Quick Definition
ἱστορέω v. I get acquainted with, visit
Strong's Definition
to be knowing (learned), i.e. (by implication) to visit for information (interview)
Derivation: from a derivative of G1492 (εἴδω);
KJV Usage: see
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb
34.52 · Association · Visit
to visit and get information to visit, with the purpose of obtaining information In rendering ‘to get information from him’ it may be more satisfactory to say ‘to learn something from him’ or ‘to have him tell me what I needed to know.’
1 ἱστορέω can perhaps best be interpreted as combining two different domains: (1) the domain of Association (34) involving visiting and (2) the domain of Communication (33) involving the soliciting of information. This is a typical example of a meaning which overlaps two domains.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἱστορέω: 1 aor. inf. ἱστορῆσαι ; (ἵστωρ [allied with οἶδα (ἴστω), videre (visus), etc.; Curtius § 282], -opos, one that has inquired into, knowing, skilled in); fr. Aeschyl. and Hdt. down; 1. to inquire into, examine, investigate. 2. to find out, learn, by inquiry. 3. i gain knowledge of by visiting: something (worthy of being seen), τὴν χώραν, Plut. Thes. 30; Ponip. 40; τινά, some distinguished person, to become personally acquainted with, know face to face: Gal. i. 18; so too in Joseph. antt. 1, 11,4; Ὁ. j. 6,1, 8 and often in the Clem. homilies; cf. Hilgenfeld, Galaterbrief, p. 122 note; [Ellicott on Gal. 1. c.].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἱστορέω historeō 1x
to ascertain by inquiry and examination; to inquire of; in NT to visit in order to become acquainted with, Gal. 1:18*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἱστορέω, -ῶ
(< ἵστωρ, one learned or skilled in) [in LXX: I Es 1:33, 42*;]
c. acc. rei, to inquire into, learn by inquiry.
C. acc. pers., to inquire of or about.
to narrate, record.
In late writers, to visit, become acquainted with: Ga 1:18 (v. Ellic., in l., and cf. MM, Exp., xv).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἱστορέω. The only NT sense of this word = “‘visit’’ (Gal 118) is paralleled in the interesting scrap of a traveller's letter P Lond 8545 (i/ii A.D.) (=III. p. 206, Selections, p. 70) ἵνα τὰς χε[ι]ροπίοι]ήτους τέϊχνας ἱστορήσωσι : εἴ. 15 εὔτομα (2. εὔστομα) ἱστόρ[η]σᾳ. It is used often thus (= 272522.10) in the inscrr. e.g. OGZS 694 (Rom.) “Eppoyévys’ Apac[ed]s [ras] μὲν ἄλλας σύρινγας ἰδὼν ἐθαύμασα, τὴν δὲ τοῦ Μέμνονος ταύτην εἱστορήσας ὑπερεθαύμασα, and in the wallscratchings of visitors to the royal tombs at Thebes, e.g. Preisigke 1004 (Rom.) ᾿Ιούλιος Δημήτριος χειλίαρχος ἵστορήσας ἐθαύμασα : cf. also the Theban inscr., Aazbe/ 1020— Tartiavos ἡγεμὼν Θηβάιδος ἱστορήσα[5] ἐθαύμασεν τὸ θαῦ[μα ξ]υνὸν τῶν σοφῶν Αἰγυπίτί]ων. For the verb = ‘‘relate,’’ see BGU IV. 12085 (B.c. 27-6) mitTax]iov, δι᾽ οὗ [pot] ἱστορεῖς τὴν [Κ αλατύ]τεως πλ[άν]ην, P Oxy VII. 1027! (i/A.D.) ὑπόμνημα. .. δι᾿ οὗ ματαίως εἱστορεῖ περί τε τοῦ ἀγνοεῖν α[ὐ]τὸν τὴν τῶν ἐμοὶ γενη[μένων] (Δ γεγενη[μένων]) ἀσφαλιῶν θέσιν, ““ ἃ memorandum wherein he vainly relates that he was ignorant of the securities which had been given to me” (Ed.): cf. the use of the compound συνιστορέω in BGU IV. 1141 (B.c. 14), PSI I. 647 (i/B.c. ?) α΄ The subst. ἱστορία, which survives in MGr = ‘‘narrative,” ‘‘ history,” may be illustrated from OGZS | 13! (c. B.C. 300-290), where the Prienians are represented as establishing their possession of a certain district—ék τε τῶν ἱστοριῶν κ[αὶ ἐκ τῶν ἄλλων μαρτυριῶν. For its use in Byzantine literature = “ painting,” owing to the development of picture histories, see Birt Buchrolle, p. 307 f. πάλιν ἐπτοήθη, ὡς ἰσχυρότερον θεωρήσας (viz. ἔνοπλόν τινα, who appears suddenly on his πόππυσμα) μήποτε ἡ γῆ ἐξέ” lows Bpace θεόν. In P Ryl II. 1€5!? (a.p. 266) we have a reference to the /egio Tratana Fortis Germanica—deyrovos Tpatavas ᾿Ισχυρᾶς Γερμ[ανικῆς. Sy// 226° (iii/B.c.) σιτοδείας γενομένης ἰσχυρᾶς, is a good parallel to the usage in Lk 1544. Cf. also 76. 9295: (ii/B.c.) τὸ δὲ πάντων μέγιστον kal ἰσχυρότατον τεκμήριον, Chrest. I. 27° (ii/a.D.) e[t γὰ]ρ ὑπεναντίον ἐστὶν To πα[ρά]δειγμα οὐκ ἰσχυρόν KTh., and Menandrea p. 141°° τοῦτο γὰρ | ἰσχυρὸν οἴεταί τι πρὸς τὸ πρᾶγμ᾽ ἔχειν, “un argument décisif ” (Croiset).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἱστορέω (historeō) — to get acquainted. ἱστορ-έω, (ἵστωρ) inquire into or about a thing, τι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; also, inquire about a person, τινα [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. examine, observe, χώραν, πόλιν, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; τὴν τοῦ Μέμνονος [σύριγγα] [Refs 1st c.AD+]: hence, to be informed about, know, κακῶς τὸ μέλλον ἱστορῶν [Refs 5th c.BC+] has news of him, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; read in history, [Refs]
2. with accusative person, inquire of, ask, ἱστορέων αὐτοὺς ἥντινα δύναμιν ἔχει ὁ Νεῖλος [Refs 5th c.BC+]; inquire of an oracle, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; visit a person for the purpose of inquiry, Κηφᾶν [NT]:— passive, to be questioned, κληθέντας ἱστορέεσθαι εἰ.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. b with doubleaccusative, inquire of one about a thing, τί μ᾽ ἱστορεῖς τόδε [Refs 3rd c.BC+]
4. absolutely, inquire, ἀκοῆ ἱ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially in participle, ἱστορέων εὕρισκε [Refs 5th c.BC+]; followed by a relative word, ἱστόρεόν τε ὅτεῳ τρόπῳ περιγένοιτο [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. give an account of what one has learnt, record, τοὺς βίους τῶν χερσαίων [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἱστοροῦσί τινες.. it is stated that.. , [Refs 1st c.AD+]:—frequently in passive, ὁ καρπὸς.. ἐπιλημπτικοὺς ἱστορεῖται ὠφελεῖν [Refs 1st c.BC+]; Ἀπολλόδωρος εἴρηκεν ἀπελθόντας Ὕαντας ἱστορεῖσθαι are represented as having gone, [Refs 1st c.BC+]; τῶν ἱστορουμένων οὐδενὸς ἧττον πολυπράγμων the most in dustrious person on record, [Refs 1st c.BC+]