πυνθάνομαι
punthanomai
“to inquire”
Definition
to question, i.e. ascertain by inquiry (as a matter of information merely; and thus differing from G2065 (ἐρωτάω), which properly means a request as a favor; and from G154 (αἰτέω), which is strictly a demand for something due; as well as from G2212 (ζητέω), which implies a search for something hidden; and from G1189 (δέομαι), which involves the idea of urgent need); by implication, to learn (by casual intelligence)
middle voice prolonged from a primary (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses);
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Greek Verb
Occurrences
πυνθάνομαι appears 12 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
They called out to ask if Simon called Peter was staying there.
The commander came up and arrested Paul, ordering that he be bound with two chains. Then he asked who he was and what he had done.
He answered, “The Jews have agreed to ask you to bring Paul to the Sanhedrin tomorrow on the pretext of acquiring more information about him.
They had Peter and John brought in and began to question them: “By what power or what name did you do this?”
So he inquired as to the hour when his son had recovered, and they told him, “The fever left him yesterday at the seventh hour.”
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