Strong's Greek · G350

ἀνακρίνω

anakrínō

ask, question, discern, examine, judge, search

Definition

properly, to scrutinize, i.e. (by implication) investigate, interrogate, determine

Derivation

from G303 (ἀνά) and G2919 (κρίνω);

Appears 16 times in Scripture

Acts 28:18

They examined me and wanted to release me, because there was no basis for a death sentence against me.

1 Corinthians 2:15

The spiritual man judges all things, but he himself is not subject to anyone’s judgment.

Acts 24:8

By examining him yourself, you will be able to learn the truth about all our charges against him.”

Acts 4:9

If we are being examined today about a kind service to a man who was lame, to determine how he was healed,

1 Corinthians 2:14

The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

Acts 12:19

After Herod had searched for him unsuccessfully, he examined the guards and ordered that they be executed. Then he went down from Judea to Caesarea and spent some time there.

Acts 17:11

Now the Bereans were more noble-minded than the Thessalonians, for they received the message with great eagerness and examined the Scriptures every day to see if these teachings were true.

1 Corinthians 4:3

I care very little, however, if I am judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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