Apokrinō ἀποκρίνω

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Apokrinō
ἀποκρίνω
Transliterationapokrinō
Strong's numberG611
LanguageGreek
Part of speechverb
Glossto answer
Occurrences247 in 245 verses
Most frequent inJohn (78)

Apokrinō (Greek ἀποκρίνω, Strong's G611) is a Greek verb meaning “to answer”. It occurs 247 times in 245 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ἀποκρίνω, ἀποκρίνομαι,
[in LXX chiefly for ענה ;]
in cl.,
1. to separate, distinguish.
2. to choose.
Mid., to answer: Mat.27:12, Mrk.14:61, Luk.3:16 23:9, Jhn.5:17, 19 Act.3:12. In late Gk. the pass, also is used in this sense, and pass. forms are the more frequently in NT (M, Pr., 39, 161; MM, see word);
(a) in general sense: absol., Mrk.12:34; with accusative of thing(s), Mat.22:46; with dative of person(s), Mat.12:38; before πρός, Act.25:16;
(b) Hebraistically
(i) like ענה, to begin to speak, take up the conversation (Kennedy, Sources, 124f.): Mat.11:25, al.,
(ii) redundant, as in the Heb. phrase וַיַּעַן וַיּאֹמֶר (Dalman, Words, 24f., 38; M, Pr., 14; Bl., §58, 4; 74, 2; Cremer, 374): ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπε, Mat.4:4; ἔφη, 8:8; λέγει, Mrk.3:33; in Jo most frequently (ἀπεκ. κ. εἶπε, 1:49. )
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVanswered (195), answering (27), answer (8), he answered (4), thou (4), answereth (4), shall (2), shall answer (2), he answering (2), shall he answer (1), thou hast answered (1), he shall answer (1), and 1 other rendering
BSBreplied (68), answered (48), said (12), he replied (10), asked (10), they answered (7), he answered (6), they replied (5), answer (4), have you no answer (3), spoke (2), will answer (2), and 25 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Apokrinō, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Matthew

Mark

Luke

John

Acts

Colossians

Revelation

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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