Word

ἐρευνάω

ereunáō · G2045 · Greek · 6 occurrences

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Meanings

to try to learn, to search, to try to find out, to seek information

To attempt to learn something by careful investigation or searching

Examples
John 5:39 “You examine the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is those very Scriptures that testify about Me;
John 7:52 They answered and said to him, “You are not from Galilee as well, are you? Examine the Scriptures, and see that no prophet arises out of Galilee.”
Romans 8:27 and He who searches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedes for the saints according to the will of God.

How it’s used In 5 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

6 occurrences in 4 groups

Not stated (participle) 3
πνεῦμαspirit 1
Not stated: you (more than one) 1
Not stated: you (one person) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

4 occurrences in 4 groups

καρδίαheart 2
γραφήScripture, the Scriptures 1
νεφρόςheart 1
πᾶςall, every, each 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 2 groups

εἰςto+ καιρόςtime, occasion, period of time 1
εἰςto+ τίςwho? what?, why? for what reason? 1

What it doesIt is the subject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

εἴδωto know 1

What is said to be itIt is the predicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

ἐγώI, we 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 1 word

ζητέω zētéō · G2212 · to try to learn where something is, to look for, to try to find: Both denote seeking or searching, with ἐρευνάω emphasizing thorough investigation or careful examination, while ζητέω covers a broader range of seeking activities including literal searching, figurative questing, and inquiry; the two overlap in contexts of investigative seeking where either could be used for attempting to discover or learn something.

Semantic domains 1 entry

To try to learn, to search, to try to find out, to seek information27.34: In John 5:39, Jesus tells His hearers, “You diligently search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life,” the sense of diligently seeking to learn or find out.

Word family 3 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ἐρευνάωereunáō · G2045ἀνεξερεύνητος anexereúnētos · G419 · impossible to understand, unfathomable, impossible to comprehend · 1×ἐξερευνάω exereunáō · G1830 · to make a careful search, to seek diligently to learn, to make an examination · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐρεύνω; 1 aorist imperative ἐρεύνησον; (ἡ ἐρευνᾷ a search); from Homer down; to search,…

ἐρεύνω; 1 aorist imperative ἐρεύνησον; (ἡ ἐρευνᾷ a search); from Homer down; to search, examine into: absolutely, Jn 7:52; τί, Jn 5:39; Rom 8:27; 1 Cor 2:10; Rev 2:23 with which passage cf. Jer 11:20; Jer 17:10; Jer 20:12; followed by an indirect question, 1 Pet 1:11 (2 Sam 10:3; Prov 20:27). The form ἐραυνάω (which see in its place) T Tr WH have received everywhere into the text, but Lachmann only in Rev 2:23. (Compare: ἐξερευνάω.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Try To Learn6 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0