ἀνακρίνω anakrinō

Greek word for “to investigate” · Strong’s G350 · used 16 times in 14 verses

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Meaning

ἀνα-κρίνω; to examine, investigate, question (Lft., Notes, 181 f.):, 4:3-4 9:3 10:25 10:27 14:24;

How it is translated

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

• having examined 4
• examining 2
• inquiring 2
• being examined 1
• discerned 1
• judges 1
• judged 1
• may be examined 1
• do i examine 1
• judging 1
• examined 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Corinthians 2 (2), 1 Corinthians 4 (2), 1 Corinthians 10 (2), Luke 23 (1), Acts 4 (1), Acts 12 (1), Acts 17 (1), Acts 24 (1), Acts 28 (1), 1 Corinthians 9 (1)

Forms

• ἀνακρίνας 3
• ἀνακρίνοντες 3
• ἀνακρίνεται 3
• ἀνακρινόμεθα 1
• ἀνακρίναντές 1
• ἀνακρίνει 1
• ἀνακριθῶ 1
• ἀνακρίνω 1
• ἀνακρίνων 1
• ἀνακρίνουσίν 1

Words used with it

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

• μηδείς mēdeis “nothing” 3
• ἄπιστος apistos “unbelieving” 2
• κατηγορέω katēgoreō “to accuse” 2
• συνείδησις suneidēsis “conscience” 2
• ὑπό hupo “by/under” 3
• οὐδείς oudeis “none” 3
• δέχομαι dechomai “to receive” 2
• ἐσθίω esthiō “to eat” 2
• εἰ ei “if” 3
• ὅστις hostis, hētis “who/which” 2
• εὑρίσκω ehuriskō “to find/meet” 2
• δύναμαι dunamai “be able” 2

Key verses

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

• Luke 23:14 — Said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in…
• Acts 4:9 — If we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole;
• Acts 12:19 — And when Herod had sought for him, and found him not, he examined the keepers, and commanded that they should be put to death. And he went down from Judæa to…
• Acts 17:11 — These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those…
• 1 Corinthians 2:14 — But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually…
• 1 Corinthians 2:15 — But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man.
• 1 Corinthians 4:3 — But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man’s judgment: yea, I judge not mine own self.
• 1 Corinthians 4:4 — For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified: but he that judgeth me is the Lord.
• 1 Corinthians 9:3 — Mine answer to them that do examine me is this,
• 1 Corinthians 10:25 — Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake:
• 1 Corinthians 10:27 — If any of them that believe not bid you to a feast, and ye be disposed to go; whatsoever is set before you, eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
• 1 Corinthians 14:24 — But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all:

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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.