Strong's Concordance anakrisis: an examination Original Word: ἀνάκρισις, εως, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: anakrisis Phonetic Spelling: (an-ak'-ree-sis) Definition: an examination Usage: judicial examination, preliminary inquiry. HELPS Word-studies Cognate: 351 anákrisis – a judicial examination. 351 (anákrisis) was an "Athenian law term for a preliminary investigation – distinct from the actual krisis, or trial" (J. B. Lightfoot, Revision, 67). See 350 (anakrinō). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom anakrinó Definition an examination NASB Translation investigation (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 351: ἀνάκρισιςἀνάκρισις, (εως, ἡ, an examination; as a law-term among the Greeks, the preliminary investigation held for the purpose of gathering evidence for the information of the judges (Meier and Schömann, Attic Process, pp. 27 (622; cf. Dict. of Antiq. under the word)); this seems to be the sense of the word in Acts 25:26. STRONGS NT 351a: ἀνακυλίωἀνακυλίω: 1. to roll up. 2. to roll back: ἀνακεκυλισται ὁ λίθος, Mark 16:4 T Tr WH. (Alexis in Athen. vi., p. 237 c.; Lucian, de luctu 8; Dionysius Halicarnassus, Plutarch, others.) From anakrino; a (judicial) investigation -- examination. see GREEK anakrino |