Strong G2925κρούω
to knock
- Transliteration
- krouō
- Pronunciation
- kroo'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Apparently a primary verb; to rap: - knock.
Detailed definition
Κρούω
[in LXX: before ἐπί Jdg.19:22, Sng.5:2 (דָּפַק);]
with, accusative, τ. αὐλαίαν, Jdth.14:14 *;]
to strike, knock: at a door (Κόπτειν, in Att..), Mat.7:7-8, Luk.11:9-10 12:36, Act.12:16, Rev.3:20; with accusative, τ. θύραν, Luk.13:25, Act.12:13.†
(AS)
[in LXX: before ἐπί Jdg.19:22, Sng.5:2 (דָּפַק);]
with, accusative, τ. αὐλαίαν, Jdth.14:14 *;]
to strike, knock: at a door (Κόπτειν, in Att..), Mat.7:7-8, Luk.11:9-10 12:36, Act.12:16, Rev.3:20; with accusative, τ. θύραν, Luk.13:25, Act.12:13.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2925 appears in 9 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- knock6
- knocketh3
First verses
- Matthew 7:7Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you:
- Matthew 7:8For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
- Luke 11:9And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
- Luke 11:10For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.
- Luke 12:36And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.
- Luke 13:25When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:
- Acts 12:13And as Peter knocked at the door of the gate, a damsel came to hearken, named Rhoda.
- Acts 12:16But Peter continued knocking: and when they had opened the door, and saw him, they were astonished.
- Revelation 3:20Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.
Occurrences by book
Detailed Greek dictionary
κρούω,
future -σω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “El.” 180)]: aorist [Refs 6th c.BC+ (ἔκρουσα Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Anabasis” 4.5.18, 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “fragment” 201)]: perfect [Refs 5th c.BC+ (κέκρουκα {4-5th c.AD}: Diogenianus Paroemiographus 3.38, (ἐκ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phdr.” 228e, (προς-) 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.206:)] —middle, aorist [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἐκρουσάμην 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.40)]:—passive, aorist [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (ἐκρούσθην 3rd c.BC: Eratosthenes Epicus “Καταστερισμοί” 32)]: perfect κέκρουμαι (ἀπο-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “HG” 7.4.26, or -ουσμαι (ἀπο-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ach.” 459)]:—strike, smite, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ῥυτῆρι κ. γλουτόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “fragment” 501)]; κρούσας δὲ πλευρὰ [τῶν ἵππων] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “fragment” 779.6; τὸν λυχνοῦχον 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “fragment” 83; τοῖς ποσὶ τὴν γῆν 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 7.1.5)]; also εἰς τὴν χεῖρα τοῖς δακτύλοις κ. with the fingers, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 40.16: _metaphorically_, κνῖσα κ. ῥινὸς ὑπεροχάς)] tickles, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Ephippus Comicus 3.3.)]
2 strike one against another, strike together, κ. χεῖρας clap the hands, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supp.” 720; τὰ ὅπλα κρουόμενα πρὸς ἄλληλα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.22; τὰς ἀσπίδας πρὸς τὰ δόρατα Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “An.”)] [same place]: metaphorically, ἀλλήλων τοὺς λόγους τοῖς λόγοις ἐκρούομεν ἄν would have knocked their heads together, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Tht.” 154e.)]
3 κ. πόδα (i.e. κ. τὴν γῆν τῷ ποδί), in dancing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “El.” [prev. cited] (Lyric poetry); ἴχνος ἐν γᾷ κ. [prev\. author] “IA” 1043)] (Lyric poetry).
4 metaphorically from tapping an earthen vessel, to try whether it rings sound (compare [Refs (κροῦσις 2))]: examine, try, prove, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (κρούετε ἀπολαμβάνοντες τὸ καλόν Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Hp.Ma.” 301b)]; κἂν διαπειρώμενος κρούσῃς [τὸν κόλακα] [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.64d.)]
5 strike a stringed instrument with a plectron, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 183, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ly.” 209b)]: generally, play any instrument (see. κροῦμα, κρουματικός) [Refs (, αὐλεῖ.. κρούων ἰαστί “Comedy texts Adesp.” 415)]: with dative, κ. κρεμβάλοις, ={κρεμβαλίζειν}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 14.636d.)]
6 κ. τὴν θύραν knock at the door on the outside, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ec.” 317, 990 (with play on signification 8), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Smp.” 1.11, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Prt.” 310b, 314d, etc.; κόπτειν is better _Attic dialect_ _accusative_ to 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 154; later κ. ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν Vetus Testamentum Graece redditum LXX.Judg.19.22)].
7 κ. σταθμὸν ἑτερόζυγον, ={κρουσιμετρέω}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD(?): Pseudo-Phocylidea 15; ὡς μήτε κρούσῃς μήθ᾽ ὑπὲρ χεῖλος βάλῃς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “fragment” 796; κρούων γε μὴν αὐτὰς ἐωνούμην 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 184)].
8 obscene meaning, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“AB” 101, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ec.” 990; κ. πέπλον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 328)].
9 middle, κρούεσθαι πρύμναν back water, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.51, 54, 3.78; αἱ πρύμναν κρουόμεναι νῆες 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 5.17.7)] (also in active, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 16.3.8); κ. ἐπὶ π. τὴν ναῦν 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 5.119)]: hence κρούεσθαι τὸ πτερόν fly backwards, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “NA” 3.13:)] —also in active, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 2.9.18.)]
10 κρούειν ἀκράτῳ, see at {πατάσσω} [Refs (11.2. (Cf. Lith. _krùšti_ 'bruise', 'pound', Lett. _krausēt_ 'thresh'.))]
future -σω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “El.” 180)]: aorist [Refs 6th c.BC+ (ἔκρουσα Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Anabasis” 4.5.18, 4th c.BC: Hyperides Orator “fragment” 201)]: perfect [Refs 5th c.BC+ (κέκρουκα {4-5th c.AD}: Diogenianus Paroemiographus 3.38, (ἐκ-) 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phdr.” 228e, (προς-) 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.206:)] —middle, aorist [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ἐκρουσάμην 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.40)]:—passive, aorist [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (ἐκρούσθην 3rd c.BC: Eratosthenes Epicus “Καταστερισμοί” 32)]: perfect κέκρουμαι (ἀπο-) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “HG” 7.4.26, or -ουσμαι (ἀπο-) 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ach.” 459)]:—strike, smite, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (ῥυτῆρι κ. γλουτόν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “fragment” 501)]; κρούσας δὲ πλευρὰ [τῶν ἵππων] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “fragment” 779.6; τὸν λυχνοῦχον 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “fragment” 83; τοῖς ποσὶ τὴν γῆν 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 7.1.5)]; also εἰς τὴν χεῖρα τοῖς δακτύλοις κ. with the fingers, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 40.16: _metaphorically_, κνῖσα κ. ῥινὸς ὑπεροχάς)] tickles, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Ephippus Comicus 3.3.)]
2 strike one against another, strike together, κ. χεῖρας clap the hands, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supp.” 720; τὰ ὅπλα κρουόμενα πρὸς ἄλληλα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 3.22; τὰς ἀσπίδας πρὸς τὰ δόρατα Xenophon Historicus [{5-6th c.BC}] “An.”)] [same place]: metaphorically, ἀλλήλων τοὺς λόγους τοῖς λόγοις ἐκρούομεν ἄν would have knocked their heads together, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Tht.” 154e.)]
3 κ. πόδα (i.e. κ. τὴν γῆν τῷ ποδί), in dancing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “El.” [prev. cited] (Lyric poetry); ἴχνος ἐν γᾷ κ. [prev\. author] “IA” 1043)] (Lyric poetry).
4 metaphorically from tapping an earthen vessel, to try whether it rings sound (compare [Refs (κροῦσις 2))]: examine, try, prove, [Refs 6th c.BC+ (κρούετε ἀπολαμβάνοντες τὸ καλόν Plato Philosophus [{5-6th c.BC}] “Hp.Ma.” 301b)]; κἂν διαπειρώμενος κρούσῃς [τὸν κόλακα] [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.64d.)]
5 strike a stringed instrument with a plectron, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Simonides Lyricus 183, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ly.” 209b)]: generally, play any instrument (see. κροῦμα, κρουματικός) [Refs (, αὐλεῖ.. κρούων ἰαστί “Comedy texts Adesp.” 415)]: with dative, κ. κρεμβάλοις, ={κρεμβαλίζειν}, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 14.636d.)]
6 κ. τὴν θύραν knock at the door on the outside, [LXX+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ec.” 317, 990 (with play on signification 8), 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Smp.” 1.11, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Prt.” 310b, 314d, etc.; κόπτειν is better _Attic dialect_ _accusative_ to 2nd c.AD: Phrynichus Atticista 154; later κ. ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν Vetus Testamentum Graece redditum LXX.Judg.19.22)].
7 κ. σταθμὸν ἑτερόζυγον, ={κρουσιμετρέω}, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (1st c.AD(?): Pseudo-Phocylidea 15; ὡς μήτε κρούσῃς μήθ᾽ ὑπὲρ χεῖλος βάλῃς 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “fragment” 796; κρούων γε μὴν αὐτὰς ἐωνούμην 5th c.BC: Eupolis Comicus 184)].
8 obscene meaning, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“AB” 101, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ec.” 990; κ. πέπλον 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 328)].
9 middle, κρούεσθαι πρύμναν back water, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.51, 54, 3.78; αἱ πρύμναν κρουόμεναι νῆες 2nd c.AD: Arrianus Historicus “Anabasis” 5.17.7)] (also in active, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 16.3.8); κ. ἐπὶ π. τὴν ναῦν 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 5.119)]: hence κρούεσθαι τὸ πτερόν fly backwards, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “NA” 3.13:)] —also in active, [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 2.9.18.)]
10 κρούειν ἀκράτῳ, see at {πατάσσω} [Refs (11.2. (Cf. Lith. _krùšti_ 'bruise', 'pound', Lett. _krausēt_ 'thresh'.))]