Original Word: ἀνακρίνω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: anakrinó
Pronunciation: ah-nah-kree'-no
Phonetic Spelling: (an-ak-ree'-no)
Definition: To examine, to investigate, to question, to judge
Meaning: I examine, inquire into, investigate, question.

Word Origin: From ἀνά (ana, "up" or "again") and κρίνω (krinó, "to judge" or "to discern")

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: While there is no direct Hebrew equivalent to ἀνακρίνω, similar concepts of examination and judgment can be found in Hebrew words like דָּרַשׁ (darash, "to inquire" or "to seek") and שָׁפַט (shaphat, "to judge").

Usage: The verb ἀνακρίνω (anakrinó) is used in the New Testament to describe the process of examining or investigating something thoroughly. It often implies a careful and detailed inquiry, whether in a legal, spiritual, or intellectual context. This term is used to denote the act of scrutinizing or evaluating something to understand it better or to make a judgment about it.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, the concept of examination or investigation was crucial in both legal and philosophical contexts. Legal proceedings often involved detailed questioning and examination of witnesses and evidence. Philosophically, the practice of critical inquiry and examination was central to the pursuit of knowledge and truth. In the Jewish context, examination was also a part of religious and moral discernment, as seen in the practices of the Sanhedrin and other religious leaders.

350 anakrínō (from 303 /aná, "up, completing a process," which intensifies 2919 /krínō, "to select by separating/judging") – properly, to distinguish by vigorously judging "down to up," i.e. closely examining (investigating) through "the process of careful study, evaluation and judgment" (L & N, 1, 27.44); "to examine, investigate, question (so J. B. Lightfoot, Notes, 181f).

[The prefix 303 /aná ("up") shows the process involved that takes krinō ("judging/separating") up to its needed conclusion. Accordingly, 350 (anakrínō) is often used in its forensic sense in the ancient world. It can even refer to "examination by torture" (see Field, Notes, 120f, Abbott-Smith).]

Word Origin
from ana and krinó
Definition
to examine, investigate
NASB Translation
appraised (2), appraises (1), asking questions (2), called to account (1), examine (2), examined (4), examines (1), examining (2), trial (1).

STRONGS NT 350: ἀνακρίνω

ἀνακρίνω; 1 aorist ἀνέκρινα; passive (present ἀνακρίνομαι); 1 aorist ἀνεκρίθην; (frequent in Greek writings, especially Attic); properly, "by looking through a series (ἀνά) of objects or particulars to distinguish (κρίνω) or search after. Hence,

a. to investigate, examine, inquire into, scrutinize, sift, question": Acts 17:11 (τάς γραφάς); 1 Corinthians 10:25, 27 (not anxiously questioning, namely, whether the meat set before you be the residue from heathen sacrifices). Specifically, in a forensic sense (often also in Greek writings) of a judge, to hold an investigation; to interrogate, examine, the accused or the witnesses; absolutely: Luke 23:14; Acts 24:8. τινα, Acts 12:19; Acts 28:18; passive, Acts 4:9. Paul has in mind this judicial use (as his preceding term ἀπολογία shows) when in 1 Corinthians 9:3 he speaks of τοῖς ἐμέ ἀνακρίνουσί, investigating me, whether I am a true apostle.

b. universally, to judge of, estimate, determine (the excellence or defects of any person or thing): τί, 1 Corinthians 2:15; τινα, 1 Corinthians 4:3f; passive, 1 Cor. 2:(),; . (Cf. Lightfoot Fresh Revision, etc. iv. § 3 (p. 67f, American edition).)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

question, discern, examine, search.

From ana and krino; properly, to scrutinize, i.e. (by implication) investigate, interrogate, determine -- ask, question, discern, examine, judge, search.

see GREEK ana

see GREEK krino

Forms and Transliterations

ανακριθω ανακριθώ ἀνακριθῶ ανακριναντες ανακρίναντές ἀνακρίναντές ανακρινας ανακρίνας ἀνακρίνας ανακρινει ανακρίνει ἀνακρίνει ανακρινεται ανακρίνεται ἀνακρίνεται ανακρινομεθα ανακρινόμεθα ἀνακρινόμεθα ανακρινοντες ανακρίνοντες ἀνακρίνοντες ανακρινουσιν ἀνακρίνουσίν ανακρινω ανακρίνω ἀνακρίνω ανακρινων ανακρίνων ἀνακρίνων anakrinantes anakrínantés anakrinas anakrínas anakrinei anakrínei anakrinetai anakrínetai anakrino anakrinō anakríno anakrínō anakrinometha anakrinómetha anakrinon anakrinōn anakrínon anakrínōn anakrinontes anakrínontes anakrinousin anakrínousín anakritho anakrithô anakrithō anakrithō̂

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