Quick Definition
ἀνάκρισις, εως, ἡ n.f. judicial examination, preliminary inquiry
Strong's Definition
from 350; a (judicial) investigation
KJV Usage: examination
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | κρίνω
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
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀνά-κρισις, -ews, 7, an examination; as a law-term among the Greeks, the preliminary investigation held for the purpose of gathering evidence for the information of the judges (Meier and Schémann, Att. Process, pp- 27, [622; cf. Dict. of Antiq. s. v.]); this seems to be the sense of the word in Acts xxv. 26.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀνάκρισις anakrisis 1x
investigation, judicial examination, hearing of a cause, Acts 25:26*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἀνά-κρισις, -εως, ἡ,
[in LXX: III Mac 7:5*;]
an examination: spec. of legal preliminary investigation, Ac 25:26 (v. MM, VGT, s.v.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀνάκρισις. See on ἀνακρίνω. In OG/S 374 (i/B.c.), which commemorates a certain Papias, a privy councillor and chief physician of Mithradates Eupator, King of Pontus. we find him described as τεταγμένον δὲ Kal ἐπὶ τῶν ἀνακρίσεων. Dittenberger gives reasons for thinking that “‘non tam iudicem quam inquisitorem hoc significat,” one who presided over the examination of men suspected of conspiracy : cf. Sy// 356°8 (B.c. 6), a rescript of Augustus, who says πέπονφα δὲ ὑμεῖν kal α[ὐτ]ὺς τὰς ἀνακρίσεις, the Arecis of a preliminary inquiry, cf. also Prezsigke 1568 ᾿Α. τὸν συγγενῆ καὶ κτλ. καὶ ἐπιστράτηγον καὶ πρὸς ταῖς ἀνακρίσεσι (reign of Euergetes II.). The noun occurs again in P Tebt I. 861 (late ii/B.c.), where a man is described as ὁ πρὸς τα[ῖς ἀἹνακρίσεσει. In P Lips I. 415 (A.D. 293) the word follows ἀπογραφή, and Mitteis notes that it occurs in P Lond 251 (A.D. 337-50) (=II. p. 317) likewise in connexion with the purchase of a slave: ‘‘since ἀνάκρισις means a preliminary examination (Voruntersuchung), one thinks of a trial made before the purchase of the slave.” Cf. the use of the word in Ac 2578.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀνάκρισις (anakrisis) — investigation. ἀνάκρισις, poetry ἄγκρ-, εως, ἡ, (ἀνακρίνω[Refs] examination of the qualifications of magistrates, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II. (ἀνακρίνω[Refs] previous examination of parties concerned in a suit, preparation of the matter for trial, [NT+5th c.BC+]; of the magistrate, ἀνάκρισιν διδόναι, παραδιδόναι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the parties, εἰς ἀνάκρισιν ἥκειν[Refs 4th c.BC+]; μηδ᾽ εἰς ἄγκρισιν ἐλθεῖν, i. e. should not even begin proceedings (where however the [Refs 4th c.BC+]; οὐδ᾽ ἀ. μοι δώσεις you will not allow me the first forms of law, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
III. generally, inquiry, examination, [Refs]
IV. preliminary examination of a slave before sale, [Refs]
V. examination, testing of magical ingredients, etc., [Refs]
VI. quarrel, dispute, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; disputation, [Refs 1st c.BC+]