Lexical Summary pynthanomai: to inquire, by implication to learn Original Word: πυνθάνομαιTransliteration: pynthanomai Phonetic Spelling: (poon-than'-om-ahee) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to inquire, by implication to learn Meaning: to inquire, by implication to learn Strong's Concordance ask, demand, inquire, understand. Middle voice prolonged from a primary putho (which occurs only as an alternate in certain tenses); to question, i.e. Ascertain by inquiry (as a matter of information merely; and thus differing from erotao, which properly means a request as a favor; and from aiteo, which is strictly a demand for something due; as well as from zeteo, which implies a search for something hidden; and from deomai, which involves the idea of urgent need); by implication, to learn (by casual intelligence) -- ask, demand, enquire, understand. see GREEK erotao see GREEK aiteo see GREEK zeteo see GREEK deomai Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4441: πυνθάνομαιπυνθάνομαι; imperfect ἐπυνθανομην; 2 aorist ἐπυθόμην; (cf. Curtius, § 328); a deponent verb; as in classical Greek from Homer down. 1. to inquire, ask: followed by an indirect question — with the indicative Acts 10:18; with the optative, John 13:24 R G; Luke 15:26; Luke 18:36; Acts 21:33; followed by a direct question, Acts 4:7; Acts 10:29; Acts 23:19; παρά τίνος τί (Buttmann, 167 (146)), John 4:52; παρά τίνος followed by an indirect question with the indicative Matthew 2:4; τί περί τίνος, Acts 23:20. 2. to ascertain by inquiry: followed by ὅτι, Acts 23:34 (A. V. understood). |
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