G350: ἀνακρίνω (anakrínō)

G350 ἀνακρίνω (anakrínō)

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Quick Definition

ἀνακρίνω v. I examine, inquire into

Strong's Definition

from 303 and 2919; properly, to scrutinize, i.e. (by implication) investigate, interrogate, determine

KJV Usage: ask, question, discern, examine, judge, search

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἀνακρίνω (G0350)

verb | aor.pass. ἀνεκρίθην | κρίνω

27.44 · Learn · Try To Learn

to examine carefully, to investigate, to study thoroughly to try to learn the nature or truth of something by the process of careful study, evaluation and judgment

ACT 17:11 · 1CO 2:14 · 1CO 10:25 · 1CO 10:27

56.12 · Courts and Legal Procedures · Judicial Hearing, Inquiry

to investigate in court, to hear a case, to interrogate, to question to conduct a judicial inquiry The use of ἀνακρίνω in 1CO 9:3 does not imply necessarily the strictly legal procedures of a courtroom. It is also possible to interpret ἀνακρίνω in 1CO 9:3 as meaning ‘to criticize’ or ‘to judge’ (see 33.412).

LUK 23:14 · ACT 4:9 · ACT 12:19 · ACT 24:8 · ACT 28:18 · 1CO 4:3 · 1CO 4:4 · 1CO 9:3

33.412 · Communication · Criticize

to criticize to express disapproval of what someone has done For another interpretation of ἀνακρίνω in 1CO 9:3, see 56.12.

1CO 4:3 · 1CO 4:4 · 1CO 9:3

30.109 · Think · To Distinguish, To Evaluate, To Judge

to judge carefully, to evaluate carefully to make a judgment on the basis of careful and detailed information

1CO 2:14 · 1CO 2:15 · 1CO 2:15 · 1CO 4:3 · 1CO 10:25 · 1CO 10:27 · 1CO 14:24

¹ The meanings of κρίνω[c] (30.108), ἀνακρίνω[d] and διακρίνω[a] (30.109) are all closely related to the process of learning and of understanding, and in some contexts the meanings shade one into the other.

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Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀνακρίνω anakrinō 16x

to sift; to examine closely, Acts 17:11; to scrutinize, scan, 1 Cor. 2:14, 15; 9:3; to try judicially, Lk. 23:14; to judge, give judgment upon, 1 Cor. 4:3, 4; to put questions, be inquisitive, 1 Cor. 10:25, 27; Acts 11:12 v.l

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

ἀνα-κρίνω

[in LXX: I Ki 20:12 (חקר), Da LXX Su 13, ib. LXX ,TH 48, 51*;]

to examine, investigate, question (Lft., Notes, 181 f.): Ac 17:11, I Co 2:14, 15 4:3, 4 9:3 10:25 10:27 14:24; in forensic sense (MM, VGT, s.v.; esp. of examination by torture; v. Field, Notes, 120 f.), Lk 23:14, Ac 4:9 12:19 24:8 28:18.†

SYN.: v.s. ἐξετάζω.

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἀνακρίνω. For the judicial sense “examine,” as in 1 Cor 9%, cf. Michel 4009 (beginning of iii/B.c.) τοὺς μὲν πλείστους τῶν διαφερομένων avalkpivapjevor πολλάκις ἐφ᾽ αὑτοὺς διέλυον συμφίερόντως], Sy// 5124 5 (ii/B.c.) ἀνακρινάντω δὲ καὶ το[ὺ]ς μάρτυρας. The substantive (g.v.) is found in the previous line of the latter inscription.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἀνακρίνω (anakrinō) — to investigate. ἀνακρίνω, examine closely, interrogate, especially judicially, Παυσανίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; sound a person, [LXX]

2. inquire into, ἀ. τοὺς ἐργασαμένους[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν [αἰτίαν] [Refs 1st c.BC+] —middle, ἀ. ποινὰ τίς ἔσται what remedy there shall be, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. examine magistrates so as to prove their qualification, [Refs 4th c.BC+]

II.2. of the magistrates, examine persons concerned in a suit, so as to prepare the matter for trial, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ ἄρχων ἀνέκρινε πᾶσιν ὑμῖν καὶ ἀνακρίνας εἰσήγαγεν εἰς τὸ δικαστήριον [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, ἀνεκρίθησαν αἱ ἀμφισβητήσεις[Refs 4th c.BC+] —middle, οὐκ ἀνεκρίνατο ταύτην [τὴν γραφήν] he did not have it examined, of the prosecutor, [Refs]

II.3. generally, examine, μάρτυρας[Refs]; τινά 1[Refs]:—middle, [Refs]

II.4. select, [Refs 3rd c.AD+]

III. in middle, absolutely, ἀνακρίνεσθαι πρὸς ἑωυτούς dispute, wrangle one with another, [Refs 5th c.BC+]