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ἀποκρίνομαι
apokrínomai · Greek · Strong's G611 · 233 occurrences
The KJV renders 15 different Hebrew and Greek words as “answer”
What it means
to conclude for oneself, i.e. (by implication) to respond; by Hebraism (compare H06030) to begin to speak (where an address is expected)
from G575 (ἀπό) and ;
How the KJV renders it
answer
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“answer”
Questions this word decides
- Is baptism required for salvation?
- Does scripture permit divorce and remarriage?
- What does John 1:1 mean ('the Word was God')?
- What does John 8:58 mean ('before Abraham was, I am')?
- What does 1 Peter 3:21 mean ('baptism now saves you')?
- What does John 3:5 mean ('born of water and Spirit')?
Where it appears
233 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
Acts 3:12 V-ADI-3SActs 4:19 V-AOP-NPMActs 5:8 V-ADI-3SActs 5:29 V-AOP-NSMActs 8:24 V-AOP-NSMActs 8:34 V-AOP-NSMActs 9:13 V-ADI-3SActs 10:46 V-ADI-3SActs 11:9 V-ADI-3SActs 15:13 V-ADI-3SActs 19:15 V-AOP-NSNActs 21:13 V-ADI-3SActs 22:8 V-ADI-1SActs 22:28 V-ADI-3SActs 24:10 V-ADI-3SActs 24:25 V-ADI-3SActs 25:4 V-ADI-3SActs 25:9 V-AOP-NSMActs 25:12 V-ADI-3SActs 25:16 V-ADI-1SColossians 4:6 V-PNNJohn 1:21 V-ADI-3SJohn 1:26 V-ADI-3SJohn 1:49 V-ADI-3SJohn 1:50 V-ADI-3SJohn 1:51 V-ADI-3SJohn 2:18 V-ADI-3PJohn 2:19 V-ADI-3SJohn 3:3 V-ADI-3SJohn 3:5 V-ADI-3SJohn 3:9 V-ADI-3SJohn 3:10 V-ADI-3SJohn 3:27 V-ADI-3SJohn 4:10 V-ADI-3SJohn 4:13 V-ADI-3SJohn 4:17 V-ADI-3SJohn 5:7 V-ADI-3SJohn 5:11 V-ADI-3SJohn 5:17 V-ADI-3SJohn 5:19 V-ADI-3SJohn 6:7 V-PNI-3SJohn 6:26 V-ADI-3SJohn 6:29 V-ADI-3SJohn 6:43 V-ADI-3SJohn 6:68 V-ADI-3SJohn 6:70 V-ADI-3SJohn 7:16 V-ADI-3SJohn 7:20 V-ADI-3SJohn 7:21 V-ADI-3SJohn 7:46 V-ADI-3PJohn 7:47 V-ADI-3PJohn 7:52 V-ADI-3PJohn 8:14 V-ADI-3SJohn 8:19 V-ADI-3SJohn 8:33 V-ADI-3PJohn 8:34 V-ADI-3SJohn 8:39 V-ADI-3PJohn 8:48 V-ADI-3PJohn 8:49 V-ADI-3SJohn 8:54 V-ADI-3S
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.