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ἀποκρίνω

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Definition

ἀποκρίνω, ἀποκρίνομαι,

[in LXX chiefly for ענה ;]

in cl.,

1. to separate, distinguish.

2. to choose.

Mid., to answer: Matthew 27:12, Mark 14:61, Luke 3:16; 23:9, John 5:17, 19, Acts 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., Mark 12:34; with accusative of thing(s), Matthew 22:46; with dative of person(s), Matthew 12:38; before πρός, Acts 25:16;

(b) Hebraistically

(i) like ענה, to begin to speak, take up the conversation (Kennedy, Sources, 124f.): Matthew 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, Matthew 4:4; ἔφη, 8:8; λέγει, Mark 3:33; in Jo most frequently (ἀπεκ. κ. εἶπε, 1:49. )

Hebrew words it translates

The Hebrew words that the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders as ἀποκρίνω:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

231 total
  1. Luke 8:21ἀποκριθεὶς · He replied
    But He replied, “My mother and brothers are those who hear the word of God and carry it out.”
  2. Luke 8:50ἀπεκρίθη · [and] said
    But Jesus overheard them and said to Jairus, “Do not be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.”
  3. Luke 9:19ἀποκριθέντες · They replied
    They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, that a prophet of old has arisen.”
  4. Luke 9:20ἀποκριθεὶς · answered
    “But what about you?” Jesus asked. “Who do you say I am?” Peter answered, “The Christ of God.”
  5. Luke 9:41Ἀποκριθεὶς · replied
    “O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”
  6. Luke 9:49Ἀποκριθεὶς · said
    “Master,” said John, “we saw someone driving out demons in Your name, and we tried to stop him, because he does not accompany us.”
  7. Luke 10:27ἀποκριθεὶς
    He answered, “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind’ and ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’”
  8. Luke 10:28ἀπεκρίθης · You have answered
    “You have answered correctly,” Jesus said. “Do this and you will live.”
  9. Luke 10:41Ἀποκριθεὶς · replied
    “Martha, Martha,” the Lord replied, “you are worried and upset about many things.
  10. Luke 11:7ἀποκριθεὶς · answers
    And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Do not bother me. My door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’
  11. Luke 11:45Ἀποκριθεὶς
    One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”
  12. Luke 13:2ἀποκριθεὶς · He replied
    To this He replied, “Do you think that these Galileans were worse sinners than all the other Galileans, because they suffered this way?
  13. Luke 13:8ἀποκριθεὶς
    ‘Sir,’ the man replied, ‘leave it alone again this year, until I dig around it and fertilize it.
  14. Luke 13:14Ἀποκριθεὶς
    But the synagogue leader was indignant that Jesus had healed on the Sabbath. “There are six days for work,” he told the crowd. “So come and be healed on those days and not on the Sabbath.”
  15. Luke 13:15Ἀπεκρίθη · replied
    “You hypocrites!” the Lord replied. “Does not each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from the stall and lead it to water?
  16. Luke 13:25ἀποκριθεὶς
    After the master of the house gets up and shuts the door, you will stand outside knocking and saying, ‘Lord, open the door for us.’ But he will reply, ‘I do not know where you are from.’
  17. Luke 14:3ἀποκριθεὶς · asked
    So Jesus asked the experts in the law and the Pharisees, “Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath or not?”
  18. Luke 15:29ἀποκριθεὶς · he answered
    But he answered his father, ‘Look, all these years I have served you and never disobeyed a commandment of yours. Yet you never gave me even a young goat so I could celebrate with my friends.
  19. Luke 17:17Ἀποκριθεὶς · asked
    “Were not all ten cleansed?” Jesus asked. “Where then are the other nine?
  20. Luke 17:20ἀπεκρίθη · [Jesus] replied
    When asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God would come, Jesus replied, “The kingdom of God will not come with observable signs.
  21. Luke 17:37ἀποκριθέντες · they asked
    “Where, Lord?” they asked. Jesus answered, “Wherever there is a carcass, there the vultures will gather.”
  22. Luke 19:40ἀποκριθεὶς · He answered
    “I tell you,” He answered, “if they remain silent, the very stones will cry out.”
  23. Luke 20:3Ἀποκριθεὶς
    “I will also ask you a question,” Jesus replied. “Tell Me:
  24. Luke 20:7ἀπεκρίθησαν · they answered [that]
    So they answered that they did not know where it was from.
  25. Luke 20:39Ἀποκριθέντες · answered
    Some of the scribes answered, “Teacher, You have spoken well!”
  26. Luke 22:51Ἀποκριθεὶς · answered
    But Jesus answered, “No more of this!” And He touched the man’s ear and healed him.
  27. Luke 22:68ἀποκριθῆτε · you will not answer
    And if I ask you a question, you will not answer.
  28. Luke 23:3ἀποκριθεὶς · [Jesus] replied
    So Pilate asked Him, “Are You the King of the Jews?” “You have said so,” Jesus replied.
  29. Luke 23:9ἀπεκρίνατο · gave no answer
    Herod questioned Jesus at great length, but He gave no answer.
  30. Luke 23:40Ἀποκριθεὶς
    But the other one rebuked him, saying, “Do you not even fear God, since you are under the same judgment?
  31. Luke 24:18ἀποκριθεὶς · asked
    One of them, named Cleopas, asked Him, “Are You the only visitor to Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in recent days?”
  32. John 1:21ἀπεκρίθη · He answered
    “Then who are you?” they inquired. “Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”
  33. John 1:26Ἀπεκρίθη · replied
    “I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.
  34. John 1:48Ἀπεκρίθη · replied
    “How do You know me?” Nathanael asked. Jesus replied, “Before Philip called you, I saw you under the fig tree.”
  35. John 1:49Ἀπεκρίθη · answered
    “Rabbi,” Nathanael answered, “You are the Son of God! You are the King of Israel!”
  36. John 1:50Ἀπεκρίθη
    Jesus said to him, “Do you believe just because I told you I saw you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than these.”
  37. John 2:18Ἀπεκρίθησαν · demanded
    On account of this, the Jews demanded, “What sign can You show us to prove Your authority to do these things?”
  38. John 2:19Ἀπεκρίθη · answered
    Jesus answered, “Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up again.”
  39. John 3:3Ἀπεκρίθη · replied
    Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
  40. John 3:5Ἀπεκρίθη · answered
    Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit.
  41. John 3:9Ἀπεκρίθη · asked
    “How can this be?” Nicodemus asked.
  42. John 3:10Ἀπεκρίθη · said
    “You are Israel’s teacher,” said Jesus, “and you do not understand these things?
  43. John 3:27Ἀπεκρίθη · replied
    John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
  44. John 4:10Ἀπεκρίθη · answered
    Jesus answered, “If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.”
  45. John 4:13Ἀπεκρίθη
    Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks this water will be thirsty again.
  46. John 4:17Ἀπεκρίθη · replied
    “I have no husband,” the woman replied. Jesus said to her, “You are correct to say that you have no husband.
  47. John 5:7Ἀπεκρίθη · replied
    “Sir,” the invalid replied, “I have no one to help me into the pool when the water is stirred. While I am on my way, someone else goes in before me.”
  48. John 5:11ἀπεκρίθη · he answered
    But he answered, “The man who made me well told me, ‘Pick up your mat and walk.’”
  49. John 5:17ἀπεκρίνατο · answered
    But Jesus answered them, “To this very day My Father is at His work, and I too am working.”
  50. John 5:19Ἀπεκρίνατο · replied
    So Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing by Himself, unless He sees the Father doing it. For whatever the Father does, the Son also does.