ἀπόκρισις
apókrisis · G612 · Greek · 4 occurrences
Meanings
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answer, reply
(Derivative of ἀποκρίνομαι ‘to reply,’) That which is said in response to a question
ExamplesLuke 2:47 And all who heard Him were amazed at His understanding and His answers.
Luke 20:26 And they were unable to catch Him in a statement in the presence of the people; and they were amazed at His answer, and said nothing.
John 1:22 Then they said to him, “Who are you? Tell us, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 2
What is done to itIt is the object
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- δίδωμιto give, to grant 2
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐπίon 4
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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In the other Testament 1 word
- דָּבָר dâbâr · H1697 · words, message, word
- דָּבָר (dâbâr, H1697) is a broad Hebrew term spanning 'word, matter, thing, affair' that can encompass 'answer/response' as one specialized sense within its semantic range, whereas ἀπόκρισις (apókrisis, G612) specifically denotes 'a response/answer' as its core meaning—the Greek term represents a narrower, register-specific equivalent to one particular usage of the Hebrew.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Answer, reply33.185
- In Luke 20:26, after the leaders tried to trap Jesus over paying taxes to Caesar, “they were amazed at His answer (apokrísei), and said nothing,” naming the specific reply He had given them.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀποκρισεως, ἡ (ἀποκρίνομαι, see ἀποκρίνω), a replying, an answer: Lk 2:47; Lk 20:26; Jn…
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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