350. anakrinó

Strong's Lexicon

anakrinó: To examine, to investigate, to question, to judge

Original Word: ἀνακρίνω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: anakrinó
Pronunciation: ah-nah-kree'-no
Phonetic Spelling: (an-ak-ree'-no)
Definition: To examine, to investigate, to question, to judge
Meaning: I examine, inquire into, investigate, question.

Word Origin: From ἀνά (ana, "up" or "again") and κρίνω (krinó, "to judge" or "to discern")

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent to ἀνακρίνω, similar concepts of examination and judgment can be found in Hebrew words like דָּרַשׁ (darash, "to inquire" or "to seek") and שָׁפַט (shaphat, "to judge").

Usage: The verb ἀνακρίνω (anakrinó) is used in the New Testament to describe the process of examining or investigating something thoroughly. It often implies a careful and detailed inquiry, whether in a legal, spiritual, or intellectual context. This term is used to denote the act of scrutinizing or evaluating something to understand it better or to make a judgment about it.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of examination or investigation was crucial in both legal and philosophical contexts. Legal proceedings often involved detailed questioning and examination of witnesses and evidence. Philosophically, the practice of critical inquiry and examination was central to the pursuit of knowledge and truth. In the Jewish context, examination was also a part of religious and moral discernment, as seen in the practices of the Sanhedrin and other religious leaders.

HELPS Word-studies

350 anakrínō (from 303 /aná, "up, completing a process," which intensifies 2919 /krínō, "to select by separating/judging") – properly, to distinguish by vigorously judging "down to up," i.e. closely examining (investigating) through "the process of careful study, evaluation and judgment" (L & N, 1, 27.44); "to examine, investigate, question (so J. B. Lightfoot, Notes, 181f).

[The prefix 303 /aná ("up") shows the process involved that takes krinō ("judging/separating") up to its needed conclusion. Accordingly, 350 (anakrínō) is often used in its forensic sense in the ancient world. It can even refer to "examination by torture" (see Field, Notes, 120f, Abbott-Smith).]

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin
from ana and krinó
Definition
to examine, investigate
NASB Translation
appraised (2), appraises (1), asking questions (2), called to account (1), examine (2), examined (4), examines (1), examining (2), trial (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 350: ἀνακρίνω

ἀνακρίνω; 1 aorist ἀνέκρινα; passive (present ἀνακρίνομαι); 1 aorist ἀνεκρίθην; (frequent in Greek writings, especially Attic); properly, "by looking through a series (ἀνά) of objects or particulars to distinguish (κρίνω) or search after. Hence,

a. to investigate, examine, inquire into, scrutinize, sift, question": Acts 17:11 (τάς γραφάς); 1 Corinthians 10:25, 27 (not anxiously questioning, namely, whether the meat set before you be the residue from heathen sacrifices). Specifically, in a forensic sense (often also in Greek writings) of a judge, to hold an investigation; to interrogate, examine, the accused or the witnesses; absolutely: Luke 23:14; Acts 24:8. τινα, Acts 12:19; Acts 28:18; passive, Acts 4:9. Paul has in mind this judicial use (as his preceding term ἀπολογία shows) when in 1 Corinthians 9:3 he speaks of τοῖς ἐμέ ἀνακρίνουσί, investigating me, whether I am a true apostle.

b. universally, to judge of, estimate, determine (the excellence or defects of any person or thing): τί, 1 Corinthians 2:15; τινα, 1 Corinthians 4:3f; passive, 1 Cor. 2:(),; . (Cf. Lightfoot Fresh Revision, etc. iv. § 3 (p. 67f, American edition).)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

question, discern, examine, search.

From ana and krino; properly, to scrutinize, i.e. (by implication) investigate, interrogate, determine -- ask, question, discern, examine, judge, search.

see GREEK ana

see GREEK krino

Forms and Transliterations

ανακριθω ανακριθώ ἀνακριθῶ ανακριναντες ανακρίναντές ἀνακρίναντές ανακρινας ανακρίνας ἀνακρίνας ανακρινει ανακρίνει ἀνακρίνει ανακρινεται ανακρίνεται ἀνακρίνεται ανακρινομεθα ανακρινόμεθα ἀνακρινόμεθα ανακρινοντες ανακρίνοντες ἀνακρίνοντες ανακρινουσιν ἀνακρίνουσίν ανακρινω ανακρίνω ἀνακρίνω ανακρινων ανακρίνων ἀνακρίνων anakrinantes anakrínantés anakrinas anakrínas anakrinei anakrínei anakrinetai anakrínetai anakrino anakrinō anakríno anakrínō anakrinometha anakrinómetha anakrinon anakrinōn anakrínon anakrínōn anakrinontes anakrínontes anakrinousin anakrínousín anakritho anakrithô anakrithō anakrithō̂

Englishman's Concordance

Luke 23:14 V-APA-NMS
GRK: ἐνώπιον ὑμῶν ἀνακρίνας οὐθὲν εὗρον
NAS: and behold, having examined Him before
KJV: I, having examined [him] before
INT: before you having examined [him] nothing found

Acts 4:9 V-PIM/P-1P
GRK: ἡμεῖς σήμερον ἀνακρινόμεθα ἐπὶ εὐεργεσίᾳ
NAS: if we are on trial today
KJV: this day be examined of
INT: we this day are examined as to a good work

Acts 12:19 V-APA-NMS
GRK: μὴ εὑρὼν ἀνακρίνας τοὺς φύλακας
NAS: for him and had not found him, he examined the guards
KJV: not, he examined the keepers,
INT: not having found having examined the guards

Acts 17:11 V-PPA-NMP
GRK: καθ' ἡμέραν ἀνακρίνοντες τὰς γραφὰς
NAS: eagerness, examining the Scriptures
KJV: readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures
INT: every day examining the Scriptures

Acts 24:8 V-APA-NMS
GRK: δυνήσῃ αὐτὸς ἀνακρίνας περὶ πάντων
NAS: before you]. By examining him yourself
KJV: unto thee: by examining of whom
INT: you will be able yourself having examined concerning all

Acts 28:18 V-APA-NMP
GRK: οἵτινες ἀνακρίναντές με ἐβούλοντο
NAS: And when they had examined me, they were willing
KJV: Who, when they had examined me, would
INT: who having examined me wished

1 Corinthians 2:14 V-PIM/P-3S
GRK: ὅτι πνευματικῶς ἀνακρίνεται
NAS: they are spiritually appraised.
KJV: they are spiritually discerned.
INT: because spiritually they are discerned

1 Corinthians 2:15 V-PIA-3S
GRK: δὲ πνευματικὸς ἀνακρίνει τὰ πάντα
NAS: But he who is spiritual appraises all things,
KJV: yet he himself is judged of no man.
INT: moreover spiritual judges all things

1 Corinthians 2:15 V-PIM/P-3S
GRK: ὑπ' οὐδενὸς ἀνακρίνεται
NAS: yet he himself is appraised by no one.
INT: by no one is judged

1 Corinthians 4:3 V-ASP-1S
GRK: ὑφ' ὑμῶν ἀνακριθῶ ἢ ὑπὸ
NAS: But to me it is a very small thing that I may be examined by you, or
KJV: that I should be judged of
INT: by you I be examined or by

1 Corinthians 4:3 V-PIA-1S
GRK: οὐδὲ ἐμαυτὸν ἀνακρίνω
NAS: in fact, I do not even examine myself.
KJV: yea, I judge not
INT: neither myself do I examine

1 Corinthians 4:4 V-PPA-NMS
GRK: ὁ δὲ ἀνακρίνων με κύριός
NAS: acquitted; but the one who examines me is the Lord.
KJV: justified: but he that judgeth me is
INT: he who moreover judges me [the] Lord

1 Corinthians 9:3 V-PPA-DMP
GRK: τοῖς ἐμὲ ἀνακρίνουσίν ἐστιν αὕτη
NAS: to those who examine me is this:
KJV: answer to them that do examine me
INT: to those me who examine is this

1 Corinthians 10:25 V-PPA-NMP
GRK: ἐσθίετε μηδὲν ἀνακρίνοντες διὰ τὴν
NAS: without asking questions for conscience'
KJV: asking no question for conscience
INT: eat nothing inquiring on account of

1 Corinthians 10:27 V-PPA-NMP
GRK: ἐσθίετε μηδὲν ἀνακρίνοντες διὰ τὴν
NAS: you without asking questions for conscience'
KJV: asking no question for conscience
INT: eat nothing inquiring on account of

1 Corinthians 14:24 V-PIM/P-3S
GRK: ὑπὸ πάντων ἀνακρίνεται ὑπὸ πάντων
NAS: by all, he is called to account by all;
KJV: of all, he is judged of all:
INT: by all he is examined by all

Strong's Greek 350
16 Occurrences

ἀνακρίναντές — 1 Occ.
ἀνακρίνας — 3 Occ.
ἀνακρίνει — 1 Occ.
ἀνακρίνεται — 3 Occ.
ἀνακρίνω — 1 Occ.
ἀνακρίνων — 1 Occ.
ἀνακρινόμεθα — 1 Occ.
ἀνακρίνοντες — 3 Occ.
ἀνακρίνουσίν — 1 Occ.
ἀνακριθῶ — 1 Occ.