apokrinomai · answer

What it means

apokrinomai (ἀποκρίνομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “answer”.

Reply; speak up.

How to say it

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 say something back to the one who spoke or asked.
2. To speak up, begin to speak.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

Answer; also to speak up, even when no one has asked. Thayer notes this second use, which imitates Hebrew.

• “Answered and said”: the formula of the Gospels Matthew 4:4Matthew 16:16
• To speak up with no question before Matthew 11:25
• To answer a question John 1:21
• To answer nothing Mark 15:5

How we translate it

“Answered” 190 times, “answer” 20, “answers” 8, “answering” 7, “responded” 6. The formula ἀποκριθεὶς εἶπεν is translated “answered and said”, keeping both verbs as the Greek does; when no one had asked anything, “responded” (Matthew 11:25).

How it is translated

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

• answered ×190
• answer ×20
• answers ×8
• answering ×7
• responded ×6
• responds ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×55
• Mark×30
• Luke×47
• John×78
• Acts×20
• Colossians×1
• Revelation×1

• Matthew 3:15

  But Jesus answered and said to him, “Allow it now, for in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allows him to do so.

• Matthew 4:4

  But he answered and said, “It is written, ‘A person will not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes out through the mouth of God.’”

• Matthew 8:8

  And the centurion answered and said, “Lord, I am not worthy to have you come under my roof; but only say a word, and my servant will be healed.

• Matthew 11:4

  And Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and report to John what you hear and see:

• Matthew 11:25

  At that time Jesus responded and said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you hid these things from the wise and the intelligent and revealed them to little children.

• Matthew 12:38

  Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from you.”

• Matthew 12:39

  But he answered and said to them, “An evil and adulterous generation seeks a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of Jonah the prophet.

• Matthew 12:48

  But he answered and said to the one who had told him, “Who is my mother, and who are my brothers?”

• Matthew 13:11

  But he answered and said to them, “Because to you it has been given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been given.

• Matthew 13:37

  He answered and said, “The one who sows the good seed is the Son of Man;

• Matthew 14:28

  And Peter answered him and said, “Lord, if it is you, command me to come to you on the waters.”

• Matthew 15:3

  But he answered and said to them, “Why do you also break the commandment of God for the sake of your tradition?

• Matthew 15:13

  But he answered and said, “Every plant that my heavenly Father did not plant will be uprooted.

• Matthew 15:15

  And Peter answered and said to him, “Explain this parable to us.”

• Matthew 15:23

  But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and were urging him, saying, “Send her away, for she is crying out after us.”

• Matthew 15:24

  But he answered and said, “I was not sent except to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

• Matthew 15:26

  But he answered and said, “It is not good to take the children’s bread and throw it to the little dogs.”

• Matthew 15:28

  Then Jesus answered and said to her, “O woman, great is your faith! Let it be done for you as you wish.” And her daughter was healed from that hour.

• Matthew 16:2

  But he answered and said to them, “When it is evening you say, ‘Fair weather, for the sky is red.’

• Matthew 16:16

  And Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”

• Matthew 16:17

  And Jesus answered and said to him, “Happy are you, Simon Bar-Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.

• Matthew 17:4

  And Peter answered and said to Jesus, “Lord, it is good for us to be here. If you want, I will make three tents here, one for you and one for Moses and one for Elijah.”

• Matthew 17:11

  And he answered and said, “Elijah does come and will restore all things.

• Matthew 17:17

  And Jesus answered and said, “O unbelieving and perverted generation, how long will I be with you? How long will I put up with you? Bring him here to me.”

• Matthew 19:4

  But he answered and said, “Have you not read that the one who created them from the beginning made them male and female,

• Matthew 19:27

  Then Peter answered and said to him, “Look, we have left everything and followed you; what then will there be for us?”

• Matthew 20:13

  But he answered one of them and said, ‘Friend, I am not wronging you. Did you not agree with me for a denarius?

• Matthew 20:22

  But Jesus answered and said, “You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup that I am going to drink?” They say to him, “We can.”

• Matthew 21:21

  And Jesus answered and said to them, “Truly I tell you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be lifted up and thrown into the sea,’ it will happen.

• Matthew 21:24

  And Jesus answered and said to them, “I also will ask you one thing, which, if you tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things.

• Matthew 21:27

  And they answered Jesus and said, “We do not know.” And he said to them, “Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

• Matthew 21:29

  And he answered and said, ‘I do not want to.’ But later he regretted it and went.

• Matthew 21:30

  And he came to the second and said the same. And he answered and said, ‘I will, sir,’ and did not go.

• Matthew 22:1

  And Jesus answered and spoke to them again in parables, saying,

• Matthew 22:29

  But Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God.

• Matthew 22:46

  And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did anyone dare from that day to question him any longer.

• Matthew 24:2

  But he answered them, “Do you not see all these things? Truly I tell you, there will never be left here one stone upon another that will not be torn down.”

• Matthew 24:4

  And Jesus answered them, “See to it that no one leads you astray.

• Matthew 25:9

  But the wise answered, saying, ‘No; otherwise there will certainly not be enough for us and for you; go instead to those who sell and buy for yourselves.’

• Matthew 25:12

  But he answered, ‘Truly I tell you, I do not know you.’

And 192 more times.