ἀκριβόω
akriboō · ascertain, inquire carefully
Greek word · Strong’s number G198 · appears 2 times in the Bible
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akriboō (ἀκριβόω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “ascertain, inquire carefully”.
Find out exactly, inquire carefully.
How to say it
a·kri·bo·ō
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
- To find out with full care and accuracy.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
Where it appears
- Matthew 2:7
Then Herod secretly called the magi and learned precisely from them the time when the star appeared.
- Matthew 2:16
Then Herod, seeing that he had been tricked by the magi, was greatly enraged, and sending men, he killed all the children who were in Bethlehem and in all its districts, from two years old and under, according to the time that he had learned precisely from the magi.