ἀναγινώσκω anaginōskō

Greek word for “to read” · Strong’s G314 · used 32 times in 29 verses

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Meaning

ἀνα-γινώσκω; (Attic ἀναγιγν-);

How it is translated

Glosses given for anaginōskō in context, with how often each is used:

• reading 7
• have read 4
• read 4
• have you read 3
• did read 3
• being read 3
• may be read 3
• having read 2
• read you? 1
• reading? 1
• may read 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Acts 8 (3), Matthew 12 (2), Matthew 21 (2), Mark 12 (2), Acts 15 (2), 2 Corinthians 3 (2), Matthew 19 (1), Matthew 22 (1), Matthew 24 (1), Mark 2 (1)

Forms

• ἀνέγνωτε 10
• ἀναγινώσκων 3
• ἀναγινώσκεις 2
• ἀνεγίνωσκεν 2
• ἀναγνωσθῇ 2
• ἀναγνῶναι 1
• ἀνέγνωσαν 1
• ἀναγινώσκοντος 1
• ἀναγινωσκομένας 1
• ἀναγινωσκόμενος 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with anaginōskō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• σάββατον sabbaton “Sabbath” 4
• νοέω noeō “to understand” 3
• οὐδέποτε oudepote “never” 3
• πεινάω peinaō “to hunger” 3
• ἐπιστολή epistolē “epistle” 3
• προφήτης prophētēs “prophet” 4
• ἐρήμωσις erēmōsis “devastation” 2
• γραφή graphē “a writing” 3
• γράφω graphō “to write” 4
• Δαυείδ Daueid, Dauid, Dabid “David” 3
• βδέλυγμα bdelugma “abomination” 2
• Μωϋσῆς Mōusēs, Mōsēs “Moses” 3

Key verses

The verses using anaginōskō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 19:4 — And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female,
• Matthew 21:42 — Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the…
• Matthew 24:15 — When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:)
• Mark 12:10 — And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner:
• Mark 12:26 — And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the…
• Mark 13:14 — But when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let…
• Luke 4:16 — And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up for to read.
• Acts 8:30 — And Philip ran thither to him, and heard him read the prophet Esaias, and said, Understandest thou what thou readest?
• Acts 8:32 — The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth:
• Acts 13:27 — For they that dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, because they knew him not, nor yet the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, they have…
• Ephesians 3:4 — Whereby, when ye read, ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ)
• Revelation 1:3 — Blessed is he that readeth, and they that hear the words of this prophecy, and keep those things which are written therein: for the time is at hand.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.