ἀνταποκρίνομαι

antapokrinomai · answer back

Greek word · Strong’s number G470 · appears 2 times in the Bible

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What it means

antapokrinomai (ἀνταποκρίνομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “answer back”.

Reply against.

How to say it

an·ta·po·kri·no·mai

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. To retort, contradicting.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • reply ×1
  • who answer back ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Luke 14:6

    And they could not reply to these things.

  • Romans 9:20

    On the contrary, who are you, O human being, who answer back to God? The thing formed will not say to the one who formed it, will it: Why did you make me like this?