, etc.; οὔθ᾽ ὁρῶν οὔθ᾽ ἱστορῶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 1484)]; followed by a relative word, ἱστόρεόν τε ὅτεῳ τρόπῳ περιγένοιτο [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.122.)]
II give an account of what one has learnt, record, τοὺς βίους τῶν χερσαίων [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.13.1, compare 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hist.Conscr.” 7, etc.)]; ἱστοροῦσί τινες.. it is stated that.. , [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Dioscorides (Dioscurides) Medicus 4.75, etc.)]:—frequently in passive, ὁ καρπὸς.. ἐπιλημπτικοὺς ἱστορεῖται ὠφελεῖν [Refs 1st c.BC+ ([prev. author] 1.83; περί τινος ἱστορεῖται διότι 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.18K.; ἱστορεῖται περὶ Γοργοῦς τοιοῦτον 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.227e, compare [prev. author] “Cic.” 1, 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 34.3, etc.)]; Ἀπολλόδωρος εἴρηκεν ἀπελθόντας Ὕαντας ἱστορεῖσθαι are represented as having gone, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 10.3.4)]; τῶν ἱστορουμένων οὐδενὸς ἧττον πολυπράγμων the most in dustrious person on record, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Mus.” p.108K.)]