Quick Definition
ἀνετάζω v. I examine judicially
Strong's Definition
from 303 and etazo (to test); to investigate (judicially)
KJV Usage: (should have) examined(-d)
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἐτάζω (examine, test)
56.16 · Courts and Legal Procedures · Judicial Hearing, Inquiry
to interrogate, to examine to interrogate a defendant during a judicial hearing, often by means of torture or lashing In the Roman legal system it was customary to use various forms of physical torture in order to extract confessions from persons who were not Romans and who had been charged with serious crimes, particularly crimes against the state.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀν-ετάζω ; pres. pass. ἀνετάζομαι; (ἐτάζω to examine, test); to investigate, examine; τινά, to examine judicially : Acts xxii. 24, 29. (Jude. vi. 29 cod. Alex.; Sus. [i. 6. Dan. (Theod.) init.] 14; [Anaph. Pilati A 6 p. 417 ed. Taf.]. Not found in prof. auth.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀνετάζω anetazō 2x
to examine thoroughly; to examine by torture, Acts 22:24, 29*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ἀν-ετάζω
(< ἀνά, ἐτάζω, to examine; v. MM, VGT, s.v.), [in LXX: Jg 6:29 (דָּרַשׁ), Es 2:23 (בָּקַשׁ), Da TH Su 14*;]
to examine judicially: Ac 22:24, 29.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀνετάζω (anetazō) — to question. ἀνετάζω, inquire of, ἀλλήλους τὴν αἰτίαν[LXX+2nd c.AD+]
II. examine documents, [Refs]; examine by torture, τινά[NT]